�� The Needle In A Haystack Complex financial litigation cases often hinge on the engagement of experts who find the needle in a haystack. A substantial edge is gained when you have Legier & Company’s Forensic Accounting and Expert Witness Group on your team to help you find obscured financial facts that can ensure your success. �� Expert Testimony • Fraud & Forensic Accounting • Calculating and Refuting Financial Damages Business Valuations • Bankruptcies • Shareholder Disputes • Lost Profits • Business Interruptions For more information, contact William R. Legier (504) 599-8300 apac Forensic and Investigative CPAs 1100 Poydras Street • 34th Floor • Energy Centre • New Orleans, LA 70163 Telephone (504) 561-0020 • Facsimile (504) 561-0023 • http://www.lmcpa.com FORMDISKTM 2009 ORDER NOW! There has never been a better time to buy FORMDISKTM, an extensive collection of annotated civil forms. Order FORMDISKTM 2009 now for the low price of $198. For 2008 customers, the 2009 update is now available for only $80. Join thousands of Louisiana lawyers who rely on FORMDISKTM. FORMDISKTM 2009 Order Form Name: ___________________________ Bar Roll #: __________ Firm Name: _______________________ Address: _______________________________ City: __________________ State: _____ Zip: _________ Phone #: _____________________ Fax #: ____________________ Email Address:____________________ I have (check one): � PC � Mac I use (check one): � Word � Word Perfect � Other _______________ I want: qty. _____ $19800 Low Price qty. _____ $8000 Update Price (for 2008 customers only) qty. _____ $2500 Each additional disk � Enclosed is my check made out to Template, Inc. for the amount of $ ________________ � Charge $__________ to my: � VISA � Mastercard Card #: _____________________________________________ Exp. Date: _________________ Cardholder Signature: ____________________________________________________________________ Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery. TEMPLATE, INC. P. O. BOX 11810, NEW IBERIA, LA 70562-1810 PHONE: (337) 367-3643 / FAX: (337) 365-5965 WWW.FORMDISK.COM Louisiana Bar Journal Vol. 56, No. 5 321 SERVING LOUISIANA LAWYERS SINCE 1990 322 February / March 2009 Lawyers.com GPSolo 40006.indd 1 1/9/09 1:36:46 PM ® February / March 2009 Volume 56, Number 5 Departments Features President’s Message ........... 325 Editor’s Message .................. 327 Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball: Louisiana’s First Woman Chief Justice Makes History...Again Association Actions .............. 346 ................................................................................................................328 Technology Corner ............... 352 The Best Article of All Time Local Practice Guide ............ 354 By E. Phelps Gay ............................................................................................... 334 Legal History......................... 356 “You’ve Been Served! LOL”: Is Service Through Facebook Really Puzzle ................................... 358 Possible? Focus on Professionalism .... 360 By Eric Michael Liddick .................................................................................... 338 Disciplinary Reports.............. 362 Law Firm Reality Check – The Time Is Now! Recent Developments .......... 365 By Charles S. McCowan, Jr. .............................................................................. 342 Young Lawyers .................... 378 Judicial Notes ....................... 382 People .................................. 386 2008 Louisiana State Bar Classified .............................. 389 Association Annual Report Follows 358 News..................................... 392 Lucid Intervals ..................... 396 Also Inside Member Services.................. 333 SOLACE ............................... 357 Alcohol/Drug Abuse Hotline.. 358 Cover Art Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball. Photo by Ross Foote. Louisiana Bar Journal Vol. 56, No. 5 323 Editorial Board Officers 2008-09 President Mark A. Cunningham, Nicholas F. LaRocca, Jr. Elizabeth Erny Foote • (318)445-4480 Editor (985)385-4800 President-Elect (504)582-8536 Lawrence E. Marino Kim M. Boyle • (504)566-1311 John S. “Chip” Coulter (337)233-1100 Secretary (504)310-2340 Roy H. Odom, Jr. Meredith A. Cunningham (318)227-3762 ® Mark A. Cunningham • (504)582-8536 Treasurer (504)589-9700 Aimee M. Quirk Jack K. Whitehead, Jr. • (225)303-8600 Brendan P. Doherty (504)582-8256 Immediate Past President (504)561-0400 Daniel G. Rauh S. Guy deLaup • (504)838-8777 Warren A. Goldstein (504)561-0400 (504)566-4990 Coleman D. Ridley, Jr. Board of Governors 2008-09 Shannan L. Hicks (504)582-8724 First District (318)222-6565 Gail S. Stephenson Beth E. Abramson • (504)525-5500 Gerald J. Huffman, Jr. (225)771-4900, ext. 216 John H. Musser IV • (504)599-5964 (504)648-3840 Tyler G. Storms Second District Carrick B. Inabnett (318)255-7805 (318)376-4422 Lucie E. Thornton Richard K. Leefe • (504)830-3939 Ryan E. Johnson (504)836-2220 Third District (225)248-2000 Katherine Tonnas Lawrence P. Simon, Jr. • (337)232-7424 Margaret E. Judice (504)289-0618 Fourth District (337)828-1880 Edward J. Walters, Jr. John F. “Jack” Robichaux • (337)433-0234 Garrett P. LaBorde (225)766-1100 Fifth District (866)263-2376 Rachel G. Webre James E. Boren • (225)387-5786 (504)561-0400 Sixth District W. Jay Luneau • (318)767-1161 The Louisiana Bar Journal (ISSN 0459-8881) is published bimonthly by Seventh District the Louisiana State Bar Association, 601 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Carrick B. Inabnett • (318)340-5107 Louisiana 70130. Periodicals postage paid at New Orleans, Louisiana and Eighth District additional offices. Annual subscription rate: members, $5, included in Donald R. Miller • (318)222-9417 dues; nonmembers, $45 (domestic), $55 (foreign). Canada Agreement No. Chair, Young Lawyers Section PM40063731. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Station A, P.O. Valerie Briggs Bargas • (225)924-1600 Box 54, Windsor, Ontario N9A 6J5. E-mail: [email protected]. At-Large Members Darrel J. Papillion • (225)766-1100 Postmaster: Send change of address to: Louisiana Bar Journal, 601 St. Dana M. Douglas • (504)556-4097 Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130. Cloyd Benjamin, Jr. • (318)352-7575 Subscriber Service: For the fastest service or questions, call Darlene M. Loyola University Law School LaBranche at (504)619-0112 or (800)421-5722, ext. 112. Dane S. Ciolino • (504)834-8519 Southern University Law Center Editorial and Advertising: Russell L. Jones • (225)654-4162 Publication of any advertisement shall not be considered an endorsement Louisiana State Law Institute of the product or service involved. Submissions are welcome and will be James J. Davidson III • (337)237-1660 considered for publication by the Editorial Board. For submission guide- House of Delegates Liaison Chair lines, go online at www.lsba.org, click on “Publications,” then “Louisiana Robert A. Kutcher • (504)830-3838 Bar Journal.” Copyright © by Louisiana Bar Journal. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without permission is prohibited. Views Editorial Staff expressed are those of the authors only. Executive Director Loretta Larsen, CAE Communications Director Luminary Award 2003 Kelly Wells Ponder National Association of Bar Executives Publications Coordinator/Managing Editor Communications Section Darlene M. LaBranche Excellence in Regular Publications Communications Coordinator Barbara D. Baldwin INTERNAT I ONAL Communications Assistant ASSOC I AT I ON OF Krystal L. Bellanger BUS I NESS PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OMMUN I CATORS C OF AME R ICA Advertising Questions? NEW ORLEANS NEW OR LEANS CHA P TE R CHAPTER Krystal L. Bellanger • (504)619-0131 AWA R D OF BRONZE QU I LL AWARD OF MER I T 324 February / March 2009 President’s MESSAGE Induction Ceremony of Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball By Elizabeth Erny Foote s president of the Louisiana State The chief must simultaneously champion I think that Justice Kimball would concur in Bar Association, I was invited to the justice system publicly while striving the words of Sandra Day O’Connor when be one of the speakers at the in- for its improvement. asked about what was the significance of duction ceremony of Louisiana Our new chief welcomes and embraces being the first female justice of the United ASupreme Court Chief Justice Catherine D. that challenge. She is an innovator, an States Supreme Court: Kimball on Jan. 12 on the front steps of the organizer, and, to everyone she touches, a Louisiana Supreme Court Building. Follow- motivator. Entering her 27th year as a judge, “At the end of the day, a wise woman ing are my remarks from that occasion: Justice Kimball served as state district court and a wise man will reach the same judge before her 16 years of service on this decision. But half the population or Chief Justice and Associate Justices, court. She has studied our court system more in our country are women, and it Distinguished Public Officials, Distin- and that of other states. She is dedicated makes a difference for women to see guished members of the Bench and Bar, to the betterment of our system of justice. women in high office. It gives them family and friends of Justice Kimball: In the days and months following Katrina, greater confidence in the fairness and The Louisiana State Bar is honored to be she battled to re-establish and maintain the openness of the system.” part of this historic occasion. As president of Louisiana justice system. But I assure you that