Kristen Amond
Kristen D. Amond is an attorney in New Orleans (Kristen Amond, LLC), practicing in federal and state courts in Louisiana. She represents businesses of all sizes in all forms of business disputes and is outside general counsel to small businesses and start-ups.
She has represented bankruptcy trustees, plan administrators, receivers in complex litigation and investors in securities fraud lawsuits. She also is a trained mediator. She is a member of the civil pro bono panels for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana and volunteers her professional time to represent plaintiffs in civil rights cases. She served as a clerk to Judge Susie Morgan of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana. In law school, she served as an intern for Judge Brian A. Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
Amond received her JD, magna cum laude, in 2016 from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She was editor-in-chief of the Louisiana Law Review.
Before law school, she taught second and third grades in New Orleans charter schools. She served as the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division chair in 2024-25. She was elected to two terms as the District 1 representative on the Young Lawyers Division Council. She was elected to serve on the LSBA's House of Delegates and Nominating Committee.
She also serves on the board of the New Orleans Federal Bar Association Younger Lawyers Division and is an alumna of the New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute and a Council for a Better Louisiana's Leadership Louisiana program. She serves on the board of Glassroots and Success Prep at Thurgood Marshall, where she taught before law school
She was an adjunct professor at Tulane University teaching "The Media and the First Amendment" and teaches a course at LSU Law's Apprenticeship Week each year with Judge Susie Morgan.
She was named as one of the American Bar Association's Top 40 Young Lawyers in America in 2022 and has been recognized in the 2021-2026 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch and 2022-2026 editions of Louisiana Super Lawyers.
Kristen looks forward to traveling the world with her wife, Nancia Sterling, and their (brand new!) son, Julien.
Kristen D. Amond is an attorney in New Orleans (Kristen Amond, LLC), practicing in federal and state courts in Louisiana. She represents businesses of all sizes in all forms of business disputes and is outside general counsel to small businesses and start-ups.
She has represented bankruptcy trustees, plan administrators, receivers in complex litigation and investors in securities fraud lawsuits. She also is a trained mediator. She is a member of the civil pro bono panels for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana and volunteers her professional time to represent plaintiffs in civil rights cases. She served as a clerk to Judge Susie Morgan of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana. In law school, she served as an intern for Judge Brian A. Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
Amond received her JD, magna cum laude, in 2016 from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She was editor-in-chief of the Louisiana Law Review.
Before law school, she taught second and third grades in New Orleans charter schools. She served as the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division chair in 2024-25. She was elected to two terms as the District 1 representative on the Young Lawyers Division Council. She was elected to serve on the LSBA's House of Delegates and Nominating Committee.
She also serves on the board of the New Orleans Federal Bar Association Younger Lawyers Division and is an alumna of the New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute and a Council for a Better Louisiana's Leadership Louisiana program. She serves on the board of Glassroots and Success Prep at Thurgood Marshall, where she taught before law school
She was an adjunct professor at Tulane University teaching "The Media and the First Amendment" and teaches a course at LSU Law's Apprenticeship Week each year with Judge Susie Morgan.
She was named as one of the American Bar Association's Top 40 Young Lawyers in America in 2022 and has been recognized in the 2021-2026 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch and 2022-2026 editions of Louisiana Super Lawyers.
Kristen looks forward to traveling the world with her wife, Nancia Sterling, and their (brand new!) son, Julien.
Eric Barefield
Louisiana State Bar Association
Eric K. Barefield is Ethics Counsel in the Professional Programs Department of the Louisiana State Bar Association, where he oversees the LSBA's Ethics Advisory Service and handles lawyer advertising filings. A 1995 graduate of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Orleans Parish and as Deputy Disciplinary Counsel with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel before joining the LSBA staff in 2005. At the LSBA, he coordinated the launch of the Law Office Management Assistance Program and the Solo and Small Firm Conference.
Louisiana State Bar Association
Eric K. Barefield is Ethics Counsel in the Professional Programs Department of the Louisiana State Bar Association, where he oversees the LSBA's Ethics Advisory Service and handles lawyer advertising filings. A 1995 graduate of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Orleans Parish and as Deputy Disciplinary Counsel with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel before joining the LSBA staff in 2005. At the LSBA, he coordinated the launch of the Law Office Management Assistance Program and the Solo and Small Firm Conference.
Hon. Richard L. Bourgeois Jr.
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Judge Bourgeois received his Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from LSU and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law School where he graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif. After receiving his law degree, he worked as a commercial litigator in Washington, D.C. with a large international law firm. In 2003, he was appointed as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Louisiana where he served as deputy criminal chief, supervising and prosecuting cases involving computer crimes, as well as large scale schemes involving healthcare, banking and mortgage fraud.
Judge Bourgeois has been a speaker at various continuing legal education programs as well as industry specific programs on matters regarding criminal law and procedure, computer crimes and forensics, health care law, artificial intelligence, as well as civil practice and procedure.
Judge Bourgeois was appointed a United States Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana in 2013. He and the other full time Magistrate Judges are responsible for various pretrial proceedings in criminal cases, as well as management of the civil cases pending in the district, including ruling on both non-dispositive and dispositive motions referred by the District Judges, conducting evidentiary hearings and trials in civil cases, and trials in certain criminal cases.
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Judge Bourgeois received his Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from LSU and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law School where he graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif. After receiving his law degree, he worked as a commercial litigator in Washington, D.C. with a large international law firm. In 2003, he was appointed as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Louisiana where he served as deputy criminal chief, supervising and prosecuting cases involving computer crimes, as well as large scale schemes involving healthcare, banking and mortgage fraud.
Judge Bourgeois has been a speaker at various continuing legal education programs as well as industry specific programs on matters regarding criminal law and procedure, computer crimes and forensics, health care law, artificial intelligence, as well as civil practice and procedure.
Judge Bourgeois was appointed a United States Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana in 2013. He and the other full time Magistrate Judges are responsible for various pretrial proceedings in criminal cases, as well as management of the civil cases pending in the district, including ruling on both non-dispositive and dispositive motions referred by the District Judges, conducting evidentiary hearings and trials in civil cases, and trials in certain criminal cases.
Professor Jeffrey C. Brooks
LSU Law Center
Jeffrey Brooks is a Professor of Professional Practice and the Preis PLC Director of Advocacy and Professional Practice at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he has taught since 2010. He directs the Law Center's award-winning Advocacy Program and teaches courses including Evidence, International Law, and Advanced Appellate Advocacy. He previously litigated complex federal civil rights cases as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Special Federal Litigation Division of the New York City Law Department. He holds a J.D. from Tulane University Law School.
LSU Law Center
Jeffrey Brooks is a Professor of Professional Practice and the Preis PLC Director of Advocacy and Professional Practice at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he has taught since 2010. He directs the Law Center's award-winning Advocacy Program and teaches courses including Evidence, International Law, and Advanced Appellate Advocacy. He previously litigated complex federal civil rights cases as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Special Federal Litigation Division of the New York City Law Department. He holds a J.D. from Tulane University Law School.
Barry H. Grodsky
Taggart Morton, LLC
Barry Grodsky is a partner at the Taggart Morton law firm in New Orleans practicing primarily in the areas of creditor rights, property management law, banking law, bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Barry received his business degree from the University of Texas in 1979 and his law degree from Tulane in 1982. After internships with Congressman Billy Tauzin and U.S. District Judge Morey Sear and serving as a law clerk to State Judge Steven Plotkin he went into private practice.
Barry is a Past President of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He is its former Secretary and Editor of the Bar Journal. Barry served on several committees, including the Fee Arbitration Panel, Budget Committee, Bar Governance Committee, Audit Committee, CLE Committee, Long Range Planning Committee and the committee reviewing the State Bar’s legislative process. In 2017-2018 Barry was the President of the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents. Barry has chaired for several years the LSBA’s Committee on the Profession which has been involved in numerous programs to assist not only young lawyers but law students as well. He oversees the four law school professionalism programs dealing with character and fitness for bar admission and along with Judge Elizabeth Foote on behalf of the State Bar received the Smythe Gambrell Award for Professionalism. Barry also coordinated and implemented the LSBA’s mentoring program for new admittees. He has twice won the LSBA President’s Award primarily for his work on professionalism programs and has also won the LSBA’s Distinguished Service to the Bar Award. Barry has taught undergraduate courses at Tulane and University of New Orleans.
He is married to Cheri Grodsky, an attorney who is the Associate Executive Director of the Louisiana State Bar Association and they have one daughter, Caroline.
Taggart Morton, LLC
Barry Grodsky is a partner at the Taggart Morton law firm in New Orleans practicing primarily in the areas of creditor rights, property management law, banking law, bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Barry received his business degree from the University of Texas in 1979 and his law degree from Tulane in 1982. After internships with Congressman Billy Tauzin and U.S. District Judge Morey Sear and serving as a law clerk to State Judge Steven Plotkin he went into private practice.
Barry is a Past President of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He is its former Secretary and Editor of the Bar Journal. Barry served on several committees, including the Fee Arbitration Panel, Budget Committee, Bar Governance Committee, Audit Committee, CLE Committee, Long Range Planning Committee and the committee reviewing the State Bar’s legislative process. In 2017-2018 Barry was the President of the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents. Barry has chaired for several years the LSBA’s Committee on the Profession which has been involved in numerous programs to assist not only young lawyers but law students as well. He oversees the four law school professionalism programs dealing with character and fitness for bar admission and along with Judge Elizabeth Foote on behalf of the State Bar received the Smythe Gambrell Award for Professionalism. Barry also coordinated and implemented the LSBA’s mentoring program for new admittees. He has twice won the LSBA President’s Award primarily for his work on professionalism programs and has also won the LSBA’s Distinguished Service to the Bar Award. Barry has taught undergraduate courses at Tulane and University of New Orleans.
He is married to Cheri Grodsky, an attorney who is the Associate Executive Director of the Louisiana State Bar Association and they have one daughter, Caroline.
Hon. Guy P. Holdridge
Louisiana State Law Institute
Judge Guy P. Holdridge (ret.) is Director of the Louisiana State Law Institute. He served on the 23rd Judicial District Court from 1991, including several terms as chief judge, and on the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal from 2014 until his retirement in 2023. A 1978 graduate of the LSU Law Center, he has taught Louisiana Civil Procedure as an LSU Law adjunct for more than 25 years and edits Thomson Reuters' Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.
Louisiana State Law Institute
Judge Guy P. Holdridge (ret.) is Director of the Louisiana State Law Institute. He served on the 23rd Judicial District Court from 1991, including several terms as chief judge, and on the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal from 2014 until his retirement in 2023. A 1978 graduate of the LSU Law Center, he has taught Louisiana Civil Procedure as an LSU Law adjunct for more than 25 years and edits Thomson Reuters' Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.
Parker Layrisson
Parker Layrisson Injury Attorneys
Parker Layrisson is a personal injury attorney and author of the Accident Handbook.
He has taught CLE courses from California to South Carolina.
Parker built a surprisingly successful practice in a very small place: Ponchatoula, LA (Pop. 7,822). Since 2002, he has helped more than 2,000 injured clients recover over $100 million.
Parker teaches trial advocacy and client communication at LSU Law and serves on its alumni board of trustees. He graduated with honors from Tulane University and earned his law degree at LSU, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Louisiana Law Review and Order of the Coif.
His experience includes serving as a United States judicial law clerk, Louisiana assistant attorney general, and Ponchatoula city prosecutor. He also volunteered on the federal district court’s lawyer disciplinary committee.
Parker lives in Ponchatoula with his wife, Brandie, and their two sons, Luke and James.
Parker Layrisson Injury Attorneys
Parker Layrisson is a personal injury attorney and author of the Accident Handbook.
He has taught CLE courses from California to South Carolina.
Parker built a surprisingly successful practice in a very small place: Ponchatoula, LA (Pop. 7,822). Since 2002, he has helped more than 2,000 injured clients recover over $100 million.
Parker teaches trial advocacy and client communication at LSU Law and serves on its alumni board of trustees. He graduated with honors from Tulane University and earned his law degree at LSU, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Louisiana Law Review and Order of the Coif.
His experience includes serving as a United States judicial law clerk, Louisiana assistant attorney general, and Ponchatoula city prosecutor. He also volunteered on the federal district court’s lawyer disciplinary committee.
Parker lives in Ponchatoula with his wife, Brandie, and their two sons, Luke and James.
Rodd A. Naquin
1st Circuit Court of Appeal
Rodd Naquin is the Clerk of Court for the Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit, and has held that position at the court since 2016. Prior to being named Clerk, he worked at the First Circuit since 2004 as the Chief Deputy Clerk. He is originally from Thibodaux, LA. Attended LSU and graduated in 1992, with a degree in Political Science. Attended LSU Law School and graduated in 1997. Worked in the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office Litigation Division from 1997-2000, where he primarily defended the state in Road Hazards cases. Worked at the Louisiana Municipal Association from 2000-2004 as part of its Legal Section.
1st Circuit Court of Appeal
Rodd Naquin is the Clerk of Court for the Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit, and has held that position at the court since 2016. Prior to being named Clerk, he worked at the First Circuit since 2004 as the Chief Deputy Clerk. He is originally from Thibodaux, LA. Attended LSU and graduated in 1992, with a degree in Political Science. Attended LSU Law School and graduated in 1997. Worked in the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office Litigation Division from 1997-2000, where he primarily defended the state in Road Hazards cases. Worked at the Louisiana Municipal Association from 2000-2004 as part of its Legal Section.
Professor Tracy L. M. Norton
LSU Law Center
Tracy L. M. Norton holds the Erick Vincent Anderson Professorship and Professional Responsibility Professorship #6 at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she has pioneered technology integration in legal education for three decades. Her current AI leadership includes co-creating The Law Profs' AI Sandbox and authoring the open educational resource Lawyering Skills for the AI Era (2026). Norton co-chairs the Legal Writing Institute's AI Task Force and chairs LSU's Faculty Senate AI Committee. She is the 2026 recipient of the Association of American Law Schools Technology Mentorship Award, one of National Law Review's 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia, and a finalist in the education category of the 2026 American Legal Technology Awards. She develops innovative AI-integrated curricula and presents nationally on prompt architecture, AI literacy, and ethical AI adoption in legal practice and education.
LSU Law Center
Tracy L. M. Norton holds the Erick Vincent Anderson Professorship and Professional Responsibility Professorship #6 at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she has pioneered technology integration in legal education for three decades. Her current AI leadership includes co-creating The Law Profs' AI Sandbox and authoring the open educational resource Lawyering Skills for the AI Era (2026). Norton co-chairs the Legal Writing Institute's AI Task Force and chairs LSU's Faculty Senate AI Committee. She is the 2026 recipient of the Association of American Law Schools Technology Mentorship Award, one of National Law Review's 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia, and a finalist in the education category of the 2026 American Legal Technology Awards. She develops innovative AI-integrated curricula and presents nationally on prompt architecture, AI literacy, and ethical AI adoption in legal practice and education.
Thomas B. Plunkett III
US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Colonel Thomas “Tom” B. Plunkett will officially assume the responsibilities as the Eleventh Clerk of Court on October 3, 2026. In his role as the Chief Deputy Clerk for the Court for the past 15 years, he has been extensively involved in the leadership, strategic direction, and management of the Clerk’s Office. In 2024, Tom received the Director’s Award for Excellence in Judiciary Service from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts for his role in the development of the Attorney Toolbox application. He holds a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University Law Center and a Master of Science in Health Care Administration from the University of New Orleans and a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. Prior to transitioning to the federal judiciary, Tom served for thirty years in the United States Army, including combat tours in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Colonel Thomas “Tom” B. Plunkett will officially assume the responsibilities as the Eleventh Clerk of Court on October 3, 2026. In his role as the Chief Deputy Clerk for the Court for the past 15 years, he has been extensively involved in the leadership, strategic direction, and management of the Clerk’s Office. In 2024, Tom received the Director’s Award for Excellence in Judiciary Service from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts for his role in the development of the Attorney Toolbox application. He holds a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University Law Center and a Master of Science in Health Care Administration from the University of New Orleans and a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. Prior to transitioning to the federal judiciary, Tom served for thirty years in the United States Army, including combat tours in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Clare S. Roubion
The Roubion Law Firm
Clare Roubion is an experienced lawyer whose practice focuses on legal ethics, professional responsibility, lawyer discipline, judicial conduct, legal malpractice, lawyer disqualification motions, and lawyer fee disputes. She provides specialized legal representation and strategic counsel to lawyers, judges, law firms, and legal professionals navigating complex ethical and professional responsibility matters.
Clare represents clients before the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, and the Louisiana Judiciary Commission. She advises lawyers and law firms on disciplinary proceedings, ethics issues, conflicts of interest, law firm risk management, and professional responsibility questions, providing practical guidance and strategic solutions tailored to the unique challenges of the legal profession. She is licensed to practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts.
Prior to opening her own practice, Clare practiced with Louisiana Legal Ethics, LLC, where she represented lawyers, judges, and law firms in disciplinary proceedings, ethics matters, legal malpractice litigation, fee disputes, and other professional responsibility matters. Earlier in her career, she served as a public defender for the Fifteenth Judicial District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, and as the Research and Writing Lawyer for the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle and Western District of Louisiana. These positions provided extensive experience in legal research, persuasive writing, and appellate advocacy, which continue to serve as the foundation of her practice.
In addition to her practice, Clare is a frequent lecturer on legal ethics and professional responsibility. She regularly presents continuing legal education programs for lawyers on topics including legal ethics, malpractice avoidance, conflicts of interest, law practice management, and emerging issues affecting the legal profession. Through both her presentations and her practice, she is committed to helping lawyers navigate complex ethical issues with practical, thoughtful guidance.
Clare is a graduate of Louisiana State University, where she earned her undergraduate degree cum laude in 2011, and Louisiana State University Law Center, where she earned her Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 2014. While in law school, she was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served on the LSU Law Review.
Clare lives in Lafayette, Louisiana, with her husband, Ross, and their three children, Roy, Gus, and Rosie.
The Roubion Law Firm
Clare Roubion is an experienced lawyer whose practice focuses on legal ethics, professional responsibility, lawyer discipline, judicial conduct, legal malpractice, lawyer disqualification motions, and lawyer fee disputes. She provides specialized legal representation and strategic counsel to lawyers, judges, law firms, and legal professionals navigating complex ethical and professional responsibility matters.
Clare represents clients before the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, and the Louisiana Judiciary Commission. She advises lawyers and law firms on disciplinary proceedings, ethics issues, conflicts of interest, law firm risk management, and professional responsibility questions, providing practical guidance and strategic solutions tailored to the unique challenges of the legal profession. She is licensed to practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts.
Prior to opening her own practice, Clare practiced with Louisiana Legal Ethics, LLC, where she represented lawyers, judges, and law firms in disciplinary proceedings, ethics matters, legal malpractice litigation, fee disputes, and other professional responsibility matters. Earlier in her career, she served as a public defender for the Fifteenth Judicial District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, and as the Research and Writing Lawyer for the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle and Western District of Louisiana. These positions provided extensive experience in legal research, persuasive writing, and appellate advocacy, which continue to serve as the foundation of her practice.
In addition to her practice, Clare is a frequent lecturer on legal ethics and professional responsibility. She regularly presents continuing legal education programs for lawyers on topics including legal ethics, malpractice avoidance, conflicts of interest, law practice management, and emerging issues affecting the legal profession. Through both her presentations and her practice, she is committed to helping lawyers navigate complex ethical issues with practical, thoughtful guidance.
Clare is a graduate of Louisiana State University, where she earned her undergraduate degree cum laude in 2011, and Louisiana State University Law Center, where she earned her Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 2014. While in law school, she was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served on the LSU Law Review.
Clare lives in Lafayette, Louisiana, with her husband, Ross, and their three children, Roy, Gus, and Rosie.
Professor Heidi H. Thompson
LSU Law
For over 25 years, Heidi Howat Thompson has taught legal research, writing, and analysis courses at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she graduated Order of the Coif and was a member of the Louisiana Law Review. She earned her undergraduate degree in Accounting from LSU. Thompson served as a research attorney for the Louisiana First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeal and as an attorney in private practice before becoming a full-time professor. She currently serves on The Redbook’s Board of Editorial Advisers and formerly served on the Kaplan Louisiana Bar Review faculty. Thompson has enjoyed the privilege of writing and presenting on topics related to legal writing before local and national audiences—including judges, attorneys, state agencies, private firms, and other law professors. She has also authored the Louisiana Practitioner Rules for Citation to Legal Authorities—a set of uniform citation rules—which can be used by law students, practitioners, and judges when citing to legal authorities in Louisiana court documents. Thompson enjoys teaching and serving her students, law school, and the local community. She is also an avid tennis player.
LSU Law
For over 25 years, Heidi Howat Thompson has taught legal research, writing, and analysis courses at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she graduated Order of the Coif and was a member of the Louisiana Law Review. She earned her undergraduate degree in Accounting from LSU. Thompson served as a research attorney for the Louisiana First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeal and as an attorney in private practice before becoming a full-time professor. She currently serves on The Redbook’s Board of Editorial Advisers and formerly served on the Kaplan Louisiana Bar Review faculty. Thompson has enjoyed the privilege of writing and presenting on topics related to legal writing before local and national audiences—including judges, attorneys, state agencies, private firms, and other law professors. She has also authored the Louisiana Practitioner Rules for Citation to Legal Authorities—a set of uniform citation rules—which can be used by law students, practitioners, and judges when citing to legal authorities in Louisiana court documents. Thompson enjoys teaching and serving her students, law school, and the local community. She is also an avid tennis player.
Dr. Angela White-Bazile
Louisiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program
Dr. Angela White-Bazile is a graduate of the University of Southwest Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana, now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She received her juris doctorate from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, and she also has a Doctor of Psychology & Counseling. Dr. Bazile is the Executive Director of the Louisiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (JLAP) and has been a practicing attorney for over 25 years. Prior to being named the Executive Director of JLAP, Dr. Bazile was Executive Counsel at the Louisiana Supreme Court under the 25th Chief Justice, Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson.
Louisiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program
Dr. Angela White-Bazile is a graduate of the University of Southwest Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana, now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She received her juris doctorate from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, and she also has a Doctor of Psychology & Counseling. Dr. Bazile is the Executive Director of the Louisiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (JLAP) and has been a practicing attorney for over 25 years. Prior to being named the Executive Director of JLAP, Dr. Bazile was Executive Counsel at the Louisiana Supreme Court under the 25th Chief Justice, Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson.
Sheila M. Wilkinson
Sheila M Wilkinson, PLC
SHEILA M. WILKINSON, LMSW, Esq. is a Louisiana Licensed Attorney, a Louisiana Licensed Master Social Worker, a Certified ScrumMaster, and an Educator and Advisor who brings more than 25 years of experience in the legal profession to her work with attorneys and other regulated professionals. Her work stands at the intersection of law, social work, education, and the human side of professional practice.
Sheila began her legal career in 2000 as a Project & Litigation Manager, managing a law firm and its litigation and personnel before becoming a licensed attorney in 2009. She has since worked on approximately 500 matters, including managing and litigating complex multidistrict litigation, class actions, investigations, and advisory matters. She also built and operated a multimillion-dollar law firm and has worked with multidisciplinary teams and in-house legal departments. Her experience includes both the practice of law and the systems, expectations, relationships, and decisions that shape how legal work gets done.
Sheila earned her Bachelor’s in Sociology from the University of New Orleans, her Master’s in Social Work from Tulane University, her Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans, and her Advanced LL.M. in International and European Business Law from the Institute of European Studies in Brussels, Belgium. She has lived between the United States and Europe since 2007 and currently splits her time between New Orleans and Brussels.
Today, Sheila works with attorneys as a lawyer, consultant, and advisor, helping them examine the people, projects, expectations, relationships, and decisions that affect their work. Through her advisory work and continuing education programs, she helps lawyers make better decisions, establish healthier boundaries, clarify expectations, and create work that is both professionally competent and personally sustainable.
Sheila M Wilkinson, PLC
SHEILA M. WILKINSON, LMSW, Esq. is a Louisiana Licensed Attorney, a Louisiana Licensed Master Social Worker, a Certified ScrumMaster, and an Educator and Advisor who brings more than 25 years of experience in the legal profession to her work with attorneys and other regulated professionals. Her work stands at the intersection of law, social work, education, and the human side of professional practice.
Sheila began her legal career in 2000 as a Project & Litigation Manager, managing a law firm and its litigation and personnel before becoming a licensed attorney in 2009. She has since worked on approximately 500 matters, including managing and litigating complex multidistrict litigation, class actions, investigations, and advisory matters. She also built and operated a multimillion-dollar law firm and has worked with multidisciplinary teams and in-house legal departments. Her experience includes both the practice of law and the systems, expectations, relationships, and decisions that shape how legal work gets done.
Sheila earned her Bachelor’s in Sociology from the University of New Orleans, her Master’s in Social Work from Tulane University, her Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans, and her Advanced LL.M. in International and European Business Law from the Institute of European Studies in Brussels, Belgium. She has lived between the United States and Europe since 2007 and currently splits her time between New Orleans and Brussels.
Today, Sheila works with attorneys as a lawyer, consultant, and advisor, helping them examine the people, projects, expectations, relationships, and decisions that affect their work. Through her advisory work and continuing education programs, she helps lawyers make better decisions, establish healthier boundaries, clarify expectations, and create work that is both professionally competent and personally sustainable.
Angela Cox Williams
Law Office of Angela Cox Williams
Angela Cox Williams is a Family Law Specialist certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization whose Slidell practice focuses on divorce and family law. A 1999 graduate of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, an Army veteran, and a mediator, she is licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi and has practiced for more than 20 years. She has served as Family Chair for the 22nd JDC and as Exam Chair for the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.
Law Office of Angela Cox Williams
Angela Cox Williams is a Family Law Specialist certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization whose Slidell practice focuses on divorce and family law. A 1999 graduate of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, an Army veteran, and a mediator, she is licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi and has practiced for more than 20 years. She has served as Family Chair for the 22nd JDC and as Exam Chair for the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.
