Jeffrey M. Bassett, born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University; legal education, Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D., 1977). Assistant District Attorney, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 1978-1981. Chairman, Indigent Defender Board, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, 1987-. Honoree: Louisiana Super Lawyers®, 2011-2016 and 2018-2022. Member: St. Landry Parish Bar Association (Vice-President, 1986-1987; President, 1987-1988); Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. E−Mail: Jeffrey M. Bassett
Taylor J. Bassett, born Opelousas, Louisiana, April 21, 1986; admitted to bar, 2011, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.S., Accounting, 2008); legal education, Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University (J.D./D.C.L., 2011). Honoree, Louisiana Super Lawyers® 'Rising Star' edition, 2015-2022. Member: St. Landry Parish Bar Association (Past President); Lafayette Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. E−Mail: Taylor J. Bassett
Richard T. Haik, Jr., born New Iberia, Louisiana, September 7, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Preparatory education, University of Mississippi (B.A., 2002); legal education, Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University (J.D., 2005). Honoree: Louisiana Super Lawyers® 'Rising Star' edition, 2014-2019; Louisiana Super Lawyers®, 2020-2022. Member: St. Landry Parish Bar Association; Lafayette Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. E−Mail: Richard T. Haik, Jr.
P. Craig Morrow, born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.A., Criminal Justice, 1991); legal education, Southern University Law Center (J.D., 1994). Honoree: Louisiana Super Lawyers®, 2012-2022. Member: St. Landry Parish Bar Association; Lafayette Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; Louisiana City Attorneys Association; Brain Injury Association; American Brain Injury Society. E−Mail: P. Craig Morrow
Patrick C. Morrow, born Plaquemine, Louisiana, January 15, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Courts, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and Southern District of Texas. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.A., Government, 1969); legal education, Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D., 1972). Judge pro tempore, 27th Judicial District Court, 1995. Intermediate Appellate Court Liaison Committee, 2002-. Board of Trustees, Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University, 2005-. Honoree: Louisiana Super Lawyers®, 2008-2022. Member: St. Landry Parish Bar Association (Secretary-Treasurer, 1974); Lafayette Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Louisiana Association for Justice (Board of Governors, 1987-); American Association for Justice; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Louisiana City Attorneys Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; Litigation Counsel of America; American Inns of Court (John M. Duhé, Jr. Inn of Court). Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation. E−Mail: Patrick C. Morrow
James P. Ryan, born Detroit, Michigan, December 29, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (B.S., Business Management, 1976); legal education, Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University (J.D., 1980). Louisiana Law Review, 1978-1980. Honoree: Louisiana Super Lawyers®, 2008-2012, 2014-2016 and 2018-2022. Member: St. Landry Parish Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. E−Mail: James P. Ryan
ASSOCIATE
William L. Ryan, born Opelousas, Louisiana, October 15, 1990; admitted to bar, 2018, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.S., Political Science, 2014); legal education, Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University (J.D./D.C.L., 2017). Member: St. Landry Parish Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. E−Mail: William L. Ryan
OF COUNSEL
Richard T. Haik, Sr., born Lafayette, Louisiana, March 1, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and District of Hawaii. Preparatory education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.S., Economics and Finance, 1972); legal education, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (J.D., 1975). Judge, 16th Judicial District Court, Louisiana, 1984-1991; former Chief Judge. Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1991-2016; former Chief Judge. Honoree, Louisiana Super Lawyers®, 2019-2021. Member: St. Landry Parish Bar Association; Lafayette Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. E−Mail: Richard T. Haik, Sr.