College of Law Visiting Committee

The College of Law Visiting Committee is designed to bring different perspectives to the college and to inform the community of the varied academic and professional activities of the law school. The committee, through its chairman, reports to the university president. The members of the committee are asked to assist in creating a climate favorable to voluntary support for the university.

Role of the Visiting Committee

  • Encouraged to help raise funds and to contribute during the term of their membership, on a yearly basis, to support the activities of the College of Law.
  • Review the policies and programs of the college within the framework of the objectives set by the university president.
  • Offer counsel to the deans, faculty, and university president for more effective implementation of the objectives of the college.

Committee Members

 

Chair: Mary H. Becnel, J.D. ’80
Judge, 40th Judicial District Court

Vice Chair: Allain F. Hardin, ’71, J.D. ’79
Fransen & Hardin

Secretary: Elwood F. Cahill, Jr., J.D. ’80
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert

 

Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr., '70, J.D. '73
McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch

Morris Bart, III, J.D. ’78
Morris Bart, LLC

Herman L. Bastian, Jr., J.D. '74
Bastian & Associates

Allan Berger, J.D. ’74
Allan Berger & Associates

David F. Bienvenu, J.D. '80
Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP

Paul A. Bonin, J.D. ’76
Judge, Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal

Harold A. Buchler, Jr., J.D. ’76
Buchler & Buchler

Angela Y. Cockerham, J.D. ‘01
Representative for House District 96, Mississippi House of Representatives

Karl J. Connor, J.D. ’94
BP America, Inc.

Timothy S. Cragin, J.D. ’93
Entergy Corporation

Robert J. David, J.D. ’69
Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer

Clancy J. DuBos, III, J.D. ’93
Gambit Weekly

Frank C. Dudenhefer, J.D. ’70
Cummings, Cummings & Dudenhefer

Mary Dumestre, J.D. '88 
Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann

Donna D. Fraiche, J.D. ’75
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

Celeste A. Gauthier, J.D. ’95
Gauthier, Houghtaling & Williams

Gary G. Hebert, M.B.A. ’89, J.D. ’89
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC

Nancy Amato Konrad, ’62, J.D. ’65
Judge, Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court

Morton H. Katz, J.D. ’69
Retired Partner, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar

Madeleine Landrieu-Sensenbrenner, J.D. ’87
Judge, Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal

Kelly McNeil Legier, ’89, J.D. ’93
Director of Member Outreach & Diversity, LSBA

M. Lauren Lemmon, J.D. ’90
Judge, 29th Judicial District, Division D

Philip D. Lorio, III, ’69, J.D. ’74
Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles

Thomas J. Lutkewitte, ’70, J.D. ’73
Favret, Demarest, Russo & Lutkewitte

Richard E. McCormack, J.D. ’84
Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore

Michael A. McGlone, ’72, J.D. ’75
Kean Miller, LLP

Edwin R. Murray, ’82, J.D. ’85
Murray, Darnell & Associates, LLC; Louisiana State Senate

Suzanne Jones Myers, J.D. '80
Young, Richard & Myers, LLC

Lee C. Reid, ’96, J.D. ’99
Adams & Reese, LLP

Charles L. Rice, Jr., J.D. ’95
President & CEO, Entergy New Orleans

Sherif K. Sakla, M.D., J.D. ’96
Sakla Law Firm

John R. Sarpy, J.D. ’80
Whitewater Gardens (Sunset, S.C.)

Ronald Sholes, J.D. ’84
Adams & Reese, LLP

Robert E. Tarcza, J.D. ‘81
Tarcza & Associates, LLC

Frank J. Varela, J.D. ’55
Pan American Insurance Company

P. Donald White, Jr., J.D. ’76
White Companies (Alexandria, La.)

Conrad S. P. Williams, III, ’75, J.D. ’84
Williams Law Group, LLC

Members Emeriti

William D. Aaron, Jr., J.D. '77

Stephen M. Barbas, J.D. '79

Phillip S. Brooks, J.D. '60

Daniel E. Broussard, Jr., J.D. '70

Patrick J. Browne, '62, J.D. '62

Peter J. Butler, '56, J.D. '59

Hon. Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., J.D. '54, H '91

Kenneth M. Carter, J.D. '78

Thomas A. Casey, '52, J.D. '56, H '88

Herbert W. Christenberry, Jr., J.D. '57

Stephen I. Dwyer, J.D. '76

Dr. Norman C. Francis, J.D. '55, H '82

Theodore M. Frois, J.D. '69

Marcel Garsaud, Jr., '54, J.D. '59, H '04

Thomas J. Grace, '63, J.D. '72

Lawrence F. Henneberger, '60, J.D. '62

Hon. Jeannette T. Knoll, '66, J.D. '69

Edward J. Koehl, Jr., J.D. '71

Robert A. Kutcher, J.D. '75

Hon. Maurice E. "Moon" Landrieu, '52, J.D. '54, H '79, H '05

Hon. Ivan L.R. Lemelle, J.D. '74

Hon. Harry T. Lemmon J.D. '63

Hon. Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, J.D. '64

Dr. E. Ralph Lupin, '52, J.D. '88

Michael M. Noonan, J.D. '82

Jerome J. Reso, Jr., '58, J.D. '61

Michael X. St. Martin, J.D. '67

Mark C. Surprenant, J.D. '77

Evangeline M. Vavrick, '54, M.E. '60, J.D. '64

T. Kenneth Watkins, J.D. '53

  
     

 

 

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