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LSBA Young Lawyers Division’s 2022-23 Officers, Council Installed


The LSBA Young Lawyers Division’s (YLD) 2022-23 officers and Council were installed June 9 at the LSBA Annual Meeting in Destin, Fla. Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Weimer administered the oath of office.

Danielle L. Borel, a partner in the Baton Rouge office of the law firm Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP, was installed as 2022-23 YLD chair.

Other officers sworn in include:
• Chair-Elect Senae D. Hall, an assistant district attorney in the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office in Shreveport and the Human Trafficking Victims Diversion coordinator.
• Secretary Kristen D. Amond, a founding member of the law firm Mills Amond, LLP, in New Orleans.
• Immediate Past Chair Graham H. Ryan, a partner in the New Orleans office of the law firm Jones Walker LLP.

Installed as members of the 2022-23 YLD Council were:

District 1: Collin R. Melancon, a partner/owner of the law firm Mansfield, Melancon, Cranmer & Dick, LLC, in New Orleans; and Jennifer Gordon Lampton, senior law clerk for Judge Nakisha Ervin-Knott, Orleans Parish Civil District Court.

District 2: Rory V. Bellina, an associate in the Metairie office of the law firm Chehardy, Sherman, Williams, Recile & Hayes, LLP; and Rachal Cox Cassagne, an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans

District 3: Jared E. Nelson, an associate in the Lafayette office of Liskow & Lewis, APLC.

District 4: Brooke A. Roach, an attorney in the Lake Charles law firm of Larry A. Roach, Inc.

District 5: Camille E. Walther, a financial advisor with The Walther-duPassage Group at Morgan Stanley in Mandeville; and Brad W. Cranmer, a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Mansfield, Melancon, Cranmer & Dick, LLC.

District 6: Joshua J. Dara, Jr., a shareholder in the law firm Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, APLC, in Alexandria.

District 7: Breshatta M. Davis, owner of The B Law Firm in Monroe.

District 8: Elizabeth P. (Liza Beth) Grozinger, an assistant attorney general with the Louisiana Department of Justice, based in the Shreveport office.

At-Large Representative: Justin A. Jack, an assistant United States attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana in Baton Rouge.

American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Representative: Josef P. Ventulan, a staff attorney with the Louisiana State Law Institute.

Young Lawyer Member/American Bar Association House of Delegates: Megan S. Peterson, a partner at the law firm Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, in New Orleans.


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