LSBA Installs 2024-25 Officers and Board of Governors The LSBA's 2024-25 officers and members of the Board of Governors were installed June 6 at a ceremony at the LSBA’s Annual Meeting in Destin, Fla. Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Weimer administered the oath of office.Patrick A. Talley, Jr., a partner in the New Orleans office of the law firm Phelps Dunbar, LLP, was installed as the 84th LSBA president (2024-25 term). Edward J. Walters, Jr., a partner in the Baton Rouge law firm Walters, Thomas, Cullens, LLC, was installed as the 2024-25 president-elect. He will assume the presidency in 2025-26. Valerie T. Schexnayder, a mediator with Schexnayder Mediation Services, LLC, in Baton Rouge, is beginning the second year of her two-year term as secretary. She also serves as editor of the Louisiana Bar Journal, the LSBA’s bimonthly magazine. C.A. (Hap) Martin III, a member in the Monroe law firm Shotwell, Brown & Sperry, APLC, is beginning the first year of his two-year term as treasurer. Shayna L. Sonnier, an attorney in the Lake Charles law firm Veron Bice, LLC, will continue her service to the LSBA as the 2024-25 immediate past president. Kristen D. Amond, an attorney in New Orleans (Kristen Amond, LLC), was installed as 2024-25 chair of the LSBA Young Lawyers Division. Members of the 2024-25 Board of Governors also were installed by Chief Justice Weimer. First District • J. Christopher Zainey, Jr., a partner in the New Orleans law firm Lambert Zainey Smith & Soso, PLC. • Graham H. Ryan, a partner in the New Orleans office of the law firm Jones Walker, LLP. Second District • Jeffrey G. Lagarde, an attorney in the Metairie office of the law firm Staines, Eppling & Kenney, LLC. Third District • Melanie W. Chatagnier, the sole attorney and owner of Chatagnier Law Office in Thibodaux. Fourth District • Adam P. Johnson, a partner in The Johnson Firm in Lake Charles. Fifth District • Carrie LeBlanc Jones, of counsel in the Baton Rouge office of the law firm Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP. • Kelly M. Rabalais, vice president of communications and strategy for St. Tammany Health System. Sixth District • Barry M. Barnett, a partner in the law firm LaCroix, Levy & Barnett, LLC, in Alexandria. Seventh District • Amy J. Miller, owner/attorney in Amy Miller Attorney at Law in Ruston. Eighth District • Senae D. Hall, an assistant district attorney in the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office in Shreveport. At-Large Members • Jeffrey A. Riggs, a partner in the Lafayette office of the law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP. • L. Bradley Hancock, the executive partner in the Houston, TX, office of the law firm Holland & Knight, LLP. • Tina L. Suggs, in-house counsel for State Farm Insurance Co. in Metairie. Loyola University College of Law/Faculty Representative • Prof. Monica Hof Wallace, the Dean Marcel Garsaud, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Southern University Law Center/Faculty Representative • Prof. Donald W. North, vice chancellor of student affairs at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Louisiana State Law Institute Representative • André Doguet, commissioner for the 15th Judicial District Court in Lafayette. House of Delegates Liaison Committee • Chair Shannon Seiler Dartez, an attorney with the Glenn Armentor Law Corporation in Lafayette. • Member Sandra K. Cosby, a solo practitioner in Metairie. • Member Aaron R. Wilson, an attorney in Wilson & Wilson, APLC, in Bossier City. Full profiles of the officers and members of the Board of Governors are available online at: http://www.lsba.org/BarGovernance/BoardofGovernors.aspx