September 2009
1950s
J. D. O’Brien (’50) is writing an autobiography. After serving in WWII, he completed his undergraduate and legal education at LSU, practiced for two years in Louisiana, then went to Washington. He worked at the Justice Department from the Eisenhower administration into the Carter administration, becoming Deputy Assistant Attorney General under President Gerald Ford. O’Brien celebrated his 92nd birthday on June 3 and lives in Ft. Washington, MD.
Gene Lafitte (’52), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Antitrust Law, Appellate Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy & Natural Resources Law and Oil & Gas Law.
1960s
John Campbell, Jr., (’61), Taylor Porter, Corporate Law, Gaming Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Gerald L. Walter, Jr. (’62), Taylor Porter, Environmental Law, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
W. Shelby McKenzie (’64), Taylor Porter, Insurance Law section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Robert A. “Pete” Seale, Jr. (’67), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Trusts & Estates Law and Tax Law.
John Wilson (’67), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation.
Leon Reymond (’69), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Banking, Corporate Law and Real Estate Law.
1970s
Eugene R. Groves (’70), Taylor Porter, Commercial Litigation section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Mary T. Joseph ('70), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Banking Law.
William W. Pugh (’70), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Maritime Law.
David S. Willenzik (‘10), ('71), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Banking Law, Equipment Finance Law, Project Finance Law.
Samuel A. Bacot ('73), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Real Estate.
S. Gene Fendler (’73), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Maritime Law and Personal Injury Litigation.
Larry Feldman, Jr. ('74), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation.
P. Kirk Jones (’74), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law.
George H. Robinson, Jr. (’74), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Energy Law, Maritime Law.
Dan E. West ('74), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Commercial Litigation.
Marilyn C. Maloney (’75), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Banking Law, Intellectual Property Law & Real Estate Law
Michael H. Rubin (10), ('75), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Appellate Law, Banking Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation.
Edward J. Walters ('75) is pleased to announce the formation of a new law firm—Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens. The new office building is located at 12345 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge.
Alton E. "Biff" Bayard III, (’76), Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Trusts and Estates.
Richard A. Curry ('77), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Commercial Litigation.
Kathleen A. Manning ('77), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Personal Injury Litigation.
Robert W. Nuzum (‘77), Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Tax Law.
John Michael Parker (’78), Taylor Porter, Mass Tort Litigation section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
R. Keith Colvin (‘10), ('79), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Real Estate Law.
James N. Mansfield III (’79), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Energy Law, Mining Law and Oil & Gas Law.
Dickie Patterson (’79), Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Government Relations Law.
1980s
Vicki M. Crochet (’80), Taylor Porter, Labor and Employment Law section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Richard W. Revels, Jr. (’80), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law and Oil & Gas Law.
Paul S. West (10), ('80), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Corporate Law, Gaming Law.
Stephen P. Strohschein ('81), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law.
Rodolfo J. Aguilar, Jr. ('82), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law.
William Blake Bennett (’82), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Banking and Gaming Law.
James Brown (‘84), Liskow & Lewis, was appointed co-chair of the Professional Liability Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation. Brown was also named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice law and Professional Malpractice Law.
Richard A. Aguilar ('86), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Commercial Litigation.
George Arceneaux III (’86), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Oil & Gas Law.
Errol King (‘86), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, announced that King has been elevated to Co-Section Head status of the firm’s Health Care Section. King is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law and is A/V rated by Martindale-Hubbell. King is a resident in the firm’s Baton Rouge office.
Jonathan Hunter (’87), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Oil & Gas Law and Energy Law.
Thomas McGoey (’87), Liskow & Lewis, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Labor & Employment Law.
Robert P. Thibeaux (’87), Sher Garner, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Equipment Finance Law.
Vicki Wood (’87) combines her artistic talents and her compassion for animals, painting and photographing the rescue dogs and horses who live on her Mississippi delta farm. Visit vickiwood.com to see her artwork.
Robert L. Coco (’88), Taylor Porter, Environmental Law section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Michael D. Ferachi ('89), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Commercial Litigation.
1990s
R. Marshall Grodner ('90), McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Equipment Finance Law.
David M Bienvenu, Jr. (’91), Taylor Porter, Mass Tort Litigation section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Warner J. Delaune (’91), Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the areas of Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law.
Catherine Smith Nobile (‘91), was elected president of the LSU Health Sciences Foundation effective July 16.
Edward Harold (‘92), partner with Fisher & Phillips in New Orleans, was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Alvin C. Miester III (’93), Sher Garner, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the area of Real Estate Law.
Mary C. Hester (’94), Taylor Porter, Trusts and Estates section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Scott McLaughlin (’94), a Jackson Walker L.L.P. partner in the Houston office, and has been named part of The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Bonnie “Jeanne” Davis (’95), Taylor Porter, Intellectual Property Law section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Amy C. Lambert (’96), Taylor Porter, Commercial Litigation section, was honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Hillary Hughes (’97), became a partner in the firm of Garvey Schubert Barer. Hughes practices in the Wall Street office of the firm, which has locations in Beijing, Washington, Portland, Seattle, and New York.
Dr. Seán Patrick Donlan (’99), lectures in law at the University of Limerick, Ireland. A comparativist and historian, he was recently elected vice-president of the Irish Society of Comparative Law.
2000s
Blake R. David (‘01) a partner with the law firm of Broussard & David, has been honored with the “Outstanding Young Lawyer of Louisiana” award by the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section. This honor is bestowed annually on one attorney under 40 years of age who has made outstanding contributions to the legal profession and his or her community
The LSU Law Center community mourns the passing of the following alumni whose deaths were reported since the date of our last newsletter publication.
Henry L. Yelverton ('57)
Gordon A. Pugh ('62)
Anthony James Correro III ('65)
Carl H. Hanchey ('65)
John Thibaut ('68)
Rick Albright ('73)
