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The New Orleans Bar Association was chartered in 1924. The Organization Meeting of the New Orleans Bar Association was held on December 19, 1924, in the Convention Hall of the St. Charles Hotel. During the meeting, founding members of the Association signed the Charter of the New Orleans Bar Association. These founding members were distinguished lawyers in New Orleans and many later became Presidents and Board Members of the Association. A notable member present at the meeting was prominent lawyer Ms. Jessy Benedict Gessner, one of the first female lawyers in New Orleans. Mr. St. Clair Adams was elected as the first President, and members of the Executive Committee were also elected during the meeting.
Organization Meeting of the New Orleans Bar Association Minutes
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Charter of the New Orleans Bar Association
The New Orleans Bar Association was chartered in 1924. The Charter of this organization is registered in Mortgage Office Book 1311 (MOB1311/180) dated December 19, 1924.
Report about the origins of the new orleans Bar Association
In conducting our research for NOBA's 100th Anniversary, NOBA found references to the "New Orleans Bar Association" in news articles dated in 1876 and 1905, before the New Orleans Bar Association was founded in 1924. We reached out to Hon. Chelsey Richard Napoleon, Orleans Civil District Court Clerk of Court, to help us find out what organization these articles are referring to or if NOBA was in fact founded more than 100 years ago. Ms. Napoleon and Ina Fandrich, Deputy Clerk-Archivist looked into it and helped us find the answer in the history of the Louisiana Bar Association. Their Report can be viewed below.
Thank you to our research partners
It is with our deepest gratitude that we thank our research partners Hon. Chelsey Richard Napoleon, Clerk of Orleans Civil District Court, and Deputy Clerk-Archivist Ina Frandrich for aiding in our research and compiling a detailed report of the "Origins of the New Orleans Bar Association" detailed in this edition. Thank you also to Ms. Georgia Chadwick, retired head of the Supreme Court Library, for her research and guidance during this project.