The Harry S. Redmon, Jr. Professor of Law was established by the LSU Board of Supervisors in 1996 by the law firm of Phelps Dunbar. Harry S. Redmon, Jr., senior partner at the New Orleans law firm of Phelps Dunbar is a 1959 graduate of the Law Center and is widely admired and respected throughout America for his many contributions to the community, to Louisiana, to the legal profession, and to LSU.