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The University Laboratory School Foundation Cubs Alumni Hall of Distinction and Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held Saturday, Aug. 17 at the LSU Faculty Club. Honorees included Amy Groves Lowe ‘88, Burton LeBlanc ‘82, Ari Fisher ‘88 and John Daigle ‘66. Master of Ceremonies was 2015 ULS Hall of Distinction inductee Rani Whitfield ’87. LSU College of Human Sciences & Education Pre-college Division Senior Director of Development Mila Sexton and ULS Interim Superintendent Amy Westbrook also provided remarks. Practicing law since 1997, Amy Groves Lowe ’88 is a partner with Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips L.L.P. She has been selected by her peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in two areas: Education Law and Litigation – Insurance. In 2019, Lowe was recognized as the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education Alumna of Distinction. She has also been honored as one of Baton Rouge Business Report’s “Top Forty Under 40” and is an alumnus of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Baton Rouge. Lowe is an active community volunteer. She is a board member of the University Laboratory School Foundation and the former president of the ULS Cub Club parent association. She served as 2007-2008 president of the Junior League of Baton Rouge and was selected as Sustainer of the Year in 2019. She is a member of First United Methodist Church where she serves as a Sunday School teacher. A shareholder and attorney with the law firm Baron Budd, Burton LeBlanc ‘82 has been recognized as one of America’s Top
Celebrating our Alumni Hall of Distinction and Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
100 attorneys and as one of the top 75 plaintiff ’s attorneys in the U.S. by the publication The American Lawyer. He has also held a spot on the list of Louisiana Super Lawyers for the past seven consecutive years. He has served as president of the American Association for Justice, the largest trial lawyer non-profit group in the United States, and has been a member of AAJ’s Executive Committee and the Board of Governors, where he has been awarded the Wiedemann Wysocki National Finance Council Award two separate times. LeBlanc is a frequent lecturer on the issues of environmental law, asbestos litigation, chemical exposure cases and access to the civil justice system. He has also been interviewed as part of numerous radio and television programs covering diverse issues ranging from racism and the environment to opioids, a topic for which he was featured in a 2018 production of CBS’s 60 Minutes. LeBlanc is a member of and holds office in numerous professional legal associations and is an active community leader having served on the ULS Foundation Board and as president of Cancer Services of Baton Rouge, one of the area’s largest non-profit organizations. Ari Fisher ’88 serves as a senior instructor for the LSU School of Kinesiology. Fisher has coached basketball on the collegiate, high school and youth level beginning his career as the third assistant coach at LSU during the tenure of Dale Brown. In total, he was on staff at LSU Basketball for four seasons; two as a graduate assistant and two as a restricted earnings coach from 2003-06. From 1997-2008, Fisher served as head coach for UHS
