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Legier (504) 599-8300 1100 Poydras Street • 34th Floor • Energy Centre • New Orleans, LA 70163 Telephone (504) 561-0020 • Facsimile (504) 561-0023 • http://www.legier.com Supplement to the Louisiana Bar Journal 11 Louisiana Bar Journal August / September 2020 73 Vol. 68, No. 2 www.lsba.org Louisiana Bar Journal August / September 2020 73 Vol. 68, No. 2 www.lsba.org LSBA_ExpertWitness_2020_Final.indd 1 4/27/2020 4:22:25 PM POWERING PAYMENTS FOR THE Trust Payment IOLTA Deposit Amount LEGAL $ 1,500.00 INDUSTRY Reference The easiest way to accept credit, NEW CASE debit, and eCheck payments Card Number **** **** **** 4242 The ability to accept payments online has become vital for all firms. When you need to get it right, trust LawPay's proven solution. As the industry standard in legal payments, LawPay is the only payment solution vetted and approved by all 50 state bar associations, 60+ local and specialty bars, the ABA, and the ALA. Developed specifically for the legal industry to ensure trust account compliance and deliver the most secure, PCI-compliant technology, LawPay is proud to be the preferred, long-term payment partner for more than 50,000 law firms. ACCEPT MORE PAYMENTS WITH LAWPAY 855-277-1913 | lawpay.com/lsba Louisiana Bar Journal August / September 2020 74 Vol. 68, No. 2 www.lsba.org ® August / September 2020 Volume 68, Number 2 Departments Features Editor’s Message .................... 77 One on One with Alainna R. Association Actions .............. 102 Mire, 80th LSBA President: Practice Management........... 114 “2020 Vision for the Future” Lawyers Assistance .............. 115 with Focus on Diversity, Inclusion, Technology for All Focus on Diversity ................ 116 Interviewed by Shayna L. Puzzle ................................... 118 Sonnier ....................................79 Discipline Reports................. 120 Client Assistance Fund ......... 124 Recent Developments .......... 126 Celebrating Women in Young Lawyers ..................... 140 Leadership and the 100th Judicial Notes ....................... 148 Anniversary of the 19th Amendment People .................................. 150 News..................................... 153 By Kelly M. Rabalais ..............86 Minimum Qualifications for Special Assistant AG ......................... 157 LSBA’s Women Presidents: Classified .............................. 158 Perspectives on Leadership, The Last Word ...................... 160 the Legal Profession and the Also Inside 19th Amendment SOLACE ............................... 118 By Marta-Ann Schnabel, Hon. Elizabeth Erny Foote, Advertisers’ Index ................. 159 Kim M. Boyle and Dona Kay Renegar ..................94 Much More Than Masks: Legal Issues Facing People with Disabilities and Who Can Help By Lauren E. Godshall ............. 98 Meet the 2020-21 Board of Governors................................ 103 On the Cover: Alainna R. Mire, 80th LSBA Meet the 2020-21 Young President. Photo by Sarah Boehringer, Kinetix. Lawyers Division Council ..... 142 Louisiana Bar Journal August / September 2020 74 Vol. 68, No. 2 www.lsba.org Louisiana Bar Journal August / September 2020 75 Vol. 68, No. 2 www.lsba.org ® Officers 2020-21 President Editorial Board Alainna R. Mire • (318)449-5046 þ Patrick A. Talley, Jr. þ Claire McDaniel-Ojeh President-Elect Editor (504)528-9500 H. Minor Pipes III • (504)322-7101 (504)584-9220 þ John H. Musser V Secretary (504)523-0400 Patrick A. Talley, Jr. • (504)584-9220 þ Danielle L. Borel (225)387-4000 þ Roy H. (Hal) Odom, Jr. Treasurer (318)227-3762 John E. McAuliffe, Jr. • (504)840-4909 þ Rachel P. Dunaway Immediate Past President (225)922-5110 þ Kelly M. Rabalais Robert A. Kutcher • (504)830-3838 (985)898-2445 þ Stephen I. Dwyer (504)838-9090 þ Graham H. Ryan Board of Governors 2020-21 (504)582-8370 First District þ Laura S. Gravener (504)554-5807 þ Maggie Trahan Simar Lawrence J. Centola III • (504)581-9065 (337)394-6133 Scott L. Sternberg • (504)324-2141 þ Mark A. Hill Second District (504)526-4337 þ Gail S. Stephenson (225)771-4900, x 216 Erin O. Braud • (504)836-2780 þ Michael D. Lane Third District (504)581-3300 þ Tyler G. Storms Dwazendra J. Smith • (337)948-8008 (318)255-7805 þ Winfield E. Little, Jr. Fourth District (337)430-0907 þ Adrejia L. Boutte Swafford Todd S. Clemons • (337)477-0000 (504)561-5700 þ C.A. (Hap) Martin III Fifth District (318)388-4700 þ Edward J. Walters, Jr. Kelly M. Rabalais • (985)871-5837 (225)236-3636 Adrian G. Nadeau • (225)922-5110 þ John E. McAuliffe, Jr. (504)840-4909 þ Sixth District Jack K. Whitehead, Jr. (225)303-8600 Edward L. Tarpley, Jr. • (318)487-1460 Seventh District Paul L. Hurd • (318)323-3838 The Louisiana Bar Journal (ISSN 0459-8881) is published bimonthly by Eighth District the Louisiana State Bar Association, 601 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Patrick J. Harrington • (318)303-6833 Louisiana 70130. Periodicals postage paid at New Orleans, Louisiana and additional offices. Annual subscription rate: members, $5, included in dues; Chair, Young Lawyers Division nonmembers, $45 (domestic), $55 (foreign). Canada Agreement No. PM Carrie LeBlanc Jones • (225)755-7575 41450540. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: 4240 Harvester At-Large Members Rd #2, Burlington, ON L7L 0E8. Lynn Luker • (504)669-0322 Postmaster: Send change of address to: Louisiana Bar Journal, 601 St. Tina L. Suggs • (504)442-8591 Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130. Adrejia Boutté Swafford • (504)561-5700 For the fastest service or questions, call Darlene M. 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Editorial Staff Executive Director Luminary Award 2003 Loretta Larsen, CAE National Association of Bar Executives Communications Director Communications Section Kelly Wells Ponder Excellence in Regular Publications Publications Coordinator/Managing Editor Darlene M. LaBranche International Communications Coordinator/Graphic Design Association of Barbara D. Baldwin Business PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY Communications Assistant Communicators OF AMERICA New Orleans Krystal Bellanger Rodriguez NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER Chapter Advertising Booking Questions? WARD OF Bronze Quill A Call (504)619-0131. Award of Merit Louisiana Bar Journal August / September 2020 76 Vol. 68, No. 2 www.lsba.org Editor's Message A Truly Historic Journal for Women in Leadership By Patrick A. Talley, Jr. e’ve been planning for, skills. It also speaks to the success of and looking forward One on One with Alainna the 19th Amendment. Truly, the 19th to, this issue of the R. Mire, 80th LSBA President: Amendment opened doors for them, and Louisiana Bar Journal “2020 Vision for the Future” they, in turn, have opened doors to citi- Wfor some time now. Actually, we began zens throughout Louisiana to ensure ac- ............................................................79 planning this issue when I first became cess to justice for all, something they are Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) all very passionate about. To top it off, secretary in June 2019, so for over a year Celebrating Women in they are probably three of the genuinely now. I am still excited about it. Think Leadership and the 100th nicest people you’ll ever meet! about it — this year, for the first time in Anniversity of the 19th Amendment And I could stop there, but the list history, we have three Louisiana women ............................................................86 goes on. We also feature in this issue leading the LSBA, the Louisiana judi- perspectives from the five women presi- ciary and the American Bar Association, dents of the LSBA. We feature Alainna all contemporaneously converging dur- LSBA’s Women Presidents: Mire in her President’s Interview. We Perspectives on Leadership, the Legal ing this year marking the 100th anni- also hear from 2006-07 LSBA President Profession and the 19th Amendment versary of the 19th Amendment. This Marta-Ann Schnabel; 2008-09 LSBA ............................................................94 is truly an historic moment for us and President Hon. Elizabeth