Class Notes - November 2018

People News

1970s

	David M. Richard (’70) will be inducted into E.D. White Catholic High’s Hall of Fame.

1980s

	Judge Piper Griffin (’87), of the Orleans Civil District Court, was elected Secretary of the Louisiana District Judges Association.

M. M. Le Blanc (’88) has published award-winning legal self-help and award-winning fiction and non-fiction about Acadian/Cajun history and the Acadian Exile, with titles including: "Evangeline: Paradise Stolen"; "The True Story of the Acadians 90th Anniversary Edition"; "The Acadian Miracle 50th Anniversary Edition"; "Cheap Protection: Copyright Handbooks"; and "Independent Film Financing: 50 Ways to Get the Golden Goose, Not a Goose Egg"

	Judge C. Wendell Manning (’88), of the 4th Judicial District Court, was elected as Immediate Past President of the Louisiana District Judges Association.

1990s

Renée Rheinhardt Simien (’91) has been appointed as Clerk of Court for the Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit.

	J. Patten Brown III (’92), principal of the Law Offices of Pat Brown in New York and Connecticut, has been elected to the board of the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

2000s

	Jill Schultz Willhoft (’02) joined the law firm of Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, LLC in New Orleans as a litigation partner.

	Stacie Lambert deBlieux (’04), Assistant Attorney General at the Louisiana Department of Justice and Section Chief of the Complex Litigation Unit, was named to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report's Forty Under 40 list.

	Andy Dupre (’08), attorney at Flanagan Partners LLP., was included in the Top Lawyers issue of New Orleans Magazine receiving honors in appellate practice.

	Kellen Mathews (’08), Partner in Charge at Adams and Reese LLP, was named to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report's Forty Under 40 list.

	William McGehee (’09), Owner of Tin Roof Brewing Co. and Doug Olinde Event Rentals, was named to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report's Forty Under 40 list.

	Allison Reeves (’09), Land Counsel at Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC, was named to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report's Forty Under 40 list.

2010s

	Betty Q. Richmond (’10) joined Baker Donelson's Houston office as an associate.

	Michael West (’11) joined Penn Gaming.

	Graham Ryan (’11), business litigation attorney at Jones Walker Law, was named in Gambit’s 40 Under 40 list.

	Coulter McMahen (’17), joined Taylor Porter as an associate.

	Colin Peak (’18) joined Taylor Porter as an associate.

	Savannah Walker (’18) joined Taylor Porter as an associate.

	Sarah White (’18) joined Taylor Porter as an associate.

In Memory

The LSU Law Center community mourns the passing of the following alumni:

Noel E. Vargas, Jr. (’50) 10/26/18