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Inside: • On Artistic Endeavor • Attorney Voir Dire • Rule 4.2 & First Amendment • Review: The Cottoncrest Curse • Annual Meeting Wrap LegierCo haystack NO Mag Aug09 8/12/09 4:37 PM Page 1 The Needle In A Haystack Ask how we can help you file BP Oil Spill Claims utilizing the latest court-supervised settlement methodology. Complex financial litigation cases often require the engagement of experts who can find “the needle in a haystack.” A substantial edge is gained when you have Legier & Company’s Forensic & Investigative CPA and Expert Witness Group on your team to help you find obscured financial facts that build and prove stronger cases. Expert Testimony • Fraud • Forensic & Investigative Accounting • Calculating and Refuting Financial Damages Business Valuations • Bankruptcies • Shareholder Disputes • Lost Profits • Business Interruptions Lost Wages • Corporate Veil Piercing • Marital Dissolutions For more information, contact William R. 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. 62, No. 2 81 82 August / September 2014 ® August / September 2014 Volume 62, Number 2 Departments Features Editor’s Message .................... 87 “Speaking the Truth” about Attorney Voir Dire By Lewis O. Unglesby ..............................................................................................90 President’s Message .............. 88 Association Actions .............. 114 Contrasting Professional Conduct Rule 4.2 with the First Amendment Right to Petition Solo Speaking ...................... 118 By Scott L. Sternberg ...............................................................................................94 Practice Management........... 119 Quality of Life........................ 120 Book Review: The Cottoncrest Curse, A Novel by Michael H. Rubin Reviewed by E. Phelps Gay .....................................................................................98 Lawyers Assistance .............. 122 Focus on Diversity ................ 123 It’s a Wrap! LSBA Annual Meeting Officers Installed and Awards Presented ................................................................100 Puzzle ................................... 124 Focus on Professionalism .... 125 Quality of Life: On Artistic Endeavor By Anthony M. DiLeo .............................................................................................120 Discipline Reports................. 126 Client Assistance Fund ......... 129 Recent Developments .......... 130 Young Lawyers ..................... 150 Judicial Notes ....................... 153 People .................................. 154 News..................................... 159 Classified .............................. 166 The Last Word ...................... 168 Also Inside Member Services.................... 86 Alcohol/Drug Abuse Hotline.. 124 SOLACE ............................... 152 Minimum Qualifications / Special “Night of the Comet,” an Assistant Attorney General ..... 165 acrylic on canvas board, by artist Anthony M. DiLeo. For Advertisers’ Index ................. 161 more of DiLeo’s artwork, see page 120. Louisiana Bar Journal Vol. 62, No. 2 83 ® Officers 2014-15 President Editorial Board Joseph L. (Larry) Shea, Jr. • (318)934-4017 Barry H. Grodsky Winfield E. 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