Dr. Angela White-Bazile
Executive Director
Louisiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program
Dr. Angela White-Bazile is a graduate of University of Southwest Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana now known as University Louisiana at Lafayette. She received her juris doctorate from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge in 1996. She also received her Doctorate of Psychology & Counseling.

Dr. Bazile has been a practicing attorney for over 20 years. She has held positions such as Judicial Law Clerk/Research Attorney for Civil District Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, & the Louisiana Supreme Court; Associate Attorney; and a Professor of the law. She was an In-house counsel for Prudential Life Insurance in Jacksonville, Florida.

She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., New Orleans Alumnae Chapter. She is a member of various legal organizations, including but not limited to Louisiana State Bar Association, National Bar Association, American Bar Association, Louis Martinet Society, A.P. Tureaud Inns of Court, St. Tammany Parish Bar Association, National Association of Realtors, etc.

Prior to being named the Executive Director of the Louisiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, Dr. Bazile was the Executive Counsel to the Louisiana Supreme Court under the 25th Chief Justice, Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson. She was the Secretary of the Louisiana Human Trafficking Prevention Commission and the Louisiana Judicial Liaison for human trafficking. She is a recipient of various awards: the 2020 National Bar Association’s Hidden Figure Award; the 2018 Southern University Law School’s Distinguished Alumna Award; and the 2017 Louisiana State Bar Association’s President’s Award. She has been a presenter for various Continuing Legal Education seminars and is a well-sought after motivational speaker.

Mr. Joseph T. Wilson
Liskow & Lewis
Joe Wilson is a business and trusts and estates lawyer focusing on real estate, finance, general business, and estate planning and probate matters. Joe represents business owners, real estate developers, lenders, and manufacturing and industrial facilities operators on a multitude of legal and operational issues, including property acquisitions, sales and development, title insurance, corporate structuring and governance, and regulatory compliance. In addition to his corporate representations, Joe has established himself as a leader in the field of private wealth legal services and succession planning. Joe regularly advises corporate fiduciaries, individuals, family offices, and high-net-worth clients on a wide range of estate planning, probate and administration needs, including the drafting and oversight of wills, trusts and family succession plans, the development and implementation of gifting strategies and tax minimization efforts, as well as charitable and for-profit asset acquisitions and divestitures. Clients frequently engage Joe to negotiate, draft, and interpret purchase agreements, leases, operating agreements, wills, trusts, bylaws and other organizational documents, loans, and security agreements. Joe is a state-licensed title insurance agent, issuing title insurance policies through Lewis Title Co., the firm’s in-house title agency.

Joe is a frequent public speaker on trusts and estates and business law topics, focusing his presentations on legal issues that affect the lives and business operations of his clients.

Joe graduated summa cum laude from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a Senior Editor of the Louisiana Law Review. He received the Law Review’s Vinson & Elkins Award for the Best Student Casenote or Comment.