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James Williams Welcomes Crowds to History

At the historic investiture of Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson on February 28, 2013, James Williams welcomed over a thousand people who spilled out across Royal Street in the French Quarter. "Welcome to history" said Mr.… Read More »

Pat Vance Pleases the Court and the Crowds

At the investiture of Chief Justice Bernette Johnson, Pat Vance’s opening remarks, “May it please the Court”,  brought cheers of delight from a crowd of over 1,000 well-wishers gathered outside the Louisiana Supreme Court build… Read More »

Real Property Law Committee Discusses Private Works Act

  Bob Thibeaux, Chair, NOBA's Real Property Law Committee, hosted a well attended, all seats taken meeting on February 27, 2013 for transactional lawyers in New Orleans.  Scott Gallinghouse, senior state underwriting counsel for Fir… Read More »

NOBA Loves Compucast

When the best looked for the best, we called Compucast. Have tricky web issues? Compucast. Need expert web design? Compucast. Need the best SEO? Compucast. Need online marketing expertise? Compucast.   … Read More »

Committee Chairs Planning a Great Year

2013 Committee Chairs met for lunch to discuss their plans for the year. Program ideas were exchanged, meetings were calendared and topics and speakers were shared. Don't get left behind - you can still sign up for a committee. Just call the bar … Read More »

Masters of Jury Selection

Phil Wittmann, Tony Clayton, Roy Cheatwood, Robert Toale & Judge Rose Ledet demonstrated a live voir dire & jury selection at an all day CLE program on December 12th. The audience got a close up and personal view of what the lawyers do, think and say… Read More »

Masters of the Courtroom

Multidistrict Litigation from the Masters  Judge Carl Barbier (center) with Mag. Judge Sally Shushan (left), presided over a panel discussion on the complexities of  multidistrict litigation. Much of the discussion centered on the use o… Read More »

Healthcare Law Holiday Luncheon

The Healthcare Law Committee and Michael Ecuyer, Chair, celebrated the holiday season with a luncheon at Bourbon House on Thursday, December 6th.  Attendees discussed the latest trends in health care law while planning for meetings and CLEs in 2… Read More »

Bench Bar Committee Plans 2013 Conference

Co-Chairs Judge Kern Reese and Judge Jay Zainey met with Bench Bar Committee members Tim Daniels, Nan Alessandra, Samantha Griffin, James Brown and Chris Ralston to prepare for the April 19-21, 2013 Conference at Beau Rivage. We've got great prog… Read More »

Real Property Committee Holiday Party 2012

The Real Property Law Committee hosted a luncheon at Cafe Adelaide on Wednesday, December 5th.  Robert Thibeaux, Chair, and James Slaton, Vice-Chair, welcomed members of the committee and celebrated the holiday season and a year of successful me… Read More »