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2 Around the Bar September 2014 inside SEPTEMBER 2014

4 Contributors 5 Letter from the president “Has it really been 30 years?” BY DARREL J. PAPILLION 6 Fall Expo & Conference 7 Message from the chair “Take the short drive down River Road” BY MICHAEL R. BRASSETT II 8 Tales from the bar side “Pigeon Forage” BY VINCENT P. FORNIAS

9 “Meet our summer interns” BY SHEJI M. LaDAY On the cover: 10 Bar news Featured on the cover of the September 2014 issue of Around the Bar magazine are members of the Baton Rouge Bar Association who participated in college athletics. See Grant 15 Book review J. Guillot’s article on page 24. The article takes us from the “Fred D. Gray’s Bus Ride to Justice: The Life and Works of Fred Gray, playing fi eld to the courtroom. Revised Edition” BY RACHEL L. EMANUEL, Ph.D.

On the cover are (L to R, bottom row) Heidi Thompson, Dan Guillory, Victor Suane Jr., Jennifer Richardson Fore; (L to R, 16 Attorney spotlight middle row) Doug Moreau, Chase Tettleton, Jerry Guillot; “Interview with Ryan Chenevert” BY REBECCA WISBAR (L to R, top row) Quincy Richard, James Percy, David Fleshman and Henri Saunders. 17 Gail’s grammar

Cover artwork by Pamela Labbe. 18 “The ‘uncalled witness’ rule: An adverse inference, presumption or anomaly?” BY L. ADAM THAMES

21 What I’ve learned “Emile Christian Rolfs III” BY ED WALTERS

24 “From the playing fi eld to the courtroom: Refl ections from Baton Rouge attorneys who played college sports” BY GRANT J. GUILLOT

28 Nomination forms 32 West’s Jury Verdicts — Baton Rouge 33 Foundation footnotes

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September 2014 Around the Bar 3 Published by the Baton Rouge Bar Association P. O. Box 2241, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Phone (225) 344-4803 contributors Fax (225) 344-4805 www.brba.org

The Baton Rouge Bar Association will be the beacon for the full spectrum of the legal profession by fostering professional courtesy; increasing the diversity of the bar and the participation Michael R. Brassett II, chair of the 2014 Fall Expo & Conference, of under-represented groups; maintaining a sound fi nancial base; enhancing and developing member services and community practices with Dennis, Bates & Bullen. outreach; and promoting and improving the image of the profession. Rachel L. Emanuel, Ph.D., director of communications and OFFICERS development support for the Law Center, Darrel J. Papillion, President ...... 236-3636 is a member of the Publications Committee. Robert “Bubby” Burns Jr., President-elect ...... 767-7730 Jeanne Comeaux, Treasurer ...... 381-8051 Karli Johnson, Secretary ...... 389-3704 Vincent P. Fornias, an assistant editor of Around the Bar, is a solo Michael S. Walsh, Past President ...... 381-0247 practitioner whose practice focus is alternative dispute resolution. DIRECTORS AT LARGE Shelton Dennis Blunt Linda Law Clark Grant J. Guillot, an associate with Shows, Cali & Walsh, LLP, Christopher K. Jones Melanie Newkome Jones is a contributing writer. Amy C. Lambert David Abboud Thomas Joanna Hynes, Ex Offi cio Christopher K. Odinet, Ex Offi cio Pamela Labbe is the communications coordinator Laranda Moff ett Walker, Ex Offi cio of the Baton Rouge Bar Association. ABA DELEGATE Jack K. Whitehead Sheji M. LaDay served as the summer communications APPELLATE SECTION intern of the Baton Rouge Bar Association. Mark Plaisance ...... Chair BANKRUPTCY SECTION Darrel J. Papillion, a partner with Walters Papillion Thomas Cullens, LLC, Erin Wilder-Doomes ...... Chair is the 2014 president of the Baton Rouge Bar Association. BUSINESS/CORPORATE LAW SECTION Michael Platte ...... Co-chair Matthew Meiners ...... Co-chair Gail S. Stephenson, an assistant editor of Around the Bar, is the director of legal analysis and writing and an associate CONSTRUCTION LAW SECTION Matt Terrell ...... Chair professor of law at Southern University Law Center. Kelsey Funes ...... Past chair

FAMILY LAW SECTION L. Adam Thames, an associate with Taylor, Porter, Joanna Hynes ...... Chair Brooks & Phillips, LLP, is a contributing writer. Anne Richey Myles ...... Chair-elect Jennifer M. Moisant ...... Secretary Wendy L. Edwards ...... Past chair Ed Walters, a partner with Walters Papillion Thomas Cullens, LLC, is the editor of Around the Bar. PUBLIC LAW PRACTICE SECTION Christopher K. Odinet ...... Chair Danielle Clapinski ...... Chair-elect Rebecca Wisbar, a partner with Akers & Wisbar, LLC, Leonore Heavey ...... Past chair is a member of the Publications Committee. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SECTION Robin L. Krumholt ...... Co-Chair Debra T. Parker ...... Co-Chair Michelle M. Sorrells ...... Co-Chair Judge Pamela Moses-Laramore ...... Co-Chair

YOUNG SECTION OFFICERS Laranda Moff ett Walker, Chair ...... 376-0268 Scott Levy, Chair-elect ...... 336-5200 Kara B. Kantrow, Secretary ...... 769-7473 Scotty Chabert, Past Chair ...... 771-8100

YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION COUNCIL Francisca Comeaux Grant Guillot Carrie LeBlanc Jones Mackenzie Smith Ledet Loren D. Shanklin

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4 Around the Bar September 2014 letter from the president BY DARREL J. PAPILLION Has it really been 30 years?

When I was in the eighth grade, one of that ensued over the 1984 World’s Fair.) Those who my classmates (we’ll call him “Seth” to were afraid to brave the MART could enjoy the protect his identity) was the object of Monorail, another exciting mode of conveyance a great deal of fascination because at the fair. over the preceding summer he had My favorite pavilion was the Italian Pavilion, the good fortune of visiting the where before eel skin products became so 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville, ubiquitous in the 1980s and 1990s, I bought the Tenn. Some of us had gone to the fi rst eel skin wallet I had ever seen. If I had been beach or AstroWorld or had done older when the fair came to , I might some fi shing or camping, and all of have liked the German Beer Garden best, but, alas, us had played a lot of baseball, but I was too young, even in New Orleans, to partake. Seth generally won hands-down the Oddly enough, after all these years, I still have a sticker prize for coolest summer vacation. He from that fair tucked inside a desk caddy that sits on my kept us all enthralled with stories about his desk today, like it did on my desk at home 30 years ago. World’s Fair trip. There were lots of things to interest It’s hard to believe it’s been 30 years since the 1984 eighth grade boys — the Peruvian exhibit featured a real Louisiana World’s Fair. While all Louisianans of a certain mummy that was unwrapped and studied; Hungary sent age remember the fair, some perhaps for the nightly news a giant electronic version of that country’s most recent stories of fi nancial problems, unpaid bills, lawsuits and addition to world culture, the Rubik’s cube (a device that eventually bankruptcy of the fair corporation, the fair fascinated us and most of America in the 1980s) — and changed New Orleans and all of us. Some of the great there was also a 10-minute fi reworks display every night. expense that led to the fair’s fi nancial problems was related To add insult to injury, Seth’s parents had bought him a to the construction of buildings that would become part World’s Fair belt buckle he wore practically every day of of the Morial Convention Center and that would lead to the eighth grade. the Convention Center becoming one of the largest in the We knew in 1982, of course, that in two years the country and a big part of New Orleans’ economy today. World’s Fair or World Exposition, as it was sometimes The fair would also lead to the revitalization of the called, would be in our home state, and we all looked New Orleans Warehouse District that is now home to forward to attending and seeing what New Orleans might restaurants, galleries, upscale housing and the National do to top the mummy and the Rubik’s cube. Granted, the World War II Museum. Sadly, the MART and the Monorail 1984 Louisiana World Exposition may have not been a did not survive. Many hoped that the MART would serve great deal for vendors, contractors and others who had as a permanent connection between the East Bank and some type of important fi nancial interest at stake, but for Algiers, and that there might one day be a Monorail from teenagers it was great! I went the summer of 1984 with a downtown New Orleans to the New Orleans airport, but big group of friends. In two short years, we had, of course, the fair made New Orleans and Louisiana think big, and outgrown our interest in mummies and probably Rubik’s we all (except those who lost a fortune) had a lot of fun. cubes, too, and we were much more interested in trying While there will not a beating heart display, Monorail, to have as much, hopefully unchaperoned, fun as possible or MART gondola, the Baton Rouge Bar Association will within the various exhibits and displays. host an Exposition of its own — our annual Fall Expo & The 1984 World’s Fair offered a lot. We enjoyed Conference, which features our September Bar Luncheon seeing the Space Shuttle Enterprise; Ochsner Hospital — at L’Auberge Casino and Hotel Baton Rouge Thursday, had a giant beating heart display; the fair had exhibits Sept. 11, 2014. The Expo will feature countless displays from many, many countries — even one from the State of from vendors and service providers who, like the World’s Mississippi. The best $3.50 I probably ever spent paid for Fair, will allow visitors to see cutting edge law practice a thrilling ride high above and across the innovation and technology. Hopefully, the lunch will be on the MART (Mississippi Aerial River Transit) gondola. as fun and delicious as the fare at the Italian Pavilion in (The MART should have probably charged more because 1984. And, for those of you who insist on losing a lot only about half as many people as projected dared ride the of money, we are holding the event at a casino! We look fl imsy little gondola across the mighty Mississippi River, forward to seeing you there. and the MART litigation was just one of the many lawsuits

September 2014 Around the Bar 5 fall expo & conference keynote speaker H. Alston Johnson III practices in the area of The BRBA Fall Expo & Conference, taking place Thursday, Sept. litigation, particularly at 11, 2014, at L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge, includes the appellate level and an exhibitor expo, a combined luncheon-CLE (featuring keynote with emphasis in the areas of tort litigation, insurance speaker H. Alston Johnson III), two additional hours of CLE coverage and litigation, and seminars (professionalism and ethics), and a long coff ee break administrative law. Johnson for an all-inclusive package price of $75 per BRBA member, has presented an annual and $150 per non-member or guest. Legislative Update seminar for the BRBA for more than Lunch-only option for members: $60 per person. 30 years. Lunch-only option for non-members: $85 per person. H. Alston Johnson III Prior to joining Phelps The BRBA Fall Expo & Conference is your opportunity to network with members Dunbar in 1984, Johnson was a member of the full-time law of the bench and the bar; to visit with exhibitors/sponsors and learn about faculty at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center of LSU for 12 years. He served as an adjunct member from 1984-2011. He took new products and services related to your legal practice; and to register to win senior partner status with Phelps Dunbar in 2012 and taught great prizes. The exhibitor expo begins at 11 a.m., the luncheon starts at 11:45 full-time at LSU until spring 2013, when he became an a.m., and the fi rst of three CLE seminars will begin at 12:30 p.m. The Law Expo adunct professor once again. He currently teaches courses concludes at 4 p.m. and the last CLE ends at 4:45 p.m. in Federal Courts and Confl ict of Laws, and previously taught courses in Torts, Insurance, Louisiana Civil Procedure and We accept payment in advance and at the door. Members of the Louis A. Louisiana’s civil law subjects. Johnson maintains an active Martinet Legal Society and the Baton Rouge Association of Women Attorneys professional relationship with Phelps Dunbar, focusing on (BRAWA) receive the BRBA member rate. selected appellate work and supervisory practice.

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YES, register me for the FALL EXPO & CONFERENCE at L’AUBERGE CASINO & HOTEL BATON ROUGE taking place THURSDAY, Sept. 11, ❏ 2014, at a cost of $75 per BRBA member or $150 per nonmember. Expo exhibits open at 11 a.m. The luncheon will open at 11:45 a.m. Reservations may be transferred, but not canceled, after 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. “No shows” will be billed. Members of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society and BRAWA can receive the BRBA member rate. This all-inclusive event includes three hours of CLE credit, the September Bar Luncheon, and the Law Expo exhibition. CLE materials will be provided electronically in advance of the seminar. PLEASE INDICATE BELOW WHAT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND:

LUNCHEON / ““LEGISLATIVE UPDATE”— YES, register me for the Luncheon, which begins at 11:45 a.m. , ❏ and the 1.0 hour CLE seminar —12:30-1:30 p.m.; Speaker: H. ALSTON JOHNSON III of PHELPS DUNBAR, LLP

PROFESSIONALISM CLE — YES, register me for this 1.0 hour CLE seminar — 2 - 3 p.m. ❏ Speaker: David LaCerte, Secretary of the LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

ETHICS CLE — YES, register me for this 1.0 hour CLE seminar — 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. ❏ Speaker: CHARLES B. “CHUCK” PLATTSMIER, Chief Disciplinary Counsel of the LOUISIANA OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL

LUNCH / LEGISLATIVE UPDATE CLE OPTION: YES, please register me ONLY for the LUNCHEON and 1.0 hour of CLE (Legislative Update) ❏ at L’AUBERGE CASINO & HOTEL BATON ROUGE taking place THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2014, at a cost of $60 per BRBA member, or $85 per non-BRBA member. Expo exhibits open at 11 a.m. The luncheon will open at 11:45 a.m. All luncheon attendees are encouraged to visit with Expo exhibitors immediately before or after the luncheon to register to win prizes. Reservations may be transferred, but not canceled, after 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. “No shows” will be billed.

Bar Roll No.______Please check applicable box: ❏ BRBA member ❏ Martinet member ❏ BRAWA member ❏ non-member Name______Firm ______Address______City ______State ______Zip ______Phone ______Fax ______Email ______If paying by credit card, please include the following: THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO REGISTER: Name on credit card______(1) Logon to www.BRBA.org, go under “events,” select Fall Expo & Conference and pay by credit card Type of card: (circle one): MC VISA AmExp Discover (all major credit cards accepted); (2) fi ll out and fax this form to 225-344-4805 Card Number:______before noon Friday, Sept. 5, 2014; or (3) mail this form in with Exp. Date: ______Security code: ______your check payable to: BRBA, P. O. Box 2241, Baton Rouge, LA 70821.

6 Around the Bar September 2014 message from the chair Take the short drive BY MICHAEL R. BRASSETT II down River Road

The Baton Rouge Bar Association’s annual Law Expo LaCerte of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs and September Bar Luncheon is right around the corner, will have a presentation on the legal issues and policies and this year we will once again be hosting the event that impact our veterans. In addition, we will have a at L’Auberge Casino & Hotel. We felt that this venue special presentation honoring the members of our own worked perfectly last year for both the participants and BRBA community who have had the great distinction of the vendors who participate year in and year out. It will be serving our country. a great event and fundraiser for the BRBA, and we hope For those of you have not attended the Law Expo in to see you there. the last few years, we encourage you to take the short ride This year’s event will be held Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, down River Road to L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton and we felt the best way to remember this very painful day Rouge this year to participate. The casino offers free valet in American history is by bringing attention to those who service and provides a great view of the Mississippi River have selfl essly served to protect the very freedoms that we that should not be missed. enjoy each day. As chairman of this year’s event, I plan to be there and This year as CLE speakers we will have H. Alston I hope to see you all soon. Johnson III giving his ever-informative Legislative Update, Charles B. Plattsmier for Ethics and Secretary David

September 2014 Around the Bar 7 tales from the bar side BY VINCENT P. FORNIAS Pigeon Forage

Yes, dear reader(s). You will need to rationalize to envisioned the hydraulic rams of the Dump’s receptacles fi nd a connection between my story and the practice of compressing the painting into wallet-size status. law—but hear me out anyway. I suppose I should start by The King of the Pigeon Forge Dump is its sole revealing that for the last couple of years we have owned a attendant, a paunchy middle-aged bald guy wearing a cabin in the woods in East Tennessee, a few miles from the Rascal Flatts wife-beater T-shirt who sits there all day, feet Smoky Mountain National Park, the nearest town being propped up, occasionally activating the ominous “ram” the Vegas of the Mountain Dew crowd, Pigeon Forge, button from his windowed guardhouse overlooking near the birthplace of Dolly Parton and her omnipresent the two receptacles. Talk about a political hire—hell, Dollywood empire. We avoid Pigeon Forge as much as he’s probably the mayor. So I ascended the steps of his possible. Then there is the matter of no local garbage Kingdom, rapped humbly on his window, and obtained a pickup in my cabin community, relegating us (when 5-minute Ram Reprieve in an effort to rescue the ill-fated nearby dumpsters are either guarded or full) to the mercy box. I soon found myself straddling, then descending into of the Pigeon Forge City Dump. Which is where this story the morass of garbage bags (some even tied appropriately) really begins. in my futile and disgusting effort to fi nd the buried This past summer, while spending a few weeks there treasure. Did I mention that Monday is apparently the to escape Baton Rouge humidity, my garbage cup ranneth busiest Dump day in Pigeon Forge? After weird looks and over one Monday morning when I spotted my brother- a few pointed comments from the locals, I found myself in-law, owner of the cabin down the road and a real the subject of a cellphone photo by someone driving by in devotee of dump runs, loading his car for his latest sortie. a white F-150. Never ever did I envision Dumpster Diving Scrambling to catch him before his departure, I delivered on my bucket list, and now suddenly I was a candidate the kitchen garbage bag and a large cardboard shipping for the front page of The Mountain Times as some sort of box full of discarded packing material from the wife’s poster boy for Pigeon Forge urban blight. latest online order. Mission completed and personal dump As I was climbing out of the second dumpster just run averted, I retreated inside the confi nes of the cabin before The Ram reactivated, I received a call from my to do some whittlin’ or somesuch. Fifteen minutes later I brother-in-law. No, he had not noticed the package was became painfully aware that the shipping box remained in sealed and addressed to his daughter, and yes, he had the kitchen, next to the garbage compartment—meaning dutifully hurled it into the right-hand-side receptacle. I that the wrong box had been entrusted to the brother-in- reentered my SUV in abject defeat and pungent of smell, law. Indeed, what he was transporting in his trunk was only to realize that you can never have enough Purell to another shipping box, the difference being that this one go around in times like these. The scene was not pretty was painstakingly wrapped, sealed, addressed to my niece, on my empty-handed return. My sister-in-law texted that and containing a fragile new original painting that she had she hoped I “was still alive” followed by a tacky smiley fallen in love with when the wife placed it on her Facebook face icon. I replied that I wished her husband godspeed page. Battle stations! in explaining to his own daughter how he systematically I immediately dove for the cellphone and dialed my threw her prized painting away. And me? I had become brother-in-law. When his wife answered, I knew trouble the anti-Monuments Man of Greater Pigeon Forge. loomed. It seems he hadn’t taken his cellphone on the dump run, only his two grateful hounds. Quickly shouting over the phone to have him call me as soon as he got Akers & Wisbar, L.L.C. proudly announces the addition of back, off I sped on my own version of The Cannonball Run—until the Barney Fife of the Pigeon Forge Darrell J. Loup as Of Counsel to the fi rm P.D. appeared in my rearview mirror, tailgating me for the next

few miles, painfully enforcing the Founding Partners: Of Counsel: 35 mph limit, no doubt infl uenced Denise N. Akers Sen. Sydney B. Nelson (Ret.) by my trusty LSU vanity plate. Rebecca K. Wisbar Darrell J. Loup Minutes seemed like hours as I

8 Around the Bar September 2014 Meet our summer interns BY SHEJI M. LaDAY

Learn a little about the Summer 2014 interns of Donna Fields — Donna Fields is a third-year student at the the Baton Rouge Bar Foundation and Baton Rouge Bar Southern University Law Center evening program working Association below: under BRBF Pro Bono Coordinators Emily Chambers and Robin Kay. Her duties include helping with client Sheji M. LaDay — I am the summer communications intern interviews, working with pro bono outreach and assisting under Communications Coordinator Pamela Labbe, an at the Self Help Resource Center. Fields graduated from extern at the Public Defender’s Offi ce, and a law student. Louisiana Tech University with a bachelor’s degree in Originally from Houston, I attended Howard University sociology and University of Louisiana at Monroe with a in Washington, D.C., where I received my bachelor’s master’s degree in criminal justice. She is an active member degree in legal communications. There I interned for the and volunteer of both Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. and St. American Political Science Association, the American Luke’s Missionary Baptist Church. “After seeing a void Red Cross, U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. in juvenile delinquents legal representation I decided that Department of Justice. After graduation I came to Baton I wanted to work in public interest law specifi cally with Rouge to pursue a law degree at the LSU Law Center. For juveniles,” Fields said. Lastly, she is a Southern University the past year, I have served as an administrative assistant Law Center Chancellor’s Public Service stipend recipient. for the LSU Family Law Clinic under the direction of Brenda Salassi and Professor Robert Lancaster. Ahmed Mohamed — Pro Bono intern and third-year LSU Law student Ahmed Mohamed is all about giving back Kacy Bringaze — Kacy Bringaze is an Auburn University to his community. Originally from Yemen, Mohamed sophomore and pre-business major with interest to has witnessed fi rst-hand the chaos that can ensue when attend law school. She wants to study abroad before she society does not have respect for the law. “I applied to graduates and eventually become a corporate attorney. As the BRBA because I believe giving back to my community a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, Bringaze has volunteered is important, and working at the BRBA under Emily with the Boys and Girls Club, soup kitchens and a shelter Chambers is an opportunity for me to work and help for pregnant women. Her attraction to the BRBA came those in need,” Mohamed said. naturally because of its public interest component and as His duties at the BRBA include working at the Self an opportunity to learn about working with lawyers. As a Help Resource Center and other special projects. He is the summer intern under the direction of BRBA Bookkeeper 3L Class Representative at the LSU Law Center for the Julie Ourso, Bringaze is responsible for general offi ce Student Bar Association, a member of the Trial Advocacy duties and helping to organize the Bench Bar Conference Board, Moot Court Board, Admiralty Moot Court Team silent auction. and the Public Interest Law Society. He has volunteered for Dance Marathon, Street Law, and PAWS for a Cause: Dejean Cleggett — Originally from New Orleans, Dejean A Spring Day of Service. Cleggett is a third-year LSU law student working as an intern under BRBF Pro Bono Coordinator Robin Kay. As a Kiara Taite — Currently in her second year at the LSU law student with a deep interest in serving the community, Law Center, Kiara Taite earned both her bachelor’s and he has been involved with both the Public Interest Law master’s degrees in sociology at Mississippi State. She Society (PILS) and PAWS for a Cause: A Spring Day of attributes her studies in sociology to fueling her passion Service. A former PILS Fellow, Cleggett’s past externship for public interest law. She wishes to serve the underserved experience includes time at the East Baton Rouge District and those facing any type of systematic discrimination. She Attorney’s and Public Defender’s offi ces. In spring 2014, started her internship in early July with Lawyer Referral he participated in the LSU Immigration Clinic, which led & Information Service Coordinator Carole McGehee. to his current interest in immigration law. Taite volunteers with the Self Help Resource Center and is a member of the Public Interest Law Society.

TEEN COURT OF GREATER BATON ROUGE needs attorneys to volunteer toassist with the program.

To fi nd out more, contact Donna Buuck at 225-214-5556 or [email protected] or R. Lynn Smith Haynes at 225-214-5564 or [email protected].

September 2014 Around the Bar 9 bar news BY SHEJI M. LaDAY PHOTO BY PAMELA LABBE PAMELA BY PHOTO Volunteers needed for outreach legal clinics

BRBF Pro Bono Project community outreach legal clinics are in need of attorney volunteers to assist with Cory Alford, Sheji M. LaDay, BRBA President Darrel J. Papillion and Dejean intake, counseling and providing legal advice. To volunteer, Cleggett attended the fi nal day of the Summer Youth Legal Institute, a BRBF program which took place June 23-27, 2014. Alford, LaDay and Cleggert, contact Emily Chambers at 225-214-5558. who are law students, were instrumental in the successs of this program. Young Lawyers hold August health & wellness fair Summer Youth Legal Institute inspires 19 teens through law-related education and a mock trial The YLS will hold a health and wellness fair Aug. 22, 2014, at the Middleton Bar Center, 544 Main St. Cost is The Baton Rouge Bar Foundation held the fi rst-ever $25 for 1.0 hour of Professionalism CLE (starts at 1 p.m.). Summer Youth Legal Institute June 23-27, 2014, at the Informational seminars will take place all afternoon. Armed Forces Reserve Center. A total of 19 middle and Contact Susan Kelley at 225-214-5559 for information. high school students from the Gardere community ranging from ages 12 to 16 attended. The program, funded by Belly Up with the Bar 2014 takes place Nov. 7 a grant from the South Burbank Crime Prevention and Development District, featured lectures on legal research, This year’s BRBF Belly Up with the Bar event date is fi nancial literacy for teens and juvenile rights. It featured Nov. 7, 2014. The activities will take place at Live Oak an interactive mock trial, where participants received Arabians. Call Donna Buuck at 225-214-5556 to join the coaching on their roles as the prosecution, defense or a committee or to sponsor the event. witness. Lynn Haynes served as program coordinator.

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10 Around the Bar September 2014 Chancellor Pitcher inducted into 2014 National Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. She Bar Association Hall of Fame was selected to receive the Hon. Michaelle Pitard Wynne Professionalism Award at the LSBA Annual Conference Chancellor Freddie Pitcher Jr. of the in June. She currently serves on the Young Lawyers Southern University Law Center was inducted Section Council of the BRBA and has been active with the into the National Bar Association Hall of Volunteer, Mock Trial and Holiday Star committees. Fame July 29, 2014, during the 2014 NBA Annual Convention in Atlanta, Ga. BRBF Holiday Star Project received the 2014 LSBA Service to the Public Award Suane named Outstanding Lawyer by LSBA The Baton Rouge Bar Foundation Holiday Star The LSBA selected Victor J. Suane Jr. as Project provided gifts to more than 800 children from 12 the recipient of the 2014 LSBA Young Lawyers social service agencies in 2013. This program, which is in Division Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. is 22nd year, received the 2014 LSBA Service to the Public Suane, a 2007 SULC graduate, joined Kean Award in June during the LSBA Annual Conference. Miller as an associate in September 2007, and Ryan Brown of Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff was elected to partnership Jan. 1, 2013. & McCollister was the 2013 committee chair. Kristi W. Richard of McGlinchey Stafford served as committee Ledet received the Hon. Michaelle Pitard Wynne vice chair. Susan Kelley is staff liaison to the Holiday Star Professionalism Award at the LSBA Conference Committee.

Mackenzie Smith Ledet has a fi ve-year Leo C. Hamilton honored with an history of active voluntarism with the BRBA LSBA President’s Award in June and compassion for helping the disadvantaged in our commuity. Ledet, a mother to newborn Leo C. Hamilton, a past president of the twins, is an associate attorney with Baker, BRBA, was one of three to receive an LSBA

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September 2014 Around the Bar 11 PHOTO BY SUSAN KELLEY BY PHOTO PHOTO BY PAMELA LABBE PAMELA BY PHOTO

The June Bar Luncheon, held June 23, 2014, was organized by the BRBA Young Lawyers Section. Mackenzie Smith Ledet was presented with the Hon. Michaelle Pitard Wynne Professionalism Award. Above are (L to R) Ledet, Francisca Comeaux, YLS Chair Laranda Moff ett Walker and Scott Levy. A Lawyers Renew Oath Renewal Cermony was held Friday, May 9, 2014, at the Manship Theatre in the , which allowed attorney participants to renew their oath to the legal profression. Louisiana LSBA’s Pro Bono & Children’s Awards presented to Supreme Court Justices John Weimer, Jeannette Knoll and Jeff Hughes (in photo above) lead the reading of the oath. Palmer, Carmichael, Ferachi and McKeel

President’s Award during the LSBA Annual Meeting in The LSBA’s 2014 Pro Bono & Children’s Awards Destin, Fla., June 5, 2014. All recipients were chosen by were presented at a reception held May 20, 2014, in New 2013-14 LSBA President Richard K. Leefe. Hamilton, Orleans. Three Baton Rouge Bar Association members a partner with Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP, was were selected as recipients of the Pro Bono Public Award, recognized for his years of service to Louisiana’s legal and a former intern with the BRBA was selected to receive community and justice system. He is a past member of the the Law Student Pro Bono Award. American Bar Association’s House of Delegates. A solo practitioner practicing bankruptcy law, Sherrye Palmer has an offi ce in Saint Amant, La., and practices in SULC honors alumni during gala, reception and portrait unveiling

Judge Wilson Fields was inducted into the Southern University Law Center’s Hall of Fame during its annual Gala April 5, 2014, at the Hilton Capitol Center. Yolanda Martin Singleton and Vanessa Caston LaFleur were honored as 2014 Distinguished Alumni during the Distinguished Alumni and Friends Welcome Reception held at the Shaw Center for the Arts April 3, 2014. Judge Fields and Judge Brenda Bedsole We are pleased to announce Ricks were among eight judges whose portraits were unveiled for installation in the SULC Judicial Wall of Fame. SULC graduates who serve or have served as Erin Gourney Fonacier members of the judiciary have portraits displayed in the North Wing of A.A. Lenoir Hall. Portraits of the eight alumni has joined the fi rm and will continue judges who participated in the 2014 SULC Judicial Wall of Fame Portraits Unveiling her practice in the areas of and Installation Thursday, April 3, 2014, as part of the Alumni Round-Up will be Commercial Litigation, placed with the 23 others that are now Business and Construction Law. featured in the North Wing of A.A. Lenoir Hall.

12 Around the Bar September 2014 Bono Publico Award May 20, 2014. He established the Bankruptcy Law Clinic at Southern University Law Center and is responsible for the design and execution of the transition from a classroom theory-oriented program to

PHOTO BY PAMELA LABBE PAMELA BY PHOTO a student attorney/client relationship focused law clinic. Carmichael donated 136 hours in 2013 to the direct representation of pro bono clients in bankruptcy cases through his law fi rm and through oversight and supervision of pro bono cases handled by the student attorneys of the SULC Bankruptcy Law Clinic. A Wills for Heroes event was held Friday, May 23, 2014, at the Middleton A past president of the BRBA, Michael D. Ferachi Bar Center. The program was sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of practices consumer litigation the LSBA and the BRBF Pro Bono Project, and was coordinated by Valerie B. Bargas. BRBA Pro Bono Coordinator Robin Kay lined up the 24 attorney with McGlinchey Stafford and volunteers and three law student volunteers. The Wills for Heroes event is the editor of the CAFA Law assisted 46 heroes and their spouses with the creation of wills. Blog. He received a 2014 LSBA Pro Bono Publico Award. Not Baton Rouge. She donated 63 hours of pro bono service only did he dedicate 51 hours through the BRBF in 2013, including extensive client La. Supreme Court Justice Jeff of pro bono service to the Pro representation and advice or counseling at the BRBF Hughes, Michael Ferachi and Bono Project representing pro LSBA President Richard K. Leefe. outreach legal clinics along with case referrals. Palmer was bono clients, but Ferachi has honored with an LSBA Pro Bono Publico Award May 20, been instrumental in promoting a culture of pro bono at 2014. Palmer graduated from Southern University Law his fi rm. He helped draft McGlinchey Stafford’s pro bono Center in May 2010 and was admitted to the bar in May policy, which encouraged attorneys to handle such cases 2011. and allowed them to use the hours they worked on pro Founder and partner of The Carmichael Firm, bono matters to be credited toward their fi rm’s internal LLC, Booker T. Carmichael received a 2014 LSBA Pro budgets. As a result, many of the fi rm’s associates became regular volunteers for Pro Bono Project programs and many accept cases for individual representation on a regular basis. Brittany Jaleesa McKeel, a second-year student attending Southern University Law Center, was honored with the 2014 LSBA Law Student Pro Bono Award May 20, 2014. McKeel served as an intern with the BRBF Pro Bono Project and volunteered with Thirst for Justice and the Self Help Resource Center at Family Court of East Baton Rouge. In 2013, McKeel helped to start a Louisiana Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild at Southern University Law Center. McKeel serves as its treasurer. She expects to complete law school May 2015.

First Circuit Court of Appeal institutes voluntary EFiling as of June 16

The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal instituted voluntary electronic fi ling beginning June 16, 2014. EFiling will be available as one of the services offered through EClerk’s Counter on the First Circuit’s website at www.la-fcca.org. Call 225-382-3000 to answer any questions or concerns about the new EFiling service.

September 2014 Around the Bar 13 16th Annual “Belly Up with the Bar” Entry Form Cook-off & Brewfest Event takes place Friday, Nov. 7, 2014

The 16th Annual “Belly Up with the Bar” is a cook-off, brewfest and outdoor party with live music—sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section of the Baton Rouge Bar Association. Proceeds from this event will benefi t the BRBF’s Youth Education Program. Team and individual entries are welcome. Judges will select winners in a variety of categories. Advance general admission tickets are $25 per adult, $20 per law student, $10 per child ages 12 to 17, and FREE admittance to children ages 11 and under. Prices at the door are $30 per adult or law student, and $10 per child, so buy ’em now!

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DATE: Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. — mark your calendars NOW!

WHO CAN ENTER: Anyone who’s willing to cook and serve enough to feed/water our local bar. The entry fee, which is $125 per team (up to 5 members per team), gets you: (1) in the door to try all the fabulous food and drinks (2) all the beer you care to drink, and (3) the chance to show off your culinary talents

THINGS YOU’LL NEED TO BRING: • Enough food to serve roughly 300 “sample size” portions • Any cooking/heating/brewing equipment necessary to serve your entry • A team of no more than 5 members • A sign to indicate what you’re making • Serving bowls (serving size), cups or plates

THINGS WE’LL PROVIDE: Forks and spoons; beer, live music . . . and fabulous prizes

ENTRY FORM — PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM AND FAX IT TO: (225) 344-4805 OR MAIL IT ASAP To: Baton Rouge Bar Association, ATTN: YLS, P. O. Box 2241, Baton Rouge, LA 70821. Registration Deadline: Oct. 7, 2014.

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14 Around the Bar September 2014 Book Review: Fred D. Gray’s Bus Ride to Justice: The Life and Works

of Fred Gray, Revised Edition REVIEW BY RACHEL EMANUEL, Ph.D.

In Bus Ride to Justice: The Life of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. His efforts and Works of Fred D. Gray, attorney in the desegregation of Alabama schools Gray of Montgomery, Ala., presents an and the 1965 Selma March I studied informative and easy to understand review during graduate school. I also knew he of his participation in what is known as was elected to the Alabama legislature the American modern-day civil rights and was the fi rst black president of the movement. The revised edition, the author Alabama Bar Association. mentions, includes “what occurred then, From this book, I must admit, I where we are today, and where we go learned a number of other things about from here in the fi eld of civil rights.” Gray Gray including information about his states that in this edition he gives a fuller nomination for a federal judgeship, account of the arrest of Rosa Parks that set which he discussed in detail in Chapter the stage for the legal challenge against bus 19, “The Judgeship That Was Not To segregation. Be.” Surprisingly, I did not recall his Gray’s memoir is valuable for readers background in the clergy. In this revised interested in a fi rst-hand perspective of edition, Gray stated his expanded a civil rights activist. His personal accounts reveal the account of the Rosa Parks story was presented “at the strength and determination of one on a sacred mission, proper time,” after her death. The additional details he and in his case, using his legal career to accomplish specifi c disclosed describing a fully pre-planned event seemed goals. “Destroying everything segregated that I could fi nd,” hardly regarded as secret. Many have suspected that Parks Gray said has been his goal during his six decades as a civil was a willing volunteer to making her place in history rights lawyer. That statement was repeated throughout the rather than an accidental victim. book. I was aware of the challenges to his formal educational As many of us across this nation commemorate the training in the Jim Crow South. Gray and many African 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of Americans of that time in the South, including my mother 1964, I am reminded that destroying segregation meant (who earned a master’s degree from the University of much more than allowing African-American students to Denver), were forced to pursue higher education outside of attend schools with white students. Gray’s career included the states in which they and their parents were taxpayers. landmark cases in voting rights, education, housing, However, reading about these challenges today, I was fi nancial affairs, employment, law enforcement, jury educated anew regarding the sacrifi ces of students like him selection and other issues that have kept African Americans and the families they left behind, even if only temporarily. excluded from fi rst-class citizenship and violated their I have gained greater insights of the rewards to many who Constitutional rights. benefi tted from the return of these educated residents. At Given my personal background, interest in civil rights that time, the Southern states were fortunate to experience legal history, and my familial relationship with Fred Gray’s minimal “brain drain” thanks to many African Americans brother (the late Thomas Gray was my uncle), it was a like Fred Gray. pleasure to read about the impact this man and his family Reading about how civil rights pioneers challenged had on civil rights legal history in not only the state of and overcame is always enlightening. However, it is Alabama, but also the nation. As a biographer of the late extremely helpful to know how pioneers, like Gray, New Orleans civil rights attorney Alexander Pierre Tureaud assess the unforeseen outcomes of their work and today’s Sr., I am aware of the efforts duplicated in Louisiana and challenges. Also, it is important to know about their work fi nd it interesting to compare the circumstances, issues, in encouraging the next generation of civil rights legal personalities and strategies with the successes and failures professionals. Gray’s willingness to share in all three of experienced by both. these areas is appreciated. I knew about much of his work before reading the I congratulate Fred Gray on a best-selling book, such as his serving as legal counsel to Martin Luther autobiography and an acclaimed career as a civil rights King Jr., the Montgomery Improvement Association’s Bus attorney, destroying everything segregated that he could Boycott, Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin and to the victims fi nd.

September 2014 Around the Bar 15 attorney spotlight Interview with BY REBECCA WISBAR Ryan Chenevert

ATB: Tell us about your law practice. ATB: Did you work in the accounting fi eld before you went to law school? RC: I am an attorney with Fletcher & Roy, LLC. As you know, we do one RC: I had two summer internships in thing and we do it very well. We handle Houston. I was offered a position in personal injury cases. accounting in Houston, Texas, with a Big Four public accounting fi rm. I ATB: College major? considered accepting that position. However, instead of taking the easy RC: Accounting at Louisiana State path and following in my father’s University. I chose accounting because footsteps as an accountant, I decided it is the most lucrative business major that I wanted to torture myself with and my best friends were studying three more years of school, spend an accounting. entire summer studying 12 hours a day for one test, and dig myself into more ATB: Age and marital status: student loan debt. So far, I am happy Ryan Chenevert with my decision. RC: 27. Still single. Sorry mom. ATB: Please tell me about the mural on the exterior of the ATB: Born and raised: offi ce building.

RC: In Baton Rouge, La. RC: This was done by local artist Jacob Zumo. We have been friends for years. One of my ideas was to utilize the ATB: When did you fi rst consider law school? back wall of our building as a billboard / mural to add to the culture of downtown Baton Rouge. If you have RC: As early as second grade, I thought about becoming not seen it yet, the mural features Louisiana icons: Louis an attorney. A family friend, John Tyler, inspired me as Armstrong, Pete Maravich and, of course, . a role model and mentor. I remember, whenever there was an issue, my mom would say we needed to call John ATB: Have you ever participated in any sports? because he’s an attorney. I knew when I grew up that I wanted to be the person that people called for answers, so RC: Growing up, I participated in baseball, football and I decided to go to law school. basketball with BREC. In high school, I played football for Parkview Baptist. (I was starting wide receiver on a strictly ATB: What was your fi rst “real job”? running team.) Go Eagles! I attribute my competitiveness and discipline in the classroom to competing in sports as a RC: I worked as a lifeguard at Blue Bayou at age 14. child and in high school. I worked there for several summers and am still friends with many of the people I met there. All the fun we had ATB: What was the best advice you were ever given and and memories we made was well worth the $4.25/hour did not take? we were paid. RC: “Buy Apple Stock.” When I graduated high school ATB: What was your fi rst position after law school? in 2005, I was blessed with a graduation gift of $10,000. At my graduation dinner I remember a family friend who RC: I clerked for Judge Ralph Tureau in Gonzales. Judge jokingly suggested that I should “invest it all in Apple.” Tureau’s court is a general jurisdiction court. I loved this Of course I laughed that off and did the responsible thing: clerkship and learned a lot about different areas of the I saved some and used the rest to pay for rent and books at law. I also observed invaluable lessons from really good LSU. FYI that $10,000 in Apple would be worth $148,250 attorneys…and really bad attorneys. today.

16 Around the Bar September 2014 ATB: What are your favorite leisure activities? Buddy, Boys & Girls Club, Over the Edge for Adoption, Baton Rouge Food Bank, Tigers Against Traffi cking, RC: I’m not one for leisure. However, my escape is COEA Dancing for a Cause, YELP, Sexual Trauma traveling the world. I have been blessed to travel to some Awareness and Multiple Sclerosis. pretty awesome places. From road tripping across the USA, trekking the Patagonia, enjoying beautiful sandy GAIL’S GRAMMAR beaches in Croatia, to seeing Mount Everest in Nepal, I Electrocution and drowning are both ways to die. Thus, have learned that memories and happiness are not born in it is redundant to say someone was “electrocuted to the offi ce but rather experienced while getting incredibly death” or was “drowned to death.” Moreover, absent lost in this beautiful world. My philosophy on working is that I work so I can travel. a miraculous resurrection, one who is electrocuted or drowned is dead. A person who was severely shocked ATB: If you weren’t an attorney, what profession do you but survived has not been electrocuted, and a person think you would be in? who was submerged in water but survived has not drowned. RC: Can I say Batman? No? Okay, well if Batman is not Send suggestions for future Gail’s Grammar columns an option, then I would probably be a game show host. to Gail Stephenson at [email protected], Pat Sajak can’t live forever, right? or call Gail at 225-771-4900 (ext. 216).

ATB: What are your community or volunteer activities? Volunteer writers needed to submit substantive RC: I believe that the one thing I can do to repay all the legal articles for publication in future people that made an impact on my life is to pass it on to Around the Bar issues. others. Giving your time to someone or an organization is so important. Recently, I have participated or helped plan Contact Pamela Labbe at [email protected] or 225-214-5560 events for: Alzheimer’s Association of Baton Rouge, Big for more information or to submit an article.

September 2014 Around the Bar 17 The “uncalled witness” rule: An adverse to an adverse presumption as there was no inference, showing that the third driver’s testimony was available only to the following driver, or that presumption the plaintiff did not have equal access to that testimony.7 Similarly, in Crane v. Diamond or anomaly? Offshore Drilling, Inc., the court held that the adverse presumption did not apply to BY L. ADAM THAMES an employer that failed to call its employee to the stand where the employee, though in Scotland at the time of trial, was equally The law is replete with presumptions and inferences available to each party by telephone deposition.8 that apply across all civil cases, including the often Additionally, in State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. overlooked “uncalled witness” rule. More than a century Torregano, the court rejected the “uncalled witness” rule ago, Justice Henry Brown of the Supreme where its application would require a party to produce Court issued one of the most defi nitive judicial statements cumulative testimony.9 In so doing, the court explained on this rule: “The rule … is that, if a party has it peculiarly that the general rule requiring a party to call all material within his power to produce witnesses whose testimony witnesses under its control must be tempered by the fact elucidates the transaction, the fact that he does not do that a party need only prove his case.10 Thus, “if he does it creates a presumption that the testimony, if produced, so by calling one or more witnesses to testify concerning would be unfavorable.”1 Likewise, under Louisiana law, an issue, he should not be penalized because he fails to call the “uncalled witness” rule has been defi ned as an adverse still another witness on the subject.”11 presumption that arises when “a party has the power to Courts have accepted varying degrees of explanation produce witnesses whose testimony would elucidate the for a party’s failure to produce a missing witness. In transaction or occurrence” and fails to call such witnesses.2 Thomas v. Albertsons, Inc., the court refused to apply A party’s failure to call these witnesses gives rise to the an adverse presumption where the missing witness was presumption that “the witnesses’ testimony would be shown to be legally unavailable for trial.12 Similarly, in unfavorable to him.”3 Florists’ Mut. Ins. Co. v. Homecraft Corp., no adverse In explaining the signifi cance of the rule to defendants, presumption was infl icted upon the plaintiff insurer who a Louisiana appellate court noted that “‘[w]hen a demonstrated to the court that it tried to fi nd its missing defendant in a civil case can by his own testimony throw insured to testify.13 And in Moran v. Harris, the court held light upon matters at issue necessary to his defense and that the plaintiff was not entitled to a jury instruction on particularly within his own knowledge, and fails to go the adverse presumption on the defendant’s failure to call upon the witness stand, the presumption is raised and will an expert whose unavailability was due to a serious injury be given effect, that the facts, as he would have them do that required hospitalization and surgery.14 not exist.’”4 However, under Louisiana law, “the purpose Notwithstanding the various exceptions to the rule, of the rule is to punish a party for withholding unfavorable one could fashion an argument that the modern rules testimony, not to penalize a party for its inability to produce of evidence and procedure—and particularly the ability witnesses.”5 With that in mind, Louisiana courts have to take trial depositions, to subpoena witnesses, and to recognized various circumstances in which the “uncalled impeach one’s own witness—have rendered the “uncalled witness” rule is not applicable: when a witness is equally witness” rule unnecessary. However, in Driscoll v. Stucker, available to each side, when the missing witness’ testimony the rejected such an argument would be considered cumulative, and/or when the failure and expressly upheld the application of the rule where to produce the witness is adequately explained. the defendant failed to call its in-house counsel to prove For example, in Bienvenu v. Allstate Ins. Co., the that he sought and acted upon legal advice before taking driver of the lead vehicle in a rear-end collision sued the actions that were adverse to the plaintiff.15 In invoking driver of the following vehicle, who ultimately contended the uncalled witness rule, the Court explained that, that a third driver was the sole cause of the collision.6 “[d]espite the advent of modern, liberal discovery rules, At trial, the court held that the failure of the defendant [the “uncalled witness” rule] remains vital, especially in to produce the third driver as a witness did not give rise cases … in which a witness with peculiar knowledge of the

18 Around the Bar September 2014 material facts is not called to testify at trial.”16 testimony would have been cumulative and the witness In Stucker, the Supreme Court had an opening to was equally available to both parties.26 judicially eliminate the uncalled witness rule and clearly Indeed, the application of the “uncalled witness” chose against doing so. Since Stucker, however, the rule varies across Louisiana and federal law. Whether it appellate courts have further complicated its application. is adjudged to be an adverse inference, presumption, or Some courts have held that the application of the rule is anomaly may simply depend on the jurisdiction in which at the sole discretion of the trial judge;17 while, conversely, the case is tried. Nevertheless, Louisiana and Fifth Circuit other courts have indicated that the rule should apply only courts both appear to hold that the “uncalled witness” rule when the party against whom it is invoked bears both the is inapplicable if a party against whom the presumption is burden of proof and has control over the missing witness.18 invoked can prove that the missing witness’ testimony was Thus, while the uncalled witness rule is still alive under cumulative and/or that the witness was an equally available Louisiana law, its applicability at trial arguably remains “will call” witness that the other party could have, but did unclear. not, call at trial. Because the limited exceptions to the rule The use and application of the uncalled witness-rule is may not always be clear, one should heed the advice of equally perplexing under federal law. Federal R. Evidence Professor Maraist and avoid an adverse presumption or 302 provides that “in civil cases, state law governs the inference by calling the witness live at trial and tendering effect of a presumption regarding a claim or defense for him immediately for cross-examination.27 which state law supplies the rule of decision.” However, in Herbert v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the Fifth Circuit upheld 1 Graves v. United States, 150 U.S. 118, 121 (1893). the trial court’s refusal to invoke an adverse inference 2 19 Frank L. Maraist, Louisiana Civil Law Treatise: Evidence and against a defendant for failing to call an expert, fi nding Proof, § 4.3 (1999). 3 Id. that such an inference, which stems from the “uncalled 4 Taylor v. Entergy Corp., 01-0805 (La. App. 4 Cir. 4/17/02), 816 So.2d witness” rule, is not available under the Federal Rules 933, 941 (quoting Davis v. Myers, 427 So.2d 648, 649 (La. App. 5 Cir. of Evidence, but rather only under state law.19 Use of the 1983)). Federal Rules of Evidence was proper, the Fifth Circuit 5 Roth v. New Hotel Monteleone, L.L.C., 07–0549 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1/30/08); 978 So.2d 1008, 1012. held, because Rule 302 applies only to presumptions and 6 01-2248 (La. App. 4 Cir. 5/8/02); 819 So. 2d 1077. the uncalled witness rule creates merely an inference, not a 7 Id. at 1083. true presumption.20 Thus, the Fifth Circuit held that federal 8 99-166 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1999); 743 So. 2d 780. courts sitting in diversity look to federal—not state—law 9 00-141 (La. App. 5 Cir. 9/26/00), 769 So. 2d 754. 10 Id. at 759 (citing Wilson v. U.S. Fire & Cas. Co., 593 So.2d 695 (La. in determining the application of the rule. App. 4 Cir. 1991)). In examining the uncalled witness rule, the Herbert 11 Id. at 700. court further noted, in dicta, that the rule historically 12 28950-CA (La. App 2 Cir. 12/11/96); 685 So.2d 1134, 1138 ; see served two purposes: to discourage parties from concealing also Laborde v. St. James Place Apartments 05-0007 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2/15/06); 928 So.2d 643, 648-49 (holding that a former employee who evidence and to incentivize parties to submit at trial all failed to testify at trial was not under the control of the employer so as 21 relevant testimony. As such, federal courts tended to apply to invoke the “uncalled witness” rule). the rule “refl exively” with little to no judicial consideration 13 506 So. 2d 746, 748 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1987). as to the adoption of the Federal Rules of Procedure or 14 93-2226 (La. App. 1 Cir. 11/10/94); 645 So. 2d 1244, 1247–48. 15 22 04-0589 (La. 1/19/05); 893 So.2d 32, 47. Evidence. The Herbert court, however, found that a close 16 Id. review of the federal evidentiary and procedural scheme 17 See Roth; 978 So.2d 1008; Horacek v. Watson, 2011-1345 (La. App. renders the rule an “anachronism” for which there is no 3 Cir. 3/7/12); 86 So.3d 766, 771 (citing Roth). justifi cation to continue its use in civil cases conducted 18 Francis v. Francis, 07-1622 (La. App. 3 Cir. 4/30/08); 981 So.2d 920, 922 (citing Randolph v. Alexandria Civil Service Comm’n, 04-1620 (La. under the federal rules—particularly where the missing App. 3 Cir. 4/6/05); 899 So.2d 857)). 23 witness could have been called by either party. Despite 19 911 F.2d 1044, 1047-48 (5th Cir. 1990). highlighting the impractical nature of the rule, the Herbert 20 Id. at 1047 (citing Burgess v. U.S., 440 F.2d 226, 233 n. 10 (D.C.Cir. court was forced to concede the extensive precedent on 1970); E. Cleary, McCormick on Evidence § 272 at 806–07 (1984 ed.); Stier, Revisiting the Missing Witness Inference, 44 Md.L.Rev. 137, at this issue, and consequently refused to overrule the long 148 & n. 50 (1985).; 21 C. Wright & K. Graham, Federal Practice & line of Fifth Circuit cases that applied the uncalled witness Procedure § 5124 at 587. rule.24 21 Id. at 1046-47. Thereafter, in Bayou Fleet, Inc. v. Alexander, the 22 Id. 23 Id. at 1048-49. Eastern District of Louisiana recognized Herbert’s harsh 24 Id. tone with respect to the utility of the “uncalled witness” 25 68 F.Supp.2d 734, 742-43 (E.D. La. 1999). rule but nevertheless found that its application in civil cases 26 Id. remained discretionary on the part of the trial judge.25 In 27 19 Frank L. Maraist, Louisiana Civil Law Treatise: Evidence and Proof, § 4.3 (1999) (citing Barrois v. Serv. Drayage Co., 250 So.2d 135 that case, the district court ultimately found the adverse (La. App. 4 Cir. 1971)). inference to be inapplicable because the missing witness’

September 2014 Around the Bar 19 20 Around the Bar September 2014 What I’ve learned: Emile Christian Rolfs III BY ED WALTERS VITAL STATISTICS

PHOTO BY PAMELA LABBE PAMELA BY PHOTO Age: 70 Born & Raised: In Baton Rouge, La. Parents: Father: Emile C. Rolfs Jr. (Nov. 18, 1907 - March 9, 1993) — Honors Graduate in Chemical Engineering, LSU, 1929; Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, LSU, 1930; Employed by Standard Oil Co. of La., Petroleum Products Division Mother: Jessie Irene Colvin Rolfs (Nov. 13, 1908 - May 31, 1952) — Music teacher and housewife Stepmother: Doris Virginia Pruyn Rolfs (March 26, 1911 - Nov. 3, 1986) — Assistant Paymaster, Solvay Corp., now Allied Chemical Co.; later, housewife Siblings: James (younger brother) and Kay (sister) Education: Baton Rouge High School, 1961; Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 1967 Married on Sept. 14, 1968 to: Susan Dietrich Rolfs Children: Susannah Rolfs Elliott, Charlotte Elizabeth Rolfs and Ainsley Rolfs Grigsby Grandchildren: William Lane Grigsby, Crawford Emile Grigsby, Oliver Steele Grigsby, Samuel Johnson Elliott and Susan Claire Elliott Law Practice: Law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge E. Gordon West, Aug. 1-1967-March 31, 1969; Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron and Fritchie — April 1, 1970 - Dec. 31, 1983 Broadhurst Mangham, Hardy and Reed; later, Mangham, Hardy and Rolfs — Jan. 1, 1984 - Jan. 31, 1992; Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP — Feb. 2, 1992 - April 30, 2013; The Law Offi ce of Emile C. Rolfs III — May 1, 2013 - present

Growing up, I always wanted to be a chemical My life changed drastically on May 31, 1952, engineer like my father. Unfortunately, I did not inherit when my mother died following a three-year bout with his intellectual capacity and his amazing ability to retain, breast cancer. Two weeks later I came down with a high word for word, everything he ever read. My fi rst eight fever, terrifi c headaches and lack of coordination. I was years in this world were idyllic. I had a gentle and loving diagnosed with three strains of polio and spent the next mother and equally loving, but fairly strict father. We had six months on the fi fth fl oor of the Baton Rouge General an apartment in Barracks down by the State Hospital, which became the polio center for this part of Capitol, and I had many young friends who lived there. Air the state. For many years I put out of my mind some of the conditioning consisted of open windows and large electric horribly sad things I saw there, particularly older men and fans. The walls were thick, and I do not ever recall being women struck down in the prime of their lives, paralyzed terribly uncomfortable in the heat although no doubt that and impaired to one degree or another. had something to do with the fact that my friends and I I was fortunate in many ways in that although initially (at least the boys) ran around bare footed and in nothing paralyzed and confi ned to an iron lung (no one knows more than short pants. We spent a lot of time playing what those are these days: large tubular creations in which cowboys and Indians and chasing the little white-tailed a patient was completely enclosed, except for his or her rabbits that lived on the State Capitol grounds. Doors head and mechanically assisted to breathe by creating a were rarely locked and we came and went as we pleased. vacuum or suction action). Following some six months of On Saturday mornings, my mother would give me physical therapy and rehabilitation, I was discharged from 11 cents, which bought a ticket to the matinee at the old the hospital right before Christmas. I do remember at one Louisiana Theatre on Third Street. It was located in the point, early on, telling God that if He would just let me block where One American Place currently exists. My get up off this exercise bed, I would never, ever complain friends and I enjoyed the western serials (Roy Rogers, Lash about what had happened to me. He did, and I believe that LaRue, Hopalong Cassidy) and at least one marginally I have kept that promise to this day. It’s a good thing that I frightening horror show. made no such commitment with respect to such otherwise

September 2014 Around the Bar 21 unimportant things as judges’ rulings and case decisions, really, really outstanding professors, including J. Denson else I would have been in breach many years ago. Smith, Joseph Dainow, Robert “Bobby” Pascal, George W. Over the years, after further rehabilitation efforts and Hardy, George W. Pugh, Carlos Lazarus, Melvin Dakin, a series of surgical procedures, I was able to discard leg Robert “Bob” Roland and, of course, Dean Hebert. I and back braces, retaining only hand crutches for mobility. know I have left out a number of others, but they were all, I do fi nd it helpful to resort to a wheelchair on occasions to the last man, most impressive indeed. when I need to cover longer distances or move through In my senior year, I decided that I wanted to become crowded buildings. a law clerk to Judge West, whom I admired greatly. His My father remarried after my mother died, and I was main contact at the Law Center was former Dean Henry provided with a wonderful stepmother. She was the only George McMahon. That spring I went to see Dean Mac one among her siblings who went to college. She attended and told him my ambition. I knew that my lack of law LSU when it was in the process of moving from what was review credentials could be a hindrance, but told Dean then the downtown campus to where it currently is now. Mac that I was willing to work hard and thought I could She loved to read, and so did I. She would take me to do a good job for the judge. Shortly after that meeting, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library at least once a week Dean Mac died unexpectedly, and I assumed that all was during the summers and I would check out six books, lost with respect to any recommendation he might have which was the maximum permitted at one time. When I been willing to make to the judge. About a week or so was recovering from my various surgeries, she would go to later, however, I was called to the administrative offi ce and the library for me. She even permitted me to subscribe to was advised by Dean Harrison that, while cleaning out Playboy magazine shortly after I entered LSU. Dean Mac’s desk, the Dean’s staff found a note he had She and my dad taught me never to be embarrassed by written reminding him to recommend me to Judge West! I the fact that I was different from other children and that was told that the judge was advised of the note and wanted I could be whatever I wanted to be if I set my mind to it to meet me. I telephoned him that afternoon. When I gave and worked hard enough. The only time they got after me him my name, he asked when I could come in and I replied, about my grades was when they believed (usually correctly) “Anytime convenient to you.” He asked, “How about this that I was not working as hard on my schoolbooks as I afternoon?” Somewhat taken aback, I said, “Yes, sir, I’ll was capable of doing. After giving up on the notion of being a chemical engineer, I transferred to the College of Business to pursue a degree in business administration. During that time, my great Aunt Charlotte, who lived in New Orleans, was particularly keen for me to have a profession. She really wanted me to become a doctor, but I knew, in my heart of hearts, that was out of the question. When she realized that was the case, she reluctantly acknowledged that the law profession might be an acceptable alternative for me. “Emile, if you have a profession, you will never have a boss!” Little did she or I know! She died while I was in business school and included funds in her will for my graduate education. In gratitude, I named my middle daughter for her. While in business administration, I particularly enjoyed accounting but it was Professor John Louis Davidson’s Business Law courses that convinced me that I wanted to become a lawyer. So, after three years, I took the LSAT and applied for admission to the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Fortunately, my LSAT score was fairly decent and that, together with my middle of the road grade point average, secured a spot for me in what became the class of 1967. We had some

22 Around the Bar September 2014 be right there.” We had a delightful conversation for the insurance companies for respectability, but we sue them better part of two and a half hours, following which he to make money!” The moral of the story being his asked me if I wanted the job. I told him, “Absolutely yes.” contention that to be a well-rounded litigator, one needed He then took me into his huge library and said, “Well, this to represent both plaintiffs and defendants. A defense is the law, and I will need you to help me fi nd it!” lawyer who knows nothing about the plaintiff’s practice I had the pleasure of working for Judge West for has no concept of what it is like to be on the other side nearly two years. My original term was 12 months, but and sometimes lacks the ability to effectively deal with his he extended my clerkship through March of 1969 so that or her opponent. The same is true, he said, of individuals I could take advantage of a job opportunity he had found exclusively pursuing a plaintiff’s practice. for me with the Durrett, Hardin law fi rm. He was an (3) Also from Calvin Hardin, the Good Evidence Rule: One amazing, generous and brilliant lawyer. day, early in my practice with him, I had become outdone After 46 years in a group law practice of one size or by something one of my plaintiff lawyer adversaries had another, on May 1, last year, I set sail on my own in a done. I responded by dictating a hotly indignant reply. solo practice, together with my long suffering and devoted Fortunately, before I mailed it (this was, of course, before secretary, Janet Doucet. I always wanted to have greater email was ever thought about), I took it into his offi ce and freedom to pursue plaintiff cases, which is diffi cult when showed it to him. He read it, looked up at me and then read you are a member of a fi rm that largely represents the it again. His response was, “Emile, this is going to wind vested interests. I also consult on a variety of business up in evidence. The judge is going to see it. Goddammit it, and environmental matters and have had the opportunity boy, if you are going to make evidence for yourself, make to serve a couple of court appointments in complex Good Evidence!” Then he balled the letter up, threw it litigation. away and told me to try again. That lesson has resonated with me throughout the SOME THINGS I HAVE LEARNED: (1) From my Dad, years and particularly, now, in light of the proliferation two rules for life: Love your Mother and never lie. of emails and email exchanges that have resulted in many (2) From Calvin Hardin, the importance of having a civil and criminal court cases. balanced litigation practice; to wit: “Emile, we represent

September 2014 Around the Bar 23 From the playing fi eld to the courtroom BY GRANT J. GUILLOT Refections from Baton Rouge attorneys who played college sports

“Sports, especially team sports, are a microcosm of instilling the importance of time management and always any goal-oriented human endeavor,” said former East giving your best effort. It also helped me see that there are Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Doug Moreau, different levels of success and that it takes the contributions who participated in collegiate sports before attending law of many to achieve success,” Thompson said. school. “There is a great amount of unseen preparation Another former LSU cheerleader, Jennifer Richardson in getting ready to play the ‘game.’ Some of that effort Fore, cheered for the Tigers three years between 2005 and may seem unnecessary, but, as in any endeavor, all of the 2009. “Some of my fondest memories while cheering were ‘practice,’ if done with the correct mindset, improves your riding on ’s cage and running down the hill skillset and provides a greater opportunity for success. with the band before football games,” Fore said. “Pre- Those habits are transferable to any profession or business, game at LSU gives you chills from head to toe, especially including the law,” Moreau said. if you are a part of the action on the fi eld.” Fore said that Moreau enjoyed a successful athletic career in football cheering made her more outgoing and taught her how to as a member of the LSU team from 1962-1965. A pass be a team player. “To be an attorney, you cannot be shy. receiver, extra point kicker, and fi eld goal kicker, Moreau Also, you need to learn how to get along with people, earned several distinctions, including being named All- correspond with people, and sometimes even rely on SEC in 1964-1965, All-American in 1965, SEC Scoring people,” she said. Champion in 1964, and Sugar Bowl MVP in 1965. In Dan Guillory was a pitcher on the LSU baseball team 1964 Moreau was the national record holder for the from 1996 to 1998. His team made the College World most fi eld goals in a season, and in 1966 he was LSU’s Series all three years and won the national championship all time scoring leader. Thereafter, Moreau played for the twice. Guillory considered going to law school after Miami Dolphins from 1966 to 1970. His professional athletic career ended when he injured his knee during his fourth year with the Dolphins, thus leading him to enroll in LSU Law School in the fall of 1970. Quincy Richard played quarterback for Southern University, led the team to win the 2003 SWAC Championship, and then was named the SWAC Offensive Player of the Year in 2003. Richard was named the Bayou Classic MVP in 2002 and 2003. In 2003 alone, he passed for 3,430 yards and threw 33 touchdowns and 13 rushing touchdowns, resulting in his setting the school record. Also in 2003, he was named the Black College National Player of the Year. Refl ecting on how he utilizes his experience with sports in his legal practice, Richard ruminated, “Discipline, adequate preparation and the drive to be the best are the same in sports and the practice of law.” Heidi Thompson was a cheerleader for LSU from 1987 to 1989. Her 1988-1989 squad won the national championship and was cheering at the famous LSU football game where a touchdown against Auburn literally resulted in the crowd causing an earthquake. “Being a collegiate athlete prepared me for the practice of law by

24 Around the Bar September 2014 college, but postponed doing so for fi ve years to play in was cut short when a tragic car accident left him paraplegic. the minor leagues. “Although practicing law is certainly By example, he taught me and many others what it means different than playing baseball for a living, the work ethic to overcome adversity,” Saunders explained. “As a trial and teamwork skills I acquired throughout my playing attorney, there is no question that playing college baseball days certainly made the transition easier for me. Learning has helped prepare me to practice law, not only from the to work under pressure and being accountable are lessons competition aspect, but also, I truly believe that experience learned from sports that translate well to the practice of allows me to win and lose graciously.” law and to any profession,” Guilory said. Bryan Denison is a former Loyola baseball and Another former collegiate baseball player, Henri basketball player. He was a point guard for the basketball Saunders, pitched for Tulane from 1989 to 1991, and team from 1993-1995 and a pitcher for the baseball team for LSU between 1991 and 1993. His LSU team won from 1994 to 1995. As a point guard, he averaged 9.9 the national championship in 1991 and 1993. Saunders points per game during his freshman season. Denison was became an attorney because of the infl uence of his uncle, also second in the nation in NAIA Division II in three- Judge John Saunders with the Third Circuit. “Uncle John point fi eld goal percentages at 51.9 percent, and he was was an outstanding athlete in high school, but his career eleventh in the nation in NAIA Division II in free throw percentages at 85.2 percent. He also led the conference in both categories. “Playing sports in college helped me to learn to manage people, become a leader, and adapt to situations and work with different people with very different personalities,” Denison said. James Percy swam for LSU from 1968 to 1972 and was teammates with his brothers, Ryland and Hereford. His specialty was the 200-yard butterfl y, and he earned the distinction of Honorable Mention All-SEC in that event. He and his brother, Ryland, both started law school in 1974, once Ryland returned from Navy duty. “What swimming taught me was the hard work earns results. We swam literally thousands of yards a day while maintaining a full course load in order to graduate on time,” Percy said. Although he no longer swims competitively, Percy still swims in the mornings to stay in shape. Chris Jones played baseball at Tulane from 1996 to 1999. He was a pitcher, and his team won the Conference USA championship in both 1996 and 1997. Jones explained that playing sports in college showed him that hard work is the only way to fi nd success. “Talent will only take you so far, but there is no substitute for hard work,” Jones said. “Similarly, persistence is a very important trait that I developed over many years of playing baseball and other sports. Also, I attribute both my competitiveness and confi dence to successes in sports.” Chase Tettleton played baseball for Trinity University in San Antonio, where he played outfi eld from 2002 to 2005. In 2004, his team won its conference tournament and played in the Division III West Region fi nal in Orange County, Calif. That year he also earned All-Conference and All-Region

September 2014 Around the Bar 25 honors after leading the conference in home runs. Tettleton Furthermore, the team beat Texas 13-0 in the 1963 refl ected: “Baseball taught me the power of preparation. As Cotton Bowl. In addition, Field played leftfi eld on LSU’s a player, I was trained that each game was an opportunity 1962 baseball team and had the highest batting average to display the hard work I had put in during practice. Now at .356. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers and I approach major hearings and trials the way I used to the Boston Patriots, ultimately deciding to sign with the approach games — as an opportunity to perform well.” Patriots. Field was released at the end of the Exhibition David Fleshman played basketball at LSU from 2004 Season in September 1963, and he thereafter went to LSU to 2006 under John Brady. One of his fondest memories Law School. “Participating in sports at the collegiate level is of his team preparing to play Duke in the Sweet Sixteen assisted me in handling adversity that every attorney will of the NCAA Tournament. He describes watching Garrett experience during his legal and/or political career; do the Temple harass J.J. Redick for 40 minutes to knock off the right thing because those who know you best and those NCAA Tournament’s top-seeded Duke and eventually who know you only by reputation will respect you for advancing to the Final Four in Indianapolis as “a ride I’ll having integrity; and you are only going to be successful if never forget.” Fleshman has found that many of the lessons you are surrounded by good people and you listen to their he learned through years of athletics have been directly counsel,” Field said. translated into his law practice. “Whether as a member of Another former LSU football player, Jerry Guillot, a basketball team or a trial team, I’ve found that it’s that played as an offensive lineman from 1965-1968. He was collective selfl essness that affords the greatest opportunity a three-year letterman, a member of the All-SEC Freshman for success,” he said. Team in 1965, a member of the ALL-SEC Academic Teams Jimmy Field, who played football at LSU from 1958 in 1967 and 1968, and a permanent team co-captain in to 1963, was a halfback on the Freshman team the year 1968. “Discipline, preparation, perseverance, attention the Varsity team won the National Championship. After to details, adaptability and teamwork were all traits being redshirted behind Billy Canon during his second developed through my participation in college athletics year, Field began playing quarterback in 1960 in addition that have aided me professionally,” Guillot said. to playing defense. During his fi nal year, he remained Victor J. Suane Jr. played football for Rhodes College quarterback, and the team fi nished with an 8-1 record. as a linebacker from 1994 to 1996, and he was a member

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September 2014 Around the Bar 31 32 Around the Bar September 2014 The Pro Bono Project is fi nancially assisted by the Interest on Lawyers’ Trust foundation footnotes Accounts (IOLTA) Program of the Louisiana Bar Foundation; Southeast PRO BONO REPORTS — MAY & JUNE 2014 Louisiana Legal Services; Family, District and City Court Filing Fees and the Baton Rouge Bar Foundation.

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We would like to thank all of our Pro Bono Project J. Ryan Vivian, Hopewell Law Firm, LLP; Glenn Marcel; volunteers for their contributions during May and June. Luke Morris, Postlethwaite & Netterville; David Koch, The Thirst for Justice volunteers were: Scott Gaspard; Weill, Dunn & Koch; Jonathan Harris, Harris Law Firm; Hansel Harlan, Alliance Title; Byron Kantrow; M. Levy Katina Semien; Danielle Munro, Gibson Gruenert, LLP; Leatherman, Christopher Morris, Baker, Donelson, Nicholas Graphia, Shelby Law Firm; Kellen Mathews, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; Glenn Adams & Reese; Pamela Ashman; Carla Marcel; Allen Posey; Miranda Scroggins, Courtney Harris, Hammonds, Sills, Louisiana Department of Revenue; Andrea Adkins & Guice, LLP; Alexis Luker, Tettleton, Mayhall & Blaize, LLC; James PPC Mechanical Seals; Cassie Felder, Cassie Zito; T. Macdougal Womack, Taylor, Porter, Felder & Associates, LLC; Valerie Briggs Brooks & Phillips, LLP. Bargas, Kinchen, Walker, Bienvenu, Bargas The Ask-A-Lawyer volunteers were: & Reed, LLC; Brad Tate, Postlethwaite & James Austin, Adams & Reese; Todd Gaudin, Netterville; and Jennipher Williams. Fenet Treadway Gaudin Lawyers; Rodney The Financial Literacy attorney Hastings, Hastings Law Firm, LLC; John volunteers were Dwayne Murray, Murray Hopewell, Certain Title; Glenn Marcel; Paul & Murray, and Arthur Vingiello, Steffes, Matzen; Allen Posey; and Emily Ziober. Vingiello & McKenzie. The Self Help Resource Center attorney volunteers The following volunteers accepting pro bono cases in were: Joseph Ballard, Todd Manuel, Entergy Services, May and June: Connell Archey, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Inc.; Ryan Brown, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache Balhoff Blitzer, APLC; Nicole Buggs, Buggs Trask, LLC; Booker & McCollister; Brandi Cole, Phelps Dunbar; Nicolette Carmichael, The Carmichael Firm; Durward Casteel, Colly, Louisiana Dept. of Justice; Melissa Grand, Adams Casteel & Associates; Ebony Cavalier, The Law Offi ce and Reese; Gregory Hughes, Hanna Thomas, Southeast of E Cavalier; Ethel Clay; Brandi Cole, Phelps Dunbar; Louisiana Legal Services; Denise Lee, Louisiana Workforce Warner Delaune, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Commission; Alexis Luker, PPC Mechanical Seals; Judith Berkowitz, PC; Deborah Gibbs; Jamie Gomez, McGlinchey Martin, Franciscan Legal Services; Tracy Morganti, Adams Stafford, PLLC; Nancy Sue Gregorie; Shelley Harrison, & Reese; Annette Peltier, Phelps Dunbar; and Jennifer Kean Miller, LLP; Teresa Hatfi eld, The Hatfi eld Law Prescott, deGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus & Fruge. Offi ce, LLC; Ashley Herring; Rena Hester; Donald Hodge; The Wills for Heroes attorney volunteers were: Brandon Melanie Jones; Blake Leger; John London, Law Offi ces Decuir, Decuir, Clark & Adams, LLP; Anne Kaufman, of John A. London III, APLC; Michael Malinowski, Ogwyn Law Firm; Kathryn Belanger, Dore Jeansonne Law The Lucky Law Firm; David Marquette; Kent Mayeux; Firm, LLC; Diana Moore; Stephen Carleton, Carleton, Christopher Meeks; Anne Myles, Hopewell Law Firm; Loraso & Hebert, LLC; Victor Loraso, Carleton, Loraso Miracle Myles, The Law Offi ce of Miracle D Myles, LLC; & Hebert, LLC; Joseph Ballard, Entergy Services, Inc.; Barrington Neil; Charlotte Pugh, Pugh Law Firm; Garth Rebecca Wisbar, Akers & Wisbar, LLC; Cody Passman, Ridge; Katina Semien; William Shea, Adams & Reese; Myler Disability; Wendy Ramnarine, Clayton, Fruge & Rolando Urbina; Alicia Wheeler; and Wendell Woods. Ward; Bailey Adams, Offi ce of the Attorney General; The Pro Bono Project wishes to thank our summer interns: DeJean Cleggett, Ahmed Mohamed, Paul M. Hebert Law Center; and Donna Fields, Southern Yigal Bander University Law Center. Attorney at Law

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For classifi ed or display ad rates, 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 contact Pamela at (225) 214-5560 *Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will or email: [email protected] be held at the Baton Rouge Bar offi ce. 28 29 30 28 29 Duty Court Calendar Schedule Classifi eds Ongoing: Every Wednesday & Thursday, 3-5 p.m., 19THJDC CIVIL COURT Thirst for Justice takes place at St. Vincent de Paul. Aug. 25-Sept. 5 Judge Kelley OFFICES FOR LEASE Ongoing: Every Tuesday & Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Self Help Resource Center,19th JDC Sept. 8-Sept. 19 Judge Hernandez in Baton Rouge on Perkins Road.1-2 lawyer offices with adjoining furnished secretarial BRBA Offi ce Closed — Labor Day Sept. 22-Oct. 3 Judge Clark 1 stations. Include use of large conference room, Ask-A-Lawyer, Delmont Service Cntr., kitchen, copy room with high speed digital 4 19TH JDC CRIMINAL COURT*** copier/scanner/fax, internet, janitorial service, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Aug. 29-Sept. 5 Judge Johnson and utilities. Call Claire at 225-229-5268. 8 Ask-A-Lawyer, Gonzales Senior Cntr., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Sept. 5-Sept. 12 Judge White LARGE OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE: Sept. 19-Sept. 19 Judge Marabella On Old Hammond Hwy. 1,000’ from Sherwood Teen Court Hearing, EBR Juvenile Sept. 19-Sept. 26 Judge Anderson Forest Blvd.4 Minutes off I-12. Large Offi ce Court, 5:30-8 p.m. Sept. 26-Oct. 3 Judge Erwin for owner. 2 Secretary’s Desks in Large 1100 Finance Committee meeting, Area. Upstairs for Conferences & Library. 7:30-8 a.m.; Downstairs Built-in Shelving. 2 Printers & BATON ROUGE CITY COURT* Internet Connection. Perfect For Lawyer or Executive Committee meeting, 8-9 a.m. Aug. 25-Aug. 31 Judge Alexander Accounting Offi ce Located on a 5-lane Hwy. Pro Bono Committee meeting, 12-1 p.m. Sept. 1-Sept. 7 Judge Ponder Off-Road Parking Available. Price Negotiable Complete Telephone System ready to install. 1111 Fall Expo & Conference / September Sept. 8-Sept. 14 Judge Prosser Call 225-400-1357. Bar Luncheon, L’Auberge Casino Sept. 15-Sept. 21 Judge Temple & Hotel Baton Rouge, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sept. 22-Sept. 28 Judge Wall SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: Friday, Aug. 15 & Saturday, Aug, 16. Come join 1122 Public Law Section CLE seminar, Sept. 29-Oct. 5 Judge Alexander us at this year’s BRBA Softball Tournament 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. on the hottest day of the year! Contact Ann K. 1166 Belly Up with the Bar Committee FAMILY COURT** Gregorie for more information: 225-214-5563 meeting, 12-1 p.m. Aug. 29 Judge Baker or [email protected]. 1177 Ask-A-Lawyer, Catholic Charities, Sept. 2 Judge Woodruff-White LAW EXPO 2014 — THURSDAY, SEPT. 11 9 - 11:30 a.m. Sept. 3 Judge Day The 29th Annual Law Expo along with the YLS Council meeting, 12-1 p.m. Sept. 4 Judge Lassalle September Bar Luncheon will take place at Sept. 5 Judge Woodruff-White the Fall Expo & Conference Thursday, Sept. Board of Directors meeting, 6 p.m., 11 at L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge. Juban’s Sept. 8 Judge Baker Mark your calendar to attend. Earn 3.0 hours Family Law CLE seminar, Sullivan’s, Sept. 9 Judge Woodruff-White of CLE credit, visit with our sponsors and win 1188 12-1:30 p.m.; Sept. 10 Judge Day great prizes. Potential sponsors and booth Sept. 11 Judge Lassalle venders should contact Pamela Labbe at Law Club meeting, Armed Forces 225-214-5560. Resource Center, 4:15-5:30 p.m. Sept. 12 Judge Day Sept. 15 Judge Baker BELLY UP — FRIDAY, NOV. 7 1199 Appellate Section CLE, Federal Court Sept. 16 Judge Woodruff-White Get your cooking team together and dust off Training Room, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 17 Judge Day your prize-winning recipes! It’s time to register 2255 Teen Court Committee meeting, for Belly Up with the Bar. Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, 12-1 p.m. Sept.18-Sept. 19 Judge Lassalle at Live Oak Arabians Stables. Contact Donna Sept. 22 Judge Baker for more information: 225-214-5556 or donna@ 2277 Ask-A-Lawyer, Bluebonnet Library, Sept. 23 Judge Woodruff-White brba.org. 9 - 11:30 a.m. Sept. 24 Judge Day Sept. 25 Judge Lassalle COURT HOLIDAYS Sept. 29 Judge Baker Monday, Sept. 1 Labor Day Sept. 30 Judge Woodruff-White

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