September 2022
1970s
Paul M. Hebert Jr. (’70) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Family practice area.
Mary Terrell Joseph (’70) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Banking and Finance practice areas.
Alston Johnson III (’70) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Workers’ Compensation practice areas.
Van R. Mayhall Jr. (’71) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana and the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the year in the Corporate/M&A practice area. Mayhall is also recognized in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies & Family Business, Corporate Compliance, Government Relations, Insurance, and Litigation: Regulatory Enforcement, Securities, Tax and M&A practice areas.
Stokes McConnell Jr. (’72) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Banking and Public Finance practice areas.
Samuel A. Bacot Jr. (’72) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year in the real estate practice area, and Best Lawyers in America in the Land Use and Zoning practice area.
Fredrick Preis Jr. (’74) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the Labor & Employment practice area.
David R. Cassidy (’75) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana and the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Tax practice area.
Frank S. Craig (’75) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Environmental practice area.
Michael Rubin (’75) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Appellate Practice and Litigation: Bet-the-Company, Commercial and Banking & Finance practice areas.
John W. Barton Jr. (’76) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Real Estate practice area.
Mark A. Fulmer (’76) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year in the Corporate, M&A, Securities Regulation and Venture Capital practice areas.
Leo C. Hamilton (’77) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Administrative and Management: Labor and Employment practice areas.
Richard A. Curry (’77) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation: Commercial and Environmental practice areas.
Kathleen A. Manning (’77) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation: Insurance and Product Liability practice areas.
Michael D. Hunt (’77) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation: Bet-the-Company, Commercial and Construction practice areas.
Murphy J. Foster III (’79) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana and the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Construction and Labor & Employment practice areas, and the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year in the Construction Litigation practice area.
Richard E. Matheny (’79) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Tax practice area.
Robert P. McCleskey Jr. (’79) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Admiralty and Maritime practice areas.
1980s
Richard J. Arsenault (’80) recently chaired the Baylor Law School LLM Litigation Management program regarding mass tort challenges, game changing rules and litigating in the digital age. He also received an invitation to author a paper for the International In-House Counsel Journal. He also recently spoke in Vancouver, Canada on the topic of managing a mass tort docket, and he was also selected for recognition in the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in Admiralty, Maritime Law, Mass Tort Litigation and Class Actions.
Richard Leibowitz (’80) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Public Finance practice areas.
Gregory D. Frost (’81) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana and the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Healthcare practice area.
David R. Kelly (’82) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana and the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Tax and Litigation: Commercial, Insurance and Mass Tort practice areas. Kelly is also recognized as a Lawyer of the Year in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in the Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Action practice area.
Eve B. Masinter (’82) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana and the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Labor & Employment Litigation and Management practice areas.
Rodolfo J. “Rudy” Aguilar Jr. (’82) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation: Commercial and M&A, and Insurance and Corporate practice areas.
Christine Lipsey (’82) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Commercial Litigation practice area.
Noel J. Darce (’83) of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the Energy & Natural Resources: Utilities practice area.
Robert L. Atkinson (’83) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Banking and Finance practice areas.
Lawrence Orlansky (’83) of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the Litigation: General Commercial and Gaming & Licensing practice areas.
David M. Charlton (’83) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Closely Held Companies and Family Business practice areas.
Douglas K. Williams (’83) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance, Medical Malpractice and Transportation practice areas, and Lawyer of the Year in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in the Medical Malpractice practice area.
Thomas H. Kiggans (’84) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Labor & Employment Litigation and Management practice areas.
Kevin J. LaVie (’84) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Admiralty and Maritime practice area.
Steven J. Levine ('84) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Environmental Litigation practice area.
Randy P. Roussel (’84) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Banking & Finance practice areas.
John B. King (’85) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the Environmental practice area.
Jonathan C. Benda (’86) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year in the Banking and Finance practice area.
Mark C. Dodart (86) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Mass Tort and Litigation: Personal Injury and Product Liability practice areas.
Errol J. King Jr. (‘86) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance and Health Care Litigation practice areas.
John O. Shirley (’86) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Energy and Government Relations practice areas.
Paul J. Masinter (’87) of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the Litigation: General Commercial practice area.
Michael R. Hubbell (’87) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Commercial Transactions and Real Estate practice areas.
Marshall M. Redmon (’87) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance, Professional Malpractice and Reinsurance practice areas.
Jude C. Bursavich (’88) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation: Healthcare and General Commercial practice areas, and Lawyer of the Year in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in the Healthcare Litigation practice area.
Jess S. Sperry (’88) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Real Estate practice area.
Mark N. Bodin (’88) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Personal Injury Litigation practice area.
Michael D. Ferachi (’89) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year in the Banking & Finance Litigation practice area, and Best Lawyers in America in the Mass Tort: Defendants and Mortgage Banking Foreclosure practice areas.
Susan W. Furr (’89) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Labor and Employment Management and Litigation practice areas.
1990s
Marshall Grodner (’90), a McGlinchey Stafford partner, has been elected a Fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, which was formed in 1974 and comprises 500 expert commercial real estate finance lawyers in North America. Grodner is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Commercial Transactions and Equipment finance practice areas.
Thomas Clark Jr. (’90) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance practice area.
Troy Villa (’90) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Business Organizations, Corporate and M&A practice areas.
Stephen R. Whalen (’90) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance Litigation practice area.
Ronnie L. Johnson (’90) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance practice area.
Trenton Oubre (’91) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation: Insurance and Workers’ Compensation practice areas, and Lawyer of the Year in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in the Workers’ Compensation practice area.
Amy Cazes Greene (’91) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance Litigation practice area.
Warner J. Delaune (’91) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Patent, Technology and Trademark practice areas.
Lance J. Kinchen (’92) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Tax practice area.
Tracy Averett Morganti (’92) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Corporate and Banking & Finance practice areas.
Patrick Ragan Richard (’93) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Banking & Finance, Franchise and Real Estate practice areas.
Jeanne C. Comeaux (’94) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation: Insurance and Trade Secrets practice areas.
Jon Ann Giblin (’94) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights and Insolvency & Reorganization practice areas.
Allen Harrell (’94) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance Litigation practice area.
Christopher Bynog (’96) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance practice area.
Melissa M. Shirley (’97) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Management & Employment practice area.
Virginia Y. Dodd (’97) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year in the Insurance Litigation practice area.
Karleen J. Green ('97) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Employee Benefits and Litigation: Labor and Employment practice areas.
Thomas R. Temple Jr. (’98) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation: Medical Malpractice, Commercial, Healthcare and Insurance practice areas.
Catherine Maraist (’98) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana and the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations practice area.
Jeffery M. Barbin (’98) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Gaming practice area.
2000s
Nicole Gould Frey (’00) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the Tax practice area.
Emily Black Grey (’00) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana and the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Healthcare practice area. Grey, a partner in the firm’s Baton Rouge office and manager of its healthcare section, has also been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Health Law Association for a three-year term.
James E.A. Slaton (’01) of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann is listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the Real Estate practice area.
Amanda S. Stout (’03) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Employee Benefits, Financial Services Regulation and Labor practice areas.
James R. Raines (’04) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Family, Insurance and Workers’ Compensation practice areas.
Erik Piazza (’04) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Real Estate practice area.
Gregory Thomas Stevens (’04) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Commercial Litigation practice area.
Carroll Devillier Jr. (’06) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Litigation: General Commercial and Healthcare practice areas.
Grady Williams IV (’07) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Admiralty and Maritime practice area.
Lindsay F. Louapre (’07) a member at Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand, & Brackett in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been selected for Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2023 for Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers.
Justin Mitchell (’09) joined the Neste Corporation as the head of legal, North Americas at Neste’s regional headquarters in Houston. Neste, a publicly traded company headquartered in Finland, is a refiner of high-quality oil products and the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel refined from waste and residues.
Kristi W. Richard (’09) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance practice area.
Katie Myers (’09) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance practice area.
Bradley Kline (’09) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Banking & Finance and Commercial Transactions practice areas.
2010s
Kate Bernacchio Mire (’10) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Commercial Litigation and Insurance practice areas.
Wilton E. Bland IV (’10) and a member at Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand, & Brackett in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been selected for Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2023 for Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers.
David C. Fleshman (’11) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Litigation: Construction practice area.
Druit G. Gremillion (’11) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Insurance practice area.
Madison T. DeWitt (’11) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Corporate Governance & Compliance, Corporate and M&A practice areas.
Edward McAuliffe III (’11) an associate at Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand, & Brackett in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been selected for Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2023 for Transportation Law.
Joseph J. Cefalu III (’12) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Personal Injury Litigation and Workers’ Compensation practice areas.
Jacob E. Roussel (’12) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Construction Litigation practice area.
Ashley W. Hinton (’13) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Insurance practice area.
Arthur R. Kraatz (’13) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Commercial Litigation practice area.
Katherine Cicardo Mannino (’13) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Healthcare and Labor & Employment Litigation and Management practice areas.
Kevin Welsh (’13) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Commercial Litigation, Government Regulations and Insurance practice areas.
Brad M. Barback (’14) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Construction Litigation practice area.
Brooksie Bonvillain Boutet (‘14) is serving as Editor-in-Chief of The Houston Lawyer, the magazine of the Houston Bar Association, and Treasurer of the Houston Young Lawyers Association for the 2022-23 bar year.
Danielle Borel (’14), a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, has been sworn in as the 2022-23 Chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Council. The Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division’s 2022-23 officers and Council were installed June 9 at the LSBA Annual Meeting in Destin, Florida. Borel is listed in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property practice areas.
Allyson Byrd (’14) joined McGlinchey Stafford’s Enterprise Litigation and Investigations section as a Member in the New Orleans office. Prior to joining McGlinchey, Byrd’s practice focused on clients’ employment, risk management, workers' compensation and general liability matters. She regularly speaks at national conferences about risk management issues and provides legal updates on defense litigation tactics and substantive law updates. Byrd is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Labor and Employment practice areas.
Timothy G. Byrd (’14) of McGlinchey Stafford is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Bankruptcy and Creditor Debts Rights, Commercial Litigation and Financial Regulation practice areas.
Kelsey A. Clark (’15) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Medical Malpractice and Litigation: Mass Tort and Product Liability practice areas.
Catherine Breaux Moore (’15) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Health Care practice area. She is also listed in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the Healthcare practice area.
Molly C. McDiarmid (’15) of Phelps is listed in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Labor & Employment Litigation practice area.
Michael T. Neuner (’15) an associate at Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand, & Brackett in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been selected as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2023 for Insurance Law.
Phillip S. Prejean (’15) has joined Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett in New Orleans as an associate. His practice focuses on trucking and insurance defense.
Kristin Oglesby (’18) of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson is listed in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the Corporate and Tax practice areas.
In Memory
The LSU Law Center community mourns the passing of the following alumni:
Stewart E. Niles Jr. (’70), 02/27/2022
Graydon Kelly Kitchens Jr. (’64), 6/16/2022
Earl Kenneth “Sonny” Oswalt (’59), 11/26/2021
William S. Ferraro (’75), 07/29/22
The Hon. Marvin F. “Mickey” Gahagan (’55), 08/10/2022
