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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 Louisiana Bar Journal Vol. 61, No. 3 169 170 October / November 2013 ® October / November 2013 Volume 61, Number 3 Departments Features Editor’s Message .................. 175 Patricia Gilley and Henderson v. United States: A Shreveport Small-Firm Lawyer’s Path to Victory in the U.S. Supreme Court President’s Message ............ 176 By S. Christopher Slatten .......................................................................................178 Association Actions .............. 196 For Whom the Clock Tolls? Practice Management........... 200 Louisiana’s New Law on Tolling Agreements Lawyers Assistance .............. 202 By Ronald J. Scalise, Jr. .........................................................................................182 Focus on Diversity ................ 203 Book Review Puzzle ................................... 204 Flood of Lies: The St. Rita’s Nursing Home Tragedy by James A. Cobb, Jr. Focus on Professionalism .... 205 Reviewed by Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. ......................................................................186 Discipline Reports................. 206 Lawyers Assistance Program, Inc. Establishes Free Depression Recovery Recent Developments .......... 209 Groups Statewide Young Lawyers ..................... 226 By J.E. (Buddy) Stockwell ......................................................................................190 La. Center for Law LSBA Supports Local Pro Bono Efforts with October Month of Service and Civic Education ......... 228 ................................................................................................................................194 Judicial Notes ....................... 229 Who’s Who in ADR 2013 People .................................. 230 Check out the separate supplement News..................................... 232 Who’s Who mailed with this issue! Classified .............................. 237 in ADR The Last Word ...................... 240 2013 Also Inside Member Services.................. 174 Alcohol/Drug Abuse Hotline.. 204 SOLACE ............................... 227 Advertisers’ Index ................. 239 Supplement to the Louisiana Bar Journal Volume 61, No. 3 Louisiana Bar Journal Vol. 61, No. 3 Who’s Who in ADR 2013 1 Shreveport attorneys, from left, Harold C. Gilley, Jr., Patricia A. Gilley and Tristan P. 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