2026-27 LADC Leadership

Officers

James K. Ordeneaux - President

Plauche Maselli Parkerson LLP
Hancock Whitney Center
701 Poydras St.
Suite 3800
New Orleans, LA 70139
Telephone: 504-586-5272

Elizabeth M. Carmody - President Elect

Cook, Yancey, King, & Galloway, APLC
333 Texas St.
Suite 1700
Shreveport, LA 71101
Telephone: 318-227-7714

Valerie Fontenot - First Vice President

Jones Walker
201 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70170
Telephone: 504.582.8225

 

Lottie Bash - Second Vice President

Faircloth Melton Bash & Green, LLC
201 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70170
Telephone: 504.582.8225

 

 

John K. Nieset - Secretary/Treasurer

Christovich & Kearney, LLP
601 Poydras Street, Suite 2300
New Orleans, LA 70130-6078
Telephone: 504.593.4317

 

Dennis Blunt – Past President 
 

Phelps Dunbar
400 Convention Street
Suite 1100
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Telephone: (225) 376-023

Trinity Morale – Young Lawyer Chair

Liskow & Lewis, PLC
One Shell Square
50th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70139
Telephone: (504) 556-4036

                                                                              

Duties and Responsibilities of Members of the LADC Board of Directors

 

Directors

Executive Director

William R. Corbett
10652 Springlen Court
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Telephone: 225-928-7599
Fax No: 225-928-7339

        

Emeritus Executive Director

Frank L. Maraist

In Memorium

 

Assistant Executive Director

Dane S. Ciolino
Loyola University College of Law
526 Pine St.
New Orleans, LA 70118
Telephone.: 504-834-8519

                          

 


Board of Directors

District 1

Kirk Landry
Keogh Cox & Wilson
701 Main St.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Telephone: 225.383.3796
 
 
 
James C. Donohue
Donohue Patrick & Scott, PLLC (Baton Rouge)
450 Laurel St.
Suite 1600
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801
Phone: (225) 214-1908
 
 

Barrye Panepinto Miyagi
Taylor Porter
Chase North Tower
450 Laurel St
8th Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
Telephone:
225.381.0207
 
 
 
Connell Archey 
Butler Snow, LLP
445 North Boulevard, Suite 300
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Telephone: (225) 325-8700
 
 
 
Brett Bollinger
Treadaway Bollinger, L.L.C.
406 N Florida St, Ste 2
Covington, LA 70433
Telephone: 985-773-4222
 
 
 
Doug Cochran
Stone Pigman
301 Main St., Suite 1150
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70825
Telephone: (225) 907-4448

District 4

John Jerry Glas
Deutsch Kerrigan
755 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
Telephone: (504) 593-0627
 
Charles Abbott
Forman Watkins & Krutz, LLP
201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 2100
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170
Telephone:  504-565-7555
 
T. Gregory Schafer

Jones Walker
201 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70170
Telephone: 504.582.8246

Wesley J. Levesque
Leake Andersson
1100 Poydras St.
Suite 1700
New Orleans, LA 70163
Telephone:   504-585-7656
 
Ebony S. Morris
Foley Mansfield
650 Poydras Street
Suite 2450
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Phone: (504) 302-4806
 
Paula Wellons
Taylor Wellons Politz & Duhe
1555 Poydras St., Suite 2000
New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone: (504) 525-9888
 
John E. W. Baay, II
Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, LLC
701 Poydras Street
Suite 4800
New Orleans, LA 70169
Telephone: (504) 654-1302
 
Leah Engelhardt
Chaffe McCall LLP
2300 Energy Centre
1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70163-2300 
Telephone: (504) 782-3967

District 2

Robert Dunkelman 
Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley,
Byrd, and Cromwell
400 Texas St., Suite 400
Shreveport, LA 71101
Telephone:  (318) 861-4002
 
Allison Jarrell
Nelson, Zentner, Sartor & Snellings
1507 Royal Ave
Monroe, LA 71201
Phone: (318) 366-7477
 
Mark Perkins
Perkins & Associates
670 Albemarle Drive
Suite 1200
Shreveport, Louisiana 71106
Telephone: 318-222-2426
 
John B. Hoychick
Cotton, Bolton, Hoychick & Doughty (Rayville)
607 Madeline Street
P.O. Box 857
Rayville, LA 71269
Phone: 318-282-0167
 
John B. Saye
Hammonds Sills Adkins & Guice LLP
1500 North 19th Street
Suite 701 - Tower Place
Monroe, Louisiana 71201
Phone: 318-387-2422

District 5

Rebecca Goforth Bush
Law Offices of Rebecca Goforth Bush
201 St. Charles Ave.
Gretna, LA 70130
Telephone: (504) 582-1142
 
Craig Sweeney
Blue Williams, LLP
3501 N. Causeway Boulevard
Suite 400
Metairie, LA 70002
Telephone: (504) 830-4091
 
Philip Watson
Duplass APLC
433 Metairie Rd.
Suite 600
Metairie, LA 70005
Telephone: (504) 830-4417
 
Dianna Duffy Willem
Hebbler & Giordano
3501 Causeway Blvd.
Metairie, LA 70002
Telephone: 504-833-8007
 
Jeffrey G. Lagarde
Staines, Eppling & Kenney, LLC
3500 N Causeway Blvd
Metairie, LA 70002
Telephone: (504) 838-0019

 District 3

Jared Elijah-Akeem Nelson
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith
3861 Ambassador Caffery Parkway
Suite 300
Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
Telephone: 337-735-1760
 
Barbara Bell Melton

Faircloth Melton Sobel & Bash, LLC
105 Yorktown Drive
Alexandria, Louisiana 71303
Telephone: (337) 272-0356

Karen M. Green
Plauche, Smith & Nieset, L.L.C.
P.O. Drawer 1705
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602
Phone: (337-263-2261
 
Robert Kallam
Kean Miller
600 Jefferson St. Suite 1101
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
Telephone: (337) 422-3642
 
Joey Pousson
Polaris Engineering
212 Pine St
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
Telephone: 332.249.8288
 
James Rivera
Scofield & Rivera LLC
100 E. Vermillion, Suite 301
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 
Telephone: (337) 981-1595

At Large 

Sarah Simmons Sonnier
Neuner Pate
One Petroleum Center
1001 West Pinhook Road Suite 200
Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
Telephone: 337-272-0319
 
 
Michelle Brooks
Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, LLP
211 W. Fifth Street
Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301
Telephone: 985-414-9192
 
 
Michael Walsh
Taylor Porter
P. O. Box 2471
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-2471
Telephone: 225-715-5599

 

 

DRI Representative

Amber Barlow Garcia
Deutsch Kerrigan
755 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
Telephone:  504-593-0696


(Updated June 2026)