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LSBA 70-, 60-, 50-Year Members to be Recognized at 2024 Midyear Meeting

The LSBA and its Senior Lawyers Division are co-hosting Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) members who have reached half a century and beyond in their professional careers at a reception held during the LSBA’s Midyear Meeting in January 2024. During the reception, 70-, 60- and 50-year members will be recognized for reaching this milestone. The reception is Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, at the Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel, 7000 Bluebonnet Blvd. Family and friends of the members are invited to attend the reception.

For more information on the event, contact LSBA Executive Assistant Jennifer France at (504)619-0152, (800)421-5722, ext. 152, or email jen.france@lsba.org. The following Bar members will be recognized.
Emile J. Dreuil, Jr.
Metairie, LA
Thomas N. Frisby
Summerville, SC
Daniel P. Hurley
Kenner, LA
William G. Kelly, Jr.
Monroe, LA
Donald P. Miller
Arlington, VA
Jerry K. Nicholson
Metairie, LA
Frank J. Peragine
New Orleans, LA
Felix Henry Savoie, Jr.
Baton Rouge, LA
Peter J. Abadie, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
John E. Bergstedt
Sulphur, LA
Rodney Bernard, Jr.
Lafayette, LA
James E. Blazek
Lacombe, LA
Dale Edgar Branch
Bogalusa, LA
Charles J. Brown
Fairfax, VA
Anthony J. Bruscato
Monroe, LA
L. Milton Cancienne, Jr.
Houma, LA
Frank A. Courtenay, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Gordon R. Crawford
Gonzales, LA
William P. Curry, Jr.
Lacombe, LA
James H. Daigle
New Orleans, LA
James J. Davidson III
Lafayette, LA
Donald F. de Boisblanc
New Orleans, LA
Knight E. Doggett
Alexandria, LA
Walker H. Drake, Jr.
Mandeville, LA
N. Elton Dry
Houston, TX
Franklin V. Endom, Jr.
Baton Rouge, LA
Leonard F. Estorge
Baton Rouge, LA
Donald M. Fendlason
Bogalusa, LA
Frank Foil
Baton Rouge, LA
Francis Frank Fontenot
Baton Rouge, LA
Leon Gary, Jr.
Mountain Brk, AL
James H. Gill, Jr.
Baton Rouge, LA
Lucas J. Giordano
Metairie, LA
John J. Graham
Covington, LA
Larry J. Green
Covington, LA
Gerard J. Hansen
Covington, LA
Benjamin Harvey
Grandview, TX
Sydney I. Horn
Lake Charles, LA
Walter James Horrell
Covington, LA
Walter M. Hunter, Jr.
Alexandria, LA
Stanley J. Jacobs
New Orleans, LA
Ronald J. Judice
Lafayette, LA
Ronald J. Jung
Metairie, LA
Victor I. Koock
New Orleans, LA
P J. Laborde, Jr.
Lafayette, LA
Lawrence L. Lagarde, Jr.
Metairie, LA
Calvin J. Laiche
Kentwood, LA
Ernest T. Landry
Metairie, LA
Mary Ann Vial Lemmon
New Orleans, LA
Robert J. Martin, Jr.
Asheville, NC
Maurice P. Mathieu
Houma, LA
R. Scott McClain
Lake Charles, LA
Brenda Gail McDonough
New Orleans, LA
William S. McKenzie
Baton Rouge, LA
James David McNeill III
Baton Rouge, LA
Joy S. Miller
New Orleans, LA
Sam Scott Miller
New York, NY
Robert E. Morgan
Lake Charles, LA
James A. Mundie, Jr.
Kenner, LA
Richard E. Norred
Shreveport, LA
Frank C. O’Halloran, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Harrell Pailet
Dallas, TX
Charles E. Reeves
Covington, LA
M. Caldwell Roberts
Shreveport, LA
William W. Rosen
Franklin, TN
Otto B. Schoenfeld
New Orleans, LA
Jerry H. Schwab
Houma, LA
A. Hartie Spence
Baton Rouge, LA
Robert J. Stamps
New Orleans, LA
Joe E. Thompson
Decatur, AL
Darryl J. Tschirn
Covington, LA
James C. Walker, Jr.
Houma, LA
Donald E. Walter
Shreveport, LA
Harald T. Werner, Jr.
Kenner, LA
Jerome M. Winsberg
New Orleans, LA
Frank J. Achary
Metairie, LA
E. Paul Adams, Jr.
Baton Rouge, LA
Steven E. Adams
Baton Rouge, LA
C. Clinton Adcock
Lafayette, LA
Joseph A. Aguilar
Pensacola, FL
John F. Ales
Baton Rouge, LA
Glenn W. Alexander
Lake Charles, LA
William Timothy Allen III
Shreveport, LA
Michael Aloise, Jr.
Morgan City, LA
Frederic Amman III
Monroe, LA
George K. Anding, Jr.
Baton Rouge, LA
Peter W. Arbour
Houston, TX
Bruce C. Ashley II
New Orleans, LA
Robert P. Aulston III
Detroit, MI
Rosemary Azar
Lafayette, LA
Wayne M. Babovich
New Orleans, LA
David K. Balfour
Lafayette, LA
Wendell J. Bares
Lafayette, LA
Herman L. Bastian, Jr.
Kenner, LA
Julian G. Baudier, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Riecke Baumann
Houston, TX
W.George Bayhi
Baton Rouge, LA
J. Patrick Beauchamp
New Orleans, LA
Philip A. Belancio
Metairie, LA
Gregory W. Belfour
Lake Charles, LA
Leonard L. Benedetto, Jr.
River Ridge, LA
Albert A. Bensabat III
Hammond, LA
Allan Berger
New Orleans, LA
Ronald J. Bertrand
Lake Charles, LA
Laurence E. Best
New Orleans, LA
G. Miles Biggs, Jr.
Covington, LA
James H. Boddie, Jr.
Ruston, LA
Robert R. Boland, Jr.
Baton Rouge, LA
William F. Bologna
New Orleans, LA
Eugene A. Booth
Baton Rouge, LA
John S. Bradford
Lake Charles, LA
Stephen H. Braud
Houma, LA
Herman G. Briese
Bush, LA
Frank Bright
Shreveport, LA
William L. Brockman
Kenner, LA
Hattie M. Broussard
New Orleans, LA
Richard C. Broussard
Lafayette, LA
Frank E. Brown, Jr.
Shreveport, LA
Charles L. Brumfield
Monroe, LA
Trevor G. Bryan
New Orleans, LA
Thomas R. Bryan
Grosse Tete, LA
E. Ross Buckley, Jr.
Metairie, LA
Charles L. Bull, Jr.
Welsh, LA
Premila Burns
Baton Rouge, LA
Gordon R. Cain
Mandeville, LA
Stephen Joseph Caire
Metairie, LA
R. Michael Caldwell
Baton Rouge, LA
James H. Campbell III
Shreveport, LA
Raymond L. Cannon
Tallulah, LA
Lane A. Carson
Covington, LA
Kenneth P. Carter
Covington, LA
Byron J. Casey III
New Orleans, LA
Douglas W. Casserleigh
Bush, LA
Charles F. Castille
Baton Rouge, LA
Timothy W. Cerniglia
Metairie, LA
Roy C. Cheatwood
New Orleans, LA
Charles R. Chesnutt, Sr.
Dallas, TX
George L. Clauer III
Georgetown, TX
Laurel B. Clauer
Georgetown, TX
Leslie J. Clement, Jr.
Thibodaux, LA
M. Lamarr Clemons
Amite, LA
David B. Clinkenbeard
Colleyville, TX
Martin E. Coady
Covington, LA
Stephen M. Cohen
New Orleans, LA
Elizabeth W. Cole
New Orleans, LA
J. Grant Coleman
New Orleans, LA
William M. Comegys III
Shreveport, LA
C. Brent Coreil
Ville Platte, LA
Gary A. Cotogno
New Orleans, LA
Dale G. Cox
Henning, MN
Arthur A. Crais, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Brian E. Crawford
Monroe, LA
Stephen W. Crawford
Covington, LA
James A. Crocker III
Montgomery, TX
Jeanne K. Crotty
Covington, LA
L. Polk Culpepper
Louisville, KY
John A. E. Davidson
Metairie, LA
Robert M. Davis III
Shreveport, LA
S P. Davis, Sr.
Shreveport, LA
Edward A. Davis, Jr.
Metairie, LA
Lois C. Davis
New Orleans, LA
Franklin W. Dawkins
Lafayette, LA
Judith D. de Boisblanc
San Francisco, CA
John W. deGravelles
Baton Rouge, LA
Joseph Anthony Delafield
Ragley, LA
John L. Delahaye
Baton Rouge, LA
Frank H. Dickinson III
Baton Rouge, LA
Edward B. Dittmer II
Mandeville, LA
Victor A. Dubuclet III
Metairie, LA
Otis Edwin Dunahoe, Jr.
Natchitoches, LA
Richard S. Dunn
Baton Rouge, LA
Samuel E. Dunn
Austin, TX
Stephen N. Elliott
Metairie, LA
James L. Ellis
Baton Rouge, LA
Gregory S. Erwin
Baton Rouge, LA
Jeannette M. Faust
Buda, TX
M. F. Rick Fayard, Jr.
Bossier City, LA
Larry Feldman, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Joseph V. Ferguson III
Duluth, MN
John P. Ferrara
New Orleans, LA
Alan S. Fishbein
Longboat Key, FL
D. S. Fitzgerald, Jr.
Lafayette, LA
Thomas E. Foley
Ponchatoula, LA
Anthony J. Fontana, Jr.
Abbeville, LA
Percy A. Ford, Jr.
West Monroe, LA
James L. Fortson, Jr.
Shreveport, LA
George Frazier
New Orleans, LA
Michael R. Garber
Lake Charles, LA
Wayne E. Garrett
New Orleans, LA
Andrew L. Gates III
Lafayette, LA
James T. Genovese
Opelousas, LA
Benny George, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Thomas F. Getten
Franklin, TN
Dominic J. Gianna
New Orleans, LA
William B. Gibbens III
Lakeway, TX
George L. Gibbs
Metairie, LA
Donald T. Giglio
Nashville, TN
G. Kent Gill
Shreveport, LA
Clave E. Gill III
Mandeville, LA
Eileen Gleason
New Orleans, LA
Rellis P. Godfrey
Shreveport, LA
Michael L. Goldblatt
Naples, FL
Edmund W. Golden
Metairie, LA
Ronald R. Gonzales
Boerne, TX
Carl S. Goode
Baton Rouge, LA
Brent S. Gore
Ferriday, LA
Brett L. Grayson
Lafayette, LA
Roger A. Grayson
Alexandria, VA
Russell B. Greer
Baton Rouge, LA
William D. Grimley
Baton Rouge, LA
Jerry J. Guillot
Baton Rouge, LA
Agustin R. Guitart
Metairie, LA
Pauline F. Hardin
New Orleans, LA
Patrick H. Hardy
Alexandria, LA
George E. Harp
Shreveport, LA
Rufus C. Harris III
Metairie, LA
Thorne D. Harris III
Metairie, LA
Michael Harson
Lafayette, LA
James H. Harvey, Jr.
Austin, TX
Dale H. Hayes
Morgan City, LA
Larry C. Hebert
Lafayette, LA
Frederick D. Heck
Denham Springs, LA
Niles A. Hellmers
River Ridge, LA
T. Gerald Henderson
New Orleans, LA
Joseph P. Henican
New Orleans, LA
J. Patrick Hennessy
Shreveport, LA
Stephen Michael Henry
Oxford, MS
W. James Hill III
Shreveport, LA
Weldon J. Hill II
Baton Rouge, LA
Blaise L. Hill
Alexandria, LA
James D. Hobbs, Jr.
Richmond, VA
John C. Holleman
Vidalia, LA
Ronald Loyd Holmes
Dallas, TX
Robert D. Hoover
Baton Rouge, LA
James E. Hopkins
Sulphur, LA
Stephen M. Irving
Baton Rouge, LA
James B. Irwin
Covington, LA
Thomas P. James
Covington, LA
Susan S. Jarvis
San Antonio, TX
Gerald D. Jensen
Lake Lotawana, MO
Brian P. Joffrion
Shreveport, LA
Jane L. Johnson
New Orleans, LA
Jon K. Johnson
Hurricane, WV
Bruce S. Johnston
London, KY
G. Brice Jones
Slidell, LA
Philip K. Jones, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
William A. Jones, Jr.
Ruston, LA
Rene R. Joyce
Houston, TX
Joseph E. Juban
Baton Rouge, LA
Ralph W. Junius, Jr.
Metairie, LA
Michael E. Katz
New Orleans, LA
Philip H. Kennedy
Metairie, LA
Hollis G. Kent, Jr.
Clinton, LA
Stewart J. Kepper, Jr.
Houston, TX
Bruce S. Kingsdorf
Mandeville, LA
Michael E. Kirby
Belle Chasse, LA
Irving Koch
Saint Louis, MO
G. Wayne Kuhn
Franklinton, LA
Robert F. Lakey
Metairie, LA
George L. LaMarca
Metairie, LA
Hugh P. Lambert
New Orleans, LA
J. Wayne Landry
New Iberia, LA
John S. Lastrapes
Spring, TX
Ralph K. Lee, Jr.
New Iberia, LA
Wayne J. Lee
New Orleans, LA
Richard K. Leefe
Metairie, LA
Ivan L. R. Lemelle
New Orleans, LA
Andrew A. Lemeshewsky, Jr.
Metairie, LA
Jean-Pierre Lendais
Houston, TX
Robert B. Leonard
Hackettstown, NJ
Terrence J. Lestelle
Metairie, LA
Robert W. Levy
Dubach, LA
Henry R. Liles
Lake Charles, LA
Edward J. Lilly
New Orleans, LA
Jerry W. Lindig
Baton Rouge, LA
Winfield E. Little, Jr.
Lake Charles, LA
Ross J. Lomonaco
Marrero, LA
Robert D. Long, Jr.
Franklinton, LA
Philip D. Lorio III
New Orleans, LA
James R. Madison
Shreveport, LA
James G. Maguire
New Orleans, LA
Jack T. Marionneaux
St Francisville, LA
Patrick H. Martin
Clinton, LA
B. Franklin Martin III
Metairie, LA
Joseph Maselli, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Thomas H. Matuschka
Baton Rouge, LA
Sharon E. May
Baton Rouge, LA
Robert C. McCall
Lake Charles, LA
Michael B. McColloster
Metairie, LA
John F. McDonald III
Heathrow, FL
Thomas J. McDonald, Jr.
Paris, FRANCE
James F. McKay III
New Orleans, LA
Michael W. McKay
Baton Rouge, LA
James L. Melchers
Metairie, LA
John J. Messina
Saint Rose, LA
Stephen F. Mestayer
New Iberia, LA
Gerald E. Meunier
New Orleans, LA
Vernon P. Middleton
Baton Rouge, LA
James W. Mills III
Dallas, TX
James H. Minge
New Orleans, LA
Joseph L. Montgomery
Metairie, LA
Robert W. Morgan
Denham Springs, LA
John G. Morgan
Lacombe, LA
Mark G. Murov
Austin, TX
Robert M. Murphy
Metairie, LA
Joseph F. Myers
Mandeville, LA
B. Woodrow Nesbitt, Jr.
Shreveport, LA
Rick C. Normand
Chalmette, LA
Charles A. O’Brien III
Baton Rouge, LA
Terrence O’Brien
New Orleans, LA
Arthur J. O’Keefe
Metairie, LA
John A. Occhipinti
Metairie, LA
Patrick S. Ottinger
Lafayette, LA
M. Denise Owens-Mounger
Vicksburg, MS
Fred A. Palmer III
Prairieville, LA
Joseph S. Pappalardo
New Orleans, LA
Allan A. Parr
Natchez, MS
Charles L. Patin, Jr.
Baton Rouge, LA
Edwin Sebastian Patout
Lafayette, LA
Michael P. Pellegrin
Houma, LA
Francisco H. Perez
Baton Rouge, LA
David W. Perret, Jr.
Marrero, LA
Eric O. Person
New Orleans, LA
Michael J. Phillips
New Orleans, LA
Peter C. Piccione, Jr.
Lafayette, LA
Eric L. Pittman
Denham Springs, LA
Normand F. Pizza
Mandeville, LA
Edward B. Poitevent II
New Orleans, LA
Elon A. Pollack
Los Angeles, CA
William S. Poole, Jr.
Demopolis, AL
David F. Post
Farmerville, LA
George L. Potter, Jr.
Asheville, NC
Ernst F. Preis, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Rena M. Price
Irving, TX
Donald E. Puckett
St Francisville, LA
Russell D. Pulver
San Francisco, CA
James Ray Raborn
Houston, TX
R. Scott Ramsey, Jr.
Morgan City, LA
Patrick A. Rankin
Arlington, TX
Joseph W. Rausch
Metairie, LA
Yvonne E. Reed
Baton Rouge, LA
John F. Reid
Fairfax, VA
Henry C. Remm, Jr.
Las Cruces, NM
Gayle A. Reynolds
Metairie, LA
Clarence L. Richardson, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
George J. Richaud
Folsom, LA
C. Vernon Richie
Shreveport, LA
Winston W. Riddick
Baton Rouge, LA
Larry W. Rivers
Celebration, FL
Nelson E. Rivers
Redmond, OR
John M. Robinson
Shreveport, LA
Kenneth L. Roche, Jr.
Bay St Louis, MS
Thomas J. Rodi
Mobile, AL
Dean P. Roy
Baton Rouge, LA
Ann G. Roy
New Orleans, LA
Edward E. Rundell
Alexandria, LA
Darrel D. Ryland
Marksville, LA
Patricia E. Saik
Bay St Louis, MS
Robert W. Scheffy, Jr.
Baton Rouge, LA
Peter U. Schlegel
New Orleans, LA
Jan Schoonmaker
Washington, DC
Ronald A. Seale
Louisville, KY
Edward A. Shamis, Jr.
Slidell, LA
William M. Shaw, Jr.
Homer, LA
Cynthia R. Shoss
New York, NY
Clive Leslie Sills
Harriman, TN
Irl R. Silverstein
Metairie, LA
Stephen J. Simone
Kenner, LA
William B. Skillman
Baton Rouge, LA
David L. Smelley
Shreveport, LA
R. Craig Smith
Baton Rouge, LA
Gerald E. Songy
Covington, LA
Wesley W. Steen
Kingwood, TX
Carl E. Stewart
Shreveport, LA
James R. Strain, Jr.
Pearl River, LA
Hugh R. Straub
New Orleans, LA
Edward P. Sutherland
Baton Rouge, LA
Nelson D. Taylor
Baton Rouge, LA
Daniel H. Taylor
Baton Rouge, LA
Harold L. Thibodeaux
Lake Charles, LA
Robert H. Thomas
Houston, TX
Steven R. Thomas
Mansfield, LA
Richard A. Thompson
New Orleans, LA
M. Joseph Tiemann
Metairie, LA
Joseph P. Titone
Baton Rouge, LA
Rykert O. Toledano, Jr.
Covington, LA
Mary Hull Tooker
Diamondhead, MS
Joseph B. Tosterud, Jr.
Bush, LA
Owen J. Trahant
New Iberia, LA
Chet D. Traylor
Monroe, LA
David G. Tyler
Shreveport, LA
Lewis O. Unglesby
Baton Rouge, LA
David E. Verlander III
Monroe, LA
J. Michael Veron
Lake Charles, LA
Robert P. Waddell
Shreveport, LA
Thomas F. Wade
Baton Rouge, LA
Robert M. Walmsley, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
James A. Watson
Lake Charles, LA
Norman W. Weaker
North Potomac, MD
Susan Weeks
New Orleans, LA
Ronald R. Weems
Shreveport, LA
John J. Weiler
New Orleans, LA
Dan E. West
Baton Rouge, LA
Thomas Barry Wilkinson
Port Allen, LA
Kenneth R. Williams
Baton Rouge, LA
Elizabeth M. Williams
Chalmette, LA
Rosemary Haas Williams
New Orleans, LA
Donald R. Wilson
Jena, LA
Charles M. Winters
New Orleans, LA
Steven B. Witman
Madisonville, LA
Henri Wolbrette III
New Orleans, LA
James O. M. Womack
Hammond, LA
Kenneth M. Wright
Lake Charles, LA
William E. Wright, Jr.
New Orleans, LA
Kenneth P. Wright
Jupiter, FL
M. Eugene Wright, Jr.
Ruston, LA
Charles J. Yeager
Alexandria, LA
Charles C. Zatarain III
Metairie, LA
Sidney J. Zeller
Shreveport, LA
Melvin C. Zeno
Harvey, LA
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