Louisiana Bar Foundation

Recovery, Rebuilding, Rebirth

Annual Report for the year ending June 30, 2006 Table of Contents

2005-06 Board of Directors ...... 1

Past Presidents ...... 1

President’s Message...... 2 Mission

2005-06 Committee Chairs ...... 3 The Louisiana Bar Foundation exists to preserve, honor and improve our system of justice by funding, Disaster Relief Donors ...... 4 developing or otherwise promoting efforts which enhance the legal profession, increase public understanding of the legal system and advance the Disaster Related Programs ...... 7 reality of equal justice under the law. IOLTA Program ...... 7 Objectives

2006 Legal Services Grants ...... 8 • Assure every person in Louisiana reasonable access to the justice system regardless of mental IOLTA Honor Roll ...... 9 or physical condition, economic status or type of legal problem. Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program ...... 10 • Identify, acquire, preserve, enhance and exhibit Annual Fellows Gala ...... 10 documents, items, photographs and other types of media items of significant historical interest to the Awards ...... 11 Louisiana legal community and to the general public. Scholar-in-Residence Program ...... 11 • Promote public awareness and understanding of the legal system and its goals, as well as the rights Fellowship...... 12 and obligations of all parties involved.

Statements of Financial Position ...... 13 • Raise the ethical and professional standards of the lawyers who operate the legal system. The Foundation strives to present a complete and accurate list of donors. • Establish and administer endowment funds, This publication reflects disaster relief support from Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account (IOLTA) July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. funds and other funds which can provide If a mistake has been made in your listing, significant impact in fulfilling the goals of the we sincerely apologize and ask that you contact Louisiana Bar Foundation. Danielle Marshall at 504.561.1046 or [email protected] • Support and enhance legal education in so that we may correct our records. Louisiana.

601 St. Charles Avenue • New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 • Improve the efficiency of the justice system 504.561.1046 • fax 504.566.1926 while protecting the right to a full and fair www.raisingthebar.org procedure.

Louisiana Bar Foundation Louisiana Bar Foundation “The tradition of service by lawyers is as old as the law itself. We need not be reminded that the practice of law was considered a privilege long before it became a paid profession, so that the concept of service is innately part of our tradition.” - Dermot S. McGlinchey

2005-06 Board of Directors Past Presidents President Patrick S. Ottinger LSBA House of Donna D. Fraiche Ottinger Hebert, L.L.C. Delegates Rep. 2003-04 Baker Donelson, Lafayette Thomas A. Casey, Jr. John G. Swift Bearman, Caldwell Jones, Walker, Lafayette & Berkowitz, PC Drew A. Ranier Waechter, New Orleans Ranier, Gayle and Poitevent, Carrere 2002-03 Elliot, L.L.C. & Denegre, L.L.P. Harry S. Hardin III Vice President Lake Charles New Orleans New Orleans John W. “Jock” Scott Attorney at Law Herschel E. Richard, Jr. LSBA Access to 2000-02 Alexandria Cook, Yancey, King & Justice Committee Suzanne M. Jones Galloway Hon. Sheral Kellar Covington Secretary-Treasurer Shreveport Chief Judge, Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. Department of Labor 1998-00 Sher Garner Cahill John B. “Spike” Workers Compensation Garland R. Rolling Richter Klein Scofield Division Metairie & Hilbert, L.L.C. Scofield, Gerard, Baton Rouge New Orleans Singletary & 1996-98 Pohorelsky LSBA Young Lawyers Cyrus J. Greco LBF Immediate Past Lake Charles Section Designee Baton Rouge President Laura N. Sylvester David F. Bienvenu E. Wade Shows City of Alexandria 1995-96 Simon, Peragine, Smith Shows, Cali, Alexandria Hon. Eldon E. Fallon & Redfearn, LLP Berthelot & New Orleans New Orleans Morris, LLP. Member-at-Large Designee Baton Rouge 1993-95 Hon. Marc T. Amy William Shelby *LeDoux R. Provosty, Jr. Louisiana Court of LSBA President McKenzie Alexandria Appeal, 3rd Circuit Frank X. Neuner, Jr. Taylor, Porter, Brooks Abbeville Laborde & Neuner & Phillips, LLP 1991-93 Lafayette Baton Rouge Calvin C. Fayard, Jr. Marcel Garsaud, Jr. Attorney at Law LSBA President-Elect District Judges New Orleans Denham Springs Marta-Ann Schnabel Association Schnabel & O’Bryon Designee 1989-91 Brace B. Godfrey, Jr. New Orleans Hon. Michael G. Paul W. Wright Adams and Reese LLP Bagneris Houston, Texas Baton Rouge LSBA Immediate Past Civil District Court, President Orleans Parish 1985-89 William N. Norton Michael W. McKay New Orleans *Dermot S. McGlinchey Baker, Donelson, Stone Pigman Walther New Orleans Bearman, Caldwell & Wittmann LLC Berkowitz, PC Baton Rouge New Orleans *deceased

2005-06 Annual Report President’s Message

Donna D. Fraiche

The year 2005 was a very challenging one. In the early morning hours of Monday, August 29, Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore just east of New Orleans. The loss of lives, the displacement of many people as well as property damages are unlike anything ever seen before in the United States. Our homes were destroyed, families torn apart and our lives as we knew it were changed forever. Three short weeks later, Hurricane Rita hit central and southwest Louisiana.

It was essential to the state’s recovery that the Louisiana Bar Foundation quickly rebound following the disasters. As a statewide funder of legal services, we believed serving our mission was more important and necessary than ever before.

Because of the unprecedented commitment of our volunteers, the Grants Committee was able to meet and timely submit their 2006 funding recommendations to the Board of Directors in early November. We were able to stay on schedule with the 2006 grants process and award $1,477,471 to 49 grantees statewide. This amount represents an increase of $500,000 over the previous year’s grants.

Throughout this trying time, I am proud of the instrumental role the Foundation played in responding to disaster related legal service needs throughout the state. With the LSBA, we established the Disaster Relief Fund, Louisiana Legal Assistance Call Center Fund and Legal Infrastructure Recovery and Rebuilding Fund.

The Disaster Relief Fund provided immediate relief to assist attorneys who lost their offices and/or homes in the storm. The fund provided grants of $500 to affected attorneys and established business centers for attorneys who needed work stations, internet access, printers, copiers and fax. We distributed more than 800 grants to displaced attorneys; established two business centers in New Orleans and another in St. Bernard Parish; and re- employed attorney positions with the Orleans Indigent Defender Office.

The Louisiana Legal Assistance Call Center Fund established the Call Center located at the LSU Law Center. The Call Center continues to provide legal information, advice or assistance to hurricane victims and has responded to more than 15,000 requests. The Call Center is open 5 days a week and is staffed by attorneys, law students and support staff. The Foundation made an initial donation of $70,000 to establish the fund and received a JEHT Foundation grant to fund the Call Center for the first year.

Currently we are focusing on long term recovery and rebuilding of Louisiana’s legal infrastructure. A joint task force of the Foundation and the Bar Association formed to develop criteria, policies and a long-term plan of action. The Legal Infrastructure Recovery & Rebuilding Fund was established by the Foundation’s Board of Directors to receive

Louisiana Bar Foundation monetary donations for recovery efforts identified and prioritized by this task force. This fund has provided grants to the Orleans Indigent Defender Program and funded a study 2005-06 Committee Chairs by the National Legal Aid Defender Association to address right to counsel issues of incarcerated citizens. Annual Gala Kids’ Chance Mathile W. Abramson Charles R. Davoli The end of the bar year came with a few silver linings. In addition to the tremendous outpouring of assistance from our Janet Boles Gary Knoepfler colleagues, we have been successful with grant writing opportunities. One such opportunity was a grant award from Budget/Investment Membership Equal Justice Works which provides funding for two Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. Ben Miller AmeriCorps attorneys to assist with legal services to disaster victims. Working out of the LSU Law Center, they collaborate with community legal aid providers and law Education Past Presidents schools to develop quality pro bono opportunities and Prof. Kathryn V. Lorio John G. Swift programs; recruit and train law students to volunteer with pro bono projects; and provide ongoing management and Executive Public Information coordination of those pro bono projects and volunteers. Donna D. Fraiche Suzanne M. Jones In May, the Foundation received a $400,000 grant, our largest grant in history, from the Louisiana Disaster Governance Resource Development Recovery Foundation. The funds were used for sub grants to Judge Eldon E. Fallon Calvin C. Fayard, Jr. legal service agencies, Call Center marketing and a project focusing on legal services data collection and analysis. We Iolta Administration/ Nominating also received a $40,000 grant from the Ford Motor Company Fund to assist in providing legal services to disaster victims. Banking Donna D. Fraiche Leon H. Rittenberg, Jr. As a committed partner in the recovery and rebuilding of Access to Justice Liaison Louisiana, we hosted the 3rd National Kids’ Chance Iolta Grants John “Jock” W. Scott Conference in New Orleans in early 2006. This conference brought together program leaders from across the country to Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. work on shared issues facing Kids’ Chance programs. In Community Action Liaison May, we held our 20th Annual Fellows Gala, Rebuilding Judicial Liaison Laura N. Sylvester Begins with the Foundation, which brought together Judge Sylvia R. Cooks lawyers, judges and professors from across the state.

Although this year was a difficult one, through the efforts of our dedicated staff, board and volunteers we were able to rise above the challenges and position the Foundation as a leader in the recovery of our state’s legal system.

2005-06 Annual Report LBF Disaster Relief Donors

Individuals District of Columbia Basil Marhofer Joan Swartz Nevada Zul Kumar Sean O’Hara T.K. Thompson Richard Barrows Jackie Levinson Arthur Palmer Paul Tyson Thomas Sutherland Arkansas Keith Sanborn John Calhoun Delaware Bryon Springer Mississippi New York Carl Crow Elizabeth McGeever Dayna Terrell Pat H. Scanlon Alton L. Abramowitz David Duke Margot Bennett Jack East Florida Kentucky Montana Diane F. Bosse Edward Oglesby Steven Berkely Thomas Amann Terry Hanson Philip A. Cala Michael Reif Robert Buonauro Sandra Bolin Samantha Kemp Peter L. Costa Richard Taylor Robert Churuti Suzanne Cordery Victoria L. D’Angelo Cynthia Everett Bruce Davis North Carolina Jeffrey A. Fagan Arizona Linnes Finney, Jr. William Jones Carl Britt Thomas C. Farley, Jr. Loren Braud William Hudson Michael Judy Benjamin Clifton Catherine Foley Kirk Cookson Timothy Jones Meredith Lawrence Robert Dodge Mary E. Gaillanza Edith Croxen Steven Koeppel Kenneth F. Pearce Brendan C. Hand. Suzanne Dallimore Joel Levine North Dakota David Gerald Jay Leah Hill Stephen Ostrow Louisiana Charles Carvell Norman E. Joslin Jojene Mills Lawrence Rogovin Shawn Carter Nancy D. Kellman Terrie Rendler Ann Shaw S. Guy deLaup New Jersey Anthony Kowalski Nancy Tyson Connie Stephens Frank C. Dudenhefer, Jr. Rita Aquilio Nancy M. Langer Charlton Stoner Joyce Fisher Judith Ball David J. Mahoney California Bruce Strayhorn Robert W. Hallack John S. Beckerman Jeremiah J. McCarthy Delphine Adams Julia Blewer Cecilia Blau Donald F. McKenna Martha Fay Africa Georgia Patty Jumonville James Burke Lisa P. Meyers Carrie Anne Downes Irma S. Borges Janice Kazmier Edward Buzak James E. Morris Susan Bakhshian Ronald Chalker James Lambert Blaine Capehart Marcella L. Rosinski Walter Barsamian Michael Cummings Charles B. Plattsmier Roger S. Clark George Sacco Angelique Bonanno P. M. Davis Shelley H. Provosty Edward Dreyfus Claudia S. Schultz Alice M. Buck Clay D. Land Leon H. Rittenberg, Jr. Jay M. Feinman James D. Schultz, Jr Daniel V. Burke Pamela Haidt Lee Diane Sorola Joseph Fidler Joseph Sedita Patricia Coleman Laura J. Leonard Debra Susan Glessner Arnold N. Zelman James Crawford Megan C. Mathews Massachusetts Ravin Greenberg Judi A. Curtin Henry Newkirk Brian Cuffe Samuel Halpern Ohio Marlene H. Demirdjian Dianne W. Patterson Paul Silvia Henry Hardy John Rose Christele Demuro Charles Sheppard Terry Snow Philip L. Harvey Peter Shane Miles D. Grant Sharon A. Stewart Brownlow Speer Dennis Hernon Julie Shifman William Greco Richard Kuhrt Paul Greenwald Iowa Maryland Mark Kutner Oklahoma Mitchell Guthman Deborah Carstens Sharon Allender Argeres Maroules William R. Grimm Marianne S. Hamilton Chris Hunziker Barbara Berschler Matthew Maschler Lou Ann Moudy Yifat Hassid Mary Krafka Michael P. Marzullo Edward Mazer William G. Paul Cheri Kadotani Lynn McDougall Jennifer Keller Illinois Maine John S. Podolski Oregon Catherine Lawler Elizabeth Derrico Tobi Schneider Ernest Renda Thomas Michael Cary Antonina C. Lococo Mary Fetter Eric Rochkind James Casterline Alex Logan Vickie A. Gillio Michigan Norma Rosenbloom Thomas K. Elden Jeremy Miller Paul Glaser Hanley M. Gurwin Robert Rothstein Herbert Grey Diane Nordby Susan Rogaliner Victoria Kremski Steven Russo Victoria Okain Edwin Paul Robert Speers Harry Schmoll Karen O’Kasey Diane Ritchey-Andrews Missouri Richard Schuman Thomas Sponsler Stewart R. Suchman Indiana Deborah Bartley Bruce Sherman Milly Whatley Eleuterio Tomas Michael Andreoli Andrew Berg James Smith William Walsh Howard Chamberlin Neil Stackhouse Pennsylvania Kansas Robert Dewitt Constance Stickle Nancy Lanard Colorado John Bailey Cynthia Fox Charles Tivenan Gregory Pascale Kirk Brush Benjamin Bertram Barbara Gilchrist Peter Tourison Rand E. Rosenblatt Karen McDowell Susan Ellis Annette Heller Melvin Whitken Rayman L. Soloman Jeffrey Rogers Autumn Fox Thomas Mug David Zurav Tali Weisberg Stephanie Stevenson Alyse L. Freilich Catherine Perry Joanne Ross Wilder L.H. Goossen Maureen Scully Connecticut Vernon Just Eileen Ferro Carlo Forzani

Louisiana Bar Foundation Rhode Island Tedford Radway Foundations Associations Alabama Defense Lawyers Association South Carolina Alaska Bar Foundation American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Katherine Link Bar Foundation for Union County Joseph Mendelsohn American Bar Association Beverly Hills Bar Foundation American College of Trial Lawyers Tennessee Columbus Bar Foundation Arkansas Bar Association Robert Campbell Cumberland County Bar Foundation Association of Corporate Counsel Atlanta Bar Association Dauphin County Bar Foundation Texas Arizona Women Lawyers Assn., Maricopa Chapter Peri Alkas Dayton Bar Association Foundation Broome County Bar Assn. Joanne Badeaux Ernst & Young Foundation Chattanooga Chapter, American Inns of Court Martha Dickie Columbus Bar Association Ford Motor Company Fund John Edwards Continental Divide Bar Association Charlotte Harper Foundation of the Federal Bar Association District of Columbia Bar Paul Isham Illinois Bar Foundation Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc. Martha Kollmorgen Indiana Bar Foundation Friends At The Bar Gary L. Nickelson Gwinnett County Bar Association Richard Noll Iowa State Bar Foundation Jackson County Bar Association Virginia Piper JEHT Foundation Lackawanna Bar Association Alex Tyra JP Morgan Chase Foundation Lancaster Bar Association Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel Virginia Kendall Vick Public Law Louisiana Chapter-American Corporate Sue Anne Bangel Kentucky IOLTA Fund of the Counsel Assn. Moran Brown LSBA/Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Joette Furlough Kentucky Bar Foundation Louisville Bar Center, Inc. Gwena Kay Tibbits Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation Maine State Bar Association Betty A. Thompson Maryland Bar Foundation Manatee County Bar Association Vermont Memphis Bar Foundation Marin County Bar Association Stephen Craddock Minnesota State Bar Foundation Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council Mineral County Bar Association Bradley Myerson Middlesex County Bar Foundation Brian Porto Monmouth Bar Association Nashville Bar Foundation Nashville Bar Association Washington New York Bar Foundation North Carolina Bar Association Northwest Suburban Bar Association Stafford Cooper Ohio State Bar Foundation Susan A. Dubuisson Oklahoma Bar Association Buri Funston Oklahoma Bar Foundation Pennsylvania Bar Danford Grant Rhode Island Bar Foundation Real Estate Bar Assn. for Massachusetts Jane Morrow South Carolina Bar Foundation San Fernando Valley Bar Association Shaun Perry State Bar of Georgia Steven Sitcov Vermont Bar Foundation & Assn. State Bar of Texas Virginia Bar Association Foundation State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section Wisconsin West Virginia State Bar & Bar Foundation Taxation Section, District of Columbia Bar Thomas A. Sleik Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Tifton Bar Association West Virginia Virginia Bar Association David Burton Vermont Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section H.L. Snyder West Virginia State Bar David Webb West Virginia State Bar - Young Lawyers Section Wichita Association of Legal Administrators France Michael R. Jackson

2005-06 Annual Report Firms Massachusetts Oklahoma Firms Holland & Bonzagni Massad, Evans & Kent, Inc. Arkansas Oregon Haley, Claycomb, Roper & Anderson Maryland Pryor, Robertson & Barry Kramon & Graham, P.A. Cable, Huston, Benedict, Haagensen & Lloyd Lloyd, Kane,Wieder,Willis & Henderson Schmidt & Yee Arizona Sand Villa NO.3 Partnership Pennsylvania Bays Smith Law Willkie Farr & Gallagher Hoffmeyer & Semmelman Plon & Associates California Minnesota Connors & Associates Foley & Mansfield, P.L.L.P Rhode Island Epsten Grinnell & Howell, APC Mathews Bergen & Grier Missouri Houlihan, Managhan & Kyle Yaron & Associates Kopsky & Heck Law Offices of Paul W. King, LLC South Carolina Bryan & Haar Colorado Martin & Martin Orten & Hindman McCollan & Griggs Redfearn Law Firm Texas Florida Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne Ausley, Algert, Robertson & Flores, LLP Look Lawfirm Auslin Legal Staffing Infantino & Berman Mississippi Phillips & Phillips Rodriguez, Colvin, Chaney & Saenz Leesfield, Leighton, Rubio & Boyers, P.A. Barnes & Green Virginia Georgia New Jersey Drew Echl & Farnham, LLP Albino & Gjelsvik Nichols Zauzig Sandler PC Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Witmeyer & Allen Iowa Herrmann & Knopf West Virginia Payer, Hunziker & Rhodes Eichenbaum, Kantrowitz, Leff & Gulko Fink, Rosner, Ershow, Levenberg Ward & Associates Illinois Foss, San Filippo & Milne Carter & Tani Goldshore, Cash & Kalac Courts Freeborn & Peters Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C. Starr, Gern, Davison & Rubin Strich Law Firm 5th Judicial District, Iowa Indiana Circuit Court of Maryland No. 10 Roby & Hood Weinstein, Snyder, Lindeman, Sarno Wolff & Samson Kansas Burns, Burns, Walsh & Walsh Nevada Law Schools Conlee, Schmidt & Emerson Atkin, Winner, Sherrod & Vames LSU Law Center Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne Nelson Law Foundation Rutgers School of Law Taylor, Krusor & Passiglia New York Student Bar Assn. UNL College of Law Kentucky Bender Jenson Brennan & Silverstein LLP O’Hara, Ruberg & Taylor Cowan, DeBates, Abrahams & Sheppard Foley, Foley & Passafaro Organizations Louisiana Hagerty & Brady American Bankruptcy Institute Broussard & David Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Davison, Meaux, Sonnier & McElligott Personius Melber LLP Kennon, Odom & Dardenne Ramo Nashak & Brown Commission LaBorde & Neuner Stroock & Stroock & lavan CNA - Continental Casualty Company Law & Mediation Office Vessa & Wilensky P.C. Court Reporters of Louisiana Liska, Exnicios & Nungesser Willkie Farr & Gallagher Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana McGlinchey Stafford Department of Culture, Recreation & Ottinger Hebert Ohio Tourism Baton Rouge Saltamachia & Baker Ham & Ham Klamath Water Project Smith Stag LLC Lutz, Cornetet, Meyer & Rush Metro Legal Search, Inc. Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P. Thompson Hine Minoru Yasui Inn of Court Walker Passman & Michiels Senior Rights Center

Louisiana Bar Foundation Disaster Related Programs

The LBF worked to fund projects to help with the recovery and rebuilding of the state’s legal infrastructure and several new disaster related programs were developed.

Pro Bono Legal Corps — Law Students in Action

Equal Justice Works awarded the LBF a Pro Bono Legal Corps grant in February of 2006. This grant allows the LBF to host two AmeriCorps attorneys. Their duties include collaborating with community legal aid providers and law schools to develop quality pro bono opportunities and programs; recruiting and training law students to volunteer with pro bono projects; and providing ongoing management and coordination of those pro bono projects and volunteers.

Disaster Relief Legal Services Grant Program

The LBF received a $400,000 grant award from the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation (LDRF) in May. With this grant, the Foundation serves as the LDRF Donna D. Fraiche LBF President and Renae Conley designated non-profit partner for funding disaster related Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation Board member. legal services.

With this funding, the LBF established the Disaster Relief Legal Services Grant Program. Eight grants totaling more than $300,000 were awarded to agencies providing legal IOLTA Program services to displaced hurricane victims throughout the state of Louisiana. The funds were used for salaries and benefits for staff attorney, paralegal or coordinator positions who The Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Program directly provide legal services or facilitate the provision of is the result of a unique partnership between the banking legal services to affected persons. The following agencies and legal communities. This program provides an average received grants: Acadiana Legal Service Corporation, Baton annual revenue stream of $2 million. With these funds, the Rouge Bar Foundation, Capital Area Legal Services LBF annually awards grants to Louisiana non profit Corporation, Louisiana Civil Justice Center, Metropolitan organizations that provide access to the justice system and Battered Women’s Program, Southeast Louisiana Legal civil legal assistance to Louisiana’s low-income citizens. Services, Southwest Louisiana Legal Services and The Pro Bono Project.

In addition, the LDRF grant also provided funding for marketing the call center to displaced citizens who are not aware of the services and for a project to collect and analyze data from the call center and legal service agencies. From this information a report will be developed that addresses the legal issues faced by Louisiana’s displaced citizens. The information will be used to help our state address systemic legal issues post disaster.

2005-06 Annual Report 2006 Legal Services Grants - totaling $1,477,471 $758,276 to Legal Services Corporations Acadiana Legal Services Corporation $212,894 Since 1989, Capital Area Legal Services Corporation $125,866 Legal Services of North Louisiana $192,789 the LBF has Southeast Louisiana Legal Service Corp. $226,727 distributed more $198,688 to Domestic Violence Programs Beauregard Community Concerns, Inc. June Jenkins Women’s Shelter $9,010 than . . . Calcasieu Women’s Shelter, Inc. $11,834 Capital Area Family Violence Center /Legal Services Component $4,034 Catholic Charities/Project S.A.V.E. $22,300 Chez Hope $9,414 D.A.R.T. of Lincoln (Domestic Abuse Resistance Team) $9,952 Faith House, Inc. $12,372 $10.5 million Family Counseling Agency, Inc. Turning Point Shelter $8,741 to Legal Services Corporations Jeff Davis Communities Against Domestic Inc. $7,381 Metropolitan Battered Women’s Program, Inc. $30,820 New Start Center $7,102 Safety Net for Abused Persons $13,717 Southeast Spouse Abuse Program $12,500 $4.4 million St. Bernard Battered Women’s Center $2,959 to Other Direct Legal Services The Haven, Inc. $7,236 Vernon Community Action Council, Inc. $7,127 YWCA of Northeast Louisiana/Project SAFE $11,834 YWCA of Northwest Louisiana, Inc. /Family Violence Program $10,355 $4.2 million to Pro Bono Programs $196,596 to Other Direct Legal Services AIDSLAW of Louisiana, Inc. $35,000 Arts Council of New Orleans Louisiana Volunteers Lawyers for Art $2,500 Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services $40,596 Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. LA Detention Project $3,500 $3.8 million Innocence Project New Orleans $35,000 to Domestic Violence Programs Legal Aid Bureau $45,000 Mental Health Association in Louisiana $35,000

$142,828 to Pro Bono Programs Baton Rouge Bar Foundation Pro Bono Project $24,250 $2 million Central Louisiana Pro Bono Project $12,250 to CASA Programs Lafayette Parish Bar Foundation Pro Bono Project $20,250 Legal Services of North LA/Pro Bono Program $14,500 Northwest Louisiana Pro Bono Project $20,000 The Pro Bono Project $51,578 $1.3 million $107,000 to Administration of Justice to Law-Related Education LSBA Access to Justice Program $37,000 LSBA 800 Legal Assistance Call Center $70,000 $59,555 to Law-Related Education $1.2 million Baton Rouge Bar Foundation LRE Programs $5,059 to Administration of Justice Louisiana Center for Law & Civic Education $35,706 LSBA Young Lawyer LRE Projects $7,058 LSBA Francophone Section Proves Simule Bicentenial Film $5,000 Loyola University School of Law Thurgood Marshall’s Coming $3,250 Youth Service Bureau of St. Tammany LRE Program $3.482 $700,000 to Teen Courts $10,700 to Teen Courts Iberia Teen Court, Inc $4,000 Teen Court of Calcasieu Parish $1,700 Teen Court of Greater New Orleans $3,000 Teen Court of Morehouse $2,000

$3,828 to CASA Programs CASA of Terrebonne, Inc. $2,828 CASA of West Central of Louisiana $1,000

Louisiana Bar Foundation IOLTA Honor Roll

We are pleased to announce that as of June 30, 2006, 105 banks qualify for the LBF IOLTA Honor Roll by waiving all fees and service charges on client trust accounts enrolled in the program. This partnership enhances the Foundation’s ability to meet Louisiana’s growing need for civil legal services to the poor.

Honor Roll

Statewide/Multi-Region: Citizens Bank & First National Bank Ouachita Independent Bank J. P. Morgan Chase Trust of Plaquemine of Louisiana Patterson State Bank Hancock Bank Citizens Bank & First National Peoples State Bank IberiaBank Trust of Springhill Bank Jeanerette Progressive Bank & Trust Parish National Bank Citizens Bank & First National Bank Rayne State Bank & Whitney National Bank Trust of Ville Platte of DeRidder Trust Company Citizens Bank & Florida Parishes Bank Resource Bank Region/Community: Trust of Vivian Gibsland Bank & Sabine State Bank & Abbeville Building & Loan Citizens National Bank Trust Company Trust Company American Bank & Trust of Bossier City Guaranty Bank of Mamou Shell Credit Union Company Citizens Progressive Bank Guaranty Savings and South Lafourche Bank & American Bank & Trust of City Bank & Homestead Trust Opelousas Trust/Natchitoches Gulf Coast Bank & South Louisiana Bank American Bank of Welsh City Savings Bank & Trust of New Orleans St. Landry Homestead FSB Bank of Abbeville & Trust Co. Gulf Coast Bank St. Martin Bank & Trust Co. Community Bank of Abbeville Trust Co. Bank of Commerce & of Lafourche Hibernia Homestead State Bank & Trust Trust Company Community First Bank Hodge Bank & State Bank & Trust Bank of Erath Community Trust Bank Trust Company Company of Golden Bank of Erath/Delcambre Cottonport Bank Home Federal Savings & Meadow Bank of Greensburg Cross Keys Bank\Tallulah Loan Synergy Bank Bank of Gueydan Delta Bank Jackson Parish Bank Teche Federal Savings Bank Bank of Louisiana Exchange Bank & Jeff Davis Bank & Tensas State Bank Bank of Maringouin Trust Company Trust Company The Bank Bank of Montgomery Farmers-Merchants Bank Jonesboro State Bank The Highlands Bank Bank of St. Francisville Farmers State Bank & Trust Kaplan State Bank Tri Parish Bank & Bank of Sunset & Trust Co. Fidelity Bank & Trust Landmark Bank Trust Company Bank of Winnfield First American Bank Liberty Bank & Tri State Bank & Trust Bank of Zachary of Vacherie Trust Company United Community Bank Basile State Bank First Bank & Trust Marion State Bank Vermilion Bank & Britton & Koontz First Community Bank Merchants & Farmers Bank Trust Company Bank, N.A. First Federal Savings & Loan Metairie Bank & Vernon Bank Caldwell Bank & Trust First Financial Bank & Trust Company West Carroll Community Cameron State Bank Trust Co. Mississippi River Bank Bank Church Point Bank & First Louisiana Bank Morgan City Bank & Winnsboro State Bank & Trust Company First Louisiana National Bank Trust Trust Co. Citizens Bank & First National Bank Omni Bank Your Bank Trust of Mandeville

As of June 30, 2006

2005-06 Annual Report Kids’ Chance Annual Fellows Gala Scholarship Program In May, the LBF held the 20th Annual Fellows Gala themed “Rebuilding Louisiana Begins with the Foundation,” at the The Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program provides Houmas House Plantation in Gonzales. A cocktail reception scholarships to dependent children of workers killed or in conjunction with a silent auction, celebrating the Fellows permanently and totally disabled in an accident compensable class of 2005 and the 20 year Fellows was held prior to a under a state or federal Workers’ Compensation Act or law. dinner. Honored at the dinner were 2005 Distinguished In 2006, $34,000 in scholarships were awarded to 21 Jurist Jay C. Zainey, Attorney H. Alston Johnson III and students. Professors Dean Brian Bromberger and Chancellor Freddie Pitcher, Jr. 2006 Scholarship Recipients

Jacob Belaire, Lake Charles Jennifer Montgomery, Carencro Chianti Boyd, Gloster Jennifer Powers, Oberlin Kristen Cloud, Castor Natalie Redditt, Ragley Megan Duplechain, Ragley Kimberly Rider, Jennings Sallyanne Hair, Baton Rouge Seleigh Simon, New Orleans Brandon LaGrange, Breaux Bridge Drew Sokol, New Orleans Blake Langton, Florien Joshua Thornton, Metairie Lori LeBlanc, Oberlin Casey Todesco, Metairie Jarrett Marchand, St. Amant Rachelle Todesco, Metairie Molly Marino, Mandeville Savannah Walker, Deville Dean Brian Bromberger, H. Alston Johnson III, Donna D. Fraiche Hon. Jay C. Zainey and Chancellor Freddie Pitcher, Jr. Tonya Massey, Winnsboro

National Kids’ Chance Conference Annual Gala Sponsors In April, the LBF hosted the 3rd National Kids’ Chance Cornerstone Level Pillar Level Baker Donelson, Bearman, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles Conference in New Orleans, at the historic Bourbon Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Louisiana Association of Orleans hotel in the French Quarter. The conference was Dr. and Mrs. John Fraiche Defense Counsel originally scheduled in early February, to coincide with the Hopper’s Wine and Spirits Sher Garner Cahill Richter American Bar Association convention. After Hurricanes Loyola University School of Law Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. Faculty, Staff and Students Katrina and Rita crippled the ability of New Orleans to Southern University Law Center host large conventions, the LBF rescheduled the conference Foundation Boles Law Firm in an effort to boost tourism and welcome visitors back to Capital Level Charles R. Davoli, the city. Adams and Reese LLP Crescent Bank & Trust Attorney at Law Exxon Mobil Corporation Hon. and Mrs. Adrian Fayard & Honeycutt Duplantier Jones, Walker, Waechter, Jason E. Fontenot Poitevent, Carrere & Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Denegre, L.L.P. David, Meunier & Kean Miller Warshauer Liskow & Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Gros Office of the Parish Attorney Heller, Draper, Hayden, of East Baton Rouge Parish Patrick & Horn Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P. Ranier, Gayle and Elliot, L.L.C. Herman Herman Katz Shows, Cali, Berthelot & and Cotlar Morris, LLP. McKay, Lutgring & Cochran Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Montgomery Barnett Phillips, LLP Cyndy and Jock Scott Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Sieberth & Patty, LLC Section ABA The Willard Firm, PLC Kids’ Chance Conference participants. Whitney National Bank

Louisiana Bar Foundation Awards

Grantee Excellence in Service and Curtis R. Boisfontaine Programming Award Trial Advocacy Award

The Louisiana Civil Justice Center received the 2006 John R. Martzell received Grantee Excellence in Service and Programming Award for the 2006 Curtis R. its 800 Legal Assistance Call Center. They were recognized Boisfontaine Trial Advocacy for the services provided to the community, for promoting Award. Martzell was awareness and understanding of the legal system and for selected for his long-standing assisting with the administration of justice post disasters. devotion to excellence in trial practice and for This award recognizes a grantee for an innovative, upholding the standards of imaginative program and/or public service in the legal ethics and consideration for arena. The award emphasizes creativity of the idea, efficiency of execution, outcomes of the program, ability to the courts, litigants and all be duplicated by other service programs and the ability to be counsel in his practice of the flexible enough to change course as emerging needs arise. law. John R. Martzell This award was established in 1994 to honor President’s Award Boisfontaine’s contributions In 2006, Donna D. Fraiche and to encourage others to awarded Frank X. Neuner, Jr. emulate the standard to the President’s Award for the which he adhered. leadership he displayed during the unprecedented devastation caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The President selects Scholar-in-Residence the recipient based on dedication and commitment, Program volunteer service, leadership in major LBF accomplishments, willingness The Education Committee’s Scholar-in-Residence Program to volunteer for new projects is designed to enhance the Foundation’s overall education and assistance to the President program and to support legal education in Louisiana by in addressing concerns facing Donna D. Fraiche and Frank X. Neuner, Jr. bringing the practicing bar and Louisiana law schools the LBF. together. During the two year term, the scholar produces an academic work.

Horn Blower Award The 2006-08 topic focuses on the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita upon the legal system and the response of In June, both Ann Scarle and Marta-Ann Schnabel were lawyers and courts to the challenge of providing legal awarded Horn Blower Awards in recognition for their services in the wake of the hurricanes. outstanding leadership, support and immediate response to legal community recovery and rebuilding efforts. Scarle and Schnabel have been tooting the horn of the LBF by bringing their civic minded actions full circle by helping to provide free disaster-related legal services for Louisiana residents.

2005-06 Annual Report Fellowship

LBF’s membership, referred to as Fellows, consists of judges, lawyers and academia whose professional, public and private lives demonstrate their commitment to ensuring access to the justice system for all.

2005 Fellows Class Twenty Year Fellows Barbara G. Baier Shannon S. Holtzman Lawrence E. Abbott Harvey J. Lewis William Blake Bennett Dominick Impastato III Hirschel T. Abbott, Jr. Michael F. Little Carmelite M. Bertaut G. William Jarman James C. Bates Judy Perry Martinez William J. Billeaud Hon. Sheral C. Kellar Jack C. Benjamin, Sr. Melvin L. Maxwell Janet S. Boles Brian M. Klebba David F. Bienvenu John M. McCollam Hon. James Brady Eric A. Kracht John Blackwell Timothy J. McNamara Philip S. Brooks Hon. Lori A. Landry Wood Brown III William W. Robert L. Broussard Edna Ayliffe Latchem Jack E. Carlisle, Jr. Messersmith III Denise Langlois Brown Andrew R. Lee Arthur R. Carmody, Jr. Albert Mintz Rebecca G. Bush J. Eric Lockridge Kenneth M. Carter Julian R. Murray, Jr. Kathleen K. Charvet Prof. John Lovett Hon. Edith Brown Max Nathan, Jr. Jeffrey M. Cole Dr. E. Ralph Lupin Clement Colvin G. Norwood, Jr. Walter Comeaux James C. McMichael, Jr. John C. Combe, Jr. Hon. Charles B. Peatross Jonathan R. Cook Michael J. Mestayer James J. Davidson III John Dale Powers Fred T. Crifasi Kenner O. Miller, Jr. Paul B. Deal Ronald E. Raney Bernadette Gomes D’Souza Prof. Jacqueline Nash Lawrence E. Donohoe Leon J. Reymond, Jr. Hon. Laura Prosser Davis John T. Nesser IV Hon. John J. Erny, Jr. Robert Roberts III Sandra Diggs-Miller Gus David Oppermann V Hugh B. Exnicios, Jr. Antonio J. Rodriguez Gregory P. DiLeo Trenton J. Oubre Hon. Eldon E. Fallon Charles Walter Salley Arlene C. Edwards James L. Pate A. Remy Fransen, Jr. Daniel Ryan Sartor, Jr. James C. Exnicios Patrick W. Pendley William C. Gambel Danny G. Shaw Pauline Feist Denise M. Pilie’ James B. Gardner Hon. John F. Simon Bradford H. Felder Hon. Kathleen S. Richey Marcel Garsaud, Jr. H. Paul Simon Tim L. Fields A. Hammond Scott Howard B. Gist, Jr. Lawrence P. Simon, Jr. Michael K. Fitzpatrick Randall A. Smith Cyrus J. Greco Howard E. Sinor, Jr. Jason E. Fontenot Stuart H. Smith Joe D. Guerriero Louis D. Smith Charles Foti, Jr. Paul A. Strickland Orlando N. Hamilton, Jr. Vincent J. Sotile, Jr. James Garner Alberto E. Struck Harry S. Hardin III Michael X. St. Martin Monique M. Garsaud Jane A. Thomas Stephen C. Hartel, Jr. William S. Strain Lewis M. Gladney Richard Upton Thomas M. Hayes III Frank A. Tessier Brace B. Godfrey, Jr. James A. Van Hook, Jr. George W. Healy III Gerard F. Thomas, Jr. Karleen J. Green K. Todd Wallace Donald A. Hoffman Christopher Tompkins Neeley Griffith Alan D. Weinberger Campbell C. Hutchinson Hon. Jacques L. Steven F. Griffith, Jr. Donald W. Weir, Jr. Patrick A. Juneau, Jr. Wiener, Jr. Leo C. Hamilton Jack K. Whitehead, Jr. Richard F. Knight Charles T. Williams, Jr. Franchesca L. G. Edward Williams, Jr. Harvey C. Koch Phillip A. Wittmann Hamilton-Acker W. Luther Wilson Jacob D. Landry Bob F. Wright Douglas R. Holmes Charles W. Lane III Thomas J. Wyllie Robert E. Leake, Jr.

Louisiana Bar Foundation 2005-06 Annual Report LBF Staff Fellows(as of January Class 2007) of 2005 Donna C. Cuneo Dee Jones Executive Director Public Relations Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Sue Garrett Laura C. Sewell Administration Director Development Director [email protected] [email protected] Tina M. Ferrera Danielle Marshall Accounting Coordinator Development Assistant [email protected] [email protected] Renee Bienvenu Susan Saba Accounting Assistant Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps Attorney [email protected] [email protected] Dennette L. Young Kathleen McNelis Communications Director Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps Attorney [email protected] [email protected]

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