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contents IN EVERY ISSUE 8 From the Editor

28 Home

Saving the Culture

Special Harmony

By errol laborde

This home in Alexandria’s Garden District houses a grand collection.

14 Barometer

By bonnie warren

A compendium of what’s hot and what’s not

32 Art

by Carolyn Kolb

Albino Hinojosa

16 Rural Life

Realism in North Louisiana By john r. kemp

Winter on the Farm

22

When life takes a break

36 Traveler

By melissa bienvenu

Newcomb Arts

18 Biz Bits Business news from around the state By kathy finn

20 Health

By paul f. stahls jr.

100 Lifetimes Our statewide calendar of events By gabrielle bethancourt

Medical news in Louisiana

102 Great Louisiana Quiz

By sarah ravits

Animals in Fantasy and Lore

22 Great Louisiana Chefs

104 A Louisiana Life

Donald Link Link Restaurant Group: Herbsaint, Cochon, Butcher, Calcasieu and Cochon Lafayette

24 Traveling Gourmet

32

Pottery on tour

Embracing Diversity Three types of gumbo: okra, filé and roux by stanley dry

Jay Dardenne Following the music By sue strachan

ON THE COVER: Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and Hornets and one of our 2013 Louisianians of the Year PHOTOGRAPHED BY Jeffery Johnston

FEATURES

SPECIAL SECTIONS

41 Louisianians of the Year

10 Carnival in Louisiana

8 of our favorites

Exclusive 2013 calendar

by kathy finn

By eve kidd crawford and johanna gretschel

50 Getting Carded 8 Louisiana-born hoopsters who rose from small-town roots to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

By Ryan Whirty

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56 Parties of All Sorts Louisiana’s Carnival: Different styles in different places

By Ryan Whirty

94 Around Louisiana Louisiana Life presents Around Louisiana, a section featuring the people and places of North Louisiana, Central Louisiana, Cajun Country, Baton Rouge and Plantation Country and Greater New Orleans.

By jeanne frois

LouisianaLife january/february 2013 Volume 33 Number 1 Editor Errol Laborde MANAGING EDITOR Eve Kidd Crawford Art Director Tiffani Reding Associate Editors Haley Adams, Sarah Ravits Contributing Editor Paul F. Stahls Jr. Food Editor Stanley Dry Home Editor Bonnie Warren INTERN Johanna Gretschel sales manager Kathryn Beck Sanderson kathryn@louisianalife.com

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Saving the Culture there was plenty to worry about in the days after Hurricane Katrina’s wrath, survival being first on the list. Not too many notches down, however, especially in New Orleans, was saving the culture. New Orleans is a town that oozes with elements of morgan packard photo

character, many of which could be considered part of a unique culture.

When the chefs, musicians and artists fled the city, many wondered if they took with them the culture, some of which would be practiced in other cities but would never be the same.

Like jazz, much of what becomes culture starts in the streets, as it did

of the revival.

Once the most private of Carnival-

when the musical improvisations of poor

related groups, the Mardi Gras Indians

blacks and struggling Italians began to

transcended the back streets to become

mingle. Being an outcast can have an

a global symbol of the recovery. The

enormous bonding effect. Early blacks

challenges of an Indian chief were even a

in New Orleans also found some kinship

plotline on the HBO series Treme.

with area Choctaws. They too were out

Not only are the Indians surviving,

of the mainstream. The cultures blended,

but there is also a new generation on

with the most visual manifestation being

the way, including the boy pictured

the Mardi Gras Indians. For male blacks

here, possibly a Big Chief-to-be. He

this was a chance to be a part of a group

will be raised in a world that prizes

and to direct talents in a creative way.

showmanship, design, music and

The feathery costumes were influenced

tradition. The culture is giving him a

by the style of the Plains Indians, whom

head start in life.

they saw perform at traveling Wild

There are some places where Mardi

West shows. From the local men’s Afro-

Gras rituals (including parades and balls)

Caribbean heritage evolved a music form

are merely imitated; there are other

that was itself a Smithsonian-worthy bit

places where they are part of a genuine

of culture. Sing “Iko-Iko,” and you’re

evolutionary process. For the former to

talking the language of the Indians.

happen, the latter had to happen before.

By the time of Katrina, the number

It is a legacy of culture that, if it is

of Indian tribes was on the wane, but

successful, someone will one day create

something happens to culture when it is

an inexpensive plastic version.

threatened. It proves to be resilient.

Down in New Orleans the recovery

There was so much worry about losing

continues. Should you be in the right

culture in post-Katrina New Orleans that

place at the right time on Mardi Gras

in a sense it became stronger. The chefs

morning, you might see the Mardi Gras

returned; so did the musicians and the

Indians. If there is a young boy in the

artists, as well as people who moved to

group, look into his eyes. You might see

the city because they wanted to be a part

the culture’s future. n

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Alexandria. Krewefleurdelis.com.

Jan. 19. Krewe of Cyllenius Mardi Gras Ball.

Marksville. (318) 253-6501.

Jan. 19. Krewe Bayou Le Roux Ball. Country Inn & Suites, Pineville. Krewebayouleroux.com.

Jan. 27. Krewe of Cyllenius. Marksville. (318) 253-4099.

Feb. 2. Krewe Bayou Le Roux Junior Ball.

Pineville. Krewebayouleroux.com.

Feb. 2. Krewe of S’Iriser Gala. Alexandria.

Thekreweofsiriser.com.

Feb. 8. Hixson Autoplex College Cheerleaders & Classic Cars Parade. Downtown, Alexandria. (318) 792-2777.

Feb. 8. Taste of Mardi Gras. Riverfront Convention Center, Alexandria. Cclra.com.

Feb. 9. AMGA 17th Annual Children’s Parade.

Downtown, Alexandria. (318) 443-1200.

CARNIVAL IN

LOUISIANA EXCLUSIVE 2013 CALENDAR By eve kidd crawford and johanna gretschel

NORTHERN

Kreweofjanusonline.com.

Jan. 5. Twelfth Night Party. Bossier Civic Center, Bossier City. (318) 470-0006.

Jan. 25. Krewe des Ambassadeurs Grand

Jan. 5. Krewe des Ambassadeurs 12th Night Celebration. Shreveport Convention Center, Shreveport. Krewedesambassadeurs.org.

Feb. 9. King Cake Party. Alexandria Zoo, Alexandria. (318) 441-6810.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Dionysus Mardi Gras Parade.

Natchitoches. (800) 259-1714.

Feb. 10. AMGA Annual Krewes Parade.

Alexandria. (800) 551-9546.

CAJUN COUNTRY Jan. 6. 12th Night. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com.

Jan. 6. 12th Night Rendezvous. Plantation Inn, Houma. (985) 868-0500.

Jan. 12. Queens’ Pageant. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. (800) 456-7952.

Bal’ XII. Diamond Jacks Casino, Bossier City.

Krewedesambassadeurs.org.

Jan. 13. 38th Krewe of Adonis Ball. Morgan City Auditorium, Morgan City. Kreweofadonis.org.

Jan. 26. Springhill – Main Street Parade.

Main Street, Springhill. (318) 539-5699.

Jan. 17. Community Dance. Lake Charles Civic Center Exhibition Hall, Lake Charles.

Swlamardigras.com.

Jan. 5. Krewe of Gemini 12th Night Party. Bossier Civic Center, Bossier City.

Kreweofgemini.com.

Jan. 25-26. Minden Fasching Karnevale & Mardi Gras Parade. Downtown, Minden.

Mindenfasching.com.

Jan. 6. Krewe of Janus 12th Night Party.

Monroe. Kreweofjanusonline.com.

Jan. 26. Krewe of Gemini XXIV Bal’. Bossier City. Kreweofgemini.com.

Jan. 27. Krewe of Shaka. Thibodaux.

Visitlafourche.com.

Jan. 11. Krewe of Elders Grand Bal. Shreveport. (318) 752-9175.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Centaur. Shreveport.

Kreweofcentaur.org.

Jan. 12. Krewe of Artemis Springhill Mardi Gras Ball XI. Springhill Civic Center, Springhill. (318) 243-4698.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Janus and Children’s Parade.

Monroe. Kreweofjanusonline.com.

Jan. 27. Courir de Mardi Gras – Old-Fashioned Mardi Gras Run. Vermilionville, Lafayette.

(337) 233-4077.

Jan. 18. Krewe of Sobek Grande Bal X. Shreveport Convention Center, Shreveport.

Kreweofsobek.org.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Gemini XXIV. Shreveport.

Kreweofgemini.com.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Highland. Highland Center, Shreveport. Thekreweofhighland.org.

Jan. 18. Krewe of Justinian Grand Ball.

Shreveport. (318) 222-3643.

Central

Jan. 19. Krewe of Sobek. Queensborough, Shreveport. Kreweofsobek.org.

Jan. 4. Epiphany. St. Rita Church, Alexandria.

(318) 473-9501.

Jan. 19. Krewe de les Femmes Mystique Grand Bal. Diamond Jacks Casino, Bossier City.

Lesfemmesmystique.org.

Jan. 4. Epiphany Party. Alexandria Convention Hall, Alexandria (318) 201-6874.

Jan. 19. Krewe of Janus Grand Ball. Monroe.

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Jan. 12. Krewe Fleur de Lis Ball. Best Western Inn and Suites Conference Center,

Jan. 25. Krewe des Chiens – People Ball.

Abacus, Lafayette. (337) 501-7693.

Feb. 1. Krewe of Andalusia. Downtown, New Iberia. (337) 367-6466.

Feb. 1. Krewe of Hercules. Houma.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Tee Caillou. Chauvin.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Aquarius. Houma.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 2. Lake Arthur Mardi Gras Parade.

Lake Arthur. (337) 774-3675.

Feb. 2. Krewe des Chiens Parade for Dogs.

Downtown, Lafayette. Paradefordogs.com.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Carnivale en Rio. Lafayette.

Riolafayette.com.

Feb. 2. Carencro Mardi Gras Parade.

Carencro. (337) 896-4147.

Center, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com.

Lafayette. (800) 346-1958.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Omega Parade. Downtown, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com

Feb. 11. Krewe of Amani. Patterson.

(800) 256-2931.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Barkus Parade. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com

Feb. 11. Lundi Gras Street Dance. Eunice.

Mardigraslafayette.net.

Feb. 2. Le Krewe Des T-Cajun. Larose.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 9. Zydeco Dance. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com

Feb. 12. Iowa Chicken Run. Lake Charles.

Swlamardigras.com.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Ambrosia. Thibodaux.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Cosmos Presentation.

Sulphur High School Auditorium, Sulphur.

Swlamardigras.com

Feb. 12. Motorcycles, Hot Rods and Classics Parade. Downtown–Midtown, Lake Charles.

Swlamardigras.com.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Illusions. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com

Feb. 12. Krewe of Krewes’ Parade. DowntownMidtown, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Apollo. Lockport.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 12. Tee Mamou-Iota Mardi Gras Folklife Festival. Downtown, Iota. (877) 783-2109.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Atlantis. Golden Meadow.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Houmas. Houma.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 9. Le Krewe Du Bon Temps. Larose.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Kajuns. Follows Krewe of Houmas. Houma. (800) 688-2732.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Dionysus. Bayou Vista.

(800) 256-2931.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Ghana. Thibodaux.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 9. Cypremort Point Parade. Cypremort Point. (800) 256-2931.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Gheens. Gheens.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 9. Baldwin Mardi Gras Parade. Baldwin.

(800) 256-2931.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Neptune. Galliano/Golden Meadow. Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 10. Taste de la Louisiane. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Choupic. Chackbay.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 10. Children’s Day. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Bonne Terre. Montegut.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 10. Children’s Parade. Downtown– Midtown, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com.

Feb. 12. Family Affair Mardi Gras Parade.

Main Street, Loreauville. (337) 229-6001.

Feb. 10. Lighted Boat Parade. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com.

Feb. 12. Fox 15 Independent Parade.

Downtown, Lafayette. (337) 237-1500.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Terreanians. Houma.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 12. King’s Parade. Downtown, Lafayette.

(800) 346-1958.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Montegut. Montegut.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 12. Lafayette Mardi Gras Festival Parade.

Downtown, Lafayette. (800) 346-1958.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Cleophas. Thibodaux.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Chronos. Follows Krewe of Cleophas. Thibodaux. Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 12. Southwest Mardi Gras Association Pageant & Ball. Heymann Performing Arts Center and Frem F. Boustany Convention Center, Lafayette. (337) 291-5540.

Feb. 9. Eighth Annual Squeeze Box Shoot Out. Strand Theatre, Jennings. (337) 821-5532.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Nereids. Golden Meadow.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Chic-a-la-Pie. Downtown, Kaplan. (337) 898-6600.

Feb. 9. Jennings Mardi Gras Festival & Parade. Founder’s Park, Jennings.

(337) 821-5521.

Feb. 10. Newcomers Mardi Gras Parade.

Main Street, St. Martinville. (337) 380-6031.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Coteau. Coteau.

(337) 519-4606.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Galatea. Morgan City.

(800) 256-2931.

Feb. 12. Grand Marais Mardi Gras Parade.

Jeanerette. (337) 365-8185.

Feb. 10-12. 13th Carnival D’Acadie.

Downtown, Crowley. (337) 783-0824.

Feb. 12. Franklin Mardi Gras Parade.

Franklin. (800) 256-2931.

Feb. 11. Krewe of Cleopatra. Houma.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Hephaestus Parade.

Morgan City. (800) 256-2931.

Feb. 11. Sulphur Mardi Gras Parade. Sulphur.

Swlamardigras.com.

New Orleans

Feb. 11. Royal Gala. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com.

Jan. 6. Phunny Phorty Phellows. Uptown, New Orleans. Phunnyphortyphellows.com.

Feb. 11. Lundi Gras at the Village. Le Vieux Village, Opelousas. (337) 948-5227.

Jan. 19. Krewe du Vieux. French Quarter, New Orleans. Kreweduvieux.org.

Feb. 11. Queen’s Parade. Downtown,

Jan. 19. Krewe Delusion. Follows Krewe du

Feb. 2. Rotary Club Mardi Gras Ball.

Cade Community Center, St. Martinville.

(337) 394-2233.

Feb. 2. Annual Mardi Gras Run. Gueydan.

(800) 456-7952.

Feb. 2. Vinton Mardi Gras Celebration.

Downtown, Vinton. (800) 456-7952.

Feb. 3. Krewe of Hyacinthians. Houma.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 3. Krewe of Titans. Follows Krewe of Hyacinthians. Houma. (800) 688-2732.

Feb. 3. Scott Mardi Gras Parade. Scott.

(337) 269-5155.

Feb. 3. Krewe of Ezana Jeanerette Mardi Gras Parade. Jeanerette. (337) 365-1540.

Feb. 3. Krewe of Versailles. Larose.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 8. Merchant’s Parade. DowntownMidtown, Lake Charles. Swlamardigras.com.

Feb. 8. Krewe of Aphrodite. Houma.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 8. Friday Night Parade. Lafayette.

(800) 346-1958.

Feb. 8. Gumbo Cook-Off. Church Point.

(337) 349-0618.

Feb. 8. Krewe of Athena. Golden Meadow.

Visitlafourche.com.

Feb. 8. Krewe of Adonis. Morgan City.

(800) 256-2931.

Feb. 8-10. 52nd Courir de Mardi Gras.

Downtown, Church Point. (877) 783-2109.

Feb. 8-12. Le Festival de Mardi Gras à Lafayette. Cajun Field, Lafayette.

(800) 346-1958.

Feb. 9. Lake Fausse Pointe Mardi Gras Parade. Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, St. Martinville. (888) 677-7200.

Feb. 9. Children’s Parade. Downtown, Lafayette. (800) 346-1958.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Bonaparte. Downtown, Lafayette. (800) 346-1958.

Feb. 9. Carlyss Mardi Gras Trail Ride. West Cal Arena, Sulphur. Swlamardigras.com.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Mardi Gras. Houma.

(800) 688-2732.

Feb. 9. World Famous Cajun Extravaganza and Gumbo Cook-off. Lake Charles Civic

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Feb. 6. Mystic Krewe of Druids. Uptown, New Orleans.

Feb. 12. Societé de Saint Anne. Marigny/ Bywater, New Orleans. Kreweofsaintanne.org.

Jan. 20. Krewe of Slidellians. Slidell.

Feb. 6. Krewe of Nyx. Uptown, New Orleans. www.kreweofnyx.org.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofzulu.com.

Jan. 20. Krewe of Claude. Follows Krewe of Slidellians. Slidell.

Feb. 7. Krewe of Babylon. Uptown, New Orleans. Knightsofbabylon.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Rex. Uptown, New Orleans. Rexorganization.com.

Jan. 25. Krewe of Cork. French Quarter,

Feb. 7. Krewe of Chaos. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofchaos.net.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Elks Orleans. Follows Krewe of Rex. Uptown, New Orleans.

Feb. 7. Krewe of Muses. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofmuses.org.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Crescent City. Follows Krewe of Elks Orleans. Uptown, New Orleans.

Vieux. French Quarter, New Orleans.

Jan. 20. Krewe of Little Rascals. Metairie.

Kreweoflittlerascals.org.

New Orleans. Kreweofcork.com.

Jan. 25. Krewe of Oshun. Uptown, New Orleans.

Jan. 25. Krewe of Cleopatra. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofcleopatra.org.

Jan. 26. Krewe of Pontchartrain. Uptown, New Orleans. Kofpont.com.

Feb. 8. DIVAs: Divine Protectors of Endangered Pleasures. French Quarter, New Orleans. Divineprotectors.org.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Argus. Metairie.

Kreweofargus.net.

Feb. 8. Krewe of Hermes. Uptown, New Orleans. Semrehclub.org.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Elks Jefferson. Follows Krewe of Argus. Metairie.

Feb 8. Le Krewe d’Etat. Uptown, New Orleans. Lekrewedetat.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Jefferson. Follows Krewe of Elks Jefferson. Metairie.

Jan. 26. Knights of Sparta. Uptown, New Orleans. Knightsofsparta.com.

Feb. 8. Krewe of Morpheus. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofmorpheus.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Lions. Covington.

Jan. 26. Krewe of Pygmalion. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofpygmalion.org.

Feb. 8. Krewe of Centurions. Metairie.

Kreweofcenturions.com

Jan. 26. Mystic Knights of Adonis. West Bank, New Orleans.

Feb. 8. Krewe of Selene. Slidell.

Kreweofselene.net.

Jan. 26. Krewe of Bilge Boat Parade.

Eden Isles. Kreweofbilge.com.

Feb. 8. Original Krewe of Orpheus.

Mandeville. Originalorpheus.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Chata-Ima. Lacombe.

Jan. 26. Krewe of Mona Lisa & Moon Pie. Olde Towne, Slidell. Monalisaandmoonpie.com.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Iris. Uptown, New Orleans.

Kreweofiris.org.

Baton Rouge

Jan. 26. Pearl River Lions Club. Pearl River.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Tucks. Uptown, New Orleans, Kreweoftucks.com.

Jan. 26. Krewe of Choctaw. Uptown, New Orleans. Follows Krewe of Pontchartrain.

Kreweofchoctaw.com.

Jan. 27. Krewe of Carrollton. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofcarrollton.com.

Jan. 27. Krewe of King Arthur. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofkingarthur.com.

Jan. 27. Krewe of Barkus. French Quarter, New Orleans. Barkus.org.

Jan. 27. Krewe of Thor. Metairie.

Jan. 27. Krewe of Alla. West Bank, New Orleans. Kreweofalla.com.

Jan. 27. Mystic Krewe of Perseus. Slidell.

Jan. 27. Krewe of Dionysus. Follows Mystic Krewe of Perseus. Slidell. Dionysusofslidell.com.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Endymion. Mid-City, New Orleans. Endymion.org.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Isis. Metairie.

Feb. 9. Krewe of NOMTOC – New Orleans Most Talked Of Club. West Bank, New Orleans. www.nomtoc.org.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Bush. Bush.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Salt Bayou. Slidell.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Okeanos. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofokeanos.org.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Mid-City. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofmidcity.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Covington. Follows Krewe of Lions. Covington.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Lyra. Follows Krewe of Covington. Covington. Kreweoflyra.com.

Feb. 12. Krewe of Skunks. Lacombe.

Jan. 4. Krewe de Mystique de la Capitale King Cake Party. Baton Rouge. Krewemystique.com.

Jan. 12. Krewe of Artemis Soiree. Exhibition Hall of Baton Rouge River Center, Baton Rouge. Kreweofartemis.net.

Jan. 12. Krewe of Jupiter and Juno Jubilee.

Ballroom of Baton Rouge River Center, Baton Rouge. Kreweofjupiter.com.

Jan. 18. Krewe of Southdowns Annual Royal Ball. Drusilla’s, Baton Rouge. Southdowns.org.

Jan. 26. Krewe of Jupiter and Juno. Baton Rouge. Kreweofjupiter.com.

Jan. 26. Krewe de Mystique de la Capitale Ball. Baton Rouge. Krewemystique.com.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Thoth. Uptown, New Orleans. Thothkrewe.com.

Jan. 26. Krewe of Spanish Town Ball.

Baton Rouge River Center, Baton Rouge.

Spanishtownmardigras.com.

Feb. 10. Krewe of Bacchus. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofbacchus.org.

Jan. 27. Mystic Krewe of Mutts.

Baton Rouge. Caaws.org.

Feb. 10. Corps de Napoleon. Metairie.

Napoleonparade.com.

Feb. 1. Krewe of Artemis. Downtown, Baton Rouge. Kreweofartemis.net.

Feb. 11. Krewe of Proteus. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweofproteus.com.

Feb. 2. Krewe de Mystique de la Capitale.

Downtown, Baton Rouge. Krewemystique.com.

Feb. 11. Krewe of Orpheus. Uptown, New Orleans. Kreweoforpheus.com.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Orion. Baton Rouge.

Kreweoforion.com.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Push Mow. Abita Springs.

Feb. 11. Krewe of Hera. Metairie.

Kreweofhera.com.

Feb. 3. Krewe of Denham Springs. Denham Springs. (225) 665-8121.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Olympia. Covington.

Kreweofolympia.org.

Feb. 11. Krewe of Zeus. Follows Krewe of Hera. Metairie. Kreweofzeus.org.

Feb. 8. Krewe of Southdowns. Baton Rouge.

Southdowns.org.

Feb. 2. Mystic Krewe of Titans. Slidell.

Kreweoftitans.com.

Feb. 11. Lundi Gras at the Riverwalk. Spanish Plaza, New Orleans. (504) 684-1939.

Feb. 9. Krewe of Spanish Town. Baton Rouge. Spanishtownmardigras.com. n

Jan. 27. Krewe of Tchefuncte. Madisonville.

Feb. 1. Krewe of Excalibur. Metairie.

Kreweofexcalibur.com.

Feb. 1. Krewe of Atlas. Metairie.

Feb. 1. Krewe of Eve. Mandeville.

Kreweofeve.com.

Feb. 2. Krewe of Caesar. Metairie.

Kreweofcaesar.org.

Feb. 2. Knights of Nemesis. Chalmette.

Feb. 2. Krewe De Paws. Slidell. abigailsofslidell.com/krewedepaws.html.

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barometer A compendium of what’s hot and what’s not in Louisiana By carolyn kolb

HOT

Airline Motors Lives!

L’Observateur in LaPlace reports that Jamie Q. Kilbert and chef Ray Tromatore are the new owners of Airline Motors restaurant. “Right now, we have no plans to change much,” said Tromatore. “We Joy Pace

just want to focus on the restaurant and the food.” The neon sign first went up in 1939

HOT

Women Writers

Department of Agriculture

Graduate and undergraduate

for the car dealership and café

The Itinerant Theatre’s

and Forestry, the Natural

students worked on the

then occupying the building.

production of The Writers

Resources Conservation

project, said Chip LeMieux,

Since then, the restaurant has

– Maggie, Kate and Rosa by

Service and the LSU

department head.

been a familiar stop for drivers

playwright Carolyn Woosley

AgCenter, has taught

is one of 13 parts of a cycle on

3,000 state farmers ways to

Louisiana women. “Margaret

reduce agricultural runoff

Dixon was the first female

of chemicals and fertilizer.

of Louisiana public school

managing editor of a major

The aim is the decrease in

teachers will decrease by

periodical in America and

size of the “dead zone” of

700 during 2012-2013, a

was able to create mental

oxygen depletion in the Gulf

report by the Education

Franklin Banner-Tribune

health reform with her

of Mexico. The Kellogg cereal

Estimating Conference

reported that the LSU

writing,” Woosley told the

company has announced

predicts. The report also

AgCenter’s Allen Owings

Lake Charles American

support for extending the

forecasts that the number of

urged that crape myrtle trees

Press. “Kate Chopin explored

program to rice farmers

teachers will begin to rise in

not be “topped” or radically

taboo subjects in an eloquent

and will pay a $50 per

2013, resulting in an overall

pruned. The lush growth at

writing style. Rosa Hart was

barrel premium to farmers

increase of around 2,000

the new top may be struc-

a budding Jewish intellectual

completing the program.

educators by 2016. Decline in

turally weak and prone to

student population coupled

fungus, and unattractive

Swine-News

with financial difficulties

knobs will form. “One of

Research aimed

resulted in the decrease, but

the 10 commandments of

from Lake Charles who went on to create the Lake Charles Little Theatre and work

HOT

on the Airline Highway, who

HOT

more Teachers

like their Cajun cooking served

The total number

with a side of ‘50s décor.

NOT

Crape Murder The Saint Mary and

as an ad writer.” Joy Pace

at improving the birth

as budgets increase, so will

gardening should be ‘thou

starred as both Dixon and

rate of pigs may have

the number of teachers, the

shalt not top crape myrtles,’”

Hart, while Donna Rigdon

implications for human

Times-Picayune reported.

Owings said.

Jones portrayed Chopin in a

reproductive medicine,

performance at the Gibson

according to researchers at

Barham Gallery of the

McNeese State University.

Imperial Calcasieu Museum.

Experiments have shown that encouraging natural

HOT

Cash on the Rice Barrel

production of the hormone progesterone in sows may

The Alexandria Town Talk

reduce the possibility of

reports that the Master

miscarrying, according to C.

Farmer Program, a collabo-

Edward Ferguson, associate

ration of the Louisiana

professor of animal sciences.

n

quotable “It was a brilliant-blue-sky morning as we made our way out to Lake Pontchartrain past giant cypress trees. ... A migrating monarch butterfly flew past me. A large hawk circled over our heads. Slowly, quietly, we moved through the water, breathing in the day.”

“English Teacher Introduces Christian Brothers Families to State’s Scenic Waterways,” Sheila Stroup, New Orleans Times-Picayune photo courtesy of americanpress.com

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rural life

Winter on the Farm When life takes a break

By Melissa Bienvenu

The songbirds have

making hay is behind us.

equipment can break

relentless fuel and fertilizer

left. The fields are brown

The rest – selling the hay we

down for three hours with

bills; from equipment

and scruffy. The sky is

stored in our barn over the

customers lined up in the

repairs costing way too

an overturned bowl of

summer – is all downhill.

field, impatiently waiting to

much; from insects that

colorless gruel.

We do a little advertising,

load their trailers. There will

devour fields, weeds that

but mostly we simply have

be no worries, as in early

refuse to be killed and plant

the farm’s most flattering

to wait for a phone call or

summer when we can’t sell

diseases that spread like a

time of year.

knock at the door. That’s the

every bale directly out of the

medieval plague.

payoff for Harvey’s blood,

field, about how to get a few

in summer, when the

sweat and tears: His hay gets

hundred leftovers into the

is frightful, but a break from

Bermuda grass is deep and

good word-of-mouth, so the

barn before sundown when

farming is delightful.

green from warm rain and

product mostly sells itself.

the dew and fire ants set in.

Winter isn’t exactly

Our place is much lovelier

rich fertilizer. Row-upon-row

Not to mention that

(Not owning one of those

Yes, the weather outside

I relish the cold months for silly little reasons, too.

Just being able to step

of golden hay bales stretch

miserable weather is great

divine hay-moving machines

across the fields like yellow

for business because farm

that eliminate the need

outdoors without my hairdo

brick roads. Leafy branches

animals need more hay for

for manual labor creates a

and makeup spontaneously

teem with fluttering birds.

extra food and warm bedding

constant dilemma.)

combusting is cause for

Long-necked herons tiptoe

when the temperature dips.

around the pond.

In the past few years, our

January, I can take comfort in

that everyone in South

only marketing challenge

knowing no drought-stricken

Louisiana – rural, urban

you don’t notice so much

has been keeping up with

pastures will wither and

or otherwise – struggles

the barns and houses that

demand. We usually run out

die under a merciless sun. I

with the smothering heat

need painting and the

long before spring, when

don’t have to lose sleep over

and humidity. However,

fences that need mending.

livestock can go back to

losing a crop because it’s

when you are someone who

Winter strips away all that

grazing pastures.

too muddy to get a tractor

doesn’t merely “glow” but

into the field or because the

actually sweats like a starting

drab, depressing scenery is

weatherman was dead wrong

left tackle – a person who can

no problem. If anything, it’s

when he said it wasn’t going

perspire while loading the

prefer winter to any other

a cheerful reminder of all the

to rain.

dishwasher in a 68 degree

season on the farm.

things that can’t go wrong.

With summer in bloom,

camouflage and reveals a stark, gloomy landscape.

And yet, in some ways I

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So as far as I’m concerned,

On a dank, bone-chilling afternoon, no hay-baling

Here, in the dreary light of

Winter brings a welcome

jubilation in itself. I realize

kitchen – to live on a hay

respite from all manner of

farm is to be one big, hot

routine farm stresses – from

mess from April to October.

It’s not that I do hard manual labor every single day of the summer – I don’t.

to come nosing around the

nasty little viper for

enjoys it more than our kids,

human habitats.

two hours. I saw snakes

who get to run wild on the

out of the corner of my

farm with their out-of-town

eye for weeks.

cousins from Friday night

That changed last year

It’s just that when I am

when Harvey and I each

called upon to help with

had run-ins with poisonous

the slightest task, whether

snakes virtually in our

in snake sightings had

by Harvey or a customer,

backyard. While trying

something to do with last

another happy family activity

I usually end up looking

to get a stranded cow out

year’s wussy winter. In my

I associate with winter. The

like a coach who just got

of a muddy ditch, Harvey

book, that’s just one more

boys ride on the tailgate,

doused with an ice chest

suddenly spotted a water

reason to appreciate a good

and the dogs, not about to

full of Gatorade. Thus, I

moccasin floating on the

Arctic blast. At the very

be excluded, follow the truck

anticipate cold weather a

surface 3 inches from his

least, I can breathe easier

into the woods. Harvey saws

little more eagerly than most.

hand. Miraculously, it

for a few months knowing

up fallen trees with a chain

To get through entire days

did not bite him. And I

the snakes are hibernating.

saw while the rest of us stack

without needing at least one

came disturbingly close

A trip to the trash can is less

the pieces on the truck. It’s

wardrobe change is nothing

– again, mere inches – to

likely to turn into a trip to the

work that feels like play –

less than a luxury.

accidentally grabbing a

emergency room.

and one of the moments

Not having to watch

cottonmouth moccasin while

I’m guessing the increase

Certain pleasures of farm

until Sunday morning.

Firewood outings are

when there is no doubt in

out for our no-shouldered

cleaning up limbs after

life only come around when

my mind that the sweat, the

neighbors is another bonus.

Hurricane Isaac. It was so

it’s cold. I’m thinking of the

work and the worry is all

Until recently, I rarely gave

perfectly camouflaged, coiled

weekly visits from Harvey’s

worth it.

snakes a second thought.

up in the grass and leaves,

brother and his family from

Our farm looks much

In fact, I rarely saw one. I

that I only noticed it because

Baton Rouge during hunting

better in the summer, but

always assumed that with

the ground jumped under the

season. They sleep in their

it takes the still and cool

225 acres of woods, ponds

flimsy little branch I picked

camper in the woods, but our

and quiet of winter to make

and river, snakes didn’t

up. We and the boys had

families spend most of the

me appreciate what we’ve

have much need or desire

been walking right by that

weekend together. Nobody

really got.

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biz bits Business news from around the state By kathy finn

Louisiana’s increas-

spring on the $900 million

ingly hospitable business

facility that will become

climate continues to draw

Benteler’s first U.S. steel tube

relocations and expansions

plant, expected to generate

while spurring growth in

1,000 construction jobs and

homegrown companies. Here

about 675 full-time jobs.

are a few highlights of recent

The plant is slated for

Port of New Orleans

business activity statewide.

completion in 2015.

Juan, Puerto Rico. The latest

with the dedication of a new

Port rides a wave NEW ORLEANS – More

Lumber jobs stack up NATCHITOCHES – A $6

Senate Homeland Security

building on the Huey P. Long

Appropriations bill also

campus of Central Louisiana

than $100 million worth of

million capital investment

included funding for six

Technical Community

improvements have the Port

by Weyerhaeuser Corp. will

more cutters to be built in

College. The state supported

of New Orleans on track to

retain 175 jobs and create

Louisiana, Landrieu said.

a $12 million investment to

set new highs in container

30 new positions at the

cargo and cruise traffic, port

company’s Natchitoches

President Gary LaGrange said

forest products plant.

construct the building, which will replace the original

recently. Highlights include

Weyerhaeuser plans an

Billions fuel gas production DONALDSONVILLE – One of

two new gantry cranes

equipment upgrade that’s

the largest projects ever

and laboratory space.

at the Napoleon Avenue

expected to increase

built in Ascension Parish

container terminal, a cruise

productivity at the 250,000-

will get under way when

ship terminal that more than

square-foot site, which

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

doubled the port’s cruise

turns out I-joists, laminated

starts a $2 billion expansion

LSU boosts engineering talent BATON ROUGE – LSU’s

capacity and a $40 million

veneer lumber and structural

of its Donaldsonville

reputation for generating

cold-storage plant that is one

beams. Hiring is under way,

Nitrogen Complex. The site

top engineering talent got

of the largest in the world.

and construction should be

is the largest of the Illinois

a boost recently with the

LaGrange said the cold-

finished late in 2013. The

company’s seven North

announcement of a $100

storage plant will generate

company employs 845 people

American nitrogen plants

million project to create a

$126 million in annual

around the state.

and produces anhydrous

21st-century engineering

structure built in the 1930s and add updated classrooms

ammonia and other products

education complex. Funded

used by agricultural,

jointly by the state and

industrial and other markets.

private donations, the

both container traffic and

Shipbuilding hot on the bayou LOCKPORT – Rustic Bayou

general cargo and will be

Lafourche continues to

in the Donaldsonville site

expand Patrick F. Taylor

positioned to capture new

nurture manufacturing

to take advantage of the

Hall, adding new laboratory

business stemming from

jobs as Bollinger Shipyards

area’s five major natural gas

space for teaching and

the opening of the enlarged

recently landed a $250

pipelines and multiple modes

translational research,

Panama Canal, he said.

million contract to build six

of transportation, Senior

updated graduate student

Fast Response Cutters, or

Vice President W. Anthony

space and dedicated project

Steel plant to be a U.S. first CADDO – Big spending

FRCs, for the Coast Guard.

Will said in announcing the

rooms. Construction is

Sen. Mary Landrieu, who

project. The expansion will

slated to begin in the fall

announced the contract, said

generate nearly 100 new jobs

of 2014 and finish in two

could mean big job gains

the “exceptional ships” will

with an average salary of

years. The renovation and

in North Louisiana when

replace a portion of the Coast

$56,500, while retaining 349

the addition of a new annex

Benteler Steel/Tube opens a

Guard’s aging patrol boat

existing jobs.

dedicated to chemical

hot rolling tube mill aimed

fleet and perform functions

at bolstering the company’s

ranging from rescues to law

position in North American

enforcement and homeland

oil exploration and drilling.

Construction will begin this

spending and add 125 jobs.

The port is on track to outpace last year’s totals in

18 | Louisiana Life January/February 2013

The company is investing

project will renovate and

engineering will bring total College of Engineering

security missions. The

New classrooms bolster work force WINNFIELD – Job training

cutters will be based in San

took a forward leap recently

double the current area.

space to more than 380,000 square feet, more than n

health By sarah ravits

Flu arrives early in Louisiana SHREVEPORT – With the

affirmed the appointment

onset of colder weather,

John Henry Hernandez

the expected arrival of the

Endowed Professor in Health

influenza virus has been

Promotion at Pennington

confirmed by the Diagnostic

Biomedical Center in Baton

Virology Laboratory of LSU

Rouge. A native of India,

Health Shreveport. The

Dhurandhar received his

influenza virus detected

Ph.D. in biochemistry from

locally is a type A, H3N2

the University of Bombay;

that help with expenses; a

choice for health care.” RRMC

strain. Influenza outbreaks

he is also a physician.

history of Touro’s retirement

reminds patients that Nurses

typically last four to eight

At Pennington, he leads

community, Woldenberg

On-Call is not meant to

weeks or longer, notes Dr.

the Infection and Obesity

Village; and going over the

replace a visit with a physician

John Vanchiere, chief of

Laboratory, focusing on the

types of diabetes medications.

and should not be used in

the Section of Pediatric

causes of obesity – specifically

The seminars are free, but

situations that warrant a

Infectious Diseases at LSU

on obesity caused by certain

registration is required by

call to 911. To access Nurses

Health Shreveport. He

viral infections. He was also

calling (504) 897-8500.

On-Call, call (318) 769-4440 or

recommends protection by

named as vice president

way of vaccination, good

of The Obesity Society for

hand-washing and good

2012-2013, and is in line to

cough hygiene (for example,

serve as president of the

Free health information at all hours ALEXANDRIA – Rapides

coughing into your elbow or

leading scientific organization

Regional Medical Center

Electronic records pioneer honored NEW ORLEANS – Dr.

onto a tissue) to reduce the

in the field beginning in 2014.

launched Nurses On-Call

Christy Valentine of

of researcher Dr. Nikhil V. Dhurandhar as the

(877) 801-8441.

this past fall, which is a free

Valentine Medical Center

health information call center

was honored to be the

where patients can access

master of ceremonies at

adults, children and infants

Healthy Lifestyle Seminars for 2013 NEW ORLEANS – In the spirit

a nurse 24 hours a day for

the Transforming Health

older than 6 months of

of the new year, Touro

physician referrals, prescrip-

Care Delivery forum, which

age. The vaccine is available

Infirmary is hosting a series

tion directions, nurse advice

announced that the Louisiana

in both a nasal spray and

called Healthy Lifestyles

and other health information.

Public Health Institute had

an injection. “It is important

Seminars. On Jan. 3 and 16,

Nurses On-Call is staffed

unveiled years of tireless

for physicians to know that

A New Year, A New You

by registered nurses and

work in technological

type A influenza has been

will feature Touro dieticians

customer service representa-

development. The merging of

confirmed locally because it

informing guests about

tives. The team refers and

technology and health care

alerts them that their patients

healthy eating strategies and

transfers callers to physicians’

is a priority for Valentine,

with fever and other flu-like

weight management. Then

offices and provides other

who has two primary care

symptoms may actually have

on Jan. 8, the Prime Years

information. David Williams,

facilities in the New Orleans

influenza virus infection,” he

Seminar: Long Term Care

CEO and president of RRMC

area. The facilities are able to

said in an LSU press release.

will help participants age

said: “We’re pleased to

communicate with each other

“The doctor can then decide

65 and older understand

connect residents in Cenla to

and with labs electronically,

if the patient should receive

long-term care services

the resource that delivers the

which streamlines patient

one of the antiviral drugs

and associated costs and

answers and advice they need

care. Her practice was one

effective against influenza.”

planning. Informative presen-

to make informed decisions

of the first to use electronic

tations include information

about physicians, our hospital

medical records in New

Obesity researcher named an endowed professor BATON ROUGE – Recently, the

on assisted and independent

and their overall health. It’s

Orleans because Valentine

living; regulations and

a complement to our current

recognized that it was not

requirements of skilled

offerings and enables us to

just a need but a priority.

nursing and residential

build upon our reputation

Since then, other care

LSU Board of Supervisors

nursing care; resources

as Central Louisiana’s first

facilities have followed suit.

spread of infection. Influenza vaccine is plentiful this year and recommended for all

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n

great louisiana chefs Grilled Oysters with Garlic-Chile Butter Makes 1/2 pound compound butter Compound butter for oysters: 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter 3 cloves garlic 2 anchovy fillets Zest of one lemon Juice of one lemon (about 2 tablespoons) 2 tablespoons Vietnamese garlic chile paste 2 teaspoons crushed red chile flakes 1/4 teaspoon cayenne 1 teaspoon salt

Donald Link

16 oysters, in the shell Lemon wedges, for garnish

Cut the butter into 1-inch cubes, and allow it to soften to room temperature.

Mince the garlic, anchovy and lemon zest (or mash with a mortar and pestle), and then fold in the butter, lemon juice, garlic chile paste, red chile flakes, cayenne and salt. Roll the butter into a log, wrap with plastic, and refrigerate until needed. Open the oysters as you would for oysters on the half shell, discarding the top shells. Place 1 tablespoon of the chilled compound butter on each oyster, and place on a hot grill until the oysters begin to bubble and the oyster curls up around the edges, 6 to 10 minutes. (It’s good to melt a few tablespoons of butter to put on the oysters after they are grilled in case some of the butter spills out of the shells.) Serve immediately, with wedges of fresh lemon if desired.

Executive Chef and CEO Link Restaurant Group: Herbsaint, Cochon, Butcher, Calcasieu and Cochon Lafayette When someone is referred

two Cochons take basic pork dishes,

Cove near Rayne and grew up in

to as being a Louisiana-style chef,

including boudin and cracklins, and

Lake Charles.) The James Beard

images of étouffées and gumbos with

add his creative touch. Herbsaint,

Foundation; Gourmet Magazine; and

crawfish nearby usually come to mind.

Link’s first restaurant, named after a

New Orleans Magazine, which once

Well, Donald Link is such a chef, but

popular New Orleans anise-flavored

named him Chef of the Year, have

the names of two of his restaurants –

liqueur, adds the city’s Creole touch.

honored Link and his restaurants.

Cochon (located in New Orleans) and

Upstairs from the original Cochon,

He says the Cajun and Southern

Cochon Lafayette – acknowledge that

a space for private parties is called

cooking of his grandparents inspired

pork has always been an important

Calcasieu, the parish where Link

him. Diners now have a chance to be

part of the rural Louisiana diet. The

was raised. (He was born in Roberts

inspired, too.

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traveling gourmet

Embracing Diversity Three types of gumbo: okra, filé and roux

By Stanley Dry

I never cease to be amazed by the infinite

from the ground leaves of the

varieties of gumbo, some

sassafras tree.

of them born of necessity,

Each of the three gumbo

others of premeditation and

recipes this month illustrates

still others that emerge from

a different approach. One is

someone’s inspirational flight

thickened with okra; one is

of fancy. Hidebound conser-

thickened with filé; and the

vatives may think there are

third is thickened with roux,

gumbo traditions that must

which is flour browned in oil.

be maintained against the

Two of the recipes call for

barbarians at the gate, but

a dry roux, which is simply

often their notions of what is

browned flour without the oil.

right and proper are merely

A dry roux can be used as a

parochial and uninformed.

thickener and is popular with

All one has to do is look at

those who wish to reduce

early Louisiana gumbo recipes

their consumption of fats,

to realize that originally people

but in these recipes it is used

made gumbo from whatever

to coat steak and chicken

was at hand. Turtle gumbo?

before browning. Substituting

Yes, indeed. Gumbos made

dry roux for white flour

with beef, veal, bacon, green

results in remarkably

corn or salt cod? Yes, those

beautiful browning. It’s

ingredients also appear in

worth noting that some early

some 19th-century recipes.

Louisiana gumbo recipes

As the late Howard Mitcham

call for browned flour as an

wrote about making gumbo,

ingredient.

“It’s an improvisational thing, like early jazz.”

Today, seafood and

eugenia uhl photograph

or with filé, which is made

All of these gumbos are served with rice, which for most will be white rice,

non-seafood gumbos

though, personally, I’ve come

constitute two of the most

to prefer brown rice in my

common categories, but some

bowl. As another historical

of the earliest recorded recipes

aside, before the large-scale

for gumbo use a combination

commercial cultivation of rice

of meat or poultry and

in Louisiana, gumbos were

seafood, the Louisiana version

sometimes served with a

of surf and turf. Gumbos are

cornmeal mush. That sounds

also categorized by whether

strange, but I’ve tried it, and

they are thickened with okra

it’s not bad.

.

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Crab-and-Okra Gumbo

Steak-and-Oyster Gumbo

This gumbo can be prepared, from start to finish, in less than an hour. Cooking okra in oil before adding liquid eliminates the sliminess that some people find unpleasant. Because this recipe does not include flour, it is a good choice for those on gluten-free diets.

Steak and oysters are a classic combination in toothsome dishes such as steakand-oyster pie and carpetbag steak, in which a thick steak is stuffed with oysters before it is broiled or grilled. If you can’t find seven steak, substitute another cut, such as round or chuck. If you shuck your own oysters, add the oyster liquor to the gumbo. A glass of Guinness stout is an excellent accompaniment.

1/4 cup vegetable oil 2 medium onions, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 1 pound okra, sliced 1 28-ounce can whole tomatoes 6 cups chicken stock or broth 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Hot sauce to taste 1 pound claw crabmeat 1 pound lump crabmeat 1/4 cup chopped parsley Steamed rice In a large Dutch oven or heavy casserole, cook the onions, celery and okra in the oil on medium heat, stirring frequently until softened, about 10 to 15 minutes. Add the tomatoes, stock and bay leaves; break up the tomatoes with your fingers or a spoon. Bring to a boil; reduce the heat; and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the okra is tender, about 30 minutes. Season with thyme, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Add the crabmeat, and cook until crabmeat is just heated through.

Add the chopped parsley. Serve with steamed rice. Serves about 6 to 8.

2 pounds seven steak Creole seasoning Dry roux (browned flour) Vegetable oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 stalk celery, chopped 1 bell pepper, chopped 5 cups beef stock or broth 2 bay leaves Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Hot sauce to taste 1 pint (or more) shucked oysters 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 2 tablespoons green onion tops Filé Steamed rice Cut the steak away from the bones. Trim and discard fat. Cut the steak into 1-inch cubes. Season the steak and bones liberally with Creole seasoning, and dredge in the dry roux. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large Dutch oven or heavy casserole. Brown the meat and bones in batches, and remove, adding additional oil as needed. Scrape up the browned bits from the pot, and add to the meat. Cook the onions, celery and bell pepper in additional oil, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the stock and bay leaves; return meat and bones to pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat; and simmer, stirring occasionally, until meat is tender, about 2 hours. Skim fat from the surface of the gumbo. Remove the bones. Season with salt, pepper and hot sauce. Add the oysters, and cook only until they shrivel, about 3 minutes. Add the parsley and onion tops. Serve with steamed rice and filé. Serves 4 to 6.

Chicken-and-Smoked Sausage Gumbo Most chicken gumbos these days are served with chicken that has been removed from the bone. In this recipe, the chicken is left on the bone, which, to my taste, makes for a better gumbo, though, admittedly, it is somewhat messier to eat.

1 pound smoked sausage, sliced Vegetable oil 1 4-to-5-pound chicken Creole seasoning Dry roux (browned flour) 2 medium onions, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped

2 bell peppers, chopped 8 cups chicken stock or broth 1/4 cup dark roux 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

In a large Dutch oven or heavy casserole, cook the sausage in 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat, stirring frequently, until browned. Remove the sausage, and set aside. Meanwhile, cut the chicken into serving pieces; remove the skin and visible fat. Season the chicken liberally with Creole seasoning, and dredge it in dry roux. Brown the chicken in batches, adding additional oil as needed.

Remove the browned chicken, and set aside. Cook the onions, celery

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Hot sauce to taste 1/4 cup chopped parsley 1/4 cup chopped green onion tops Filé (optional) Steamed rice

and bell peppers until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken stock, roux and bay leaves; stir to dissolve roux. Return the chicken and sausage to the pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat; and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is falling off the bone, about 2 hours. Skim the fat from the surface of the gumbo. Season with thyme, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Add the parsley and onion tops.

Serve with steamed rice; filé is optional. Serves about 8.

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home

Special Harmony This home in Alexandria’s Garden District houses a grand collection.

By Bonnie Warren | Photographed by Craig Macaluso

Step inside the home

and it is especially interesting

of Susan and Dr. Lawrence

that Larry owns Maison

“Larry” Menache in

Pompeii Antiques and

Alexandria, and you may

Interiors. He is the interior

think you are in a grand

decorator who brought

Paris salon. The Menaches

everything in the couple’s

have filled their home with

home together in special

important 18th-century

harmony reminiscent of a

French case pieces and

bygone era when grandeur

chairs that are signed by the

was the mark of refinement.

ébéniste [furniture maker].

The unique couple – he is a

Larry can tell the fascinating

radiation oncologist at the

history of each piece of

Cabrini Center for Cancer

important furniture in their

Care and she is a Bronze

collection – a collection

Life Master in the American

that is definitely worthy of

Contract Bridge League

museum status: “Some of

who is an accredited bridge

our furnishings have been in

director and runs the Ace

particularly important hands

Bridge Club in Alexandria –

in the past,” he says.

loves to entertain, and their

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home is often open to friends and relatives. .

ABOVE: Located in the Garden District of Alexandria, the Menache home is situated on 2 lush acres with large historic trees. below: Susan and Dr. Lawrence “Larry” Menache facing page: The formal dining room is a study in grandeur.

It is always dressed with fine silver, china and crystal selected from the special closet created just for the couple’s collection.

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Located in Alexandria’s Garden District, the 6,000-square-foot house is situated on a lush, tree-filled 2 acres. Susan says she always admired the house when she was growing up in Alexandria. She and Larry were both pleased when the home was placed on the market by the heirs of the original owners, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crowell Sr., who owned Crowell Lumber Co. Larry guided the extensive renovation, reconfiguring the downstairs and adding bedrooms upstairs. “The changes downstairs allow for the excellent flow for both large and small gatherings,” he says.

It isn’t surprising that the couple has filled their home with antiques.

“Before we knew each other, we both loved antiques,” Larry says.

“Our marriage was the harmonious melting of both of our tastes, so the house does not look like it just dropped out of the sky, but it is actually a compilation of several generations of family treasures and the things we have acquired separately and together,” Susan adds. “One of the wonderful things about our home is that the rooms are constantly in flux as our collection of antiques and art grows and our tastes evolve.”

A separate china and crystal closet off the breakfast room neatly displays the extensive collection that Susan acquired from her family, owners of Schnack’s Fine

top: The breakfast room overlooks the swimming pool and back garden. middle: The corner bedroom of their daughter, Meredith, has a pleasant view of the front garden. It is furnished in fine antiques. bottom: The sun-filled sitting room that adjoins the living room is filled with 18thcentury antiques. The pair of chairs was covered in rich velvet by Estrella Menache, Larry’s grandmother.

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ABOVE: The formal living room showcases the Menaches’ collection of fine classical art and fine antiques. LEFT: A chest by Criard, a noted French ébéniste, is flanked by two small French antique chairs. The chest is known to have been made for Louis XVI, king of France.

Jewelry, the Alexandria store

one cannot sit. “All of the

(established in 1865) that

antiques are used and

also specialized in fine silver,

enjoyed and not just for

crystal and china. “This isn’t

show – there is nothing

a hidden museum,” Susan

you can’t touch,” Larry

says with a smile. “It simply

emphatically says. “We feel

holds many of the treasures I

at home as we take care

acquired from my family and

of this wonderful home

purchased on my own as an

and its contents for future

adult and the many acquisi-

generations, and we are

tions from Larry’s family.

pleased that our daughter,

We enjoy having such an

Meredith (a student in

interesting resource from

art history at New York

which to select just the right

University), loves everything

things for entertaining.”

just as much as we do. We

The couple stresses that

know she will be a good

their home may be formal

steward for everything in

but there is no place where

the future.”

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art

Albino Hinojosa Albino Hinojosa’s

Realism in North Louisiana

By John R. Kemp

Completed paintings for an

his paintings are extraor-

connection with my past

studio sits in a small cottage

upcoming show lean against

dinarily detailed. Although

and my present. It’s honest,

behind his house on the

a wall, and a large canvas

art critics often use words

and [there is] nothing fake

outskirts of Ruston, only

with a half-completed

such as “trompe l’oeil”

about this. It’s a false realism

a few hundred feet from

painting of a meadow and

(French for “to fool the eye”),

to copy a photograph. It

busy Interstate 20. Yet this

an aging farmhouse sits on

“hyper-realistic” and even

looks like a photograph. The

spacious room is more than

an easel in a flood of warm

“photographic” to describe

camera distorts an image. I

a place for painting. It is a

light filling the room from a

his work, Hinojosa says he is

want my paintings to look

refuge and personal space

rear window.

not simply painting what he

like a painting. I want you to

sees but how he feels about

see the paint and the brush

objects and places.

strokes.”

filled with memories, stacks

Hinojosa (pronounced

of art books and magazines,

He-no-hosa) is an exceptional

ears of dried corn, duck

modern realist painter

decoys and antique toys

who explores through his

inside me,” he explains.

composition, says the

that line the walls and

art the landscape of North

“Everything I paint exists.

nationally acclaimed realist

tabletops like eager actors

Louisiana and memories of

It’s a composite of what

artist, are important elements

awaiting their curtain calls.

his childhood. Objects in

exists. It’s got to have some

in painting. “If you don’t

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“I’m painting with emotions

Good design and

have that,” he says, “your painting will be weak and unattractive. It’s not what you paint but how you paint it.” To that end, Hinojosa builds his compositions methodically. For still lifes, he selects and carefully arranges toys and other objects that he has collected over the years. Each object has meaning, and each composition tells a story. Even his landscapes, which often call to mind the paintings of Andrew Wyeth, are composites of impressions and bits of visual information such as cloud formations, abandoned farmhouses or the decayed brick storefronts in “modern ghost towns” that he photographed as he traveled the back roads of North Louisiana.

They appear like memories of old homesteads in North Louisiana and those so familiar to his childhood.

When he talks about abstraction in his paintings, he means those intangible elements that help a painting transcend from a mere picture to art, something that evokes an emotion in viewers.

In a 2012 catalog accompanying a 40-year retrospective of Hinojosa’s career, Roy V. de Ville, an art professor at LSU – Alexandria, described Hinojosa as a realist painter who “exalts” the ordinary. “Hinojosa’s landscapes,” wrote de Ville, “hearken back to a quieter time when life was simple if not predictable. The presence of light on the land, whether in the heat of the day or in the silence of twilight, produces a quality of suspended time. The landscape is familiar to us, whether we know the place or not, giving us a microcosm of our own memory.”

As to his still life paintings, de Ville continued: “Hinojosa imbues inanimate objects with life and energy. Simple foods, flowers, and everyday objects become the treasures of our past.”

Born in 1943 in the small East Texas town of Atlanta, Hinojosa has come a long way from his childhood growing up in nearby Kildare, Texas, where his

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art. Hinojosa took the job,

shows and his paintings have

got his master’s degree and

received numerous honors.

went on to teach at Louisiana

His many awards include

Tech for the next 28 years. “I

the Best of Show Award for

always wanted to be an art

his painting Still Life with

teacher,” he says. “We were

Peaches at the 2004 National

very poor, and I said if I ever

Acrylic Painters Association

[went] to college, I would be

juried show in San Pedro,

an art teacher to fill the void

Calif. Hinojosa’s work can be

in high schools that didn’t

found in numerous private

offer art classes.”

and public collections,

parents, Vidal and Emilia,

Texas State University, now

“scrounged out a living” as

Texas A&M – Commerce.

important lesson early in

the Louisiana Art & Science

tenant farmers and doing

With a bachelor’s degree in

his career. “The best advice

Museum in Baton Rouge,

menial odd jobs to support

commercial art, he spent the

I ever got,” he recalls, “was

the R.W. Norton Museum

five children. As a child,

next five years as a technical

to surround myself with the

of Art in Shreveport, the

his interest in art focused

illustrator for a company in

best. I wanted to meet great

Longview (Texas) Museum

primarily on whittling toy

Greenville, Texas.

artists like Otis Lumpkin. I

of Fine Art, the Tyler

once met [famed magazine

(Texas) Museum of Art, the

guns from scrap wood.

In 1971 Hinojosa, now

Hinojosa learned an

including, among others,

His family was too poor

with a wife and child, entered

illustrator and Western

Masur Museum of Art in

to purchase paints and

the academic world as an

artist] Tom Lovell at a show

Monroe and the Museum

brushes. Several of those toy

art instructor at Northeast

in Oklahoma City. He invited

of American Illustration in

guns, which look like real

Louisiana University, now

me to his home and studio in

New York City. His painting

weapons at a distance, hang

the University of Louisiana

Santa Fe. I sat in front of his

Broken Shears was featured

from his studio wall. After

– Monroe. A year later,

painting. When they share

in the large and prestigious

high school, he received a

at his department chair’s

things like that, they inspire

book 200 Years of American

track and art scholarship at

urging, he met with the

you to go on. I study the

Illustration, published in 1977

Texarkana College, where he

head of the art department

works of other artists to learn

by Random House.

studied with the noted Texas

at Louisiana Tech University

from them.”

realist painter Otis Lumpkin.

in Ruston with the idea of

Since retiring from

(Track was important in

entering graduate school

Louisiana Tech in 2000,

Hinojosa’s paintings are in

Hinojosa’s young life. In

to get a master’s degree.

Hinojosa has continued

a sense autobiographical.

high school, he could often

The department head,

his career in art – and an

“Painting,” he says, “gives

be seen running the 10 miles

impressed with Hinojosa’s

impressive career it has

me so much joy. I’m trying

between Kildare and Linden.)

paintings and drawings,

been. Since the early 1970s,

to make a statement about

After receiving an associate’s

offered him not only a spot

the amiable Texas transplant

myself as a human being.

degree at Texarkana, he

in graduate school but also

has participated in scores

They reflect who I am, where

went on to study art at East

a job teaching commercial

of one-artist and group

I came from.”

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Whether painting landscapes or still lifes,

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traveler

Newcomb Arts Pottery on tour

by Paul F. Stahls Jr.

The famous pottery

Newcomb design

and other artistic products

ever staged. That joint

of H. Sophie Newcomb

presentation by Tulane’s

Memorial College Institute

Newcomb Art Gallery and

in New Orleans – considered

the Smithsonian Institution

a highlight of the Arts and

will run through February

Ocean Springs, Miss., the

and traveled to New Orleans

Crafts movement in America

2014 before departing to tour

Walter Anderson Museum

in the luggage of two artists,

– have in their century-

major galleries and museums

of Gulf Coast scenes by

William and Ellsworth

long history never suffered

around the country.

that Louisiana-born artist

Woodward, just in time for

as well as the Anderson

the World’s Industrial and

interest, but 2013 offers a

caliber are endlessly popular

family’s beloved Shearwater

Cotton Centennial Exposition

best-yet opportunity to get

with today’s travelers, with

Pottery (founded in 1928 by

of 1884-1885. William

reacquainted. A special

proof of that to be found in

brother Peter). The brothers

became an instructor of

exhibit of the beautiful and

our own backyard: Centenary

and Ohr, incidentally, were

fine arts and architectural

highly collectible pottery

College’s Meadows Museum

involved with and influenced

drawing at Tulane, and both

is now open at the State

of Art in Shreveport (with its

by Newcomb stylings and

brothers were hired to give

Museum’s 1788 French

complete collection of Jean

philosophies.

free public art lessons at

Quarter house known as

Despujols’ 1930s landscapes

Madame John’s Legacy,

and portraits of Indochina);

which arose in England in

which William stayed on at

where it will remain through

Clementine Hunter’s African

reaction to the replacement

Tulane and also founded the

2013, and on Oct. 20 it will

House murals at Melrose

of hands-on artists by the

New Orleans Art Pottery Co.

be joined in New Orleans

Plantation; Biloxi’s new

mass-production of the

in the French Quarter. In

by the opening at Tulane

ultramodern gallery of works

Industrial Revolution, was

1887 Ellsworth founded the

University of the largest

by “mad potter” George

soon imported by art schools

adjacent Tulane Decorative

all-media exhibition of

Ohr; and, across the bay in

in our Northeastern states

Art League while also serving

a discernible lull in public

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Art destinations of this

The Arts and Crafts style,

the Cotton Exposition, after

as the first director of the

as a guidebook called Early

the pottery), and the result

John’s itself. Because it was

brand-new art school of

Views of the Vieux Carré; and

was a delicious blend of

built in the simple, hip roof

brand-new Newcomb College.

finally in 2009 came Robert

beauty and utility, 45 years of

French colonial style in the

Hinckley’s William Woodward:

Southern subjects presented

mid-18th century and because

and instructors, but William’s

American Impressionist

in stylized patterns that

after the first great New

interests leaned more to

(distributed by University

presaged the era of art deco.

Orleans fire of 1788, it was

architecture. He founded the

Press of Mississippi), its giant

With such a pleasing

immediately rebuilt in that

Tulane School of Architecture

pages filled with the definitive

product, the Woodwards’

same style (rather than the

in 1907; actually designed

collection of his works and

original vision for the pottery

far more elaborate Spanish

the Architecture Building;

with essays by eminent art

and other media of Newcomb

colonial then in vogue) and

spearheaded the movement

historians.

arts became obtainable: the

because it somehow survived

establishment of art as one

the second great city fire of

of few avenues for young

1794, its value in terms of the

women of that era to self-reli-

architectural history of the

ance and potentially lucrative

city and Louisiana Territory

business success.

is beyond calculation. The

Both were gifted artists

to spare the Cabildo from demolition; and for many

The Arts and Crafts movement espoused by the

structure’s fictional role in “‘Tite Poulette,” a short story from George Washington Cable’s 1879 Old Creole Days, stuck, and it has borne no other name for the past century-and-aquarter.

The display of pottery pieces, in all their variety of shapes, functions and glazes, is enhanced by century-old photographs of the casting room, the kiln and the design room – where young women deftly applied their scenes followed by the Instruction became

blue and green glazes

production when the actual

– and by an actual potter’s

Newcomb Pottery opened in

wheel and crafting tools of the

1895. Exhibit and sales efforts

era. The pots, mugs, bowls

began in 1896, and by 1907

and vases are as unique as

the pottery had achieved a

your siblings and first cousins,

years, intently focused his

brothers also released artists

nationwide sales network with

despite their unmistakable

oils, his famous “dry-point

from the tight bonds of

offices in major U.S. cities.

“family” similarities, and you

etchings” and his preserva-

realism in favor of art whose

tion efforts on the buildings

goal was to capture, like visual

of the Vieux Carré. His

poetry, the essence, the spirit,

dry-points were collected and

of its subjects. Add to that

exhibit The Palm, the Pine

exhibit should also make

published as French Quarter

concept a palette selected by

and the Cypress presents

time for the permanent

Etchings in 1938; in 1964 his

the Newcomb school from the

upward of 60 examples of

Newcomb collections at the

“oil crayon” architectural

Gulf Coast/pine-woods flora

the famed earthenware, but

nearby Historic New Orleans

paintings were arranged by

of the South (plus exclusive

another treasure to be seen

Collection (533 Royal St.),

the Delgado Museum (today’s

use of distinctive clays from

at Madame John’s Legacy

Ogden Museum of Southern

New Orleans Museum of Art)

specific Southern locales for

(632 Dumaine St.) is Madame

Art (925 Camp St.) and

will take equal pleasure in the

palm, pine, cypress The State Museum’s

comparisons.

Visitors to Madame John’s

.

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Adding to an already

New Orleans Museum of

it skirts the Newcomb Art

showcase more than 200

Art (City Park). There’s

Gallery is a sidewise hall

items of pottery, plus other

incredible bibliography of

also much of interest to be

called Woodward Way.

media in the Newcomb style

Newcomb- and Woodward-

seen at Tulane even before

Along the “Way” have been

that till now was little-known:

related titles, the exhibit’s

the October opening there:

installed two dazzling Tiffany

leaded glass, paintings,

handsome companion book

spring and summer’s special

stained-glass triptychs

jewelry, metalwork, textiles

(to be available at the gallery

exhibits at the Newcomb Art

from a previous Newcomb

and even bookbinding,

and select booksellers) will

Gallery; the works of current

Chapel as well as busts of

some from the gallery’s own

quickly become a rarity itself.

faculty and student artists at

school namesake H. Sophie

treasure trove and many from

Madame John’s is open 10

the Woldenberg Art Center’s

Newcomb and philanthropist

public and private collections

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday

Carroll Gallery; plus display

Malcolm Woldenberg. Above

across the continent.

through Sunday and can be

areas with small groupings of

the busts hangs a plaque

Newcomb pottery and other

in heavy relief honoring

unprecedented emphasis on

Newcomb Art Gallery is

Tulane Collection items at

beloved instructor Ellsworth

the identities and achieve-

open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on

Gibson Hall, the Newcomb

Woodward, the plaque

ments of the individual

Tuesday through Friday and

College Institute and other

crafted by Angela Gregory, a

students and also will

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday

major buildings (maps at

Newcomb student who soon

present new findings on

and Sunday and can be

tulane.edu/about/visiting/

would gain international

the economic impact of the

reached at (504) 865-5328.

uptown-campus-map.cfm).

acclaim for her sculpture and,

exhibits and sales in terms of

The Smithsonian’s Newcomb

of course, local gratitude for

the artists, the commercial

site is sites.si.edu/exhibitions/

WOMEN, ART, SOCIAL CHANGE

such works as her massive

pottery and the community.

exhibits/newcombPottery.

For Louisiana audiences,

bronze Bienville Monument

Tulane and its old Newcomb

on Decatur Street in the

campus – birthplace of the

French Quarter; decorative

historic Newcomb enterprise

details of the State Capitol;

and site of the creative labors

and, across the river in Port

of its young artists of long

Allen, her seated figure of

ago – will itself be an integral

defeated and shell-shattered

part of the Newcomb-

Gen./Gov. Henry Watkins

Smithsonian exhibit, an

Allen. With her art degree

aspect that obviously cannot

in hand, she studied in Paris

go traveling with all the

under a former student of

wonderful art objects when

Rodin and then returned to

the big show goes on the

earn a master’s in architec-

road. These are the buildings

ture at Tulane while serving

and grounds, after all, that

as Newcomb’s first instructor

were home to the artists for

of sculpture. Today, of the

years at a time and were

five exhibit rooms of the

actually the source, along

Newcomb Gallery, it is the

with inspirational Audubon

Angela Gregory Gallery

Park across St. Charles

that presents the collection’s

Avenue, of much of the flora

historic Newcomb pieces

and landscapes captured in

when they are on display.

their works.

A future second level of

The gallery, constructed

the Newcomb Gallery will

in 1996 as the centerpiece

one day allow the uninter-

of the Woldenberg Art

rupted display of Newcomb

Center, houses arts of

pieces, but this year brings

many categories but is

other special exhibits to the

highlighted by a 400-item

entire Newcomb Gallery until

collection of the famous

it closes in the fall for the

pottery. The Woldenberg’s

installation of the blockbuster

east and west wings are

Newcomb-Smithsonian

actually the thoroughly

exhibit to follow.

renovated gymnasium and

Women, Art and Social

art school of old Newcomb,

Change: The Newcomb

and joining those wings as

Pottery Enterprise will

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The exhibit promises

reached at (504) 568-6968.

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best bets Time Marches On: Postponed from its original Aug. 4 date, our official Statehood Bicentennial Parade rolled in New Orleans on Nov. 10, presenting an appropriately stately and dignified procession in the city that had hosted 1912’s Centennial Statehood Parade. In fact it was the 1912 event – a military procession of Navy men from the Port, the local Washington Artillery, columns of cavalry, soldiers from Jackson Barracks and the cadet band from LSU – that inspired our military parade, the day before Veterans Day 2012, with historically costumed units, veterans of all modern wars, units from all nearby bases, ROTC cadets and new recruits of all branches who took the oath at the National World War II Museum where the parade ended.

The State Museum’s bicentennial exhibit remains open in Baton Rouge through March.

Town Tome: There were no cocktail dresses or champagne at the Nov. 1 unveiling of Grand Coteau (UL – Lafayette Press), a tribute to that small and magical town and a visual journal of the decades that it has been the home of photographer John Slaughter. Yet it turned into the most emotional but lighthearted and captivating autograph party ever seen! As text-writer Patrice Melnick handled sales, Slaughter narrated a slide show (consisting cleverly of images that did not make the cut) but was continually interrupted by the guests – that is to say, the entire community – with their enthusiastic and impromptu memories of the scenes. It was a community reunion of the grandest sort, and it is a book that you will find irresistible.

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Louisianians of the Year 8 of our favorites

By Kathy Finn

Photographed by Cheryl Gerber

If a state is the sum of its parts, we are pleased to announce that there are many good parts here – including these eight who have distinguished themselves during the past year. They are different in many ways, but the common denominator is that they all had a vision and the desire to excel. Louisiana benefits, and the state becomes greater – one person at a time.

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ministry to the poor

bernadette barrett lake providence sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate

Mission of hope in a town called Providence

S

ome might call it the luck of the Irish, but to Bernadette Barrett, landing in a remote corner of Louisiana that is long on poverty and short on economic opportunity was a gift from heaven.

For the past 10 years, home for “Sister Bernie,” as she is known to locals, has been a modest trailer in Lake Providence, a northeastern Louisiana town whose 4,000 residents mostly struggle to make ends meet. Here, the white Irish Catholic nun lives and works in a heavily black Baptist community, and she says she’s completely at home. “I feel this is where God wanted me,” she says.

It’s a long way from Dublin, Ireland, where Sister Bernie grew up in a family of 10 children and where her cousins steered her toward the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate just after she finished high school.

The religious order, founded in Texas in 1893, had a “receiving house” in Galway, and that’s where Bernie started a journey that led to Louisiana.

The Sisters of the Holy Spirit initially was the brainchild of an Irish woman who had married a Texas man and inherited a small fortune when he died. The widow put her wealth to work on behalf of newly freed slaves in the region by building a church and school for their benefit, and she recruited women from Ireland to come to Texas and help.

The flow of help continued for decades, and in 1962, Sister Bernie arrived at the order’s “mother house” in San Antonio. “We trained to be teachers, and we got our degrees by degree,” she says with a laugh. In time, the sisters scattered to different areas to pursue their mission of helping black people in need.

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Sister Bernie’s mission led to Louisiana, where she taught school in Crowley, Lebeau, New Roads and New Orleans. In 2002, she answered a call for sisters in Lake Providence, where she now works as a community organizer and, she hopes, a unifier.

“This community is like most of the Delta – there are private schools for whites, and the public school is predominantly black,” she says. “We work to get institutions to work together and give witness to the possibility of multiracial harmony.”

One day may find her lobbying the City Council about blighted buildings or a problem with stray dogs. At other times she’s working with economic development organizations to fund job training that can lead local youth and adults toward employment.

Although she has spent much of her career as an educator, Sister Bernie says she often feels more like a student in Lake Providence. “A lot of people up here have great faith,” she says, “and they teach me a lot.”

Entrepreneur

TOM BENSON Metairie Owner, New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Hornets Developer

Making Home A Big-League Town

T

om Benson tells the story about the phone call he got in 1985 from then-Gov. Edwin Edwards. John Mecom Jr., the original owner of the New Orleans Saints franchise, wanted to sell, and there was a chance that the city might lose the team to out-of-state investors. Edwards told Benson that he had put together a meeting with some potential investors and would like Benson to attend. Benson recalled that he went to the meeting only to discover: “I was the only potential investor he had.”

Whatever cajoling Edwards did, it worked. Benson, at the time a little-known owner of car dealerships, put together a buyout group and plunged into the world of NFL football. Benson would soon buy out his partners and become sole owner of the franchise he has shepherded since then, building a success in one of the league’s smallest markets and being one of only a minority of owners who can wear a Super Bowl ring.

In 2012 Benson got another call, this time from David Stern, the commissioner of the National Basketball Association. We will assume that Stern did not have Edwards’ chutzpah, but here, again, the effort worked. By most accounts Benson was not pleased

when the NBA Charlotte Hornets first relocated to New Orleans; now he owns the franchise. In the process he has made deals with the state that are reviving downtown, including an overhaul of the Superdome and his purchase of the adjacent building, most recently known as the Dominion Towers and now called the Benson Towers.

If anything, Benson’s investments are certainly highprofile, including his purchase of television station WVUE-TV (Fox 8), which, insiders say, Benson has energized.

According to Forbes Magazine, Benson, as of September 2012, was worth $1.2 billion, putting him at No. 360 on the magazine’s Top 400 list. In a state short on the super-rich, Benson’s money has been a vital economic development tool. As a new sports entertainment complex develops in the vicinity of what, through Benson’s efforts, is now known as the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Benson’s money, in partnership with the state, has given life to an area that badly needed a stimulus.

Not everything was rosy in 2012. The NFL’s bounty investigation was hurtful, but no one blamed Benson, and the final judgment has yet to be rendered.

Unquestioned has been Benson’s philanthropy. Most recently Benson and his wife, Gayle, funded a cancer recovery center at Ochsner hospital. Personally, as well as through the Saints and the Hornets, Benson’s holdings have written many checks for community causes.

Forbes’ description of Benson says a lot about him: “self-made.” Born in New Orleans to a working-class family and armed with a high school diploma, he maneuvered his way to the top. He’s done a lot and presumably has all that he needs, except possibly for two more pieces of jewelry – a ring for an NBA championship and another one for another Super Bowl.

– Errol Laborde

jeffery johnston photograph

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Music, environmental activism

TAB BENOIT Houma Founder, Voices of the Wetlands All-Stars Conservationist of the Year - Louisiana Wildlife Federation, 2010

Music that goes beyond entertainment

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f creative expression arises from an artist’s sense of place, there may be no better evidence than Tab Benoit. One of the most talented blues-roots musicians and guitarists Louisiana has produced, the Houma native is not only a product of his bayou home but also gives voice to its beauty and culture and has committed himself to preserving it.

Benoit’s distinctive musical style blends blues, rock, Cajun and country into a modern sound often dubbed “swamp pop.” Using his blazing guitar skills and a voice that’s alternately plaintive and gritty, he imbues tunes ranging from rock jams to ballads with energy and emotion.

Among his many accolades, Benoit’s 2006 album, Brother to the Blues, snagged a Grammy nomination, and in 2012 he was the big winner of the 33rd Blues Music Awards, with his album Medicine taking top honors for Contemporary Blues Album and Benoit winning as best Contemporary Male Artist and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year.

Medicine was a collaboration with award-winning songwriter and recording artist Anders Osborne and features New Orleans luminary Ivan Neville and Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet. It’s the sort of team effort that has come to characterize Benoit’s music as well as his activism.

A trained aircraft pilot, Benoit used to fly small planes for oil and pipeline companies, and his frequent flights over coastal areas showed him how rapidly the wetlands were disappearing through erosion caused by rising tides and storms.

“I’d come back to town and talk about it with friends, and they thought I was crazy, but I could see it was

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happening faster than anybody realized,” he says.

Long before Hurricane Katrina devastated the area in 2005, Benoit founded Voice of the Wetlands, an organization working to save Louisiana’s eroding coastline and marshlands. Later, he decided to use his music to advance the cause.

Enlisting the time and talents of his musician friends, including Osborne, he formed the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, a group that lobbies for attention to wetlands loss while performing at music events around the country.

Benoit says their shared effort has strengthened bonds among the musicians. “To tell the truth, we’re more solidly connected than ever before,” he says.

His environmental efforts earned Benoit the Governor’s Award for Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation in 2010 and a starring role in the IMAX motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina’s effects.

Meanwhile, his efforts to articulate images of home through his music continue. “I look at myself as an artist, not just as a musician, and I’m really trying to paint pictures with sound,” he says. “You have to look for ways to get what’s in your heart out through your music. I get a little bit better at it all the time.”

Restaurant entrepreneur

Todd Graves baton rouge Founder, chairman and CEO, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers Restaurateur of the Year - Louisiana Restaurant Association

A relentless pursuit of quality chicken bites

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onjure up a vision of Louisiana cuisine, and chances are crisp chunks of boneless chicken won’t be the first items that come to mind. No matter. The particular spin that Todd Graves put on this popular delicacy has not only made it a hit in Louisiana but has made the entrepreneur and his restaurant chain stars in a major segment of the nationwide fast-food market, as well.

It’s an odd outcome for a business plan that didn’t strictly adhere to traditional restaurant principles. For example, Graves devised an unimaginably simple menu – fingers of boneless chicken fried to a flavorful crisp and served with a variety of dipping sauces. French fries and coleslaw were the only sides on his original menu, and more than 16 years later the lineup has not changed.

Then there’s the restaurant’s name. For reasons not entirely clear, Graves named his eatery after his beloved golden retriever.

But does a chicken restaurant named Raising Cane’s make sense?

Again, it doesn’t matter.

“My ultimate goal is to someday have restaurant locations all over the world,” Graves says. And there’s no reason to think he’ll fall short.

Graves concocted his Raising Cane’s plan while pursuing a business degree at the University of Georgia, and while neither his business professors nor bankers from whom he sought a loan were fond of the idea, their lack of enthusiasm didn’t stop him.

“I just thought the idea of a boneless chicken product with great sauces and simple sides was a good concept,” he says. “I thought if I could do a chicken-finger meal and do it better than anyone else, then that’s what I’d be known for.”

Graves worked at several jobs to raise money for his first restaurant near the north gates of the LSU campus.

His target was the student population, but people from surrounding neighborhoods and nearby businesses showed up, too. Soon Graves opened a second Raising Cane’s at the south edge of campus.

Since those early days, Graves has stuck to his motto: “Do one thing, do it better than anyone else, and be relentless about it.” Now operating 142 restaurants in 17 states, Raising Cane’s has won accolades from nearly every business publisher and restaurant industry magazine in the country. An honor Graves particularly values came from his home-state peers last year when the Louisiana Restaurant Association named him Restaurateur of the Year.

Graves’ largess and charitable work in the communities where Raising Cane’s operates have won the chain many other fans outside the restaurant industry, too. The CEO says it’s part of a simple business plan that calls for quality food, an excellent staff and a lot of community involvement.

It’s a formula that he sees no reason to alter – much like the restaurant’s menu, which hasn’t changed since 1996.

“We haven’t even added a dessert,” Graves says with more than a hint of pride.

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education

Kira Orange Jones New Orleans/Baton Rouge Executive director, Teach for America/ Greater New Orleans Member, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Making policy and shaping lives

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ou could say that Kira Orange Jones, who comes from a family of educators, was genetically predisposed to becoming a teacher. But when she took her first classroom job, with Teach for America, she intended it as a short-term service commitment that she would complete before going on to become a documentary filmmaker.

“It wasn’t until I stood before my 27 fourth-graders and was responsible for their achievement and saw their curiosity and their characters being formed that I realized this was the most substantial leadership opportunity I’ll ever have,” she says.

The moment marked the beginning not only of her career in education but also of a long-term relationship with Louisiana. “I had never been in the South before, and I never thought I’d still be in Louisiana 12 years later,” she says.

Growing up in the Bronx, the New York native understood the value of a quality education as she saw how hard her mother, a single parent, worked to send her children to good schools that would help them get into college.

Orange Jones graduated from Wesleyan University and earned a master’s degree in education from Harvard University before taking the two-year teaching assignment in Louisiana. Through her eye-opening experience at Eden Park Elementary School in Baton Rouge, she became convinced that she should focus not only on teaching but also on policy decisions that affect classroom learning.

When her teaching assignment ended, she stayed on in Baton Rouge, serving as school director in a Teach for

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America summer institute and helping to lead the organization’s local expansion. Eventually, she rose through the organization’s ranks and, in 2006, became executive director of Teach for America for Greater New Orleans.

In 2012, Orange Jones and two other individuals received the national Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership for their combined work to expand educational opportunities in New Orleans. Most recently, she became an elected member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Orange Jones feels her early experiences in teaching led her naturally toward positions where she could help shape educational policy.

“In my classroom, I’d see kids who were on their fourth or fifth time taking an exam that could put them on an entirely different track in life – their futures hung in the balance,” she says.

Although she believes the interaction between student and teacher is crucial to learning, she adds that “everything around that interaction usually connects back to a policy decision.”

Orange Jones wants to help make decisions that can improve the learning environment and help teachers connect with kids. “When you see a great teacher, you’re watching art, science – even magic in lots of ways,” she says. “Teaching is a very hard thing to do.”

Religious leadership

Fred Luter jr.

New Orleans President, Southern Baptist Convention

Minister helps Southern Baptists turn a corner

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he election of a black minister to head a Christian organization that encompasses 45,000 predominantly white congregations and long espoused racial segregation would seem, at the least, surprising.

In reality, when it occurred last summer, the election became the stuff of national headlines.

Fred Luter Jr. says he was slow to appreciate the magnitude of the events. “I didn’t realize how big a deal it was before I was elected,” says the man who in June became the first black president of the country’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention.

Many saw the choice of Luter to lead the Southern Baptists as central to the convention’s efforts to distance itself from its racist past. The Southern Baptists founded the convention in 1845 after splitting from the First Baptist Church in America over slave ownership.

In 1995, Luter helped craft a resolution apologizing to blacks for the convention’s support of slavery and racism and pledging to work toward racial reconciliation. Today,

fewer than 10 percent of Southern Baptist congregations are black churches.

Looking back on last summer’s election, Luter doesn’t dwell on its racial aspects, but he concedes it was a moving experience. “Standing on that stage with almost 9,000 people applauding and on their feet – it became a big deal for me when I saw that type of reaction,” he says.

His mission now is to help diversify, grow and unify membership of the Southern Baptist Convention. But Luter says that won’t divert him from his primary work at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans’ Gentilly neighborhood.

Luter landed at the helm of the church after growing up in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, where his family belonged to the Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church.

Injuries he received in a motorcycle accident at age 20 awakened him to a religious calling, and he began a “street ministry” in his neighborhood. “I wanted everybody I knew to get saved,” he says.

In 1986, an important door opened when he became pastor at the Franklin Avenue church. Luter built the congregation up rapidly from fewer than 100 members to almost 8,000 before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, sending many members to new locales.

His work to rebuild the church after the storm – the congregation has rebounded to about 5,000 members now – was a big reason why fellow Southern Baptists nominated him to lead their convention.

So far, Luter and his wife seem to be taking his newfound fame in stride, but he says the reactions of his daughter and his son are another story. “They see me preaching and speaking across the country, and they’re really proud,” he says. “Like everybody else, they’re kind of amazed.”

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news media

David Manship Baton Rouge

Publisher, The Advocate

Baton Rouge daily takes flying leap into New Orleans

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e were just sitting around minding our own business when this happened,” Baton Rouge newspaper publisher David Manship jokes, recalling the bombshell that the Times-Picayune in New Orleans dropped last spring.

At first he and his relatives in the business tried to ignore the news that the downriver daily planned to cut its printing schedule to three days a week. But then a group of Big Easy business owners made an impassioned plea.

“They reached out to us and said ‘New Orleans deserves a daily newspaper,’” Manship says. “They asked us to consider distributing a New Orleans paper.”

Manship consulted with other members of the family-owned business, including his brother Richard Manship. They first talked about distributing the Advocate, in its existing form, in newspaper boxes around New Orleans. But soon they evolved toward the idea of a Crescent City edition.

“We decided the heck with it; let’s just do it and see what happens,” he says.

Today, three months into the 170-year-old Baton Rouge daily’s foray into New Orleans, the newspaper’s expansion continues, with some early surprises.

“Initially, we thought if we could get to 10,000 subscriptions in New Orleans in the first six months, then we’d have the possibility to survive,” Manship says. “But we had 10,000 in the first six days – it just overwhelmed us.”

Until last fall, Manship, whose family has owned the Advocate since 1909, stood at the helm of a successful daily newspaper that served primarily the Capital City area. He was almost 40 years into a career that

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began after he graduated from the Sewanee Military Academy in Tennessee, did a four-year stint in the Army and trained at DeVry Institute of Technology in Dallas.

His father enticed him to join the family business in 1973, and Manship eventually put his technical training to work, leading the paper’s conversion to digital typesetting. He rose through the ranks in various departments and took over as publisher when his father retired.

Today, both he and his brother have a son working at the paper.

When opportunity arose suddenly in New Orleans last spring, the Advocate had to move fast. Managers had just weeks to hire New Orleans staff and prepare a newspaper launch in order to capitalize on the Times-Picayune’s Oct. 1 schedule reduction. “We weren’t taking baby steps; we were jumping off the bridge,” Manship says.

Initially, they planned a six-month trial for the New Orleans edition, but with the Advocate already distributing 20,000 papers per day to homes and boxes in and around the city, that short-term commitment is off the table.

Manship looks for the New Orleans edition to start turning a profit soon. “We think we’ll be doing well by the middle of 2013,” he says. “We’re in New Orleans now, and we’re staying.”

health care

Wanda Spurlock rn, dns Baton Rouge Associate professor, Southern University and A&M College, School of Nursing Inductee- Louisiana State Nurses Association Hall of Fame

Offering care and meeting the challenges of dementia

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aring for a person who is in a fragile mental or emotional state is tough and demanding work. Add to that challenge the complications of advancing age and memory loss, and you have one of the most difficult jobs a medical professional will ever face.

Wanda Spurlock has built a 36-year career on exactly that combination of impossible tasks. As both a registered nurse and an educator, she has concentrated most of her life’s work in the fields of psychiatric and geriatric care.

More specifically, she has focused on dementia care and Alzheimer’s research, areas that tend to attract fewer practitioners because the challenges of communicating with patients are so great.

Spurlock says she likes the work because it requires relying on her own creativity and intuition in addition to “all the tools and gadgets” common in most medical care. “You have to give more of yourself in order to communicate and establish a therapeutic relationship,” she says. “I enjoy using myself as a therapeutic tool.”

A professor in Southern University’s School of Nursing, Spurlock has earned many accolades for her dedication to improving care for elderly people suffering from dementia-related diseases. In the past year, her work has landed her in the Louisiana State Nurses Association Hall of Fame, and she has also received the Nightingale

Award for Outstanding Community Service.

Spurlock is a well-known volunteer, a nationally certified nurse educator and a fellow of the National Gerontological Nursing Association.

A Baton Rouge native, she graduated in 1976 from Our Lady of the Lake School of Nursing and later earned a doctorate in nursing science from LSU Health Sciences Center. It was in between those programs that Spurlock says “a light bulb came on” and she knew what she wanted to do.

Having grown up as the youngest of six siblings in a household she says was “all about character, a good work ethic and following your passion,” Spurlock says her large extended family brought her close to older role models.

“I always held elderly people in high esteem, and when I started working in psychiatric services, I saw myself being pulled toward older patients, especially those who had cognitive impairment,” she says.

Spurlock says that Alzheimer’s Disease poses a growing threat in a country whose population is aging, especially given the fact that no cure is in sight. “We don’t have a way to prevent it or even slow down its progression,” she says, pointing out that the need for mental health and geriatric care professionals, already in short supply, will only grow.

“We need more people with specialized skills to offer higher levels of care to the growing number of older adults in need,” she says. n

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L

Barmore became head boys’ coach

et’s face it: Much of the outside

as head women’s coach at Louisiana

world views Louisiana as a

Tech, the Techsters played in four NCAA

at Ruston High for a brief stint before

football state. But that’s not

title games, winning it all in 1988, and

joining the Tech women’s staff in 1977.

entirely accurate, says Naismith

advanced to four more Final Fours. By

By 1982, he was co-head coach of the

Memorial Basketball Hall of

the time Barmore left Tech in 2002, he

Lady Techsters, and three seasons later

Fame member, Louisiana Tech coaching

had posted a career record of 576-87, his

he assumed the job solo. In addition to

legend and Ruston native Leon Barmore,

.869 winning percentage the highest in

Tech’s success on the national stage, the

whose Lady Techsters were named

major-college basketball history, men’s

team had collected truckloads of various

national Team of the Decade in the 1980s.

or women’s.

conference crowns by 2002.

Barmore says that despite all the – forgive

What’s perhaps most amazing about

Individually, Barmore garnered two

the semi-pun – hoopla over football,

Barmore’s story is that he’s spent his

national Coach of the Year awards and

Louisiana is indeed a breeding ground for

entire life in his hometown of Ruston.

10 similar conference accolades. He

much hardwood talent. The proof? Eight

Born there in 1944, he

came out of retirement for a few

Pelican State natives in the National

years in 2008, when he joined

Hall of Fame.

the women’s staff at Baylor, which is coached by Tech

“We have to give football credit,” he says. “It’s definitely a

graduate and Barmore disciple

football state. But I can go in a

Kim Mulkey (who won her

20-mile radius in this region and

own NCAA crown with the

meet people [and Hall of Famers]

Bears last spring).

But through it all, Barmore

like Elvin Hayes, Karl Malone and Willis Reed. Basketball in this state

has loyally stayed put in

has been very, very good, both

Ruston. He now proudly

men and women.”

represents his hometown in the National Hall of Fame,

Even hoop fans and officials from

which he entered in 2003.

none other than the Hall of Fame

“It’s the greatest honor

itself laud Louisiana’s contributions

I’ve had bestowed on me,”

to the hardwood game.

he says of his induction.

“Louisiana has always been a

And his feelings for his

backbone to the game of basketball

home state? Ebullient.

from its tremendously rich native talent including numerous Hall

“I’m very proud of my state,”

of Famers spanning eras from

he says. “I was born and raised in

Bill Russell and Bob Pettit to Karl

Ruston, and I’ve lived in Louisiana

Malone and hosting countless

my whole entire life. To represent

NCAA Final Fours and NBA

Louisiana [in the Hall] really means a

games,” says Naismith Memorial

lot to me.”

Basketball Hall of Fame President

Joe Dumars

John L. Doleva.

In addition to the aforemen-

The Detroit Pistons legend was born

tioned six – Barmore, Hayes,

in Shreveport in 1963 and starred at

Malone, Pettit, Reed and Russell

Natchitoches Central High School.

– Louisiana has birthed two

“I had a great childhood growing

other eventual members of the

up in Louisiana, close family, great

Naismith Hall: Joe Dumars

neighbors and a very proud

and Robert Parish. With the

community,” Dumars says.

Hornets season upon us and the

He then moved on to Louisiana’s

college season in full swing, it’s

own McNeese State. Over his four

a good time to take a look at

years at McNeese, Dumars averaged

Louisiana’s Elite Eight. Let’s go

22.5 points per game and finished his

in alphabetical order:

collegiate career as the 11th-leading scorer in NCAA history.

leon barmore

“I had four wonderful years at

The only native Louisianian elected to

picked up All-State honors playing for

McNeese State,” Dumars says. “I really

the Naismith Hall of Fame as a coach,

Ruston High School and then earned

enjoyed my teammates and coaches,

Barmore most definitely earned that

Gulf States All-Conference accolades

and it was the best decision I could have

honor. During his two-decade tenure

at Tech.

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and the son worked at a farm and

great fit for me.”

chopped trees growing up. But the

Drafted by the NBA’s Pistons in 1985, Dumars teamed with

trials gave Malone character – he led

fellow guard Isiah Thomas

Summerfield High School to three

to form one of the greatest

state titles.

Spurning advances from the

backcourts in the league. The Shreveport native spent his entire

University of Arkansas, Malone chose

playing career with the Pistons,

to enroll at and play for Louisiana

and by the time he retired in 1999,

Tech, which he led to the NCAA

Detroit had won two NBA titles,

Tournament for the first time in

and Dumars had garnered oodles

school history in 1984.

The rest of the story is nothing

of accolades, both for his on-court achievements and off-court

less than brilliance. Drafted by the

community efforts.

Utah Jazz – a team that, ironically, started in New Orleans – in 1985,

But Dumars wasn’t done. He became the Pistons’ president of

Malone and Jazz guard John

basketball operations in 2000, and

Stockton formed an unstoppable

from there he guided Detroit to

scoring machine for Utah, one

another NBA crown in 2004 and

that advanced to the NBA Finals

earned NBA Executive of the Year

multiple times and produced two league MVP and 14 All-Star

honors in 2003. In 2006, Dumars

seasons for Malone.

was elected to the Hall of Fame

The result? A whopping 36,928

as a player. And it all began in northwest Louisiana.

career points – second all-time

elvin hayes

nearly 15,000 rebounds. He’s first

Born in Rayville in 1945, Elvin

all-time in defensive rebounds and

Hayes struggled in basketball in

free throws attempted and made.

behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – and

his early years, but many days

Oh, and don’t forget the two Olympic

and nights of intense practice led

gold medals.

Alas, Malone was unable to grasp

to an elite career at Britton High

the ultimate prize of an NBA cham-

School in Rayville.

pionship, making him arguably the

From there, Hayes developed into one of the best prep players

greatest player never to win a ring.

in the state, guiding Britton to

But perhaps that wound was salved

the 1964 state championship

in 2010, when he was inducted into

and averaging 35 points a game

the Hall of Fame. In 2007, Malone

during the regular season.

also returned to Louisiana Tech as a basketball staffer. He now keeps a

Hayes then made Houston his adopted hometown, starring

house in Ruston, just one neighborhood

for the University of Houston,

over from Barmore.

which he guided to two straight NCAA Final Fours; he was

robert parish

named College Basketball Player of the

Sandwiched between legendary

Year by the Sporting News in 1968.

Taken first overall in the 1968 NBA

forwards Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1990.

draft by the San Diego Rockets, Hayes

the 7-foot-1-inch Robert Parish played center during the Boston Celtics’ 1980s

returned to Houston when the Rockets

karl malone

glory days, a tenure that included three

migrated there, and after a champion-

What needs to be said about “The

NBA crowns.

ship-producing stint with the Baltimore/

Mailman,” Karl Malone, a Summerfield

Capital/Washington Bullets, Hayes

native who went on to become one of

he starred first for Woodlawn High

finished his pro career with the Rockets,

the greatest players in basketball history,

School and then tiny Centenary College.

retiring in 1984.

perhaps the best power forward ever?

He was drafted by the Golden State

Hayes launched business interests

But let’s delve deeper into the story.

But it all began in Shreveport, where

Warriors in the first round of the 1976

and became a reserve police officer in

Born in 1963, Malone certainly didn’t

draft, but his pro career really took off

Texas and now serves as the University

have an easy childhood: His father

when he was traded to the Celtics in

of Houston’s game analyst. He was

committed suicide when Karl was 14,

1980.

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Milwaukee Hawks. There, both player

With four future Hall of Famers

and team transformed – Pettit was

on the squad, Parish’s Celtics won three league championships

moved from center to forward, and

in the 1980s before “Chief” closed

the Hawks became perennial league

his career with Charlotte and

championship contenders.

Unfortunately, the Hawks – who

Chicago, with which he earned a

eventually moved to St. Louis – reached

fourth NBA title.

their peak at the same time as the

Parish was a nine-time NBA

mighty Celtics, who were led by the

All-Star and ended his career 13th all-time in scoring, sixth

final man on our list, Bill Russell. As a

in rebounds, sixth in blocked

result, the Hawks and Pettit won only

shots and eighth in field goals

one title, but he was named NBA MVP

made. He was ushered into the

twice and a first-team league All-Star for

Hall of Fame in 2003.

10 straight years. For all of his efforts, Pettit was inducted into the Hall of Fame

Parish’s alma mater remains

in 1970.

proud of its Hall of Fame product, hanging his Celtics jersey in the school’s office.

willis reed

Current Centenary men’s

On May 8, 1970, Hico native Willis Reed

basketball coach Adam

provided pro basketball with one of its

Walsh says it was significant

all-time iconic moments and the city of

that the young Parish decided

New York with a treasured memory that

to stay home in Shreveport for

burns bright to this day.

his college experience.

With his New York Knicks battling

“It was a statement that

a powerful Los Angeles Lakers team

many student-athletes have

in the NBA Finals, Reed was suffering

made by staying in-state to

from a crippling thigh injury before

attend Louisiana Tech and LSU,

Game 7 and was placed on the doubtful

but it was a particularly strong

list. But just before tipoff, a taped-up

statement at the time for him

Reed limped out of the locker room,

because it was his hometown

and the Madison Square Garden

school and it was Centenary,

crowd went absolutely bonkers.

which has always been much

Reed proceeded to unbelievably

smaller than those others I

out-tip Wilt Chamberlain and then

mentioned,” Walsh says. “At the

score the Knicks’ first four points. He

time of his decision, Robert’s

wasn’t a factor the rest of the game,

choice made waves throughout

but Reed’s gutsy performance gave

college basketball and ultimately

his teammates all the emotional fuel

propelled the Gents into the Top 25

they needed to win the game and

in the country.”

the crown.

bob pettit

back in miniscule Hico and at West

But of course it all began way Side High school in Lillie. After growing

The story of Bob Pettit’s youth in Baton Rouge is the stuff of legend.

get discouraged. I was able to keep it

up on a farm in Bernice, Reed starred at

Born in 1932 and famously gangly,

together, keep practicing and playing.

Grambling before being drafted by the

awkward and clumsy as a kid, Pettit was

I started improving, and by the time I

Knicks in 1964.

cut from the Baton Rouge High School

was a junior, I was [6-foot-4-inches] or

basketball team as a freshman and a

[6-foot-5-inches], and things were ready

Aaron James, says it’s an honor to

sophomore.

to start falling in place.”

be an alumnus along with a Hall of

But an amazing growth spurt, an infinite increase in coordination and

That they did. He led his prep squad to its first state crown in more than

Another former Grambling star,

Famer like Reed.

“It doesn’t get any better than that,”

countless hours practicing on a backyard

20 years. He then moved on to LSU,

says James, who was a three-time

hoop erected by his father remedied that.

where as a center he led the Tigers to

All-American with the Tigers and now

the Final Four and earned All-American

serves as an assistant professor at the

honors twice.

school. “Willis isn’t just a great basketball

“I practiced a tremendous amount of time – three and four hours a day,” Pettit told the Baton Rouge Advocate in 1992. “My first couple of years I didn’t

He was taken in the first round of the 1954 NBA draft by the pathetic

player; he’s a great human being. It just gives our institution a lot of credibility.” www.louisianalife.com Louisiana Life | 53

loved me, and we had a good time,

With Reed helping to build New York into a powerhouse

but the white people were mean.

based on teamwork and precise

But I was safe; I was always safe. In

role-playing, the Knicks won

all my life, every day, not for one

league titles in 1970 and 1973,

second have I thought I could have

when Reed was named NBA

had better parents.”

But the Deep South’s racism stung

Finals MVP.

Russell’s family when his father was

Hampered by nagging health problems, Reed left the game in

denied a raise at the local mill, and

1974 and became the first Knick to

the family moved to Oakland. Russell

have his number retired. But, like

went on to a stellar prep career in

fellow Pelican Stater Dumars,

the Bay Area before helping the

Reed enjoyed a second hoops

University of San Francisco to two

career as an executive, first as a

national crowns.

After that, of course, came the

coach for various pro and college teams and then as the general

Celtics, five NBA MVP awards and

manager of the New Jersey Nets in

a player-record 11 league titles.

1993. Along the way he entered the

He eventually took over the team

Hall of Fame in 1981.

as a player-coach, becoming the first black coach in league history

Reed became the organiza-

before retiring in 1969.

tion’s senior vice president of

There they are, the Great

basketball operations in 1996 and

Eight, the Louisiana natives

built the Nets into championship contenders. He eventually played

now enshrined in the Naismith

similar roles for his beloved

Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Knicks, but in 2004 Reed returned

Some readers might be surprised

to his home state when he was

that the list doesn’t include a

named the New Orleans Hornets’

handful of players who either made their names in the Pelican State

vice president of basketball ops.

or who have close connections to

“[T]o come to New Orleans – I never thought I’d have a job in

it. There is, naturally, “Pistol” Pete

Louisiana,” Reed said at the time.

Maravich, a legend at LSU and with

“For me to have a chance to

the New Orleans Jazz, but he was

come back and work in the

born in Pennsylvania. And Clyde

state of Louisiana, even though

“The Glide” Drexler, while having

I’m a northern hillbilly, is a

family in New Orleans, was born and

great opportunity.”

bred in Houston.

But as Dick Van Patten might say,

Like Barmore and Malone,

eight is certainly enough, at least to

Reed has made his home

establish Louisiana as a distinguished

in Ruston.

basketball state, one that its Hall

bill russell

of Famers frequently return to or

Perhaps it’s not a coincidence

still live in.

“I get home maybe once or twice a

that Bill Russell is last on our alphabetical list, because in many ways, we’re saving the best for last. When it comes to the

played in the sport.

He was born in Monroe in 1934

year, but I love going home because of the people I’ve known all my life, and

discussion about pro basketball’s

and spent the first dozen years of

there’s simply nothing like being back

Greatest of All-Time, it boils down

his life there. Growing up steeped in

home in Louisiana,” Dumars says.

to three candidates: Michael Jordan,

segregation and mired in the Great

Chamberlain and Russell.

Depression, Russell was heavily

basketball players from this state who

Adds James: “With the quality of

influenced by his mother, Katie, who

have left and gone on to higher levels,

greatest defensive player in NBA

insisted young William stand up for

we’ve done pretty good. When you

history, and as the linchpin of a Boston

himself and go to college.

start teaching the kids the fundamentals

Russell was and still remains the

Celtics juggernaut that won 11 – count

Regarding his early childhood in

at a young age, maybe they can go on

‘em, 11 – league crowns between 1957

West Monroe, Russell told Sports

to the next levels, and everybody

and 1969, he almost literally and single-

Illustrated’s Frank Deford in 1999: “I

will start recognizing Louisiana as a

handedly changed the way defense was

remember that my mother and father

basketball state.” n

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Krewe of Dorians, 2012

Parties of All Sorts Louisiana’s Carnival: Different styles in different pLaces

By Ryan Whirty

T

Anding says that traditionally, the

here are the parades, of course,

currently sells one used edition of La Cour’s

with garish floats, flying beads

book for $400, but copies can be found in the

largest and most important Carnival

and shouts of, “Throw me

reference sections of many local libraries.

balls are put on by the krewes of Rex

something!” And yeah, there

“Carnival parades are a krewe’s way of

and Comus. Those are traditional society

are the inebriated throngs overflowing

giving to the public, plus they’re a lot of

balls. But there are also what might be

from the bars and lining the streets in

fun to ride in,” says Bettye Anding, former

called the “big party balls”: Over the

exuberant indulgence.

editor of the Times-Picayune Living section,

past several decades the fêtes thrown by

who has both enjoyed and written about Fat

krewes such as Bacchus and Endymion

Mardi Gras without the lavish fêtes

Tuesday for years. “The balls, though, are

have developed into huge wingdings.

known as Carnival balls.

the big deal and open only to family, [krewe]

But Mardi Gras wouldn’t be, well,

Overall, New Orleans’ Carnival balls are

members and friends. The high-society ones

at once elaborate in spectacle and simple in

date back to the late 18th century. While

are debutante balls, at which daughters of

pleasure. The dozens of Mardi Gras balls

the tradition of Carnival parties often veer

members are presented to their social circle.

and the mini-societies that revolve around

The earliest New Orleans Mardi Gras balls

into mythology and hazy history, they have

“It used to be that the girls were pretty

them form a complex yet fun-filled scene.

Says Anding, “It’s very complicated.”

been fairly well-documented, beginning

sheltered when they ‘came out,’” Anding

with Arthur Burton La Cour’s New Orleans

adds slyly, “but now they’re in college,

Masquerade: The Chronicles of Carnival, an

and you know how sheltered that is. Still,

Louisiana Mardi Gras balls, the New Orleans

ultra-rare tome published in 1952. Amazon

it’s tradition.”

fêtes certainly aren’t the only ones in the state.

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But although they’re the best-known

CELEBRATING IN CENLA

their sister to the south, including King

and spend the day going from house to

“The balls themselves are very similar to New

Cakes and glamorous balls,” writes louisi-

house, “begging” the occupants for live

Orleans, just on a much smaller scale,” says

anatravel.com scribe P.N. Reichard. “One

chickens, rice and vegetables as ingredients

Alexandria Mardi Gras Association President

thing North Louisiana does not embrace,

for community gumbo. The truly fun – and

Chris Chelette. “The local krewe balls are

however, is risqué behavior. ... The cities

funny – part? Tradition dictates that all

much smaller and less over-the-top than

and towns of North Louisiana take pride in

chickens must be chased on foot.

those in the New Orleans area. We do not

keeping their Carnival clean.”

have the money nor the resources to bring

In Shreveport, the largest city in the

Once the runs are completed, the community gathers to eat gumbo, drink

in such big names as the New Orleans balls

northern part of the state, some of the

beer and dance into the wee hours of the

do. So I would agree that we are much more

prominent krewes include Centaur and

morning. For example, the Tee Mamou-Iota

family-oriented. But that is a culture that we

Gemini. The city even has riverfront fests

Mardi Gras Folklife Festival begins at 1 p.m.

chose to adopt with our concept many years

that crown dogs and cats for the day,

on Mardi Gras day in downtown Iota.

ago. We put a lot of focus on the family-

thanks to the krewes of Barkus and Meoux.

FAVORITE MOMENTS

oriented weekend.”

CAJUN COUNTRY

So in general, across all corners of

balls is the one presented by the Krewe of

Then, of course, there’s Mardi Gras in

Louisiana, Carnival parties take different

Antiqua.

Acadiana, where French culture perhaps

forms and feature a wide variety of

holds the most sway and Fat Tuesday fêtes

atmospheres, depending on where the

takes on a communal feel.

party-goer chooses to celebrate. But in

One of the more prominent Alexandria

“The balls are a key part of every krewe,” Chelette says. “They are a time for each krewe to come together and share in and

“Cajuns and Creoles are universally known

every locale, Mardi Gras balls have been

display to friends and family achievements

for their laissez les bons temps rouler (let

thrown for decades, if not centuries, and

and activities from the past year.”

the good times roll!) spirit,” Katrinna Huggs

long-standing, celebrated traditions are

Chelette says while each Carnival

wrote in Offbeat in 1990. “But Mardi Gras

embraced by proud locals and savored by

ball helps make up the festive Mardi

in Acadiana is truly a time for Cajuns and

hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

Gras tapestry in Alexandria, the balls

Creoles alike to indulge the pleasures of

are especially crucial to the krewes

the flesh. Whether your fancy is a city-style

fact, that many of the people who take

themselves, many of which exist largely to

Mardi Gras ball in Lafayette or chasing

part in Carnival find it hard to select

plan and put on the galas.

chickens on horseback in the countryside

their single favorite Mardi Gras moment.

to make a community gumbo, Southwest

Alexandria’s Chelette, for example, is a

the season, it is less significant than to the

Louisiana offers an inimitable way of

member of multiple krewes – the area has

individual krewes themselves,” he says.

celebrating the festive holiday.”

23 krewes in all – so he attends numerous

“As far as the importance of the balls to

“The krewe handpicks its royalty each year

The second-largest Mardi Gras celebration

There’s so much partying going on, in

balls every Carnival, and his favorite part

to serve as ambassadors to the season for

in the U.S. is in Lafayette, the very heart

of the Mardi Gras season is actually the

the krewes.”

of Acadiana, where krewes and their balls

city’s famous Children’s Parade.

Alexandria’s Carnival festivities aren’t

flourish with as much vibrancy as in New

Still, when it comes to relishing the

limited to krewe balls; one of the most

Orleans. Lafayette balls can be traced back

Carnival ball experience, Chelette says

important gatherings is the Taste of Mardi

to the 1860s, and in 1934, with the formation

that fond memories abound.

Gras, in which local restaurants feature

of the Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras

their Mardi Gras delicacies for the public

Association, the pageant tradition was firmly

wonderful, a night of laughing, dancing and

before an evening of live music.

established in perpetuity.

socializing with family and friends,” he says.

Other municipalities in Central

In Lafayette, pageants and balls fill the

“I could say that all the memories are

As for Anding, the New Orleans-based

Louisiana that feature Mardi Gras

calendar between Epiphany and Ash

journalist, her fondest – and, perhaps, most

balls include Leesville; Natchitoches;

Wednesday. As in New Orleans, most of the

bittersweet – remembrance is when she was

and Marksville, where the Knights of

Lafayette balls are private; the Southwest

invited to one Carnival ball by the queen’s

Columbus present a ball every year.

Louisiana Mardi Gras Association Pageant

mother, who was suffering a lengthy illness

and Ball is the only Carnival party open to

and died not long after the event.

NORTHERN LOUISIANA ROMP

the public – tickets, in fact, are free. Wrote

But Anding also savored being a part of

What about North Louisiana? Yep, there’s

Huggs: “This city’s Mardi Gras madness is

the festivities thrown by the women’s Krewe

a slew of Mardi Gras balls in such cities as

perfect for the whole family.”

of Iris, which, she admits, she joined largely to take part in the parades and parties.

Shreveport and Monroe and smaller places

But that’s in the big city. In rural Cajun

such as Ruston and Minden, where krewes

country – in towns such as St. Martinville,

focus on parades and other revelry in much

Church Point, Ville Platte, Elton, Mamou, Iota

the state, Carnival balls come down to two

the same way that Central Louisiana organi-

and Eunice – live poultry, bunches of beer

fundamental ingredients: tradition and

zations do – with entertainment appropriate

and door-to-door begging are the parties

revelry. You can be applauding debutantes

and available to all.

of choice. That’s because Mardi Gras in

at the Rex ball in New Orleans, laughing

deep Acadiana is celebrated by revelers –

and dancing with your kids in Alexandria or

most likely already joyously inebriated – on

chasing chickens in Eunice – wherever you

horseback who gather early in the morning

are, life, at least for a day, is a carnival. n

“The cities of North Louisiana have embraced the seasonal traditions of

In the end, no matter where you are in

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LARRY CURTIS “MY MISSION IS SIMPLE—TO OBTAIN AN OUTSTANDING RESULT FOR EVERY CLIENT THROUGH DEDICATED, AGGRESSIVE AND RELENTLESS REPRESENTATION.�

“In complex, high-stakes cases, there is no substitute for experience—none,� Curtis says. “And experience teaches that, among other things, careful preparation wins cases.�

Larry Curtis is recognized as one of Louisiana’s pre-eminent personal injury lawyers. Curtis has represented maritime workers—drilling rig and platform workers, commercial divers, offshore construction workers, special service workers, dredge workers and fishermen—wrongfully injured or killed. “My mission is simple—to obtain an outstanding result for every client through dedicated, aggressive and relentless representation.�

He recalls an early lesson he learned as a young law student. “I read an interview of one of the country’s top trial lawyers,� Curtis says. “In speaking about trial preparation, he remarked that if you ever see a lawyer pull a rabbit out of a hat, the lawyer probably had 10 rabbits and 10 hats. I believed that statement to be true when I first read it and my own courtroom experience has confirmed its validity.�

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This year, 11 Sher Garner lawyers have been selected to Louisiana Super Lawyers. Three, Elwood F. Cahill Jr., James Garner and Leopold Z. Sher, are on the Top 50 list. Joshua S. Force, Peter L. Hilbert Jr., Steven I. Klein, Neal J. Kling, Deborah J. Moench, Marie A. Moore, Richard P. Richter and Robert P. Thibeaux were also selected to Super Lawyers. Howard T. Boyd, III and Jonathan B. Cerise were selected to Rising Stars.

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NEW ORLEANS THE TOP 50 An alphabetical listing of the New Orleans lawyers who ranked top of the list in the 2013 Louisiana Super Lawyers nomination, research and blue ribbon review process

Abaunza, Donald R., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans Backstrom, Jr., William M., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans Barrasso, Judy Y., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans Barriere, Brent B., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans Cahill, Jr., Elwood F., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans Cerone, Rudy J., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans Cheatwood, Roy C., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans Colvin, R. Keith, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans Degan, Nancy Scott, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans Draper, Douglas S., Heller Draper Patrick & Horn, New Orleans Eagan, Jr., Ewell (Tim) E., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans Fendler, S. Gene, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans Fishman, Louis Y., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans Flanagan, Thomas M., Flanagan Partners, New Orleans

Freeman, III, George C., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans Frois, Monica A., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans Garner, James M., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans Gay, Jr., Charles F., Adams and Reese, New Orleans Goodier, Glenn G., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans Hardin, Pauline F., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans Hayden, Jan M., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans Herman, Russ M., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans Hymowitz, Steve, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, New Orleans Irwin, James B., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans Klein, Steven I., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans Kupperman, Stephen H., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans Lane, Steven J., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans Lee, Wayne J., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans Meunier, Gerald E., Gainsburgh Benjamin David Meunier & Warshauer, New Orleans Morris, Edith H., Morris Lee & Bayle, New Orleans Nathan, Jr., Max, Sessions Fishman Nathan & Israel, New Orleans Neff, Carole Cukell, Sessions Fishman Nathan & Israel, New Orleans Norwood, Jr., Colvin G., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans

Patrick, III, William H., Heller Draper Patrick & Horn, New Orleans Reso, Jr., Jerome J., Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, New Orleans Roussel, James H., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans Sarver, Richard E., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans Shapiro, Howard, Proskauer Rose, New Orleans Shaw, Danny G., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Mandeville Sher, Leopold Z., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans Shreves, H. Bruce, Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans Stanley, Richard C., Stanley Reuter Ross Thornton & Alford, New Orleans Surprenant, Mark C., Adams and Reese, New Orleans Talley, Susan G., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans Urquhart, Jr., Quentin F., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans Vance, R. Patrick, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans Waguespack, David F., Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux, New Orleans Whittaker, Scott T., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans Willis, Sterling Scott, Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans Wittmann, Phillip A., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans

BROUSSARD & DAVID, LLC LAFAYETTE

A commitment to excellence Broussard & David’s attorneys set the bar for full recovery in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Left to right: Richard Broussard*, Blake David**, Jerome Moroux

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Look no further than the record of Blake R. David, named to Louisiana Rising Stars: • Three eight-figure jury verdicts in the last five years • Recognized twice by Verdict Search for the country’s top 100 verdicts • Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by Louisiana State Bar Association • Past President of the Federal Bar Association (Lafayette) and The American Inn of Court of Acadiana • President of the Lafayette Bar Association Partner Richard Broussard has been listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers® each of the seven years since its inception.

Referrals welcome.

Broussard and David are both AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

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JOHN AND NEALE deGRAVELLES BATON ROUGE Left to right: J. Neale deGravelles**, John W. deGravelles*

Generations of success in the courtroom

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For more than 35 years, John W. deGravelles has successfully tried cases involving maritime law, products liability, medical malpractice, complex litigation, business litigation, toxic torts and general tort litigation. Named to the Super Lawyers list for the seventh time in 2013, his reputation as a results-oriented plaintiffs’ attorney is based on his demand for thorough pretrial and trial preparation. All cases are handled on a contingency basis, and the attorneys who refer cases know that he has the ďŹ nancial resources and state-of-the-art research and information systems to succeed at trial.

FOSTERING TALENT J. Neale deGravelles, John deGravelles’ son and law partner, grew up listening to opening statements, oral arguments and generally learning the right way to practice law. Neale represents the third generation of the deGravelles family to attend Louisiana State University Law School where he, like his father, graduated Order of the Coif (top 10 percent of his class). Since being admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 2004, Neale has doggedly built his own reputation for hard work, unwavering commitment to his clients and ultimate courtroom success. This passion and commitment has earned him a spot on the 2013 Rising Stars list published in Super Lawyers Magazine.

TEAMWORK MEANS RESULTS The combination of John’s tremendous record of success and Neale’s grasp of the most cutting-edge trial techniques means that their clients and referring attorneys will always get the best of both worlds and a ďŹ erce one-two punch that few, if any, law ďŹ rms can match.

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SUPER LAWYERS / LOUISIANA 2013

PRACTICE AREA INDEX Administrative Law ..................................... S-8 Alternative Dispute Resolution................... S-8 Antitrust Litigation ...................................... S-8 Appellate ..................................................... S-8 Banking........................................................ S-8 Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights........ S-8 Business Litigation ...................................... S-8 Business/Corporate ...................................S-10 Civil Litigation Defense ..............................S-10 Class Action/Mass Torts..............................S-11 Construction Litigation ...............................S-11 Construction/Surety...................................S-12 Criminal Defense ........................................S-12 Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI.......................S-12 Criminal Defense: White Collar .................S-12 Elder Law ....................................................S-12 Employee Benefits/ERISA .........................S-12 Employment & Labor .................................S-12 Employment Litigation: Defense ...............S-12 Energy & Natural Resources ......................S-12 Environmental ............................................S-12 Environmental Litigation ........................... S-13 Estate Planning & Probate......................... S-13 Family Law.................................................. S-13 First Amendment/Media/Advertising.......S-14 Gaming .......................................................S-14 General Litigation.......................................S-14 Health Care .................................................S-14 Insurance Coverage ....................................S-14 International ...............................................S-14 Mergers & Acquisitions ..............................S-14 Personal Injury Defense: General ..............S-14 Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice ................................S-15 Personal Injury Defense: Products ............S-15 Personal Injury Plaintiff: General...............S-15 Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice ................................S-16 Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products .............S-16 Professional Liability: Defense...................S-16 Projects .......................................................S-16 Real Estate..................................................S-16 Securities & Corporate Finance .................S-16 Securities Litigation ...................................S-16 Tax ...............................................................S-16 Transportation/Maritime ........................... S-17 Utilities........................................................S-18

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BY PRIMARY AREA OF PRACTICE The list was finalized as of July 23, 2012. Any updates to the list (for example, status changes or disqualifying events) will be reflected on superlawyers.com.

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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Dicharry, Christopher J., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999 Easterling, Richard B., Adams and Reese, Baton Rouge, 225-378-3236

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Dampf, Robert S., Stockwell Sievert Viccellio Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, 337-436-9491 Fornias, Vincent P., Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Baton Rouge, 225-769-4553 Juneau, Patrick A., Juneau David, Lafayette, 337-269-0052 Pg. S-4 Perry, Jr., John W., Perry Atkinson Balhoff Mengis & Burns, Baton Rouge, 225-767-7730 Pg. S-4

ANTITRUST LITIGATION Cunningham, Mark A., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8000 Radlauer, David G., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8210

APPELLATE Dean, Bruce C., Bruce C. Dean, Metairie, 504-722-7319 Grundmeyer, Douglas L., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7000 Johnson, III, H. Alston, Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, 225-346-0285 LaCour, Jr., Louis C., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0328 Rubin, Michael H., McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, 225-383-9000 Pg. S-4 Ward, Raymond P., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-581-3234

BANKING Adler, Lee R., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9351 Chiccarelli, Stephen F., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Baton Rouge, 225-381-7044 Claverie, Philip deV., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9223 Cromwell, L. David, Pettiette Armand Dunkelman Woodley Byrd & Cromwell, Shreveport, 318-221-1800 Durio, Steven G. “Buzz”, Durio McGoffin Stagg & Ackermann, Lafayette, 337-233-0300 Pg. S-19

STEVEN G. “BUZZ” DURIO DURIO, MCGOFFIN, STAGG & ACKERMANN Lafayette • 337-233-0300

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Furr, Brett P., Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0252 Henry, W. Craig, Hudson Potts & Bernstein, Monroe, 318-388-4400 Joseph, Mary Terrell, McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3621 Kling, Neal J., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2112 Pg. S-5 Koren, Bennet S., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-596-2732 Tessier, Frank A., Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux, New Orleans, 504-585-3809 Thibeaux, Robert Paul, Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2110 Pg. S-5

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BANKRUPTCY & CREDITOR/ DEBTOR RIGHTS Arnold, III, Edward H. “Hank”, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-556-5204 Breaux, Gerald J., Simon Fitzgerald Cooke Reed & Welch, Lake Charles, 337-513-0290 Cerone, Rudy J., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200 Pg. S-4, S-6 Cheatham, Robin B., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0411 DeBaillon, Paul N., DeBaillon & Miley, Lafayette, 337-237-0598 Draper, Douglas S., Heller Draper Patrick & Horn, New Orleans, 504-299-3300 Pg. S-4, S-6 Drell, Bradley L., Gold Weems Bruser Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, 318-445-6471 Duck, John M., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0226 Finn, William T., Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux, New Orleans, 504-585-3808 Forsyth, J. David, Sessions Fishman Nathan & Israel, New Orleans, 504-582-1500 Futrell, Elizabeth (Lisa) J., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8260 Pg. S-4 Hayden, Jan M., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-8645 Pg. S-4, S-6 Johnson, Jr., Patrick, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, 504-584-9417 Jones, Jr., Philip K., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4132 Kingsmill, Marguerite K., Kingsmill Riess, New Orleans, 504-581-3300 Kuebel, III, Omer F. “Rick”, Locke Lord, New Orleans, 504-558-5100 Lackie, James R., Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, 225-767-6898 Manthey, Tristan Edwards, Heller Draper Patrick & Horn, New Orleans, 504-299-3300 McKenzie, Gary K., Steffes Vingiello & McKenzie, Baton Rouge, 225-751-1751 Molloy, Kevin R., Simon Fitzgerald Cooke Reed & Welch, Shreveport, 318-550-4873 Patrick, III, William H., Heller Draper Patrick & Horn, New Orleans, 504-299-3300 Pg. S-4, S-6 Peck, Stewart F., Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, 504-568-1990 Phillips, Louis M., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, Baton Rouge, 225-381-9643 Polito, Stephen C., Stockwell Sievert Viccellio Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, 337-436-9491 Raley, Robert W., Attorney at Law, Bossier City, 318-747-2230 Rubin, David S., Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer, Baton Rouge, 225-383-4703 Steffes, William E., Steffes Vingiello & McKenzie, Baton Rouge, 225-751-1751 Pg. S-4 Stewart, Jr., Paul Douglas, Stewart Robbins & Brown, Baton Rouge, 225-231-9998 Strohschein, Stephen P., McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, 225-383-9000 Stuckey, James A., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9239 Vance, R. Patrick, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8194 Pg. S-4, S-6 Waguespack, David F., Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux, New Orleans, 504-585-3814 Pg. S-4, S-6 Weinstein, John H., Weinstein & St. Germain, Lafayette, 337-235-4001 Welch, Keith M., Simon Fitzgerald Cooke Reed & Welch, Shreveport, 318-868-2600 Wheelis, Stephen D., Wheelis & Rozanski, Alexandria, 318-445-5600 Williamson, Stephen L., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-7698 Willson, Thomas R., Attorney at Law, Alexandria, 318-442-8658

BUSINESS LITIGATION Aaron, Jr., William D., Aaron, New Orleans, 504-569-1807 Aguillard, H. Kent, Attorney at Law, Eunice, 337-457-9331 Alltmont, Jack M., Sessions Fishman Nathan & Israel, New Orleans, 504-582-1507 Allweiss, Michael R., Lowe Stein Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, 504-581-2450 Anjier, John C., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 CONTINUED ON PAGE S-10

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NELSON & HAMMONS, APLC LOUISIANA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE A sick or injured person relies upon the doctors and nurses treating him to provide appropriate care. Sadly, not all medical treatment achieves the intended result; sometimes a bad outcome is caused by medical malpractice. The disappointed patient or his surviving family members want to find answers to explain what happened, often seeking help from an attorney.

In Louisiana, the health care industry is heavily protected, making it critically important for sick or injured patients to obtain legal advice from attorneys who are capable of handling this complicated and professionally sensitive area of Louisiana law. For 30 years JOHN HAMMONS has concentrated his law practice in the area of medical negligence.

EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE Medical malpractice litigation requires a unique devotion to detail and an appreciation for the nuances of the law along with a keen understanding of applicable medical standards.

Having focused his practice exclusively on medical malpractice litigation, Hammons has developed the skills, the knowledge of both law and medicine, and the experience to provide superior representation to his clients.

COMPASSIONATE AND PRACTICAL Practicing this type of law is challenging and rewarding for Hammons. Every potential client who seeks help from Hammons has suffered at the very least a disappointment and quite often a tragic, permanent loss. When making a decision to investigate and pursue a medical malpractice claim, Hammons is highly selective because the overall process is timeconsuming, expensive, and emotionally difficult for clients and counsel.

HAMMONS NAMED TO LOUISIANA SUPER LAWYERS FOR SEVENTH-CONSECUTIVE YEAR Hammons leads a firm that devotes its resources and efforts to investigating and prosecuting medical malpractice cases in a thorough and professional manner throughout Louisiana. He has been at the forefront of the development of Louisiana’s medical malpractice law and precedent-setting cases. Hammons practices law with the help of three associates, Mrs. Cornell R. Flournoy, Mrs. Chaile M. Allen, and Mr. William W. Murray, Jr., and his talented staff.

JOHN HAMMONS

From his office in Shreveport, Hammons remains committed to fighting for quality medical care for his clients and their families as well as seeking to obtain just compensation for those who have been seriously injured as a result of substandard medical care.

NELSON & HAMMONS, APLC 705 Milam St. Shreveport, LA 71101-3507 PH: (318) 227-2401 FX: (318) 221-4762

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BY PRACTICE AREA BUSINESS LITIGATION CONT’D FROM PAGE S-8

Ashe, Barry W., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0843 Barkley, Jr., Robert E., Barkley & Thompson, New Orleans, 504-595-3361 Barrasso, Judy Y., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, 504-589-9720 Pg. S-4, S-6 Barriere, Brent B., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-566-1311 Pg. S-4, S-6 Beebe, Mark R., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0436 Belleau, Ashley L., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-7932 Benjamin, Thomas M., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, New Orleans, 504-584-5464 Benson, J. Todd, Ayres Warren Shelton & Williams, Shreveport, 318-227-3320 Blunt, Shelton Dennis, Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, 225-346-0285 Bodin, Gregory E., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Baton Rouge, 225-381-7030 Broussard, Terrel J., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-3200 Brown, James A., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4116 Bruser, III, Henry B. (Hank), Gold Weems Bruser Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, 318-445-6471 Bullock, Stephen G., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0822 Butler, Jr., Peter J., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, New Orleans, 504-584-5427 Cheatwood, Roy C., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5266 Pg. S-4, S-6 Copley, Steven W., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-582-1111 Cullens, Jr., J.E., Walters Papillion Thomas Cullens, Baton Rouge, 225-236-3636 Davidson, Randall S., Davidson Jones & Summers, Shreveport, 318-424-4342 Degan, Nancy Scott, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5249 Pg. S-4, S-6 Denegre, Jr., George, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 Faircloth, Jr., Jimmy R., The Faircloth Law Group, Alexandria, 318-619-7755

Herman, Fred, Law Offices of Fred Herman, New Orleans, 504-212-4161 Pg. S-19

FRED HERMAN

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Hootsell III, S. Ault, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9371 Houghtaling, II, John W., Gauthier Houghtaling & Williams, Metairie, 504-456-8600 Pg. S-19 Isenberg, Craig R., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, 504-589-9753 Johnson, Bernard S., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7731 Kanner, Allan, Kanner & Whiteley, New Orleans, 504-524-5777 King, Henry A., King Krebs & Jurgens, New Orleans, 504-582-3800 Krebs, Patricia A., King Krebs & Jurgens, New Orleans, 504-582-3808 Pg. S-4 Kupperman, Stephen H., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, 504-589-9728 Pg. S-4, S-6 Kutcher, Robert A., Chopin Wagar Richard & Kutcher, Metairie, 504-830-3820 Lambert, Kent A., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5252 Landis, John M., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0819 Lee, Andrew R., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8000 Lee, Wayne J., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0814 Pg. S-4, S-6 Lipsey, Christine, McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3683 Luker, Lynn, Lynn Luker & Associates, New Orleans, 504-525-5500 Pg. S-4 Masinter, Paul J., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-581-3200 McMichael, Jr., James C., McMichael Medlin D’Anna Wedgeworth & Lafargue, Shreveport, 318-221-1004 Mole, Joseph N., Frilot, New Orleans, 504-599-8006 Orlansky, C. Lawrence, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0842 Patron, David L., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-566-1311

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Farley, Matt J., Krebs Farley & Pelleteri, New Orleans, 504-299-3570 Feldman, Jr., Larry, McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200 Fendler, S. Gene, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4122 Pg. S-6 Ferachi, Michael D., McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3667 Flanagan, Thomas M., Flanagan Partners, New Orleans, 504-569-0235 Pg. S-4, S-6 Forrester, Jr., William R., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, 504-584-9420 Garner, James M., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2102 Pg. S-4, S-5, S-6 Geary, Covert J., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8276 Goodman, Alan H., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, New Orleans, 504-584-5465 Guerry, David L., Long Law Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-922-5110 Gulotta, Jr., James C., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0817 Hamilton, III, Charles E., Hamilton & Brown, New Orleans, 504-566-1805 Hardin, III, Harry S., Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Baton Rouge, 225-769-4553

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Patterson, Michael A., Long Law Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-922-5110 Person, John C., Sessions Fishman Nathan & Israel, Metairie, 504-828-3700 Pugh, Jr., Robert G., Pugh Pugh & Pugh, Shreveport, 318-227-2270 Reasonover, Kirk, Reasonover & Olinde, New Orleans, 504-587-1440 Redfearn, Robert L., Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, 504-569-2904 Richard, Jr., Herschel E., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 3318-27-7738 Rosenberg, Harry, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-566-1311 Schewe, Bruce V., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9267 Schnabel, Marta-Ann, O’Bryon & Schnabel, New Orleans, 504-799-4200 Schonekas, Kyle, Schonekas Evans McGoey & McEachin, New Orleans, 504-680-6052 Seale, III, T. Jay, Seale & Ross, Hammond, 985-542-8500 Sinor, Jr., Howard E., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-582-1117 Smith, Randall A., Smith & Fawer, New Orleans, 504-525-2200 Stanley, Richard C., Stanley Reuter Ross Thornton & Alford, New Orleans, 504-523-1580 Pg. S-4, S-6

Stern, Jr., Charles L., Steeg Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-582-1199 Svenson, Ernest E., Svenson Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-208-5199 Swanson, James R., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Swanson, Lynn E., Jones Swanson Huddell & Garrison, New Orleans, 504-523-2500 Taggart, David R., Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, Shreveport, 318-934-4014 Thompson, Jr., Walter C., Barkley & Thompson, New Orleans, 504-595-3350 Treeby, William D., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0807 Usdin, Steven W., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, 504-589-9721 Veron, J. Michael, Veron Bice Palermo & Wilson, Lake Charles, 337-310-1600 Wegmann, Edward D., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8226 Wellons, William D., Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, 504-569-2900 Willems, Constance C., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-596-2724 Williams, James M., Gauthier Houghtaling & Williams, Metairie, 504-456-8600 Pg. S-19 Wimberly, Jr., Gerard E., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200 Wittmann, Phillip A., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0804 Pg. S-4, S-6 Wright, Jr., William E., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0623

BUSINESS/CORPORATE Aguilar, Jr., Rodolfo J., McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3625 Bennett, Wm. Blake, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4113 Boudreaux, Jr., Bernard E., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-387-4000 Davidson, III, James J., Davidson Meaux Sonnier McElligott Fontenot Gideon & Edwards, Lafayette, 337-237-1660

JAMES J. DAVIDSON, III

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Eckstein, Michael L., Eckstein Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-527-0701 George, III, Edward N., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7000 Hines, William H., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8272 Leefe, Richard K., Leefe Gibbs Sullivan Dupre & Aldous, Metairie, 504-830-3990 Lewis, III, Lawrence L., Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, 337-237-2660 Lippman, Alfred S., Lippman & Mahfouz, Morgan City, 985-384-1833 Mayhall, Jr., Van R., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-381-8009 Ranson, Daniel A., Gaudry Ranson Higgins & Gremillion, Gretna, 504-362-2466 Reso, Jr., Jerome J., Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, 504-569-2900 Pg. S-4, S-6 Sherman, David R., Chehardy Sherman Ellis Murray Recile Griffith Stakelum & Hayes, Metairie, 504-833-5600 Stein, Mark S., Lowe Stein Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, 504-581-2450 Wogan, John D., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979

CIVIL LITIGATION DEFENSE Abercrombie, Jr., W. Arthur, Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0259 Bienvenu, David F., Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, 504-569-2030 Braun, Andrew A., Gieger Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, 504-654-1354 Brenner, Daniel G., Bolen Parker & Brenner, Alexandria, 318-445-8236 Curry, Richard A., McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, 225-383-9000 Degan, III, Sidney W., Degan Blanchard & Nash, New Orleans, 504-529-3333 Dille, Robert E., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999

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BY PRACTICE AREA Gianna, Dominic J., Middleberg Riddle & Gianna, New Orleans, 504-525-7200 Groves, Eugene R., Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0256 Hayes, III, Thomas M., Hayes Harkey Smith & Cascio, Monroe, 318-387-2422 Horn, Warren, Heller Draper Patrick & Horn, New Orleans, 504-299-3300 Hoychick, Jr., John, Cotton Bolton Hoychick & Doughty, Rayville, 318-728-2051 Jeansonne, Jr., John A., Jeansonne & Remondet, Lafayette, 337-237-4370 Kuchler, Deborah D., Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, New Orleans, 504-592-0691 Leche, Charles E., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0790 Marionneaux, F. Barry, Marionneaux & Marionneaux, Plaquemine, 225-687-6884 McReynolds, Joseph L., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0606 Ranier, Drew A., Ranier Law Firm, Lake Charles, 337-494-0599 Smith, Jr., Allen L., PlauchÊ Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, 337-436-0522 Walker, Jr., Frank M., PlauchÊ Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, 337-436-0522

Stern, Martin A., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0289 Sulzer, Deborah M., Deborah M. Sulzer, New Orleans, 504-299-3380 Whaley, John Randall, Neblett Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, 318-487-9874

CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION Botnick, Michael E., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-582-1111 Brennan, Terrence L., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0605 Franco, Philip A., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0291 Gardner, Thomas F., Gardner & Kewley, Metairie, 504-832-7222

Hunt, Michael D., Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, 225-346-0285 Koch, Jr., Harvey C., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-7663 Krebs, David J., Krebs Farley & Pelleteri, New Orleans, 504-299-3570 Lund, III, Daniel, Shields Mott Lund, New Orleans, 504-581-4445 Mercante, Mark W., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Mandeville, 985-819-8410 Nelson, David K., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999 Orgeron, Glenn P., Kean Miller, New Orleans, 504-585-3048 Shields, Lloyd N., Shields Mott Lund, New Orleans, 504-581-4445 CONTINUED ON PAGE S-12

CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS Abramson, Neil C., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 Arsenault, Richard J., Neblett Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, 318-487-9874 Barrios, Dawn M., Barrios Kingsdorf & Casteix, New Orleans, 504-524-3300 Bencomo, Raul R., Bencomo & Associates, New Orleans, 504-529-2929 Bezet, Gary A., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3407 Bickford, Scott R., Martzell & Bickford, New Orleans, 504-581-9065 Pg. S-19 Bienvenu, Jr., David M., Bienvenu Bonnecaze Foco Viator & Holinga, Baton Rouge, 225-388-5600 Bohrer, Philip, Bohrer Law Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-925-5297 Carter, Kenneth M., Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 504-585-1530 Casey, Jr., Thomas A., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8294 Davis, Leonard A., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans, 504-581-4892 Eagan, Jr., Ewell (Tim) E., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-582-1115 Pg. S-4, S-6 Fayard, Jr., Calvin C., Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, 225-664-4193 Gaudet, William B., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0263 Gieger, Jr., Ernest P., Gieger Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, 504-561-0400 Glago, Mark P., Glago Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-599-8666 Herman, Russ M., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans, 504-581-4892 Pg. S-4, S-6 Herman, Stephen J., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans, 504-581-4892 Krouse, A.J., Frilot, New Orleans, 504-599-8016 Lambert, Hugh P., The Lambert Firm, New Orleans, 504-581-1750 Pg. S-19 Leger, Jr., Walter J., Leger & Shaw, New Orleans, 504-588-9043 Manard, Jr., John P., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9253 McCowan, Jr., Charles S., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3404 Meunier, Gerald E., Gainsburgh Benjamin David Meunier & Warshauer, New Orleans, 504-522-2304 Pg. S-4, S-6 Murray, Stephen B., Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-525-8100 Murray, Jr., Stephen B., Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-525-8100 Paulsen, III, Dwight C., Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, New Orleans, 504-596-6300 Pendley, Patrick W., Pendley Baudin & Coffin, Plaquemine, 225-687-6396 Roy, James P., Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, 337-233-3033 Ryan, Elizabeth Haecker, Coats | Rose, New Orleans, 504-299-3085 Pg. S-4 Schmolke, Robert H., The Law Offices of Robert H. Schmolke, Baton Rouge, 225-292-1717

LEFT TO RIGHT: Daniel J. Hoerner*, Patrick E. Costello**, Alan G. Brackett*, C. William Emory*, Georges M. Legrand, Wilton E. Bland, III, AndrĂŠ J. Mouledoux* & Jon B. Robinson**

*CHOSEN TO 2013 SUPER LAWYERS **CHOSEN TO 2013 RISING STARS

MOULEDOUX, BLAND, LEGRAND & BRACKETT HELPING CLIENTS NAVIGATE CHALLENGING LEGAL WATERS We celebrated our 15th anniversary this past year and are honored that four of our members have been recognized to Louisiana Super Lawyers for 2013, and two to Rising Stars. Our firm and our attorneys are committed to aggressively representing our clients, but we are also focused on resolving legal matters cost effectively and expediently.

Our practice areas include admiralty and maritime law, commercial litigation, insurance defense, transportation, governmental liability and defense of claims under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, Defense Base Act and War Hazards Compensation Act, for which the firm serves clients nationwide.

With 17 attorneys and offices in New Orleans and Lafayette, MBLB is dedicated to personal service. We have been recognized in the MartindaleHubbell Bar Register of Preeminent

ATTORNEYS SELECTED TO SUPER LAWYERS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE S-2.

Lawyers and by A.M. Best Company in Best’s Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys as insurance defense and subrogation counsel. All of our members who have been rated hold Martindale-Hubbell’s AV rating, the highest professional and ethical recognition. Seven of our attorneys were recognized by New Orleans Magazine as Top Lawyers in New Orleans. “In addition to being good lawyers, we insist our attorneys be good people— to be involved in our communities and give back to our profession,� says Alan Brackett. “We have an obligation to make the practice of law meaningful and to be good citizens, too.�

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Tyler, Richard J., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8266 Vale, Richard S., Blue Williams, Metairie, 504-830-4933

CONSTRUCTION/SURETY Bergeron, Keith J., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-581-5141 Bland, David S., LeBlanc Bland, New Orleans, 504-528-3088 Gordon, Elizabeth L., Shields Mott Lund, New Orleans, 504-581-4445 Kern, Jay H., Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, 504-569-2923 King, Richard E., Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, New Orleans, 504-525-6802 Puente, Denise C., Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, 504-569-2983 Rouse, Gary J., Couhig Partners, New Orleans, 504-588-1288 Seemann, Jr., Charles F., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0608 Shaw, Danny G., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Mandeville, 985-819-8401 Pg. S-4, S-6 Shreves, H. Bruce, Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, 504-569-2908 Pg. S-4, S-6 Sole, Emmett C., Stockwell Sievert Viccellio Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, 337-436-9491

CRIMINAL DEFENSE Boren, James E., The Law Offices of James E. Boren, Baton Rouge, 225-387-5786 Pg. S-4 Bourland, J. David, Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, 225-767-0312 DiGiulio, John E., Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 504-524-4080 Fanning, Patrick J., Attorney at Law, Gretna, 504-368-7888 Fournet, M. Michelle, Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, 225-383-1531 Pg. S-4 Glass, Robert S., Glass & Reed, New Orleans, 504-581-9083 Lorenzi, Thomas L., Lorenzi & Barnatt, Lake Charles, 337-436-8401 Mosca, Provino C., Attorney at Law, Harahan, 504-738-3994 Reed, John Wilson, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, 504-581-9083 Sanchez, Walter M., The Sanchez Law Firm, Lake Charles, 337-433-4405 Stroud, III, A.M. (Marty), Barham Warner Stroud & McKay, Shreveport, 318-550-4714 Tusa, Alan B., Tusa & Richards, Covington, 985-893-9980 Upton, Richard M., Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, 225-382-2118 Walsh, Michael S., Lee & Walsh, Baton Rouge, 225-344-0474 Whalen, Jr., Ralph S., Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 504-525-1600 Zibilich, Franz L., Martiny & Associates, Metairie, 504-834-7676

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/DWI Calmes, Jr., John P., Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, 225-383-2284 Delatte, Jr., Glynn J., Delatte Edwards & Marcantel, Baton Rouge, 225-709-9000

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR Becker, Jr., Walter F., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7046 Capitelli, Ralph, Capitelli & Wicker, New Orleans, 504-582-2425 Castaing, Jr., Edward J., Crull Castaing & Lilly, New Orleans, 504-581-7700 Greco, Cyrus J., Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0265 Habans, Jr., Robert N., Habans & Carriere, Baton Rouge, 225-757-0225 Hardin, Pauline F., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8110 Pg. S-4, S-6 Holthaus, C. Frank, deGravelles Palmintier Holthaus & Frugé, Baton Rouge, 225-344-3735 Larson, Jr., Herbert V., The Law Offices of Herbert V. Larson Jr., New Orleans, 504-528-9500 Magner, Michael W., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8316 Murray, Jr., Julian R., Chehardy Sherman Ellis Murray Recile Griffith Stakelum & Hayes, Metairie, 504-833-5600 Pg. S-19 Petersen, Glen R., Hymel Davis & Petersen, Baton Rouge, 225-298-8118 Simmons, Jr., Richard (Rick) T., Hailey McNamara Hall Larmann & Papale, Metairie, 504-836-6500

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Small, J. Michael, Law Offices of J. Michael Small, Alexandria, 318-487-8963 Thomson, Peter M., Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli, New Orleans, 504-523-2600

ELDER LAW Losavio, Jr., Peter J., Losavio and DeJean, Baton Rouge, 225-769-4200 Prokop, Jr., Joseph A., Joseph A. Prokop Jr. & Associates, Baton Rouge, 225-387-2277

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS/ERISA Armstrong, Jane E., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9244 Pg. S-4 Brechtel, Timothy P., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8236 Conklin, Katherine, McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200 Feingerts, Sandra Mills, Fisher & Phillips, New Orleans, 504-529-3836 Rachal, Robert W., Proskauer Rose, New Orleans, 504-310-4081 Seemann III, Charles F., Proskauer Rose, New Orleans, 504-310-4091 Shapiro, Howard, Proskauer Rose, New Orleans, 504-310-4085 Pg. S-4, S-6 Thorne, René E., Jackson Lewis, New Orleans, 504-208-1755 Pg. S-4

EMPLOYMENT & LABOR Adams, H. Mark, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8258 Alessandra, M. Nan, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9297 Anderson, Jennifer L., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Baton Rouge, 225-248-2000 Babineaux, Joel P., Babineaux Poché Anthony & Slavich, Lafayette, 337-984-2505 Barker, Price, Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7766 Beiser, Stephen P., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200 Boyle, Kim M., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-679-5790 Burnside, Andrew P., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, New Orleans, 504-648-3840 Cancienne, Phyllis G., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Baton Rouge, 225-381-7008 Crochet, Vicki M., Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0242 D’Armond, William R., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3403 David, Jr., Robert J., Juneau David, Lafayette, 337-269-0052 Desmond, Susan Fahey, Jackson Lewis, New Orleans, 504-208-1755 Duncan, III, Brooke, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0220 Ehret, Leslie W., Frilot, New Orleans, 504-599-8203 Guidry, Gregory, Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, 337-237-2660 Heusel, Cornelius R., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8148 Hymowitz, Steve, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, New Orleans, 504-648-3840 Pg. S-6 Jacob, III, Clyde H., Coats | Rose, New Orleans, 504-299-3072 Kiggans, Thomas H., Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, 225-376-0247 Koch, Amelia Williams, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5222 Koretzky, I. Harold, Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux, New Orleans, 504-585-3802 Lanusse, Leslie A., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0298 Pg. S-4 Lewis, V, Sidney F., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8352 Mallery, Mark N., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, New Orleans, 504-648-3840 Malone, Jr., Ernest R., The Kullman Firm, New Orleans, 504-524-4162 Masinter, Eve B., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, New Orleans, 504-584-5468 McCalla, Robert K., Fisher & Phillips, New Orleans, 504-522-3303 McGoey, II, Thomas J., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 Miller, Eric R., The Kullman Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-906-4250 Mitchell, Michael S., Fisher & Phillips, New Orleans, 504-529-3830

Moore, Christopher E., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, New Orleans, 504-648-3840 Murov, Ellis B., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0655 Pyburn, Jr., Keith M., Fisher & Phillips, New Orleans, 504-522-3303 Robein, Louis L., Robein Urann Spencer Picard & Cangemi, Metairie, 504-885-9994 Schwartz, Jeffrey A., Jackson Lewis, New Orleans, 504-208-1755 Scott, Timothy H., Fisher & Phillips, New Orleans, 504-522-3303 Shuler, III, G. Phillip, Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7011 Tusa, Jr., Michael T., Sutton Alker & Rather, Mandeville, 985-727-7501 Van Meerveld, Janis, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0459

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE Christy, Walter W., Coats | Rose, New Orleans, 504-299-3073 Harold, Edward F., Fisher & Phillips, New Orleans, 504-522-3303 Le Clercq, Frederic Theodore “Ted”, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0647 Livaudais, Julie D., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7007 Pg. S-4 Wisdom, Rachel Wendt, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0911

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES Cabes, Robert L., Milling Benson Woodward, Lafayette, 337-232-3929 Carver, M. Hampton, Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux, New Orleans, 504-585-3800 Clements, Miles P., Frilot, New Orleans, 504-599-8000 Darden, M. Taylor, Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux, New Orleans, 504-585-3804 Fleming, J. William, Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7724 Gray, Patrick W., Johnson Gray McNamara, Lafayette, 337-412-6003 Hayne, Jr., C. Peck, Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-569-1858 Hunter, Jonathan A., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4131 Kornick, Cheryl Mollere, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 Mascari, Pamela Roman, Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999 Masur, Samuel E., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, Lafayette, 337-237-0132 McCollam, John M., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-582-1113 McGlone, Michael A., Kean Miller, New Orleans, 504-585-3059 Murchison, Malcolm S., Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, Shreveport, 318-934-4004 Nicholson, Cynthia A., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-569-1658 Norman, Joe B., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 O’Connor, Scott A., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-569-1860 Pearce, John Y., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-3200 Poitevent, II, Edward B., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5269 Randazzo, III, Matthew (Matt) J., Randazzo Giglio & Bailey, Lafayette, 337-291-4900 Robinson, Jr., George H., Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, 337-232-7424 Rosenblum, Carl D., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8296 Shea, Jr., Joseph L., Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, Shreveport, 318-934-4017 Simon, Jr., Lawrence P., Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, 337-232-7424 Slattery, Jr., Gerald F., Slattery Marino & Roberts, New Orleans, 504-585-7800

ENVIRONMENTAL Harbourt, Maureen N., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999 Harrison, Jr., Andrew J., Harrison Law, Baton Rouge, 225-388-0065

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BY PRACTICE AREA Holden, Robert E., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4130 Kilgore, III, Leonard L., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3406

ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION Jones, III, Gladstone N., Jones Swanson Huddell & Garrison, New Orleans, 504-523-2500 LeBlanc, IV, J. Burton, Baron & Budd, Baton Rouge, 225-927-5441 Massey, Donald C., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0290 McCowan, III, Charles S., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3433 McNamara, Thomas M., Johnson Gray McNamara, Lafayette, 337-412-6003 Neuner, Jr., Francis X., Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, 337-237-7000 Palermo, III, J. Rock, Veron Bice Palermo & Wilson, Lake Charles, 337-310-1600 Pilie, Glen M., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0260 Swetman, Glenn Lyle Maximilian, Swetman Baxter Massenburg, New Orleans, 504-799-0502

ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE Abbott, Jr., Hirschel T., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0809 Bayard, III, Alton E., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Baton Rouge, 225-381-7019 Blitzer, Jr., Sidney M., Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer, Baton Rouge, 225-383-4703 Brister, Dorrell J., Gold Weems Bruser Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, 318-445-6471 Burkenstock, Susan J., Elkins, New Orleans, 504-529-3600 Capretz, Donald A., Donald A. Capretz, Lafayette, 337-237-9999

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DONALD A. CAPRETZ, APLC Lafayette • 337-237-9999 Coleman, J. Grant, King Krebs & Jurgens, New Orleans, 504-569-1637 Conlay, Gary L., Attorney at Law, Natchitoches, 318-354-0085 Curry, Kevin C., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999 Dalferes, James G., Lukinovich, Harahan, 504-818-0401 Edwards, David F., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8000 Faust, Deborah C., Attorney at Law, Metairie, 504-837-2069 Hayes, Steven E., Chehardy Sherman Ellis Murray Recile Griffith Stakelum & Hayes, Metairie, 504-833-5600 Haygood, Paul M., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Henry, Miriam W., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8436 Pg. S-4 Hester, Mary C., Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0268 Jones, Allen P., Wiener Weiss & Madison, Shreveport, 318-213-9264 Kalmbach, William C., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7765 Ladouceur, Raymond P., Ladouceur & Ladouceur, Abita Springs, 985-898-2131 Lehmann, Lawrence M., Lehmann Norman & Marcus, New Orleans, 504-525-0815 Lukinovich, David J., Lukinovich, Harahan, 504-818-0401 McDaniel, Donald H., Perez McDaniel & Faust, Metairie, 504-833-1230 Medlin, W. Deryl, McMichael Medlin D’Anna Wedgeworth & Lafargue, Shreveport, 318-221-1004 Mengis, Joseph W., Perry Atkinson Balhoff Mengis & Burns, Baton Rouge, 225-767-7730 Messina, Carey J., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3408 Pg. S-4 Meyer, IV, Conrad, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0194 Moragas, Sheila L., Milling Benson Woodward, New Orleans, 504-569-7219 Nathan, Jr., Max, Sessions Fishman Nathan & Israel, New Orleans, 504-582-1502 Pg. S-6 Neff, Carole Cukell, Sessions Fishman Nathan & Israel, New Orleans, 504-582-1500 Pg. S-4, S-6 Perez, Robert L., Attorney at Law, River Ridge, 504-717-4638 Peterson, Susan M., Weiler & Rees, New Orleans, 504-524-2944

Plunkett, Laura Walker, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0838 Reso, Patrick K., Seale & Ross, Hammond, 985-542-8500 Riess, F. Kelleher, Hickey & Riess, New Orleans, 504-525-1120 Rittenberg, Jr., Leon H., Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, 504-585-7855 Roos, Armand L., Wiener Weiss & Madison, Shreveport, 318-226-9100 Rouchell, John A., Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, 504-569-2900 Sherry, Jr., Mettery I., Sherry & Denton, Metairie, 504-837-2533 Shreves, John F., Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, 504-569-2030 Sigler, David L., Sigler & Raglin, Lake Charles, 337-439-2033 Spizer, David “Bruce”, Bruce Spizer, New Orleans, 504-524-2880 Verret, Chris A., Attorney at Law, Lafayette, 337-237-4600 Villarrubia, Todd M., Livaccari Villarrubia Lemmon, New Orleans, 504-212-3440 Watson, James A., Roddy Watson & Everett, Lake Charles, 337-474-4886 Weems, III, Charles S., Gold Weems Bruser Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, 318-445-6471 Weiss, Kenneth A., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-596-2751

FAMILY LAW Anderson, Ernest S., Anderson & Anderson, Slidell, 985-643-6443 Anglin, D. Rex, Sockrider Bolin Anglin & Batte, Shreveport, 318-221-5503 Bayle, Suzanne E., Morris Lee & Bayle, New Orleans, 504-524-3781 Pg. S-4 Buhrer, Robert S., Buhrer Law Firm, Metairie, 504-833-5112 Cabral, H. Craig, Attorney at Law, Metairie, 504-831-5319 Cheek, Sondra A., Attorney at Law, Bogalusa, 985-735-7996 Conroy, Michael D., Conroy Law Firm, Covington, 985-809-7050

de Blanc, Jennifer Carter, O’Brien and de Blanc, Marrero, 504-328-8800 Downs, Karen D., Downs Saffiotti & Boudreaux, Baton Rouge, 225-769-8500 Dveirin, Jack L., Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 504-861-8672 Faustermann, Jr., William J., Faustermann Law Firm, Slidell, 985-718-5316 Felder, Bradford H., Huval Veazey Felder & Renegar, Lafayette, 337-234-5350 Haines, Kenneth P., Weems Schimpf Gilsoul Haines Landry & Carmouche, Shreveport, 318-222-2100 Hebert, Jr., Paul M., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-381-8008 Hesser, David C., Law Offices of David C. Hesser, Alexandria, 318-542-4102 Hoffman, Mitchell J., Lowe Stein Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, 504-581-2450 Hogan, Lila Tritico, Hogan & Hogan, Hammond, 985-542-7730 Kern, Margaret H., Jones Fussell, Covington, 985-892-4801 Kesler, Debra M., Attorney at Law, Metairie, 504-834-3737 Kessler, Ellen Widen, Lowe Stein Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, 504-581-2450 Kobetz, Philip C., Attorney at Law, Lafayette, 337-291-1990 Pg. S-19 Ladouceur, Lindsey M., Ladouceur & Ladouceur, Abita Springs, 985-898-2131 Lane, Steven J., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans, 504-581-4892 Pg. S-6 Lee, Bernadette R., Morris Lee & Bayle, New Orleans, 504-524-3781 Levenstein, Robert D., Attorney at Law, LaPlace, 985-651-9763 Levy, Robert G., LaCroix Levy and Barnett, Alexandria, 318-443-7615 Lowe, Robert C., Lowe Stein Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, 504-581-2450 Lozes, Christine O’Brien, Attorney at Law, Covington, 985-892-6348 CONTINUED ON PAGE S-14

From left to right: Jonathan A. Tweedy**, Matthew L. Stedman**, Christopher G. Ayres**, Kimberly E. Tracey**, Jennifer Fontana Lewis**, Lisa M. Africk*, R. Jeffrey Bridger*, and Mark L. Clark. Not pictured: Lindsay F. Louapre** * Chosen to 2013 Louisiana Super Lawyers

** Chosen to 2013 Louisiana Rising Stars

Central to Our Success Brown Sims is a national litigation firm with over 65 attorneys and offices in Houston, New Orleans, and Miami. The firm offers its clients expertise in a wide range of legal services. Brown Sims is proud to announce recognition of its attorneys chosen to 2013 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

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Madere, Barbara Volk, O’Brien and de Blanc, Marrero, 504-328-8800 Meaux, Jean Morgan, Attorney at Law, Covington, 985-892-2321 Miles, Terri M., Terri M. Miles, Gretna, 504-362-7740 Morris, Edith H., Morris Lee & Bayle, New Orleans, 504-524-3781 Pg. S-4, S-6 Neathamer, Susan H., Susan H. Neathamer, Gretna, 504-367-2143 O’Dowd, Kim M., O’Dowd & O’Dowd, New Orleans, 504-393-0717 Ott, Carolyn F., Ott & Burns, Denham Springs, 225-664-0977 Paddison, David R., Attorney at Law, Covington, 985-893-2280 Prados, David M., Lowe Stein Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, 504-581-2450 Riegel, Jr., Philip, Attorney at Law, Metairie, 504-834-5345 Saffiotti, Vincent A., Downs Saffiotti & Boudreaux, Baton Rouge, 225-769-8500 Salley, Laurel A., Salley & Salley, Metairie, 504-837-5499 Salley, Sandra S., Salley & Salley, Metairie, 504-837-5499 Smith, Suzette Marie, Lowe Stein Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, 504-581-2450 Sockrider, Jr., H.F., Sockrider Bolin Anglin & Batte, Shreveport, 318-221-5503 Tranchina, Jr., Frank P., Tranchina & Mansfield, Covington, 985-892-1313 Wasserman, Lynne W., Lynne W. Wasserman, Metairie, 504-836-2333 Winsberg, Marc D., Winsberg & Associates, New Orleans, 504-274-0228 Wolff, Bennett, Wolff & Wolff, Metairie, 504-831-1001 Ziv, Barbara J., Barbara J. Ziv, New Orleans, 504-525-4361

FIRST AMENDMENT/MEDIA/ ADVERTISING Roy, Mary Ellen, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9254

GAMING Duncan, J. Kelly, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8218

Ostendorf, Lance S., Pailet & Ostendorf, New Orleans, 504-299-3415 Pg. S-19 Patrick, Patrick H., Patrick Miller, New Orleans, 504-527-5400 Perrier, Guy D., Perrier & Lacoste, New Orleans, 504-212-8820 Philips, Jr., Harry J., Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0276 Plauche, W. Evan, Hailey McNamara Hall Larmann & Papale, Metairie, 504-836-6500 Scofield, John B., Scofield Gerard Singletary & Pohorelsky, Lake Charles, 337-433-9436

HEALTH CARE Caesar, Craig L., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-8616 Caraway, Katy, Caraway LeBlanc, New Orleans, 504-566-1912 Fraiche, Donna D., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5201 Pg. S-4 Frois, Monica A., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-975-4070 Pg. S-4, S-6 King, Jr., Errol J., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Baton Rouge, 225-381-7000 McKinney, Don S., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0134 Pizzo, Stephen M., Blue Williams, Metairie, 504-830-4925 Rodrigue, Linda G., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3439 Staub, Jr., Perry R., Taggart Morton, New Orleans, 504-599-8513 Trostorff, Danielle L., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5224

INSURANCE COVERAGE Baumgartner, Adrianne L., Porteous Hainkel & Johnson, Covington, 985-246-7430 Pg. S-4 Chassaignac, IV, Charles L., Porteous Hainkel & Johnson, Baton Rouge, 225-383-8900 Corkern, Jr., Ronald E., Corkern Crews & Guillet, Natchitoches, 318-352-2302 de Klerk, Andrew S., Frilot, New Orleans, 504-599-8010 Denenea, Jr., John H., Shearman-Denenea, New Orleans, 504-304-4582 Fischer, Madeleine, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8208 Flanagan, Harold J., Flanagan Partners, New Orleans, 504-569-0235 Foret, Charles J., Briney & Foret, Lafayette, 337-237-4070

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Rester, Daniel K., Adams and Reese, Baton Rouge, 225-378-3235 West, Paul S., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Baton Rouge, 225-381-7018

GENERAL LITIGATION Abaunza, Donald R., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4110 Pg. S-4, S-6 Ayres, Leland H., Ayres Warren Shelton & Williams, Shreveport, 318-227-3304 Bergin, Edward H., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8000 Boughton, Jr., F. Sherman, McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200 Hebert, Paul J., Ottinger Hebert, Lafayette, 337-232-2606 Hubert, Thomas P., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8384 Jarman, G. William, Attorney at Law, Zachary, 225-938-7781 Johnson, Edward S., Johnson Johnson Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, 504-528-3001 Kerrigan, Jr., Robert E., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-581-5141 Knister, Terrence K., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-582-1111 Musser, IV, John H., Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 985-809-7670

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Homza, Brian A., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7729 Hubbard III, Ralph S., Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, 504-568-1990 Kendig, Jr., William F., Rice & Kendig, Shreveport, 318-222-2772 McKenzie, W. Shelby, Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0243 Pelleteri, Maura Z., Krebs Farley & Pelleteri, New Orleans, 504-299-3570 Pipes, III, H. Minor, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, 504-589-9726 Plauché, Jr., Andrew L., Plauché Maselli Parkerson, New Orleans, 504-582-1142 Salley, David P., Salley Hite Mercer & Resor, New Orleans, 504-566-8800 Sever, Jay Russell, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-566-1311 Siegel, Robert I., Gieger Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, 504-561-0400 Sutherland, Dean A., Jeansonne & Remondet, New Orleans, 504-524-7333 Trahant, Richard C., Attorney at Law, Metairie, 504-780-9891

INTERNATIONAL Fowler, III, George J., Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli, New Orleans, 504-523-2600

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Bowsher, Robert T., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-381-8028 Caverly, Joseph L., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-581-3200 Fishman, Louis Y., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Pg. S-4, S-6 Fullmer, Mark A., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9324 Hearn, Curtis R., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8308 Kantrow, Lee C., Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer, Baton Rouge, 225-383-4703 Laperouse, Lambert M., Gieger Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, 504-654-1333 Norton, William N., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5297 Page, III, J. Marshall, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8248 Stubbs, Jr., William P., Stubbs Law Firm, Lafayette, 337-233-9755 Whittaker, Scott T., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0836 Pg. S-6

PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL Acomb, W. Ryan, Porteous Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, 504-581-3838 Africk, Lisa M., Brown Sims, New Orleans, 504-569-1007 Andersson, W. Paul, Leake & Andersson, New Orleans, 504-585-7500 Atkinson, Jr., Daniel R., Perry Atkinson Balhoff Mengis & Burns, Baton Rouge, 225-767-7730 Bailey, Matthew W., Walsh & Bailey, Baton Rouge, 225-383-8649 Carey, Christopher E., Pugh Accardo Haas Radecker & Carey, New Orleans, 504-799-4548 Cass, Jr., Bertrand M., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0643 Caverlee, Samuel W., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7810 Chopin, Richard A., Chopin Wagar Richard & Kutcher, Metairie, 504-830-3838 Delacroix, Scott E., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0212 deLaup, Mickey S., deLaup & Enright, Metairie, 504-828-2277 DeRouen, Patrick D., DeRouen Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-274-3660 Edwards, Dow Michael, Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2100 Forrester, David C., Forrester Dick & Clark, Baton Rouge, 225-928-5400 Pg. S-20 Galloway, John E., Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, New Orleans, 504-525-6802 Gasperecz, A. Kirk, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0408 Gerard, Jr., Richard E., Scofield Gerard Singletary & Pohorelsky, Lake Charles, 337-433-9436 Juneau, Sr., Thomas R., Juneau David, Lafayette, 337-269-0052 Kay, III, Ped C., Broussard & Kay, Lafayette, 337-232-1666 Latham, Mark D., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 Maselli, Jr., Joseph, Plauché Maselli Parkerson, New Orleans, 504-586-5228 Mentz, Michael P., Hailey McNamara Hall Larmann & Papale, Metairie, 504-836-6500 Moore, Douglas J., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2100 Murphy, Howard L., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0639 Nieset, Jr., James R., Porteous Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, 504-412-6253 O’Bannon, Ernest L., Bienvenu Foster Ryan & O’Bannon, New Orleans, 504-322-1375 O’Bryon, Kevin C., O’Bryon & Schnabel, New Orleans, 504-799-4200 Remondet, Jr., Michael J., Jeansonne & Remondet, Lafayette, 337-237-4370 Roy, L. Lane, Preis & Roy, Lafayette, 337-237-6062 Schafer, Timothy G., Schafer & Schafer, New Orleans, 504-522-0011 Spears, Kenneth R., Spears & Gary, Lake Charles, 337-513-4333 Pg. S-20 Truitt, Jack E., The Truitt Law Firm, Covington, 985-327-5266 Wallace, Campbell E., Frilot, New Orleans, 504-599-8000

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BY PRACTICE AREA PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE Balhoff, Daniel J., Perry Atkinson Balhoff Mengis & Burns, Baton Rouge, 225-767-7730 Blankenship, Kurt S., Blue Williams, Metairie, 504-830-4936 Bradford, John S., Stockwell Sievert Viccellio Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, 337-436-9491 Bradley Jr., C.Wm., Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, New Orleans, 504-596-6302 Breaud, Alan K., Breaud & Meyers, Lafayette, 337-266-2200 Curry, Guy C., Curry & Friend, New Orleans, 504-524-8556 Dupuy, Cullen J., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-381-8021 Fontana, Karen M., Niles Bourque Fontana & Knight, New Orleans, 504-310-8554 Gibbs, Vance A., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 255-382-3410 Judice, Marc W., Judice & Adley, Lafayette, 337-235-2405 LeBlanc, Ann Marie, Caraway LeBlanc, New Orleans, 504-566-1912 Niles, Jr., Stewart E., Niles Bourque Fontana & Knight, New Orleans, 504-310-8550 Pettiette, Jr., Lawrence W., Pettiette Armand Dunkelman Woodley Byrd & Cromwell, Shreveport, 318-221-1800 Rice, Jr., Edward J., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0333 Sobel, David R., Provosty Sadler deLaunay Fiorenza & Sobel, Alexandria, 318-445-3631 Sperling, Peter E., Frilot, New Orleans, 504-599-8000 Sues, Eugene J., Gold Weems Bruser Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, 318-445-6471 Williams, Douglas K., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-381-8032 Wilson, W. Luther (Bill), Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0250

PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: PRODUCTS Accardo, Francis P., Pugh Accardo Haas Radecker & Carey, New Orleans, 504-799-4500 Arras, Barbara L., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9246 Bertaut, Carmelite M., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-581-3200 Chappuis, Jr., Richard D., Voorhies & LabbÊ, Lafayette, 337-232-9700 Cook, Jr., Sidney E., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7721 Frohn, David R., Frohn & Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, 337-433-5523 Gay, Jr., Charles F., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0295 Pg. S-4, S-6 Gay, Terry Christovich, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, 504-593-4214 Hand, Jr., Albert M., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7727 Hart, C. Michael, Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-387-3221 Irwin, James B., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2100 Pg. S-4, S-6 Kohnke, IV, Edward F., Preis & Roy, New Orleans, 504-581-6062 Laborde, Kenneth H., Gieger Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, 504-654-1301 Lavelle, Paul M., Beirne Maynard & Parsons, New Orleans, 504-799-2223 Manning, Kathleen A., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200 McGlinchey, Deirdre C., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200 Meyer, Mary Laura, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 504-858-2088 Pg. S-4 Moore, Kim E., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2100 Nieset, James R., PlauchÊ Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, 337-436-0522 Norwood, Jr., Colvin G., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200 Pg. S-6 Olinde, John F., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7241 O’Quinn, David W., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2100 Pugh, III, Lawrence G., Pugh Accardo Haas Radecker & Carey, New Orleans, 504-799-4500 Sarver, Richard E., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, 504-589-9733 Pg. S-4, S-6 Shofstahl, Tyson B., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0119

Stout, III, A. Wendel, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0632 Surprenant, Mark C., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0213 Pg. S-6 Talbot, Brent A., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7059 Urquhart, Jr., Quentin F., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2107 Pg. S-4, S-6 West, Dan E., McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, 225-383-9000

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL Abramson, David Alan, Lewis Kullman Sterbcow & Abramson, New Orleans, 504-588-1500 Alexander, Glenn W., Jones & Alexander, Cameron, 337-775-5714 Anderson, Jr., Bennett Boyd, Anderson Dozier & Blanda, Lafayette, 337-233-3366 Andrews, B. Scott, DuÊ Price Guidry Piedrahita & Andrews, Baton Rouge, 225-929-7481 Armentor, Glenn J., Glenn Armentor Law, Lafayette, 337-233-1471 Baggett, Sr., William B., Baggett McCall Burgess Watson & Gaughan, Lake Charles, 337-478-8888 Bassett, Jeffrey M., Morrow Morrow Ryan & Bassett, Opelousas, 337-948-4483 Berger, Allan, Allan Berger & Associates, New Orleans, 504-486-9481 Breslin, Jr., T. Peter, Attorney at Law, Metairie, 504-780-9891 Broussard, Richard C., Broussard & David, Lafayette, 337-233-2323 Pg. S-6 Broussard, Steven, Broussard & Hart, Lake Charles, 337-439-2450 Colomb, Brian C., Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, 337-233-3033 Cossich, Jr., Philip F., Cossich Sumich Parsiola & Taylor, Belle Chasse, 504-394-9000 Creed, Christian C., Creed & Creed, Monroe, 318-362-0086 Pg. S-18 deGravelles, John W., deGravelles Palmintier Holthaus & FrugÊ, Baton Rouge, 225-344-3735 Pg. S-4, S-7

Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South, LLP is one of Louisiana’s premier personal injury ďŹ rms, providing tens of millions of dollars in awards and settlements to injured clients, as well as providing compassionate support to help victims put their lives back together.

Delise, Bobby J., Delise & Hall, New Orleans, 504-836-8000 Dileo, Gregory P., Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 504-522-3456 Domengeaux, James H., Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, 337-233-3033 Downing, III, Edward F., Gauthier Houghtaling & Williams, Metairie, 504-456-8636 DuĂŠ, Paul H., DuĂŠ Price Guidry Piedrahita & Andrews, Baton Rouge, 225-929-7481 Dunahoe, Jr., Edwin, Dunahoe Law Firm, Natchitoches, 318-352-1999 Edwards, Thomas R., Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, 337-233-3033 Falcon, Timothy J., Falcon Law Firm, Marrero, 504-341-1234 Filo, Thomas A., Cox Cox Filo Camel & Wilson, Lake Charles, 337-436-6611 Frischhertz, Jr., Lloyd N., Frischhertz Poulliard Frischhertz & Impastato, New Orleans, 504-523-1500 Gaar, Jr., Joseph F., The Gaar Law Firm, Lafayette, 337-366-0982 Y 3WM4A9V Gayle, Thomas J., Gayle Law Firm, Lake Charles, 337-494-1220 Gertler, Louis L., Gertler Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-581-6411 Gertler, Meyer H. “Mikeâ€?, Gertler Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-581-6411 Gregorio, Sam N., Gregorio Gregory & Payne, Shreveport, 318-865-8680 Guidry, Kirk A., DuĂŠ Price Guidry Piedrahita & Andrews, Baton Rouge, 225-929-7481 Heck, Charles H., Heck Law Firm, Monroe, 318-322-0744 Hennessy, J. Patrick, Attorney at Law, Shreveport, 318-221-8000

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“We advocate for those who can’t help themselves,â€? explains founding partner Hunter Lundy. “We ďŹ ght to protect the civil justice rights and liberties of individuals. It’s our job to help them, to lift them up. Our ďŹ rm is blessed with experienced, talented trial attorneys and a top-of-the-class group of young lawyers. We are all united in putting people ďŹ rst.â€?

Areas of Practice With a wealth of experience and resources, the ďŹ rm helps individuals and families recover damages from claims related to serious accidents, personal injury, products liability and wrongful death in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas and throughout the United States.

Recently, the ďŹ rm has been active in the landmark litigation and settlements with British Petroleum for damages related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Founding partner Matt Lundy is a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee that reached the historic agreements, providing compensation for economic loss and longterm health beneďŹ ts to the injured.

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Commercial and Real Estate Lawyers The ďŹ rm also represents businesses in complex commercial litigation and in commercial and residential real estate transactions, including pipeline acquisitions.

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Hooks, III, Kenneth H., Dodson Hooks & Frederick, Baton Rouge, 225-756-0222 Jacobs, Darleen M., Jacobs Sarrat Lovelace & Harris, New Orleans, 504-522-0155 Pg. S-4, S-20 Jacobson, Tamara Kluger, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 504-822-2136 Jones, Jennifer Ann, Jones & Alexander, Cameron, 337-775-5714 Katz, Morton H., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans, 504-581-4892 Kennedy, Richard R., Attorney at Law, Lafayette, 337-232-1934 Klick, James C., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans, 504-581-4892 Koederitz, Gary P., Koederitz Law Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-295-9494 Lambert, James P., Jim Lambert Law Firm, Lafayette, 337-261-3737 Lamothe, III, Frank E., Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Baton Rouge, 225-769-4553 Landry, Mickey P., Landry Swarr & Cannella, New Orleans, 504-299-1214 Loup, Terry B., Morris Bart, New Orleans, 504-525-8000 McCall, Robert C., Baggett McCall Burgess Watson & Gaughan, Lake Charles, 337-478-8888 McKernan, Gordon J., McKernan Law Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-926-1234 Meredith, Jr., C. Locke, Locke Meredith Sean Fagan & Associates, Baton Rouge, 225-272-5300 Morrow, Patrick C., Morrow Morrow Ryan & Bassett, Opelousas, 337-948-4483 Palmintier, Michael C., deGravelles Palmintier Holthaus & Frugé, Baton Rouge, 225-344-3735 Papillion, Darrel J., Walters Papillion Thomas Cullens, Baton Rouge, 225-236-3636 Penton, Ronnie G., Law Offices of Ronnie G. Penton, Bogalusa, 985-732-5651 Perry, John B., Attorney at Law, Slidell, 985-639-0207 Piedrahita, Randolph A., Dué Price Guidry Piedrahita & Andrews, Baton Rouge, 225-929-7481 Price, Donald W., Dué Price Guidry Piedrahita & Andrews, Baton Rouge, 225-929-7481 Salim, Robert L., Attorney at Law, Natchitoches, 318-354-1043 Saunders, Benjamin B., Davis Saunders & Miller, Mandeville, 985-612-3070 Silbert, Scott E., Silbert & Garon, New Orleans, 504-581-6200 Singleton, Willie James, Singleton Law Firm, Shreveport, 318-631-5200 Slack, Todd R., Huber Slack Houghtaling Pandit & Thomas, New Orleans, 504-274-2500 Smith, IV, S. Christie, SmithBush, Leesville, 337-239-2244 Pg. S-4 Stevens, Jr., Elwood C., Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, 337-233-3033 Thibaut, III, Charest D., Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, 225-923-3200 Tomeny, III, Frank, Tomeny Law Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-767-8333 Unglesby, Lewis, Unglesby Law Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0120 Pg. S-4 Waddell, Cameron R., Waddell Anderman, Baton Rouge, 225-910-8305 Walker, David O., Neblett Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, 800-561-2526 Walters, Jr., Edward J., Walters Papillion Thomas Cullens, Baton Rouge, 225-236-3636 Ward, Aub A., Naquin & Ward, Baton Rouge, 225-927-1907 Wright, Bob F., Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, 337-233-3033

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE Calvert, Thomas B., Attorney at Law, Metairie, 504-830-7610 David, Robert J., Gainsburgh Benjamin David Meunier & Warshauer, New Orleans, 504-522-2304 Ecuyer, Michael J., Gainsburgh Benjamin David Meunier & Warshauer, New Orleans, 504-522-2304 Fewell, Jr., Richard L., Richard L. Fewell Jr., West Monroe, 318-388-3320 Gennusa, II, Thomas A., Law Offices of Thomas A. Gennusa II, Metairie, 504-455-0442 Glorioso, Maria B., The Glorioso Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-569-9999 Hammons, John L., Nelson & Hammons, Shreveport, 318-227-2401 Pg. S-9

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Kullman, Lawrence S., Lewis Kullman Sterbcow & Abramson, New Orleans, 504-588-1500 Mitchell, Jeffrey A., The Cochran Firm Metairie, Metairie, 504-309-5000 Moore, Charles R., Moore Thompson Lee & Broyles, Baton Rouge, 225-766-1100 Morton, John E., Morton Law, Alexandria, 318-448-1771 Orrill, Jr., R. Ray, Orrill Cordell & Beary, New Orleans, 504-299-8724 Russell, III, Sera H., The Law Offices of Sera H. Russell III, Lafayette, 337-237-7171 Schrumpf, Oliver J., Schrumpf & Schrumpf, Sulphur, 337-625-9077 Townsley, Todd A., The Townsley Law Firm, Lake Charles, 337-478-1400 Wagar, III, Nelson W. “Chip”, Chopin Wagar Richard & Kutcher, Metairie, 504-830-3838 Widmann, Harry T., Attorney at Law, Metairie, 504-834-2799

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: PRODUCTS Kleinpeter, Robert E., Kleinpeter & Schwartzberg, Baton Rouge, 225-926-4130 Lewis, Harvey J., Lewis Kullman Sterbcow & Abramson, New Orleans, 504-588-1500 Lundy, Hunter W., Lundy Lundy Soileau & South, Lake Charles, 337-439-0707 Lundy, Matthew E., Lundy Lundy Soileau & South, Lake Charles, 337-439-0707 Plotkin, Louis L., Plotkin & Vincent, Metairie, 504-267-6191

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY: DEFENSE Fritchie, III, Gus A., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2100 Gay, E. Phelps, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, 504-593-4201 Gibson, James H., Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, 337-291-1000 Lund, Daniel, Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-3200 Marshall, Nancy J., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0602 Schiff, Leslie J., Schiff Scheckman & White, Opelousas, 337-942-9771 Simmons, Gracella, Keogh Cox & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-383-3796 Pg. S-20

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PROJECTS Cornelius, O. Ray, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0258

REAL ESTATE Adams, Marguerite L., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 Pg. S-4 Bacot, Samuel A., McGlinchey Stafford, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3650 Boudreaux, Philip H., Andrus Boudreaux Landry & Coussan, Lafayette, 337-984-9480 Cahill, Jr., Elwood F., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2100 Pg. S-4, S-5, S-6 Carleton, Michael D., Woodley Williams Law Firm, Lake Charles, 337-433-6328 Colvin, R. Keith, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8524 Pg. S-6 Conway III, James R., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, 504-584-9433 Crosby, E. Howell, Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7212 de Lisle, Victoria M., Locke Lord, New Orleans, 504-558-5100 Dwyer, Stephen I., Dwyer Cambre & Suffern, Metairie, 504-838-9090 Elkins, Gary J., Elkins, New Orleans, 504-529-3600 Everett, Jr., John P., Roddy Watson & Everett, Lake Charles, 337-474-4886 Gregorie, Jr., Isaac M. “Mack”, Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-382-3411 Hood, Ralph E., Kizer Hood & Morgan, Baton Rouge, 225-754-9972 Landry, Charles A., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Baton Rouge, 225-248-2020 LeBreton, Rose McCabe, Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, 504-568-1990

Leyens, Jr., Jon F., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5200 McHenry, R. Lewis, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8300 McMurray, Patricia B., Adams and Reese, Baton Rouge, 225-378-3223 Pg. S-4 Meyer, Malcolm A., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0196 Moench, Deborah Jean, Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2117 Pg. S-5 Montgomery, III, Richard B., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0663 Moore, Marie A., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2108 Pg. S-5 Morton, James R., Taggart Morton, New Orleans, 504-599-8507 Mouton, Robert W., Locke Lord, New Orleans, 504-558-5100 Naquin, Ronald L., Hamilton & Brown, New Orleans, 504-566-1805 Reymond, Jr., Leon J., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4150 Richter, Richard P., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2104 Pg. S-5 Roussel, Randy P., Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, 225-376-0234 Schneider, Michael R., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0835 Sher, Leopold Z., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2101 Pg. S-4, S-5, S-6 Steeg, Robert M., Steeg Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-582-1245 Talley, Susan G., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0828 Pg. S-4, S-6 Title, Peter S., Sessions Fishman Nathan & Israel, New Orleans, 504-582-1542 Toups, Jr., James E., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-381-8005 Tyler, Susan M., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8298 Willis, Sterling Scott, Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5264 Pg. S-4, S-6

SECURITIES & CORPORATE FINANCE Najder, Kenneth J., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8386 Rieveschl, David, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-8660 Rousseau, Dionne M., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Baton Rouge, 225-248-2026 Walmsley, Jr., Robert M., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252

SECURITIES LITIGATION Bieck, Jr., Robert B., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8202 Freeman, III, George C., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, 504-589-9700 Pg. S-4, S-6 Roberts, Thomas A., Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, 504-589-9731

TAX Ajubita, A. Albert, Ajubita Leftwich & Salzer, New Orleans, 504-582-2300 Angelico, Robert S., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4112 Antin, Jr., Walter “Bud”, Antin Law Firm, Hammond, 985-542-8299 Backstrom, Jr., William M., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8228 Pg. S-4, S-6 Baringer, Dale R., The Baringer Law Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-383-9953 Bell, Hilton S., Milling Benson Woodward, New Orleans, 504-569-7000 Blackman, IV, John C., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Baton Rouge, 225-248-2070 Calhoun, Jaye A., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-596-2785 Casey, Robert R., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Baton Rouge, 225-248-2090 Cassidy, David R., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-381-8018 Colbert, John W., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0832 Cordes, Jr., Paul D., Guarisco & Cordes, New Orleans, 504-587-7007 Derbes, III, Albert J., The Derbes Law Firm, Metairie, 504-837-1230

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Brackett, Alan G., Mouledoux Bland Legrand & Brackett, New Orleans, 504-595-3000 Pg. S-11 Bridger, R. Jeffrey, Brown Sims, New Orleans, 504-569-1007 Broders, John J., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8172 Brooks, Jr., Philip S., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-3200 Cerise, Jr., Charles A., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0418 Charvet, Kathleen K., Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, New Orleans, 504-322-4100 Clotworthy, Robert C., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-8676 Cozad, Richard A., McAlpine & Cozad, New Orleans, 504-561-0323 Crawford, Todd G., Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli, New Orleans, 504-523-2600 Curtis, Larry, Larry Curtis, Lafayette, 337-235-1825 Pg. S-3, S-4 Y FFPUYGG

LARRY CURTIS LARRY CURTIS, APLC Lafayette • 337-235-1825

www.larrycurtis.com Daniels, Timothy F., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2100 Davis, Christopher O., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5251 Diaz, Thomas P., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 Dill, James M., The Dill Firm, Lafayette, 337-261-1408 Dittman, Stevan C., Gainsburgh Benjamin David Meunier & Warshauer, New Orleans, 504-522-2304 Dodson, Richard J., Dodson Hooks & Frederick, Baton Rouge, 225-756-0222 Dragna, Gerard J., Perrier & Lacoste, New Orleans, 504-212-8820 Emory, C. William, Mouledoux Bland Legrand & Brackett, New Orleans, 504-595-3000 Pg. S-11

CHARLES C. BOURQUE, JR.

TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME Acomb, Jr., Robert B., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8112 Anseman, III, Norman E., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Lafayette, 337-593-7661 Barry, Jr., Francis J., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0642 Benjamin, Jr., Jack C., Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, New Orleans, 504-322-4100 Bertram, Richard D., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8000 Bolles, John A., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9260 Bourque, Jr., Charles C., St. Martin & Bourque, Houma, 985-876-3891

Fisher, Jr., Robert B., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7000 Forbes, Thomas D., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7000 Force, Joshua S., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2130 Pg. S-5 Foster, Richard B., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, 504-586-1241 Gaudet, W. Gerald, Voorhies & Labbé, Lafayette, 337-232-9700 George, James, George & George, Baton Rouge, 225-769-3064 Goodier, Glenn G., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8174 Pg. S-4, S-6 Grant, Jr., A. Gordon, Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-3200 Gray, III, Mat M., Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli, New Orleans, 504-523-2600 Guy, Matthew C., LeBlanc Bland, New Orleans, 504-528-3088 Haas, III, Frederick T., Pugh Accardo Haas Radecker & Carey, New Orleans, 504-799-4500 Hanemann, Stephen C., Kean Miller, New Orleans, 504-620-3342 Haycraft, Don K., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4128 Hilbert, Jr., Peter L., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2107 Pg. S-5 Hoerner, Daniel J., Mouledoux Bland Legrand & Brackett, New Orleans, 504-595-3000 Pg. S-11 Hurley, Grady S., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8224 Hymel, Richard J., Mahtook & LaFleur, Lafayette, 337-266-2189 Jarrett, R. Keith, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4133 Johnson, Ronald A., Johnson Johnson Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, 504-528-3001 Kallam, Robert M., Preis & Roy, Lafayette, 337-237-6062 Katz, Brian D., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans, 504-581-4892 Kelly, David S., Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, New Orleans, 504-596-6303 CONTINUED ON PAGE S-18

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Koch, Jr., R. Joshua, Koch & Schmidt, New Orleans, 504-208-9040 Koehl, Jr., Edward J., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8176 Laizer, Edwin C., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0207 Larzelere, Stephen M., Larzelere Picou Wells Simpson Lonero, Metairie, 504-834-6500 Lawton, David B., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9258 LeBlanc, III, J. Dwight, Frilot, New Orleans, 504-599-8000 LeBlanc, Jr., J. Dwight, Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7013 LeBreton, III, Edward F., Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli, New Orleans, 504-595-5142 Lee III, Joseph E., Preis & Roy, New Orleans, 504-581-6062 Leefe, David W., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-556-4137 Lemoine, Michael G., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Lafayette, 337-593-7624 Lemon, II, Robert T., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8246 Lirette, Danny J., Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Baton Rouge, 225-769-4553 Matthews, Douglas P., King Krebs & Jurgens, New Orleans, 504-569-1640 McAloon, III, Leo R., Gieger Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, 504-561-0400 McCleskey, Jr., Robert P., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9280 McElligott, Jr., John E., Davidson Meaux Sonnier McElligott Fontenot Gideon & Edwards, Lafayette, 337-237-1660

JOHN E. MCELLIGOTT, JR.

DAVIDSON, MEAUX, SONNIER, MCELLIGOTT, FONTENOT, GIDEON & EDWARDS, LLP Lafayette • 337-237-1660

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McShane, Patrick J., Frilot, New Orleans, 504-599-8020 Merchant, Kevin P., Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, 337-237-7000 Mestayer, Michael J., Michael J. Mestayer, New Orleans, 504-522-7360 Morrow, Jr., P. Craig, Morrow Morrow Ryan & Bassett, Opelousas, 337-948-4483 Mouledoux, Andre J., Mouledoux Bland Legrand & Brackett, New Orleans, 504-595-3000 Pg. S-11 O’Keefe, Patrick E., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-3200 Parks, C. Michael, Perrier & Lacoste, New Orleans, 504-212-8820 Plunkett, Jr., Lawrence R., Reich Album & Plunkett, Metairie, 504-830-3999 Preis, Jr., Edwin G., Preis & Roy, Lafayette, 337-237-6062 Rivera, James T., Scofield & Rivera, Lafayette, 337-235-5353 Riviere, William J., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9343 Rodriguez, Antonio J., Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli, New Orleans, 504-595-5170 Roussel, James H., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5278 Pg. S-4, S-6 Ryan, Kent B., The Miller Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-684-5044 Schwartz, William B., Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, 504-569-2900 Scofield, Bryan D., Scofield & Rivera, Lafayette, 337-235-5353 Sharpe, David B., Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, 504-568-1990 Silverstein, James R., Kean Miller, New Orleans, 504-585-3050 Slater, III, Benjamin R., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, 504-584-9141 Sterbcow, Paul M., Lewis Kullman Sterbcow & Abramson, New Orleans, 504-588-1500 Straub, Hugh R., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-566-1311

Talley, Charles R., Kean Miller, New Orleans, 504-585-3050 Talley, Jr., Patrick A., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-594-9220 Theunissen, Randall K., Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, 337-291-1000 Tillery, Jefferson R., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8000 Truxillo, Douglas W., Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, 337-237-2660 Tynan, Joseph P., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-7902 Vance, Paul N., Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, 504-569-2900 Waguespack, Jason P., Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, New Orleans, 504-525-6802 Pg. S-20 Walker, Derek A., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7044 Wallace, Brian D., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9204 Warshauer, Irving J., Gainsburgh Benjamin David Meunier & Warshauer, New Orleans, 504-522-2304 Webb, Daniel A., Sutterfield & Webb, New Orleans, 504-598-2715 Welch, Hal C., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, 504-584-9113 Wheaton, Jr., Scott R., Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, 504-568-1990 Williams, III, Conrad S.P. (Duke), Williams Law Group, Houma, 985-876-7595 Wright, III, James E., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8234

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Founding partner of Durio, McGoffin, Stagg & Ackermann, Steven G. “Buzz” Durio has a lifetime of legal experience, professional distinction and community service. With over 35 years of legal proceedings in areas including banking and financial institutions; business transactions; corporate business organization and counseling; corporate dissolution; mergers and acquisitions; shareholder rights; and business and commercial litigations, he has conducted trials, appeals, arbitrations, mediations, review panels, and administrative hearings in city, parish, state, and federal trial and appellate courts. Mr. Durio specializes in selected commercial business cases. Evidenced by his extensive resume, he has earned the respect of his peers, the state bar and the community.

Fred Herman is a trial attorney who has represented individuals, families, and businesses in serious injury and complex business litigation for over 37 years. Mr. Herman has served as a mediator, arbitrator, hearing officer, and special master in complex civil disputes. His practice areas include serious injury, business transactions and litigation, and health care litigation. Mr. Herman has taught and lectured at Loyola and Tulane Law Schools and is a member of various professional associations, including Academy of Court Appointed Special Masters, Louisiana and American Associations for Justice, Louisiana Bank Counsel and American Healthcare Lawyers Association.

At 32, John Houghtaling purchased the firm he started working in as a law student, under the tutelage of the late, great trial attorney Wendell Gauthier. Houghtaling has enjoyed an astonishing litigation record collecting over $138 million for businesses and individual clients. With a specialty of insurance and business litigation, Houghtaling has been recognized by New Orleans CityBusiness for Leadership in Law 2005-2008 and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2009. As managing partner, he leads a staff of 37, including 16 attorneys with offices in New Orleans and Houston. In 2010, Houghtaling partnered with actor Kevin Costner and successfully brought to market technology that was used to assist in the cleanup of the BP oil spill.

JAMES M. WILLIAMS

SCOTT R. BICKFORD

HUGH P. LAMBERT

3500 North Hullen Street Metairie, LA 70002 Tel: 504-456-8600 Fax: 504-456-8624 jmw@ghwlegal.com www.ghwlegal.com

338 Lafayette Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Tel: 504-581-9065 Fax: 504-581-7635 mb@mbfirm.com www.mbfirm.com

BUSINESS LITIGATION PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL INSURANCE COVERAGE

CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION POLITICAL LAW

CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION

James Williams is a catastrophic personal injury and business litigation attorney, having won over $100 million for individual clients since 2003. He became the youngest judge in Louisiana when the Supreme Court appointed him Judge Pro Tempore in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. He was named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by ATLA and one of the Top 40 Lawyers under 40 by the National Bar Association. Williams was inducted into the New Orleans CityBusiness Hall of Fame and named in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum’s list of Top Trial Lawyers in America. Mr. Williams has litigated cases in California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Milan, Italy.

Scott Bickford is a trial attorney who, for over 25 years, has represented the rights of injured workers and their families in environmental cases. He has represented hundreds of individuals exposed to asbestos, welding fumes, and other toxic substances. As part of this representation, he has tried numerous cases involving different asbestos illnesses, participated on national panels involving asbestos litigation problems, and has lectured extensively on asbestos trial practice to other attorneys.

In addition to his asbestos practice, Mr. Bickford represents various governmental and private landowners in environmental land damage cases.

After graduating from the University of Michigan School of Engineering, Mr. Lambert worked as a production process engineer for General Motors for seven years. He then completed law school in the top of his class and clerked for U.S. District Court Judge R. Blake West, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. He is a frequent lecturer across the U.S. on class actions and mass torts. He has also authored and published legal articles for law review journals and seminars in areas pertaining to science and engineering as related to legal matters.

He is a member in good standing of numerous state and federal courts throughout the U.S., where results favorable to the firm’s clients have been achieved. More information is available on the firm’s website.

JULIAN R. MURRAY, JR.

PHILIP C. KOBETZ

LANCE S. OSTENDORF

120 Representative Row Lafayette, LA 70508 Tel: 337-291-1990 Fax: 337-291-1995 pckltd@aol.com

650 Poydras Street Suite 1460 New Orleans, LA 70130 Tel: 504-299-3415 Fax: 504-527-5111 lance@proentertainmentlaw.com www.proentertainmentlaw.com

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR PERSONAL INJURY BUSINESS LITIGATION

FAMILY LAW PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

GENERAL LITIGATION ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Mr. Murray received his Juris Doctorate degree from Tulane Law School. Before going into private practice, he served as Assistant District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Chief Prosecutor of the Organized Crime Section of the State Attorney General’s Office. He is engaged in all types of litigation, including white collar criminal defense, personal injury cases, and business litigation. Mr. Murray also serves as an adjunct professor of law at Tulane Law School where he teaches Advanced Criminal Practice and served as Director of Tulane’s Trial Advocacy Program.

Philip Kobetz is pleased to be included in this publication for the fourth straight year. He is well known as an active trial lawyer, primarily handling contested divorce, child custody, and community property cases and personal injury litigation. His practice began in 1980, when he started representing individuals in automobile and motorcycle personal injury cases, offshore claims, and medical malpractice cases, areas in which he still maintains an active trial practice in both state and federal court.

He attributes much of his success in the family law arena to the trial experience that he gained in his personal injury litigation practice and his personal experience as a father of three children.

He has been Board Certified as a Family Law Specialist by the LSBA since 1995.

Mr. Lance S. Ostendorf represents numerous clients in various aspects of law and business including entertainment, Louisiana Film Tax Credits and Incentive Credits for movies, films, and sound and music recordings, as well as movie production, finance, retail operations, transportation and trucking, construction, corporate law, contract law, intellectual property, and several other areas.

He represents clients on a national, regional, and local level and numerous individuals before state and federal courts. He has been extremely active in his legal practice and has been a frequent speaker on seminars for corporations throughout the U.S. He is also the recipient of top ratings by Martindale-Hubbell, A.M. Best, Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Law and Who’s Who in America, and many similar organizations and publications.

GAUTHIER, HOUGHTALING & WILLIAMS

CHEHARDY, SHERMAN, ELLIS, MURRAY, RECILE, GRIFFITH, STAKELUM & HAYES, LLP 1 Galleria Boulevard Suite 1100 Metairie, LA 70001 Tel: 504-833-5600 Fax: 504-833-8080 jrm@chehardy.com www.chehardy.com

MARTZELL & BICKFORD, A.P.C.

ATTORNEY AT LAW

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3500 North Hullen Street Metairie, LA 70002 Tel: 504-456-8600 Fax: 504-456-8624 john@ghwlegal.com www.ghwlegal.com

THE LAMBERT FIRM, PLC 701 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Tel: 504-581-1750 Fax: 504-529-2931 hlambert@lamnel.com www.lamnel.com

PAILET & OSTENDORF, L.L.P.

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PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL THROUGH TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME DAVID C. FORRESTER

KENNETH R. SPEARS

DARLEEN M. JACOBS

4981 Bluebonnet Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Tel: 225-928-5400 Fax: 225-928-7733 david@forresterdick.com www.forresterdick.com

1 Lakeshore Drive Suite 900 Lake Charles, LA 70629 Tel: 337-513-4333 Fax: 337-494-5584 kspears@law-sg.com www.spearsgary.com

823 St. Louis Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Tel: 504-522-0155 Fax: 504-522-3819 dollyno@aol.com

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PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL CIVIL LITIGATION DEFENSE EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS

David C. Forrester is a native of New Orleans. He received a B.A. from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia and his J.D. from LSU School of Law. After college, Mr. Forrester worked on the Impeachment Inquiry Staff, U.S. House of Representatives, in connection with the Watergate scandal involving the Nixon Administration. A specialist in insurance fraud and arson, Mr. Forrester has won numerous arson cases at trial and has served on the Governor’s Insurance Anti-Fraud Advisory Board.

He is a frequent lecturer on insurance fraud and arson and has delivered numerous CLE lectures regarding insurance law and insurance fraud. A former prosecutor for the Louisiana District Attorney General’s Office, Mr. Forrester has drafted statutes in Louisiana regarding Medicaid fraud and cruelty to the infirm.

Kenneth R. Spears, Louisiana State University (J.D., 1972), concentrates his practice on civil litigation, eminent domain, and toxic tort litigation. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Louisiana; and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and by the Louisiana State Bar Association and State Bar of Texas. He is a member of the National Board of Trial Advocacy and Litigation Counsel of America.

Darleen M. Jacobs is the managing partner of her firm. Her offices are located in New Orleans and Violet. Her firm specializes in personal injury, medical malpractice, maritime, Jones Act, and class action cases. She received her B.A. degree from LSUNO, her J.D. degree from Loyola School of Law, and her Master’s in admiralty law from Tulane Law School. She is a member of the LTLA, NYSTLA, NBOTA, New Orleans Bar Association, Jefferson Bar Association, St. Bernard Bar Association, and the NYSBA. Darleen is AV-rated and was recognized as a preeminent lawyer

by Martindale-Hubbell. She is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. She received over 58 judgments in excess of $1 million, and one judgment in excess of $3 billion.

GRACELLA SIMMONS

DAVID S. GUNN

RUSSELL J. STUTES, JR.

701 Main Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Tel: 225-383-3796 Fax: 225-343-9612 gracella@kcwlaw.com www.kcwlaw.com

5800 One Perkins Place Drive Building 1 Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Tel: 225-767-1550 Fax: 225-767-1559 davidgunn@gunnlaw.net

600 Broad Street Lake Charles, LA 70601 Tel: 337-433-0022 Fax: 337-433-0601 rusty@stuteslaw.com www.stuteslaw.com

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY: DEFENSE PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL GENERAL LITIGATION

TAX ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE BUSINESS LITIGATION

TAX BUSINESS LITIGATION ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE

Gracella Simmons primarily practices in the area of professional liability and general civil litigation defense. She is admitted to practice in the federal courts of Louisiana and the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). She served as a national board director including President, Vice President, and Secretary Treasurer of the Louisiana chapter. She has been named to participate in mock trials hosted by ABOTA in Louisiana and other states.

She is a former member of the Board of Directors of Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. She has sat as Judge Ad Hoc on the Baton Rouge City Court. She also is a certified mediator.

David S. Gunn is an attorney at Gunn & York, LLP, where his practice includes complex civil and criminal tax dispute resolution and representation before the IRS and LDR. David negotiates complex business acquisitions, and drafts tax and estate planning documents, including wills and trusts. He is experienced in the formation of business entities and drafting of business contracts, is experienced in sales/use tax controversies and litigation, and is involved in complex commercial, business, and tax litigation. David presently serves upon the Tax Law Advisory Commission of the LSBA. David is Board Certified as a Tax Attorney and as an Estate Planning and Administration Specialist by the LSBA and previously practiced as a Louisiana CPA. He earned his J.D. degree from LSU Law Center.

Russell J. Stutes, Jr. (“Rusty”) is the managing partner of Stutes & Lavergne. Rusty is Board Certified in Tax Law and Estate Planning and Administration and was recently selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of taxation.

He provides tax and estate planning services for a number of businesses, business owners, and professionals. Rusty has an extensive practice before the IRS and the Louisiana Department of Revenue and Taxation. He also has significant experience in the area of state and local tax litigation, representing numerous taxing authorities and small and large businesses. His record for success in state and local tax litigation is unmatched in the State of Louisiana.

FORRESTER, DICK & CLARK

KEOGH, COX & WILSON, LTD

SPEARS & GARY, L.L.C.

GUNN & YORK

JACOBS, SARRAT, LOVELACE & HARRIS

STUTES & LAVERGNE

JASON P. WAGUESPACK GALLOWAY, JOHNSON, TOMPKINS, BURR & SMITH, APLC One Shell Square, 40th Floor 701 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70139 Tel: 504-525-6802 Fax: 504-525-2456 jwaguespack@gjtbs.com www.gjtbs.com TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME INTERNATIONAL GENERAL LITIGATION

Jason P. Waguespack is a recognized leader in the maritime and international legal fields. He is a director at GJTBS and currently serves as the Managing Director of the firm. He is also a member of the adjunct faculty of the Tulane University School of Law and Tulane University AB Freeman School of Business and is active in the civic life of his community. He maintains a regional practice based in New Orleans and Houston that focuses primarily on litigation and arbitration. He specializes in the representation of owners, charterers, operators, and marine insurers in all types of marine casualty losses. He serves as national counsel to several clients with ongoing international interests.

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BY PRIMARY AREA OF PRACTICE The list was finalized as of July 23, 2012. Any updates to the list (for example, status changes or disqualifying events) will be reflected on superlawyers.com.

Names and page numbers in RED indicate a profile on the specified page.

BANKING Campisi, Lauren E., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-586-1200

BANKRUPTCY & CREDITOR/ DEBTOR RIGHTS Hedrick, Lisa M., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0307

BUSINESS LITIGATION Almon, Matthew S., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0976 Antis, Jr., Phillip J., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-582-1111 Boyd, III, Howard Taney, Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2100 Pg. S-5 Brady, Sean P., Flanagan Partners, New Orleans, 504-569-0235 Brechtel, Nancy A., Cotten Schmidt & Abbott, New Orleans, 504-568-9393 Burge, Jason W., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Carr, Daniel J., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Douglas, Dana M., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 English, Nina Wessel, Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-582-1111 Fortson, Stephen C., Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, Shreveport, 318-227-1131 Gustavson, Kristina B., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7720 Janke, Benjamin West, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5200 Johnson, Ryan E., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Baton Rouge, 225-248-2000 LaFleur, Stephen A., Gold Weems Bruser Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, 318-445-6471 Lasky, Catherine E., Jones Swanson Huddell & Garrison, New Orleans, 504-523-2500 Lemaire, Justin P., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0942 McEachin, Thomas M., Schonekas Evans McGoey & McEachin, New Orleans, 504-680-6055 Mills, Alysson L., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Owen, Jr., Thomas P., Stanley Reuter Ross Thornton & Alford, New Orleans, 504-523-1580 Prescott, Elisabeth Quinn, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Baton Rouge, 225-381-7017 Ridley, Jr., Coleman Douglas, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8274 Schilling, Ellie T., Schonekas Evans McGoey & McEachin, New Orleans, 504-680-6050 Shea, William D., Adams and Reese, Baton Rouge, 225-378-3244 Thornton, Jennifer L., Stanley Reuter Ross Thornton & Alford, New Orleans, 504-523-1580 Tigchelaar, Brooke C., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0862 Vigen, Erik S., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-277-7753

Wehlen, Nicholas J., Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0827 Woolf, Matthew A., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5262

Theard, Kelly E., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0667 Vicknair, Andrew G., Shields Mott Lund, New Orleans, 504-581-4445

BUSINESS/CORPORATE

CONSTRUCTION/SURETY

Mullins, Matthew L., Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-381-0228 Paine, Stephen J., Ayres Warren Shelton & Williams, Shreveport, 318-227-3959 Price, Jeffrey W., Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, Shreveport, 318-227-1131 Riess, Megan C., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Scafidel, Amy G., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8462 Schroeder, David-Logan, Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Woodruff, Benjamin P., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8444

Boudreaux, Jeffery N., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999 Lowe, Michael D., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7820 Prescott, III, James D., LeBlanc Bland, New Orleans, 504-528-3088

CIVIL LITIGATION DEFENSE Drennan, George C., Plauché Maselli Parkerson, New Orleans, 504-586-5290 Edwards, Jerry, Blanchard Walker O’Quin & Roberts, Shreveport, 318-221-6858 Griffith, Jr., Steven F., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5200 Gristina, Nicholas C., Porteous Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, 504-581-3838 Jenkins, Chauntis T., Porteous Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, 504-412-6266 Kemp, Ingrid M., Johnson Gray McNamara, Mandeville, 985-246-6544 Kirsch, Kyle P., McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy McDaniel & Welch, Metairie, 504-831-0946 Ordeneaux, James K., Plauché Maselli Parkerson, New Orleans, 504-586-5272 Rome, Curt Lucien, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9315 Stevens, Gregory T., Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, 225-346-0285 Temple, Jr., Thomas R., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-381-8024 Teske, Christopher R., Gieger Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, 504-561-0400 Walker, Laranda M., Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, 225-346-0285 Webre, Rachel G., Gieger Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, 504-561-0400

CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS Berniard, Jeffrey P., Berniard Law, New Orleans, 504-527-6225 Pg. S-24 Crowson, Gabriel A., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, 504-596-2839 Holinga, Lexi T., Bienvenu Bonnecaze Foco Viator & Holinga, Baton Rouge, 225-388-5600 Kilpatrick, Jennifer S., Degan Blanchard & Nash, New Orleans, 504-529-3333

CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION Dillon, Carla Tircuit, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8146 Frilot, Mark W., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Mandeville, 985-819-8417 Hedlund, Scott J., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-581-5141 LeBlanc, Beau E., LeBlanc Bland, New Orleans, 504-528-3088

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CRIMINAL DEFENSE Bloom, Seth J., Bloom Legal, New Orleans, 504-599-9997 DiGiulio, Ariel K., DiGiulio Utley, New Orleans, 504-524-4080 Gonzalez, Steven, Attorney at Law, Kenner, 504-352-7834 Hatch, Christopher D., Elton B. Richey & Associates, Shreveport, 318-227-1460 Hébert, Stephen D., Stephen D. Hébert, New Orleans, 504-528-9500 Knipe, III, James G., Manasseh Gill Knipe & Belanger, Baton Rouge, 225-383-9703 Tonry, Cullen A., The Tonry Law Firm, Chalmette, 504-208-3013 Turgeau Powell, Tracey C., Powell & Associates, Slidell, 985-718-0567 Ward, Jr., Samuel C. “Chuck”, Samuel C. Ward Jr. & Associates, Baton Rouge, 225-330-6677

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/DWI Layrisson, J. Parker, Parker Layrisson Law Firm, Ponchatoula, 985-467-9525

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS/ERISA Stein, Jason M., Jackson Lewis, New Orleans, 504-208-1755

EMPLOYMENT & LABOR Davis, Brandon E., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-566-1311 Hugg, Joseph R., Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, New Orleans, 504-584-5466 Murray, Bryce G., Bryce G. Murray, Metairie, 504-383-3246 Myers, Sarah Voorhies, Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7009 Roberts, MaryJo L., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-566-1311 White, Christine M., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, New Orleans, 504-648-3840 Williams, Christopher L., Proskauer Rose, New Orleans, 504-310-4088 Pg. S-24

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE Anderson, Michelle I., Fisher & Phillips, New Orleans, 504-522-3303 Englander, Jennifer L., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, New Orleans, 504-648-3840 Hayes, Meredith Moore, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, Monroe, 318-387-1981 Perez, Kathlyn, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-5200

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Gordon, Collette R., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 Hughes, Edward D., Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, 225-387-3221 Huguet, William Reed, Downer Huguet & Wilhite, Shreveport, 318-213-4444 May, Matthew R., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7856 Mouledoux, Sara E., Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, 504-582-1111 Pesce, Stephen M., Flanagan Partners, New Orleans, 504-569-0235 Shealy, Jeremy B., Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, 337-237-2660 Simoneaud, Stuart M., Ottinger Hebert, Lafayette, 337-232-2606 Wilkerson, Brad E., Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, Shreveport, 318-227-1131

ENVIRONMENTAL Adams, Jennifer E., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0633

ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION Grossman, Louis M., Kean Miller, New Orleans, 504-585-3050 Hale DeShazo, Michele, Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, New Orleans, 504-592-0691 Viator, John A., Bienvenu Bonnecaze Foco Viator & Holinga, Baton Rouge, 225-388-5600

Bone, Jason D., Taylor Wellons Politz & Duhe, New Orleans, 504-525-9888 Chaney, Lana O., Attorney at Law, Pierre Part, 985-252-1336 Cheralla, Stephanie L., Degan Blanchard & Nash, New Orleans, 504-529-3333 Giarrusso, III, Joseph I., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 Kane, Christopher J., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0155 Landry, Catherine M., Preis & Roy, Lafayette, 337-237-6062 McCardle, Lance C., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Odoms Hebert, Alanah, Gauthier Houghtaling & Williams, Metairie, 504-456-8600 Pg. S-24 Potts, Kyle L., Adams and Reese, New Orleans, 504-585-0261 Reichard, Benjamin D., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Robert, Jr., Al J., Law Office of Al J. Robert Jr., New Orleans, 504-309-4852

HEALTH CARE Finan, Sean L., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Baton Rouge, 225-381-7000 Grey, Emily Black, Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, 225-387-4000 Savoie, Lyn S., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999

ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE

Sheely, Brandy N., Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, New Orleans, 504-566-8617

Thomas, Georgia K., Seale & Ross, Hammond, 985-542-8500 Villarrubia, M. Janice, Law Office of M. Janice Villarrubia, Baton Rouge, 225-381-7800

IMMIGRATION

M. JANICE VILLARRUBIA

LAW OFFICE OF M. JANICE VILLARRUBIA, LLC Baton Rouge • 225-381-7800

www.villarrubia-law.com

FAMILY LAW Aymond, Andrea D., Attorney at Law, Marksville, 318-240-7232 Bayard, James D., Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, 337-237-2660 Coleman, George Read, Lila Molaison Samuel, Gretna, 504-367-7250 Daniels, Morgan S., Daniels Law, New Orleans, 504-302-8507 deMahy, Rebecca A., Cynthia A De Luca, New Orleans, 504-283-5445 Dillon, Nicole Roberts, Seale & Ross, Hammond, 985-542-8500 Greene, Jennifer J., Herman Herman & Katz, New Orleans, 504-581-4892 Hessburg, Thomas G., Dampf Thibaut & Hessburg, Baton Rouge, 225-387-1724 Hoffman, Jeffrey M., Lowe Stein Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, 504-581-2450 Johnson, Jonathan L., Johnson & Vercher, Lake Charles, 337-433-1414 Mansfield, Mark J., Tranchina & Mansfield, Covington, 985-892-1313 Nguyen, Kim Ngan, Lowe Stein Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, 504-581-2450

Tarver, Dorothy L., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-3200

Kimbrell, Elaine, Ware|Gasparian, Metairie, 504-830-5900

INSURANCE COVERAGE Bargas, Valerie Briggs, Kinchen Walker Bienvenu Bargas & Reed, Baton Rouge, 225-757-0001 Dovalina, Stephanie, Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, New Orleans, 504-525-6802 Gautreaux, Micah A., Degan Blanchard & Nash, Baton Rouge, 225-610-1110 Moragas, David M., Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, New Orleans, 504-525-6802 Mouledoux, Marcelle P., Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, New Orleans, 504-525-6802 Sawyer, Charlotte Jane, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-584-9389 Schmeeckle, Seth A., Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, 504-568-1990 Soso, Jeremy Z., Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 504-390-8886 Vorhaben, Tessa P., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-566-1311

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Harrigan, Brad E., Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, 504-568-1990 Latham, Gregory D., Attorney at Law, New Orleans, 504-322-7166

GENERAL LITIGATION

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION

Ayres, Christopher G., Brown Sims, New Orleans, 504-638-8472

Madison, Tara Montgomery, Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Bell, Allison C., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8000 Jeanfreau, Mark W., Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, 504-566-1311

PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL Cashio, Jason R., Kean Miller, Baton Rouge, 225-387-0999 Costello, Patrick E., Mouledoux Bland Legrand & Brackett, New Orleans, 504-595-3000 Pg. S-11 Dotson, III, Anderson O., Dotson Firm, Baton Rouge, 225-346-4044 Lonegrass, Michael D., Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, New Orleans, 504-525-6802 Loraso, III, Victor R., Carleton Loraso, Baton Rouge, 225-282-0602 Nolan, Jr., Michael F., Connick & Connick, Metairie, 504-838-8777 Stedman, Matthew L., Brown Sims, New Orleans, 504-262-2931 Trahan, Joshua K., Juneau David, Lafayette, 337-269-0052 Wolf, Scott R., Blanchard Walker O’Quin & Roberts, Shreveport, 318-221-6858

PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: PRODUCTS Capodice, Camala E., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2100 Myers, Stephen G.A., Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, 504-310-2100 Polk, Janika D., Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, New Orleans, 504-592-0691

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BY PRACTICE AREA Earles, Derrick, Caubarreaux & Associates, Marksville, 318-253-0900 Glorioso, III, Vincent J., The Glorioso Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-569-9999 Heck, Jr., Charles H., Heck Law Firm, Monroe, 318-322-0744 Hoffoss, Jr., John Lee, Newman Hoffoss & Devall, Lake Charles, 337-439-5788 Impastato, III, Dominick F., Frischhertz Poulliard Frischhertz & Impastato, New Orleans, 504-523-1500 Pg. S-24 Lagarde, Ross F., Jones Lagarde, Slidell, 985-643-2413 Lawson, David T., Morris Bart, New Orleans, 504-525-8000 Melancon, Jason L., Melancon | Rimes, Baton Rouge, 225-303-0455 Rhodes, Brent, The Law Offices of Brent J. Rhodes, Houma, 985-580-9777 Pg. S-24 Robinson, Kyle M., Robinson & Williams, Bossier City, 318-747-0060 Stephens, Barrett, Womac Law Firm, New Orleans, 504-486-9999 Wells, Tanika D., People’s Legal, New Orleans, 504-392-9909

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: PRODUCTS Cisney, Amber E., Law Offices of Richard J. Fernandez, Metairie, 504-834-8500 Morris, B. Trey, Simmons Morris & Carroll, Shreveport, 318-221-1507

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY: DEFENSE Delaune, Beverly Aloisio, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-593-0759 McCabe, Ryan M., Montgomery Barnett, New Orleans, 504-585-3200 Ross, William M., Stanley Reuter Ross Thornton & Alford, New Orleans, 504-523-1580

SECURITIES & CORPORATE FINANCE Cenac, Monique Angelle, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8000 Seal, Britton H., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8000

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TAX Gagliardi, Mandy Mendoza, Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7018 McInnis, Kyle C., Cook Yancey King & Galloway, Shreveport, 318-227-7829 Wilson, Blayne T., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Baton Rouge, 225-248-2122

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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION Bass, Michael D., Guglielmo Lopez Tuttle Hunter & Jarrell, Opelousas, 337-948-8201 Lewis, Jennifer Fontana, Brown Sims, New Orleans, 504-569-1007 Louapre, Lindsay F., Brown Sims, New Orleans, 504-638-8472 Robinson, Jon B., Mouledoux Bland Legrand & Brackett, New Orleans, 504-595-3000 Pg. S-11 Towers, Frank J., Blue Williams, Metairie, 504-830-4939 Yoder, Simone H., Degan Blanchard & Nash, New Orleans, 504-529-3333

Alexander, M. Benjamin, Preis & Roy, Lafayette, 337-237-6062 Chopin, Justin McCarthy, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, New Orleans, 504-272-2782 Gardner, Jr., W. Jacob, Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli, New Orleans, 504-523-2600 Hale, Paul D., Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, 504-581-5141 Mestayer, Jed M., Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, 337-237-7000 Nazareth, Neil F., Martzell & Bickford, New Orleans, 504-581-9065

REAL ESTATE Bernard, G. Wogan, Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7000 Cerise, Jonathan B., Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans, 504-299-2100 Pg. S-5 Kitziger, Paul, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, 504-581-7979 LeSaicherre, Jeff A., Jeff LeSaicherre, Hammond, 985-277-5550 Levine, Seth A., Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, New Orleans, 504-582-8268 McGowan, Heather Begneaud, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans, 504-593-0946 Serio, Steven C., Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, New Orleans, 504-586-5252 Sherman, Philip B., Chaffe McCall, New Orleans, 504-585-7579 Sterbcow, Marx D., Sterbcow Law Group, New Orleans, 504-523-4930

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SCHOOLS & EDUCATION Perkins, Alejandro R., Hammonds & Sills, Baton Rouge, 225-923-3462

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JEFFREY P. BERNIARD BERNIARD LAW

MICHAEL S. BRANDNER, JR.

D. WAYNE BUSH SMITHBUSH, LLP

643 Magazine Street Suite 402 New Orleans, LA 70130 Tel: 504-527-6225 Fax: 504-617-6300 Jeffberniard@laclaim.com www.laclaim.com

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For the second year in a row Attorney Jeffrey P. Berniard is honored to be named to Louisiana Rising Stars. With a focus on the areas of mass tort, class action, and complex litigation, Mr. Berniard continues to lead the new generation of lawyers in those fields of law. In his eight years of practicing law, Mr. Berniard has had the pleasure of being mentored by and a partner with some of the greatest attorneys in the country.

These experiences in working with others have given him great insight into the practice of law and allowed Mr. Berniard to set his sights on what is truly important in the matters of advocacy for his clients.

Attorney Michael S. Brandner, of the Brandner Law Firm L.L.C., in New Orleans, Louisiana, represents people who suffer major injuries as a result of another person’s negligence and wrongdoing. He also represents policyholders involved in a variety of insurance disputes such as homeowner’s, flood, commercial, liability, and all-risk insurance claims. An experienced trial lawyer, he protects the rights of injured individuals in maritime personal injury, automobile accidents, and trucking law, and handles a variety of complex litigation, including commercial litigation, and other general civil trial matters. Michael received his undergraduate degree from LSU and law degree from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans. He also holds a master of law in taxation from Boston University School of Law.

D. Wayne Bush is the managing partner of SmithBush, LLP, where he is dedicated to advocating on behalf of injured clients. Wayne concentrates on serious personal injury, medical malpractice, and workers’ compensation claims. He has successfully represented workers and their families in claims against some of Louisiana’s largest employers. In addition to his primary practice, he is devoted to his state, and he is involved in the communities he represents. Wayne is on the Board of Governors for the Louisiana Association for Justice, serves as a Director for Acadiana Legal Services Corporation, and serves on local government boards, including the Vernon Parish Planning Commission, the University Parkway Development District, and the Leesville Economic Development Commission.

DOMINICK F. IMPASTATO, III

ALANAH ODOMS HEBERT

BRENT RHODES

FRISCHHERTZ, POULLIARD, FRISCHHERTZ, & IMPASTATO, LLC 1130 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70130 Tel: 504-523-1500 Fax: 504-581-1670 dimpastato@frischhertzlaw.com www.frischhertzlaw.com

3324 North Causeway Boulevard Suite 101 Metairie, LA 70002 Tel: 504-552-5000 Fax: 504-521-7550 michael@brandnerlawfirm.com www.brandnerlawfirm.com

GAUTHIER, HOUGHTALING & WILLIAMS 3500 North Hullen Street Metairie, LA 70002 Tel: 504-456-8600 Fax: 504-456-8624 alanah@ghwlegal.com www.ghwlegal.com

300 Courthouse Street Post Office Drawer 1528 Leesville, LA 71496 Tel: 337-239-2244 Fax: 337-239-4186 wayne.bush@smithlex.com www.SmithBush.com

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Dominick F. Impastato, III has been the lead trial attorney in products liability, toxic tort, industrial equipment, commercial construction, and motor vehicle casualty trials since he was admitted to the bar in 2004. He recently served as Liaison Counsel in the St. Rita’s Nursing Home litigation, responsible for coordinating the plaintiffs’ efforts in 58 consolidated cases following the deaths of the residents of the nursing home in St. Bernard Parish during Hurricane Katrina. Dominick takes particular pride in representing the proverbial little guy against parties of far greater resources and achieving success for his clients. Dominick graduated second in his class from Loyola Law School in 2004, served on the Loyola Law Review, and was on the National Moot Court team.

Alanah Odoms Hebert’s outstanding track record as a trial litigator benefits her business and complex civil litigation clients. A former Senior Assistant District Attorney in Orleans Parish, Ms. Hebert secured a 100 percent conviction rate in misdemeanor and felony cases. She earned a B.A. from Rutgers College in 2002, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She received a J.D. from Rutgers Law School and served as a law clerk to federal district court Judge Joseph Greenaway in Newark, New Jersey. Ms. Hebert served as co-counsel for Associate Supreme Court Justice Bernette Johnson in the voting rights action, Chisom v. Jindal. She has also secured over $1.2 million in jury verdicts for clients in 2012.

Brent J. Rhodes has limited his practice to personal injury litigation with a focus on grievous bodily injury, wrongful death, automobile accidents, and trucking accidents. He is a graduate of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU and a member of both LSBA and LAfJ. He is a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and is BV-rated Distinguished. He received his first million-dollar-plus verdict within three years of graduating law school. In 2011, he was voted Best Personal Injury Attorney in the Parish of Terrebonne by the readers of The Courier in Houma, Louisiana. His philosophy is one defined by knowledgeable, passionate advocacy and by his personal handling of each case from start to finish.

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Christopher L. Williams focuses his practice on complex employment litigation and has substantial experience in a wide variety of employment disputes, including claims involving allegations of sex, race, age, and disability discrimination; retaliation; sexual harassment; wrongful discharge; unpaid wages; and breach of contract. In addition to his Louisiana practice, Mr. Williams has litigated employment matters in jurisdictions throughout the country, including California, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. He has authored a number of articles on litigation and employment law issues in publications such as The Bureau of National Affairs, Bloomberg Law Reports, and Employment Law 360. Mr. Williams graduated magna cum laude from Tulane University School of Law.

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hile the rest of the country takes a breather from the bustle of the holiday season, Louisiana gears up for another holiday, the festive season also known as Mardi Gras. Between playing host to this year’s Super Bowl, prepping for parades and welcoming nearby spring, Louisiana provides a multitude of activities and events for vacationing snowbirds and fun-seeking locals during the winter months of January and February. Outdoors enthusiasts, Carnival revelers, history buffs, shoppers and foodies can get their fill of fun in any part of the state.

Heritage festivals combine food, history, culture and dancing; historic sites and museums bring the past to life; parades provide for community fellowship; and sports and recreation abound in Sportsman’s Paradise. Find your winter thrills among these top Louisiana destinations.

Louisiana Cities & Parishes This Mardi Gras season, take the family to Houma for a Carnivale experience unlike any other. Houma offers a safe, family-friendly atmosphere without the noise, traffic and high cost of New Orleans and is less than an hour away. A great alternative for families, seniors and foreign travelers, Houma boasts the second largest Mardi Gras celebration

with seemingly countless parades rolling from Feb. 1 through this year’s Fat Tuesday, Feb. 12. Parade floats are designed and built by renowned New Orleans artist Blaine Kern and average about 30 per parade with more than 600 riders, so watch for endless “throws” headed your way. Every year, thousands of people travel to Houma for Mardi Gras, including those from Greater New Orleans.

For a unique springtime adventure, head outdoors to experience the Houma area’s rich and rare blend of nature and wildlife. With thrilling swamp tours, a wildlife park and alligator farm, as well as world-class charter fishing and more, there’s always something fun to do. Call 985-8682732 or visit them online at houmatravel.com.

Experience the charm of Louisiana’s oldest town all year around. Natchitoches, founded in 1714, is a quiet, distinctive destination, especially during Louisiana’s hectic carnival season. Stroll the historic brick streets for great shopping and dining or step back in time as you leisurely drive along the Cane River National Heritage Trail to visit historic plantations and learn about the early French families who settled in the area.

A visit to Melrose Plantation will introduce you to the

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advertising section fascinating history of the Creoles and this well-known region located along the banks of the Cane River Lake. A wintertime visitor to Melrose will be regaled at the blooming of the Japanese Magnolia trees framing this historic home.

Natchitoches celebrates Mardi Gras on Saturday, Feb. 9 with an evening parade through the Landmark Historic District.

For a free visitor’s guide and information on year-round events, visit Natchitoches.net or call 800-259-1714.

For a serene escape into a place of beauty, visit Iberville Parish, an historical Louisiana gem tucked between the quiet swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin and the bustling capital of Baton Rouge. Step through time and elegance at one of the many magnificent antebellum homes like Nottoway Plantation, the South’s largest remaining antebellum mansion located in White Castle. Other historical attractions include The Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site, The Hansen’s Disease Museum in Carville,

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The Iberville Museum and the majestic St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the purest example of Italian Romanesque architecture in the South.

With so many beautiful diverse waterways, fishing and bird watching opportunities are endless, making it a premier outdoor getaway in the heart of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. Enjoy a relaxing golf outing at one of Louisiana’s most popular courses, The Island, located in Plaquemine. End your day by dining along the mighty Mississippi and enjoying fresh seafood with a Louisiana sunset at Roberto’s River Road Restaurant located in Sunshine. For more destinations and events, go to VisitIberville.com.

Just off I-10 and west of Lafayette lies the “Cajun Prairie,”

Acadia Parish, an area known for its unique attractions,

numerous year-round festivals and rich history and folklore.

In Crowley, home of the International Rice Festival, tour the Rice Interpretive Center, the Historic Crowley Ford Motor Company, built in 1920, as well as the J.D. Miller Recording Studio. Travel the Zydeco Cajun Prairie Byway and visit Kelly’s Landing Agricultural Museum to take an informative 84 | Louisiana Life January/February 2013

walk through the past while viewing the farming equipment of yesteryear and learning the importance of crawfish and rice to the region.

See why Rayne, LA, home of the annual Frog Festival, is both “The Frog Capital of the World” and the “Louisiana City of Murals.” Similarly, check out the Buggy Festival at “The Buggy Capital of the World,” also known as Church Point, LA, and visit the Le Vieux Presbytere Museum with bousillage, mud walls. Roberts Cove, LA, is home to the German Heritage Museum and the popular Germanfest. For more information, events, destinations and festival dates check out AcadiaTourism.org or call 877-783-2109.

Webster Parish, in the piney hills of Northwest Louisiana, is a beautiful destination for a safe, fun and family-friendly outing. Just 30 miles east of Shreveport, the natural beauty and historic charms of the region draw visitors, festival-goers and even professional filmmakers.

This winter, Webster Parish warms up for the Mardi Gras season with a full calendar of events, beginning Jan. 12 with the Krewe of Artemis Grand Bal’ at the Springhill Civic Center.

On Jan. 26, the City of Minden celebrates its German heritage with a Fasching Karneval & Parade. Fasching is the German version of Mardi Gras. A full day of activities, this festival in historic downtown Minden features “all things German,” including food, fun and entertainment. The Fasching Karneval begins at 10 a.m., with the parade starting at 5:30 p.m. For more information, visit mindenfasching.com. On Jan. 26, don’t miss the Springhill Main Street Mardi Gras Parade in Springhill at 1 p.m. Minden and Springhill’s parades are family-friendly and safe with convenient parking.

For more information on Webster Parish festivals and fun, call 1-800- 2MINDEN or check out www.visitwebster.net.

This January and February, ring in the carnival season, Mardi Gras, in beautiful Bayou Lafourche, a several-time recipient of the Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event designation. Mardi Gras on Bayou Lafourche features more than 15 parades, carnival balls, tableaus and parties that bring thousands to this Southeast Louisiana area. Family-oriented festivities abound in Lafourche communities beginning three weekends prior to Fat Tuesday, as well on the day itself. In Cajun tradition, families gather in their front yards along the parade routes to barbecue, boil seafood, eat, socialize and enjoy the parades.

This is also a great time of year to venture outdoors and see Louisiana’s unique wetlands on one of the area’s many available swamp tours, or learn about the area’s history at the Jean Lafitte National Park Wetlands Acadian Culture Center. Go back in time during a visit to any of the nearby historic plantation homes. Find endless events and attractions at VisitLafourche.com and experience all Lafourche has to offer.

Surrounded by the waters of Bayou Teche, Atchafalaya River, and the Atchafalaya Swamp Basin, the Cajun Coast in St. Mary Parish is known for its natural splendor and “road less traveled” atmosphere. There’s no better way to

advertising section spend a fall day than exploring the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area or winding along the Bayou Teche Scenic Byway. Cajun Jack’s Swamp Tours takes visitors through the Atchafalaya Basin, the largest overflow swamp in the U.S., or you can experience the wilderness by paddling through the Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge. Golfers won’t want to miss a chance to hit the Atchafalaya at Idlewild, which was rated the No. 1 golf course in Louisiana

by Golfweek Magazine in 2008 and 2009.

This winter and spring, St. Mary Parish is alive with festivals and events including Mardi Gras, the Eagle Expo (Feb. 28– March 2), the Cypress Sawmill Festival (April 5-7), and the Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival And Wooden Boat Show (April 19-21). For more information, visit cajuncoast.com.

Savor the difference in Iberia Parish — New Iberia, Avery Island, Jefferson Island, Jeanerette, Loreauville and Delcambre, located in the midst of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. Experience the heat at Avery Island’s worldfamous TABASCO® Factory, Country Store and Jungle Gardens. Tour Conrad Rice Mill, America’s oldest operating rice mill, and KONRIKO® Company Store. Discover Iberia’s history and industries at the Jeanerette Sugar Museum; Bayou Teche Museum; and Shadows-on-the-Teche Plantation Home and Gardens, the only National Trust for Historic Preservation® property in the Gulf South. Watch a salt mine swallow a lake at Rip Van Winkle Gardens on Jefferson Island. Stroll along Bayou Teche and New Iberia’s national award-winning Main Street and Historic District,

captured in the famed Dave Robicheaux novels by New Iberia native and award-winning author James Lee Burke.

Of course, you’ll want to allow time to smell 100 varieties of roses at Antique Rose Ville.

Winter and spring events abound. Enjoy a family Mardi Gras, Cajun Groundhog Day, art walks, rodeos, live theatre, cook-offs, concerts in the park and more. For information, call 888-942-3742 or visit www.iberiatravel.com.

Experience the southern charm of North Louisiana by visiting Ruston & Lincoln Parish. From collegiate sports to history, arts and entertainment, the area is bustling with activity year-round.

Home of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Grambling State University Tigers, collegiate athletics in Ruston and Lincoln Parish bring sports fans to the region from all over the state. As football season ends, this year’s basketball season is now underway, and baseball and softball will be in full swing this spring. Additionally, the North Louisiana Exhibition Center will be showcasing the region’s equestrian legacy with plenty of rodeo and barrel races.

Have a flare for the dramatic? From March 7-10, the Ruston Community Theatre presents John Patrick’s Anybody Out There?, a play of risks and realizations. History buffs will want to visit the Lincoln Parish Museum, the Louisiana Military Museum, and the Autrey House, while those looking for adventure can ride the best mountain bike trail in the south at Lincoln Parish Park, also a place for great hikes, fishing, camping and more.

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Lafayette is full of exciting year-round events, and this January and February, warm up with some dancing at any of the area’s top live music venues. Enjoy both a delicious dinner and lively dancing at Randol’s Restaurant and Cajun Dance Hall. For an upscale dinner with entertainment, visit Charley G’s for delectable meals and music. In the morning, wake up with Sunday Brunch Live at Blue Dog Café or a Saturday Zydeco Breakfast at Café Des Amis.

Unforgettable evening performances always abound at the famous Blue Moon Saloon, one of America’s premier venues for roots music.

The Acadiana Center for the Arts features world-class performances, community shows, affordable family events, music, dance, theater and film in its visually stunning James D. Moncus Theater. The premier event is Louisiana Crossroads, an award-winning concert series now in its 13th season. Visit the calendar online (acadianacenterforthearts. org) to see what’s coming up this season.

For more information on all the Lafayette area has to offer, visit LafayetteTravel.com.

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St. Martin Parish draws visitors year round with its welcoming hospitality, world-class music and famous local cuisine. Accommodations offerings include beautiful B&B’s, cabins, campgrounds and chain hotels. Breaux Bridge offers an array of shopping, antiquing and world-renowned hot spots like the famous Zydeco Breakfast at Cafe des Amis or Cajun music and dancing nightly at Pont Breaux’s Cajun Restaurant. The Henderson area, at the edge of the Atchafalaya Basin, offers airboat and swamp tours and great family-owned restaurants such as Robins Restaurant and Crawfish Town USA. On Sundays, Dancing on the Levee starts at McGee’s Landing at noon, ventures to Whiskey River for Zydeco and ends the night at Pat’s Atchafalaya Club. St. 86 | Louisiana Life January/February 2013

Martinville plays host to countless festivals and quaint cafes in the beautiful downtown district. Take heritage tours at Acadian Memorial, African American Museum and Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site.

Highlights of year-round festivals and events include the Newcomer’s Mardi Gras Parade, the Acadiana Memorial Festival, the Parks Cracklin Cookoff, the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival and the Creole Zydeco Festival among many others. See “where Cajun began,” and visit CajunCountry.org.

Visit Avoyelles Parish to see marvelous works of talented local artists exhibited in the 3rd Annual Les Peintres des Avoyelles art show at Marksville’s beautiful Rose Neath Community Room. Oil, water color, acrylics, pen and ink are some of the media used to showcase glorious cypress and swamp scenes, weathered old cabins, wildlife, flowers, children at play, and historic buildings. This astounding beauty and talent will be on display from Jan. 11 through Feb. 8.

Easter in Avoyelles begins on Easter Saturday, in Cottonport and in Effie (On the Red) with egg knocking (pacquing). Easter bonnet contests, childrens’ Easter egg hunts and Easter outfit modeling add to the fun. On Easter Sunday morning, after Mass ends at St. Joseph Church, Marksville Courthouse Square hosts egg pacquing and modeling of outfits. Avoyelles has been officially proclaimed the Egg Knocking Capital of Louisiana, so come join the fun! Joie de vivre abounds!

From the Red River Campaign to the Louisiana Maneuvers, Central Louisiana and the Alexandria/Pineville Area has existed as a home for soldiers, and continues to be a haven for those looking for military history.

Step back in time at Forts Randolph & Buhlow State Historic Site as you walk the ramparts surrounding the earthen forts built by the local inhabitants after Union retreat. Overlook historic Bailey’s Dam, a major accomplishment for that time in history, as it allowed the Union boats to continue downriver to Baton Rouge.

Take a minute to view replica Civil War-era boats on display at Tioga Heritage Museum.

Discover the area’s WWII military significance at the Louisiana Maneuvers and Military Museum on Camp Beauregard in Pineville. Walk through the replica barrack to learn about the “tent cities” that existed in Central Louisiana prior to WWII, such as Camp Claiborne, where the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions were raised.

For more things to see and do in Central Louisiana, visit www.TheHeartofLouisiana.com.

Driving into Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana, you’ll notice that there is a true gamut of experiences near at hand.

How many other places have the diverse combination of casino gaming and big city living so close to Mother Nature’s gems found along the Creole Nature Trail All-American Road? Luxurious accommodations, top entertainment and a variety of dining experiences are always in full swing at Delta Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel, the Isle of Capri Casino

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Golf links and boudin links are hot in Calcasieu Parish.

With seven public courses, there is much to explore. Plus, the Southwest Louisiana Boudin Trail aims to please your Cajun cravings. Not only is it time to gear up for Mardi Gras, but the area also has 75 other annual festivals, museum and gallery exhibits, including the newly renovated Mardi Gras Museum, which houses the most Mardi Gras costumes in the world. Check out VisitLakeCharles.org/Events for details on fun-filled activities and VisitLakeCharles.org/Magic for this year’s Mardi Gras schedule, or call 800-456-7952.

Dining, Entertainment and Lodging Located off I-10 at Exit 115 is the crawfish center of America: Crawfish Town USA. More than just a restaurant, Crawfish Town USA is an experience. Housed inside an early 1900s barn, Crawfish Town serves up delicious Cajun classics, from boiled crawfish and other fried and grilled Louisiana seafood items to top grade beef, pasta dishes and platters, as well as Award Winning Chef’s Specials.

Take a trip through the gift shop for authentic works from local artisans. The new Fresh Seafood Market features fresh seafood, specialty meats, produce and area products. Pick out what you’d like to take home, and they’ll filet it, cut it or chop it to your specifications.

Crawfish Town USA is open seven days a week, year-round. The Cajun hospitality and pristine surroundings

make it the perfect place to unwind. Sip a Cajun Mary with a crawfish on the edge of the glass, or enjoy a Mardi Gras Mumbo while munching on fried catfish, succulent baby back ribs or a juicy steak. Visit CrawfishTownUSA.com or call 337-667-6148 for more information.

Centrally located in the heart of the historic French Quarter, the Royal Sonesta Hotel New Orleans is “THE” destination of choice for all visitors seeking an authentic travel experience in the Big Easy. With doors that open to world-famous Bourbon Street, this landmark hotel features the locals’ favorite coffee freshly roasted at PJ’s Coffee Café, live jazz nightly at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, and fine-dining prepared daily at chef John Folse and Rick Tramonto’s newest culinary establishment, Restaurant R’evolution.

Louisiana’s Gulf Coast neighbor, Texas, recently welcomed its first Royal Sonesta Hotel to the heart of Houston’s bustling and sought after Galleria area. The landmark property pampers guests with luxurious accommodations, sophisticated amenities, award-winning staff and a premier location just steps from the famed Galleria mall, plus a myriad of shops and restaurants lining Post Oak Boulevard.

Visitors also enjoy close proximity to premier business and leisure destinations including Memorial Park, the Texas Medical Center and downtown.

For more information on the New Orleans and Houston locations, visit Sonesta.com/royalneworleans or Sonesta.com/ royalhouston.

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Enjoy Louisiana’s mild winter weather with a stroll around LSU’s historic campus, home of the LSU Foundation.

Louisiana Boardwalk

The 2,000-acre property, nestled in South Baton Rouge, is defined by an Italian Renaissance character marked by red pantile, overhanging eaves and honey-colored stucco. Dedicated in 1926, the current campus includes 46 buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. During the 1930s, many of LSU’s live oaks and magnolia trees were planted by landscape artist Steele Burden. The roughly 1,200 towering oaks have been valued at $50 million and are supported through the LSU Foundation’s Endow an Oak program.

LSU’s landscaping was called a “botanical joy” in its listing among the 20 best campuses in America in Thomas Gaines’ The Campus as a Work of Art. With a myriad of architectural and natural beauties, several museums and year-round theater, art and athletic events, opportunities abound to experience Louisiana’s flagship university.

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and campus have to offer.

For a season filled with food and beverages, what better place to satisfy all your Mardi Gras needs than your local grocery store? Especially one that is Louisiana owned and operated.

Family owned Rouses Markets is now in its third generation.

Having served Southeast Louisiana for more than 50 Mardi Gras seasons, Rouses knows king cakes and uses gourmet cinnamon dough that entices you from the moment you walk through the doors. Pick up a traditional king cake or any of your favorite flavors for a tasty Mardi Gras treat (visit www.rouses.com for shipping), but don’t forget their famous fried chicken, party trays and platters, as well as supplies for your crawfish boil. For those wanting crawfish pre-prepared, the Rouses Bayou Boys will be boiling through the season with their time-honored South Louisiana recipe. Take everything home with you in one of the Rouses reusable green grocery bags and you’ll see just how convenient they are for holding beads at every party and parade.

Rouses now boasts 38 stores with the newest located in downtown New Orleans, Mardi Gras central, at 701 Baronne St. Visit Rouses.com.

In Bossier City, located along the picturesque banks of the Red River is a shopping and entertainment mecca full of store favorites, tasty dining options and family-friendly entertainment. Host to dozens of retailers, Louisiana Boardwalk has something for everyone, from the rustic outdoorsman that loves Bass Pro Shops and the shoe-obsessed diva to the teen looking for the hottest styles and brands. Louisiana Boardwalk brims with activity all year round. With special events, an IMAX movie theater, arcade and carousel, kids can play while adults enjoy the decadent dining, peaceful shopping, a relaxing spa or a romantic evening stroll along the river and fountains.

This winter and spring, stock up on all the latest fashions, gifts and gadgets. From health and body stores to clothing and sporting goods, Louisiana Boardwalk’s numerous retailers cover every need. Rest your feet and satisfy your hunger with a savory meal or sweet treat at one of several Boardwalk restaurants.

Nestled conveniently near Shreveport-Bossier’s bustling and vibrant Downtown, the Louisiana Boardwalk is the perfect destination for shopping and fun in North Louisiana.

Visit LouisianaBoardwalk.com for more information and a directory of businesses.

In the heart of French Louisiana, Prejean’s Restaurant has earned a worldwide reputation for its Cajun cuisine. A favorite among locals and visitors alike, this Lafayette destination has been delighting guests for more than 30

advertising section years. Prejean’s holds the record for most medals captured by any culinary team in the south, and their juicy steaks, wild game dishes and world famous gumbos turn a meal into a memorable occasion. Prejean’s has been voted No. 1 Best Ethnic Restaurant in all the South by AAA Southern Traveler. Traditional Cajun bands entertain nightly, and the restaurant is filled with antiques, historic relics and artworks by resident artists. The restaurant was recently awarded the Better Business Bureau of Acadiana’s “Good Neighbor Award” for dedication to philanthropy, volunteering and charitable giving in the Lafayette, LA community.

Breakfast is served daily from 7 a.m.-10:15 a.m. and until 1 p.m. on weekends. Everything on the lunch menu is less than $10 Monday-Friday until 2 p.m. For more information, or to order overnight deliveries to nearly anywhere in the lower 48 U.S., visit prejeans.com or call 337-896-3247. You can also follow Prejean’s on the internet via Facebook.

On Jan. 31, Practically Absurd: Art and Design by Peter Shire will take center stage at the LSU Museum of Art. Shire, an internationally renowned artist and designer, revolutionized the design of household objects. The artist’s playful attitudes toward life translate well into his bold, colorful artworks and functional household constructions.

Peter Shire was awarded the 2013 Nadine Carter Russell Endowed Chair, a rotating residency within the LSU College of Art+Design. The School of Interior Design will host this prestigious position, selecting Shire as their recipient.

Practically Absurd is one part of a three-part retrospective, Peter Shire, One Retrospective-Three Venues, which continues at the Glassell Gallery and Union Art Gallery. This three-part retrospective presents an overall, in-depth study of Shire’s work over the past four decades.

Don’t miss this chance to see the whimsical work of an artist who pushes the boundaries, and at times eliminates them altogether. The exhibition is sponsored in part by Launch Media.

For more information, please visit their Web site, www. lsumoa.edu, or call the museum at 225-389-7200.

Statewide Services Seventy percent of Louisianans will need long-term care after age 65, yet few openly discuss care needs and wishes. The Louisiana Nursing Home Association invites you to start a new conversation.

A dynamic new Web site, CareConversations.org, changes this trend of silence by providing information and resources for individuals to share with their loved ones, health care providers and experts.

There may be a time when you or a loved one will no longer be able to live independently. For some, finding care can seem difficult or even overwhelming at times.

CareConversations.org will help you take control of the future and gain greater peace of mind. Start a conversation, explore options, and find solutions that are right for you by visiting CareConversations.org today. •

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northern cause to celebrate exploring the louisiana state museum

history. The murals are also

Rising almost temple-like

the South. It’s a breathtaking

in juxtaposition to the

prelude to what lies within

Louisiana State Fairgrounds

the LSEM.

considered to be among the most important artwork in

treasure trove of American

gardens and ongoing

museum is a kind of around-

Indian artifacts such as a

education. With infinite

LSEM, has been a jewel

the-world approach to

31-foot Caddo dugout canoe

creativity and imagination,

treasured by denizens of

Louisiana culture.

(American Indian dugouts

they provided all the funding

were hardy enough for the

for nationally acclaimed

in Shreveport, the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, or

the Ark-La-Tex region ever

The circular layout of the

The LSEM is also highly

since it made its premiere

acclaimed for its large

Gulf of Mexico), pottery,

exhibits such as King Tut,

the same year as Gone With

collection of American

baskets and lithic artifacts.

The Louisiana Purchase

the Wind and The Wizard of

Indian artifacts. Due to

Natural history gets fine

and The Pulitzer Prize

Oz. In 1939, construction as a

its connection to the

exposure of wildlife, seashells

Photographs, among others.

esteemed Smithsonian,

and fossils.

Public Works Administration

Then there are the five

One beloved fixture of the LSEM is now missing: There

project under President

many of the traveling

Franklin Roosevelt’s admin-

exhibits and educational

gardens located on the

once dwelled in the center

istration was completed;

resources sponsored by the

ground, geared for both

courtyard in the museum

today it occupies a space

Washington enclave make

education and enjoyment:

pool one Charlie Bob,

on the National Historic

their way to the Bayou

the Native American

alligator-in-residence. For a

Register and is the only

State. One of the treasures

Garden, the Medicinal

time, he co-alligatored with

public museum in Louisiana

permanently entrenched

Garden, the Rotary Garden,

one lady named Samantha,

there is another creation

the Courtyard Garden and

who sadly passed away.

Institution Affiliate, two

funded by the New Deal:

the climbing rose wonder

Charlie Bob was relocated

pretty impressive – and

the magnificent, sunken and

that is the Dunn Garden.

to the State Fair next door,

unsurprising – credentials.

largest topographical map

to be named a Smithsonian

More than 42,000 school-

where he can be seen

of Louisiana, a bit of 3-D

children visit this cultural

annually. Of all the treasures

without the glasses.

wonderland every year to

located within the walls

partake of either guided or

of the LSEM, Charlie Bob

22 dioramas, Louisiana in

self-guided tours and enjoy

remains the most-asked-

Miniature, filled with details,

the available educational

about feature by return

feet of wall space; vibrantly

details, details that delight,

programs.

visitors, something that

colored, the scenes of

fascinate and educate; human

Louisiana’s agrarian culture,

figures, animals, crops and

lovers of the museum

St. Louis Cathedral, North

machinery rise against

banded together to form

Louisiana State Exhibit

Louisiana’s timber industry

exquisite backdrops painted

the Friends of the LSEM,

Museum, 3015 Greenwood

and other images shout like a

by Louisiana artists.

offering their time and

Road, Shreveport, (318)

money to foster the exhibits,

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The main entrance is ablaze with a massive mural

by Louisiana’s version of Michelangelo, Conrad Albrizio, that takes up 700

hallelujah chorus telling our

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The museum also houses

You’ll also find another

Thirty years ago, the

befits a museum dedicated to Louisiana.

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the third day, they crossed into Mississippi. Four days later, after a restful night at Mamie’s Cottage, built in 1840, the cycling pair biked 78.3 miles in beautiful 47 degree weather. Pfeiffer said he got tired with 20 miles remaining on their trek but when they reached Mile Marker 9 at Highway 61, days. He began training on

he felt an immense rush of

extends 440 miles from

a specialized bike, taking

energy.

One cozy Saturday afternoon

Natchez, Miss., to Nashville,

spinning classes at his gym

last summer, I read, en

Tenn. It was created by the

and riding 20 miles round

he said, “kind of like a horse

boudoir, a collection of short

bison, deer and other game

trip every day to work from

heading for the barn.”

stories by Eudora Welty

that wandered through the

his Pineville home.

from her book The Wide

brush searching for food;

Net and Other Stories. These

later, American Indians

442 at the base of the Trace

stories are all primarily

propagated it more as they

just south of Nashville,

set somewhere upon the

began to settle farther afield,

Pfeiffer, accompanied by his

got drenched by downpours

haunting Natchez Trace,

using the natural breaks and

cousin Rick Bollenbacher,

with no shelters readily

which has always entranced

foot paths created by the

began to cycle toward

available, Pfeiffer never-

me. In the process, I wound

animals that had trailblazed

Natchez on legendary

theless said he feels an

up reading two of the

before them. After the

ground.

enormous personal satisfac-

finest short stories of my

American Indian expansion,

experience: “First Love,” a

the Europeans streamed

truly America’s bike path,”

the historically and scenically

historically atmospheric and

forth upon the trace on their

Pfeiffer said. “There aren’t

resplendent Trace.

poignant telling of Aaron

way to become Americans.

any businesses along the

His original plan had been

Burr’s escape into Mississippi

Today, the Trace is a historic

way, no homes and no

to undertake the Trace

from the narrative viewpoint

bike path.

commercial vehicles. It’s a

with his son, Bryce, who

beautiful pathway and the

was sidelined due to his

CAUSE TO CELEBRATE A SPIN THROUGH THE TRACE

of a young deaf boy, and

The Old Natchez Trace

Last October, according to

Starting at mile marker

“The Natchez Trace is

“My adrenaline kicked in,”

At 5:30 p.m., their biking trek down the Natchez Trace was now history.

Although he fought and

tion at successfully biking

“A Still Moment,” which

the Cenla Focus, Alexandria

perfect place for bicyclists

curriculum as an engineering

chronicles a fictionalized

businessman David “Randy”

and hikers.”

student at Louisiana Tech in

meeting at sunset of Natchez

Pfeiffer, who at 54 regularly

Trace regulars: John James

works out with weights and

hilly terrain, the two men

to bike the Trace again, this

Audubon; evangelist Lorenzo

cardio exercises three times

drank plenty of water and

time with Bryce, but said he

Dow; and James Murrell,

a week, decided he would

loaded up on complex carbs

would like to accomplish it

who terrorized the Trace

bike the entire length of

for energy. Their second day

slowly next time, in 10 or 11

with his crimes.

the Natchez Trace in seven

was spent pedaling uphill. On

days.

While tackling the twisting

Ruston. Pfeiffer fully plans

n

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cajun

PROFILE DR. BOUDIN

contented camper.

Reading the narrative

Boudin) is a historian

voice with which Robert

and also heads

Carriker tells the story of

the Department of

“Louisiana’s legendary

History, Geography

link,” boudin, in his new

and Philosophy at the

book, Boudin: A Guide to

University of Louisiana

Louisiana’s Extraordinary

at Lafayette. A champion

Link, you can immediately

of Louisiana culture,

recognize that you are

Carriker has also been

in the hands of a real

affiliated with the

Renaissance man, bayou-

River Road African

style. Astute enough to

American Museum,

recognize, revere and

the Lafayette Historic

incisively describe the

Preservation Commission

Carriker (aka Dr.

and the Committee

psychology and tradition behind the love of the

deftly explains the different

for delicious links is told

link with a soupçon of

types of boudin: wet or dry,

with somewhat wry humor.

Development of French in

humor and almost scholarly

chunky or mashed, more

He breaks down each

Louisiana, among others.

expression, Carriker’s book

rice or more meat, red

location by describing its

He is also the director of

held me captive audience.

(blood) or white (no blood).

product and praising its

ULL’s History on the Move

Consider his words:

Like a good casing, the

quality and includes some

program, a summer school

first chapters encapsulate

wonderful quotations from

activity that combines the

pork, rice and seasonings

a rich definition of this

proprietors that add even

classroom with hands-on

is like saying ice cream is

wonderful facet of Louisiana

more flavor to the story:

travel experience, geared

only cream, eggs, sugar and

cuisine, how entwined it is

Babineaux’s in Breaux

to enhance comparative

flavorings – when you break

in the familial and cultural

Bridge, Bourque’s in Port

cultural heritage and history

into a pint of homemade

workings of Acadiana, a

Barre, NuNu’s in Milton,

nationwide. In addition,

ice cream, the ingredients

story underscored by the

Richard’s in Abbeville,

Carriker founded Lafayette’s

form an arrangement so

subtle undertone of the

Juneau’s in Marksville and

Boudin Cook-Off, a festival

well-balanced and cohesive

author’s apparent adulation

Kirk’s U-Needa-Butcher in

held each October, which

that they create a unified

of The Link.

Lafayette.

was named to the Top 10

“But to say boudin is just

whole with palate-pleasing

Carriker then takes you on

The book is beautifully

for the Council on the

list of best food festivals

properties not achievable

an odyssey of sorts through

photographed by award-

in America by Gourmet

by a summation of its parts

the 28 primo boudin

winning photographer

Magazine Live.

alone. So it is with boudin…”

palaces from Baton Rouge

Denny Culbert with mouth-

I rest my case.

throughout Acadiana, with

watering pictures and

this link one for the ages, Dr.

This little book is a

Boudin prevails.

When it comes to making

one lone spot located in the

plenty of Acadiana flavor;

delightful explanation and

Cenla town of Marksville.

my favorite picture remains

exploration of boudin, as

The adventure of finding

one of a dog balancing

Lafayette, (337) 482-1163,

well as a history lesson and

an out-of-the-way boudin

two boudin links on his

ulpress.org.

a general guide. Carriker

market with a reputation

head, looking like one

Visit boudinlink.com.

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baton rouge/ plantation country PROFILE BATON ROUGE’S BOXING HEYDAY

and collegiate level was

Louisiana’s pugilistic past.

before becoming head

very popular in Louisiana

They discovered a bounty

coach at Nicholls. Eventually

from 1929 to 1958. Landry,

of artifacts – photographs,

becoming the commissioner

The sport of boxing dates

self-described as a “lousy,

records, newspaper articles.

of the Southland Conference,

back to ancient Greece;

former 90-pound” pugilist

Their combined work also

he once again advanced

it became an event in the

who feinted, jabbed and

helped right a few wrongly

to serve as the executive

Olympic Games in 688 B.C.

right-hooked around the ring

reported facts.

director of the National

It prevailed all through the

at the old Cathedral High in

time of the Roman Empire

Lafayette, is now retired. A

The book reveals that in the 29 years the sport was

Cutting Horse Association.

He wound up working for a

in popularity;

at its pinnacle, 12

future president of the United

Roman-style

high school boxers

States, one George W. Bush,

dust-ups, of course,

were four-time state

as director of special projects

were sometimes

champs. LSU won

for the Texas Rangers.

fought to the death.

the 1949 national

With the fall of the

boxing championship.

the decline of prep bayou

Roman Empire,

Each decade seemed

boxing.

boxing disappeared

to usher in a new

for centuries, only

high school boxing

teach, trouble finding certified

to re-emerge in

era: The ‘30s were

coaches, not enough teams”

the 1700s in Great

dominated by Baton

are all reasons that Landry

Britain. It has

Rouge High, Catholic

suggested for the decline of

remained popular

High and Istrouma; in

the sport.

since. Stretching

the ‘40s, Plaquemine

all the way down

High achieved five

boxing’s history drew

the long corridor

state titles; New

attention; Louisiana State

of centuries from

Iberia High won an

Museum interviewed some

Greece, boxing

uncanny eight state

of the 200 remaining former

arrived in the Bayou

titles in the ‘50s. On the

boxers, while Louisiana

State and had its

collegiate level, eight

Public Broadcasting created a

heyday here in the

institutions of higher

program about boxing.

20th century. Author

learning had boxing

Don Landry wants

teams: Louisiana Tech,

The year 1958 ushered in

“Requiring coaches to

His work to preserve

As pugnacious as a fighter going the distance,

you to know the Louisiana

few years ago, he attended

LSU, Tulane, McNeese,

Landry achieved what he

side of boxing.

an annual boxers’ reunion in

Southwestern Louisiana

set out to do. He has given

Crowley and was dismayed

and Northeastern Louisiana,

us a fascinating chronicle

basketball coach at Nicholls

that nothing was being done

Loyola and Centenary.

that shows another side to

State University for 13 years,

to preserve their history.

Landry, who was the

has written a book called

In a story filed on

According to Landry,

Louisiana’s love of sports

boxing was the second-most-

while honoring its partici-

Boxing: Louisiana’s Forgotten

sportsnola.com, Landry says

popular sport (after football)

pants and unveiling yet

Sport, a fascinating history

that he finally teamed with

in the state and bouts played

another invaluable dimension

of both high school and

the reunion co-chairman, a

out to capacity crowds.

of our own history.

college boxing preserved

gentleman named Poochie

in print so it would not be

East, and efforts began

have centered around

Don Landry at (225) 766-7349,

lost in the swamp mist of

in earnest to research

athletics. He was the assistant

836 Highland Knoll Court,

time. According to Landry,

and find as many details

basketball coach at Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA 70810 or

boxing on the high school

as possible regarding

Tech under Scotty Robertson

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Landry’s life and career

To purchase a copy, contact

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Greater New Orleans CAUSE TO CELEBRATE STAR DATES

never expecting they actually

Tulane University has long

this. To my surprise, they did.

been a leader in studies

had an opinion about all of So sit back, and allow me

of Central American

to try to explain why we’re all

archaeology. Marcello

still here today.

Canuto, director of the Middle

According to NASA, the

American Research Institute

2012 flap was all flapdoodle.

at Tulane University, was

It all started with one fable

among the first to discover

linked to another – that of

that the Mayan writings that

the planet Nibiru, discovered

allegedly predicted the end

supposedly by the Sumerians,

of the world were misin-

that was on a collision course

terpreted. Using the text of

with Earth. When it didn’t

ancient documents he found

reach us as it was supposed

in Guatemala, Canuto, as

to in 2003, the crash date was

reported by WWL-TV in New

extended to 2012 to coincide

Oh, did I mention that

This partnership currently

Orleans, explained: “So it’s

with the Mayan calendar’s

NASA astronomers have

includes Michoud and the

sort of like actually trying

end. It was an Internet hoax.

also determined through

University of New Orleans

NASA further states that

the Spaceguard Survey that

but will also expand to

no planetary alignments with

no big asteroids seem to be

embrace the fine engineering

but try to avoid the end of the

Earth are due within the next

heading our way? We can

and research abilities that

world. They’re trying to say

few decades and would have

watch with peace in our

LSU in Baton Rouge can

the world will continue; it’s a

little effect on us anyway.

hearts as the crescent moon

offer. The goal is to enhance

grand cycle.”

NASA neatly sewed up

rises over the Crescent City

the growth of Louisiana’s

another theory that the Earth

and not fear the beautiful

skilled aerospace work force

story, Canuto said that the

would slip through a black

stars in the sky.

while maintaining the level

Mayan text makes it clear the

hole in the Milky Way due to

to use their calendar not to predict the end of the world

According to the WWL

So get ready for Mardi

of world-class manufac-

the Earth and sun lining up

Gras, which falls on Feb.

turing (regularly performed

and that the Mayans did not

with the center of the galaxy

12, 2012, and party hearty.

at Michoud) throughout

consider the calendar phase

– according to this group of

After all, we’ve survived

all of their endeavors.

that ended this year to be the

aeronautic and astronomical

extinction. Maybe we should

Additionally, NCAM plays a

final chapter for mankind

experts, this occurs every

dress as Mayans.

strong educational role by

December; the Earth and sun

sponsoring a conglomerate

world will go on for centuries

so many people were taking

actually align with the center

the Mayans’ predictive ability

of the Milky Way as regularly

so seriously: “That’s what I’ve

as annual visits from Santa

NEWS BRIEF MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE

always found curious, is that

Claus. Further shattering the

Late last summer NASA

nologies, boldly going where

everyone worries about the

dreams of all the doomsday

and Bayou State leaders

no man has gone before to

Maya predicting the end of

criers, NASA reports that

announced a five-year

benefit not only the space

the world in 2012, but nobody

a reversal of the rotation of

commitment to extend a

program but also life here

worries about the fact that

the Earth is impossible; a

partnership with one of

on earth. Their discoveries

they couldn’t predict their

harmless magnetic polarity

NASA’s primary resources

will be transmitted to the

own collapse.”

reversal occurs every 400,000

in Louisiana, the National

commercial market and insti-

years and is not due to occur

Center for Advanced

tutions of higher learning

in the next few millennia.

Manufacturing, or NCAM.

nationwide.

Canuto also wondered why

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lifetimes a guide to events around the state january/february Compiled by gabrielle bethancourt

NORTH Through Jan. 15. Bona Fide 2 Regional Artists Exhibition. Artspace, Shreveport. www.artspaceshreveport.com.

Through Jan. 20. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. Sci-Port: Louisiana’s Science

Chili Cookoff Houma

Center, Shreveport. www.sciport.org.

Through Jan. 26. The Making of Rise of the Guardians. Artspace, Shreveport.

Jan. 4. Monster Truck Winter Nationals.

www.artspaceshreveport.com.

Rapides Coliseum, Alexandria.

(318) 442-1272.

Through Feb. 9. Masur Museum Exhibition: Human|Nature. Masur Museum, Monroe.

Jan. 10. Central Louisiana Non-Profit Consortium. Roy O. Martin World Trade

(318) 329-2237.

Center, Alexandria. (318) 445-1973.

Jan. 3-13. Evita. Emmett Hook Center,

Jan. 12. WWE Smackdown World Tour.

Shreveport. (318) 429-6885.

Jan. 19. From Elvis to Hank to Johnny: Celebrating 65 Years of the Louisiana Hayride. Municipal Auditorium: Stage of Stars Museum, Shreveport. (318) 220-9434.

Jan. 26. 18th Annual Robert Burns Banquet and Ball. Pierremont Oaks Tennis Club,

Rapides Coliseum, Alexandria.

(318) 442-1272.

Jan. 20. Influenced and Inspired. Rapides Symphony Orchestra, Alexandria.

(318) 442-9709.

Jan. 25. Ricky Nelson Remembered.

Shreveport. (903) 759-0473.

Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center, Alexandria. (318) 767-2600.

Jan. 29-30. Sesame Street Live: Can’t Stop Singing. CenturyLink Center, Bossier City.

Feb. 19. Red River Chorale Presents Songs of Love. St. James Episcopal Church,

www.centurylinkcenter.com.

Alexandria. (318) 484-4463.

Feb. 9. A John Williams Spectacular. W.L.

Feb. 22. Southern Circuit of Independent Films: Eating Alabama. Hearn Stage, Kress

Jan. 8. Stomp. Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette. (337) 291-5555.

Jan. 11. Miro, Matisse and Picasso from the New Orleans Museum of Art. Imperial Calcasieu Museum, Lake Charles.

(337) 439-3797.

Jan. 12. 13th Annual Chili Cookoff. Houma Air Base Arena, Houma. (985) 851-6977.

Jan. 10-13. Annual Mid-Winter Fair Rodeo.

Blackham Coliseum, Lafayette.

(337) 482-5738.

Jan. 12-13. Home Show. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. (337) 478-7893.

Jan. 17. A Night at the Museum. Bayou Teche Museum, New Iberia. bayoutechemuseum.org.

Jan. 18-21. Martin Luther King Jr. Festival.

Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles.

(337) 436-9588

Theatre, Alexandria. (318) 443-4718.

Jan. 18-27. Thibodaux Playhouse Presents: Barefoot in the Park.

CENTRAL

CAJUN

Thibodaux Playhouse, Thibodaux. www.thibodauxplayhouse.com.

Sundays in January. Lukejazz Duo. Landing

Through Feb. 28. Candy Cane Lane Exhibit. Children’s Museum of Acadiana,

Jan. 23. Eighth Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival. Lafayette. (337) 235-7845.

Lafayette. (337) 232-8500.

Jan. 26. Rodeo. Houma Air Base Arena,

Through Feb. 28. Louisiana: 200 Years Later. Lafayette Science Museum, Lafayette.

Houma. (985) 868-3484.

“Jack” Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center, Monroe. (318) 812-6761.

Restaurant, Natchitoches. (318) 352-1579.

Through Jan. 6. Festival of Lights.

Downtown Historic District, Natchitoches. www.christmasfestival.com.

Jan. 1. Celebrate Louisiana Bicentennial.

Cammie G. Henry Research Center/Watson Memorial Library, Natchitoches. (318) 357-4585.

Jan. 3. Crafty Thursday. Westside Regional Library, Alexandria. (318) 442-2483.

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(337) 291-5544.

Feb. 2. The Second Annual Acadiana Runner’s Ball. Evangeline Downs

Jan. 4-6. 14th Annual Southern Louisiana Boat, Sport & RV Show. Houma-Terrebonne

Event Center, Opelousas. www.evangelinedowns.com.

Civic Center, Houma. www.southernlouisianaboatrvshow.com.

New Iberia. (337) 365-6773.

Jan. 6. Bridal Show. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. (337) 224-0700.

Feb. 2. Cajun Ground Hog Day. Main Street, Feb. 2. Lake Charles Symphony: Journey

from France to Finland, With Stops In Between. Rosa Hart Theatre, Lake Charles.

Feb. 2. Paige in Full. Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge. (225) 344-0334.

Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans. allstatesugarbowl.org.

(337) 433-1611.

Feb. 4. Sweet Honey in the Rock. Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge. (225) 344-0334.

Jan. 8-27. Jersey Boys. Mahalia Jackson Theater, New Orleans. www.mahaliajacksontheater.com.

Feb. 9. Concert by Candlelight. St. Peter’s Catholic Church, New Iberia. (337) 364-4622.

Feb. 9. World Famous Cajun Extravaganza and Gumbo Cook-Off. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. (337) 475-7393.

Feb. 10. Taste De La Louisiane. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles.

(337) 436-9588.

Feb. 23. TABASCO Shootout Soccer Tournament. Louisiana Pepperplex Sports Complex, New Iberia. www.iberiasoccer.com.

BATON ROUGE Through Jan. 6. 50 Years of Collecting.

Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge. www.lasm.org.

Through Jan. 20. Train Memorabilia from the LASM Collection. Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge. www.lasm.org.

Jan. 2. Broadway in Baton Rouge Presents West Side Story. Baton Rouge River Center,

Feb. 6. Bayou Bash Football Recruiting Party. Baton Rouge River Center, Baton Rouge. (225) 389-7609.

Feb. 7. River City Jazz Masters Presents: The James Carter Organ Trio. Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge. (225) 344-0334.

Feb. 15-17. Sport Show. Baton Rouge River Center, Baton Rouge. (225) 389-7609.

(504) 281-0510.

Rouge. (225) 383-0500.

Jan. 18-19. Jessica Lang Dance. Freda

Feb. 21. Aquilla Theatre Presents: The Taming of the Shrew. Manship Theatre,

Lupin Memorial Hall, New Orleans.

(504) 940-2787.

Baton Rouge. (225) 344-0334.

Jan. 20-23. Le Royal Rouge. Harrah’s New Orleans Casino, New Orleans.

(504) 533-6000.

Feb. 21. The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience. LSU Student Union Theater, Baton Rouge. (225) 578-5124.

Feb. 23. Harlem Globetrotters. Baton Rouge River Center Theater, Baton Rouge. www.brrivercenter.com.

Jan. 5. Pepe Romero in Concert. Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge. (225) 344-0334.

Through Jan. 1. Victorian Christmas at Spring Fiesta House. Spring Fiesta House,

Jan. 15. BRSO Presents Symphony 101.

New Orleans. (504) 581-1367.

Baton Rouge Symphony, Baton Rouge. www.brso.org.

Through Jan. 1. Celebration in the Oaks.

Jan. 17. BRSO Presents Investar Bank Masterworks Series V. Baton Rouge

Through Jan. 2. Holiday in the Park Lights.

Louisiana State Capitol, Baton Rouge. www.thelouisianamarathon.com.

Jan. 11-12. Battle of New Orleans Anniversary. Chalmette Battlefield, Chalmette.

Jan. 15. Justin Bieber. New Orleans Arena,

GREATER NEW ORLEANS

Jan. 18-20. The Louisiana Marathon.

www.lpomusic.com.

Feb. 16. Louisiana Youth Orchestras Concert. Baton Rouge Symphony, Baton

Baton Rouge. www.brrivercenter.com.

Symphony, Baton Rouge. www.brso.org.

Jan. 11. Spanish Evening with Pepe Romero presented by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. First Baptist Church, Covington.

City Park, New Orleans. (504) 483-9415.

Lafreniere Park, Metairie. (504) 838-4389.

Through Jan. 4. M.S. Rau Impressionism exhibit. M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans.

(504) 523-5660.

Through Jan. 6. Fifth Annual New Orleans Dance Renaissance. NOLA Spaces,

New Orleans. (504) 587-3663.

Feb. 2-4. Tour Spring Fiesta House during Super Bowl. Spring Fiesta House, New Orleans. (504) 581-1367.

Feb. 15. Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra presents Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2. First Baptist Church, Kenner. (504) 466-5381.

Feb. 16. Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra presents Pan-American Life Fiesta Sinfonica Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2. Mahalia Jackson Theater, New Orleans. www.mahaliajacksontheater.com.

Feb. 22. Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony.

First Baptist Church, Covington.

(985) 892-2149.

Feb. 23. Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.

Mahalia Jackson Theater, New Orleans. www.nobadance.com.

Center, Baton Rouge. www.brrivercenter.com.

New Orleans. dancerenaissance.com.

Jan. 22. Broadway in Baton Rouge Presents Blue Man Group. Baton Rouge River Center,

Feb. 24. Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans Marathon, Half-Marathon and Two-Person Half-Marathon Relay. New Orleans.

Jan. 1. Commitment Day 5K. City Park,

(858) 768-6434.

Baton Rouge. www.brrivercenter.com.

New Orleans. commitmentday.com/content/ new-orleans.

Jan. 24. The Listening Room Presents: Claudia Acuna. Arts Council of Greater

Feb. 28. Bernadette Peters: Live with the LPO. New Orleans Morial Convention Center,

Jan. 2. 79th Annual Allstate Sugar Bowl.

New Orleans. www.lpomusic.com.

Jan. 19. B.B. King. Baton Rouge River

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Jan. 27. Bill Maher. Baton Rouge River Center Theater, Baton Rouge. www.brrivercenter.com.

Jan. 29. Mark Nizer 3D Expect the Impossible. LSU Student Union Theatre, Baton Rouge. (225) 578-5128.

Jan. 31. Philadanco. Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge. (225) 344-0334.

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a louisiana life

Jay Dardenne

Following the music | He doesn’t sing

By sue strachan

or

November 2012, the issue

play a musical instrument, but

focused on Louisiana music

in the past year, Lt. Gov. Jay

with an eclectic sampling

Dardenne has been immersing

of musicians and music and

himself in all things Louisiana

contained a complimentary

music. Dardenne and his

CD. It also kicked off a year of

office are on an important

celebrations throughout the

mission: to show the world

state, starting January 2013 in

the diversity and cultural

Shreveport with From Elvis to

importance that the state of

Hank to Johnny: Celebrating

Louisiana had – and continues

65 Years of Louisiana Hayride.

to have – on music.

Think about it: Where

The musical tribute that aired on Louisiana Public

would contemporary music

Broadcasting in December

student body and was the

districts). The department also

be without jazz, Cajun,

2012, Sunshine by the

student member of the LSU

includes the Audubon Golf

zydeco, swamp pop, funk,

Stars: Celebrating Louisiana

Board of Supervisors. He

Trail; Louisiana Serve (a clear-

brass bands, New Orleans-

Music, is an homage to

graduated with a bachelor’s

inghouse for volunteerism);

style R&B and bounce, to

one of Louisiana’s most

degree in journalism and then

the Atchafalaya Heritage Trail;

name a few? And don’t

popular songs, “You Are My

received a law degree from

the Scenic Byway Program;

forget Louisiana Hayride,

Sunshine,” recorded by Gov.

the LSU Law Center.

and Louisiana’s retirement

which took a chance on a

Jimmy Davis.

young Elvis Presley!

“My idea for Sunshine

Dardenne ran for his first

initiative, which recently has

office, state senator, in 1987.

been re-branded as “Retire

by the Stars was to create

He lost that race but the next

Louisiana Style.” Also,

be without Louisiana music

a musical event celebrating

year ran for a seat on the East

working with the Louisiana

doesn’t need an answer,

our 200 years of history

Baton Rouge Metropolitan

Bicentennial Commission,

fortunately. But if you don’t

that would be enjoyed by

Council, a position he held

he coordinated the 2012

know what Louisiana music is

Louisianians and shared with

until 1992 when he became

celebration of the bicentennial

all about by the end of 2013, it

public television audiences

a state senator. In 2006, he

of statehood.

won’t be from a lack of events

across the country,” Dardenne

became secretary of state,

and projects either originating

says. “Every Louisiana musical

and in 2010, he became

schedule that keeps him on

from or being supported by

legend we asked to participate

lieutenant governor.

the road a solid two days a

Dardenne’s office.

agreed to do so at no charge.

The question of where we’d

As lieutenant governor,

All of this creates a

week. And it seems like those

Harry Connick Jr. said he

Dardenne is, he says,

days on the road may end

launched Louisiana

would host the event and

“an official ambassador

up increasing, as 2013 amps

Soundtrack, www.louisi-

came up with the concept of

for the state, promoting

up what started in 2012. And

anasoundtrack.com, a Web

having each Louisiana legend

all things great about

then: “In 2014, we anticipate

site about Louisiana music.

perform the iconic song ‘You

Louisiana.” Dardenne runs

having a ‘celebration of

Want to know where to see

Are My Sunshine’ in their

the Department of Culture,

Louisiana’s creative culture’

music in Monroe? Find out

own style. The result is a

Recreation and Tourism,

with an emphasis on the arts

where the blues festivals are

tribute to the many genres of

which includes the Office of

and artistic creativity and how

statewide? Or what the Top

music that contribute to the

Tourism, the Office of State

it can be an attractive tool for

25 Louisiana songs are? It’s

fabric of our state.”

Parks, the State Museum

job development and bringing

A native of Baton Rouge,

System, the State Library

visitors to Louisiana,”

Dardenne has been in politics

and the Office of Cultural

Dardenne says.

since his days at Louisiana

Development (including the

American on its Southern

State University, when he

arts, archeology, historic

Dardenne will be slowing

music issue. Published

served as president of the

preservation and cultural

down any time soon. n

In March 2012, Dardenne

all here on the site.

Dardenne’s office also partnered with Oxford

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It doesn’t seem like