Walter J. Leger, Jr., born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 11, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, 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 Eastern District of Texas. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.A., 1973); legal education, Tulane University Law School (J.D., 1976). Fraternity: Phi Alpha Delta. Honor Societies: Gamma Beta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Outstanding Orator, Tulane Freshman Moot Court Competition, 1974. Recipient, Tulane Law School Admiralty Law Institute Award, 1974. Distinguished Fellow, Government Leadership Institute, University of New Orleans. Managing Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1975-1976. Delegate, Louisiana Priorities for the Future Commission, Task Force on Government and Local Affairs, 1978. Listed in: Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America; Leadership in Law, 2007, 2008, 2009; Leadership in Law, Hall of Fame, 2009-. Special Counsel to Louisiana Attorney General, 1994-2007. Co-Chairman, Metro Vision Economic Development Foundation, 1998-2000. Chairman of the Board, The New Orleans Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2000. Board member: Louisiana Recovery Authority, 2005-2010; Vice Chairman, 2008-2010; Louisiana Land Trust, 2007-; Chairman, 2009-. Named in: Louisiana Super Lawyers®, 2007-2013. Member: New Orleans Bar Association (President-Elect); St. Bernard Parish Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association (Sections: Insurance, Negligence, Compensation and Admiralty Law; Civil Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law); American Bar Association (Sections: Litigation; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice); Federal Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor); Louisiana Sports Law Association (Board member); American Inns of Court. E−Mail: Walter J. Leger, Jr.
Franklin G. Shaw, born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 9, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, 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 (B.S., 1979); legal education, Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University (J.D., 1982). Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association (Insurance, Negligence Compensation and Admiralty Law Section); American Bar Association (Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section); Federal Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; Maritime Law Association of the United States. E−Mail: Franklin G. Shaw
ASSOCIATES
Christine Sevin Fayard, born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 17, 1984; admitted to bar, 2009, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.A., 2006); legal education, Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University (J.D., 2009; D.C.L., 2009). Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Louisiana Association for Justice. E−Mail: Christine Sevin Fayard
Matthew S. Landry, born Metairie, Louisiana, June 15, 1983; admitted to bar, 2015, 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, University of New Orleans (B.G.S., 2006; M.A., 2009); legal education, Tulane University Law School (J.D., 2015). Student Attorney, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, 2014-2015. Articles Editor, Tulane Environmental Law Journal, 2014-2015. President, Tulane Civil Law Society, 2013-2014. Judicial Extern to Hon. Jane Triche Milazzo and Hon. Ivan L.R. Lemelle, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2013. Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. E−Mail: Matthew S. Landry
Walter J. Leger III, born Metairie, Louisiana, June 22, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of Louisiana and Eastern District of Texas. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.A., 2000); legal education, Tulane University Law School (J.D. 2003). Fraternity: Phi Alpha Delta. Honor Society: Omicron Delta Kappa. Certificate in Admiralty and Maritime Law, Tulane Law School. First Year Class President, 2000-2001. Vice-President, Student Bar Association, 2001-2002. Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Environmental Law Newsletter, 2001-2002. Intern to Hon. Morey Sear, U.S. District Court, 2002. Business Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 2002-2003. Assistant District Attorney, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 2003-2007. Louisiana State Representative, District 91, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2008-; Speaker Pro Tempore, Louisiana House of Representatives, 2012-. Member: New Orleans Bar Association (Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section, 2003-); Louisiana State Bar Association (Young Lawyers Council, 2007-2009); Federal Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice. E−Mail: Walter J. Leger III
OF COUNSEL
William S. Poole, Jr., born Forrest City, Arkansas, November 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Alabama; 1974, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Middle Districts of Alabama and Eastern District of Louisiana. Preparatory education, University of Alabama (B.S., 1971); legal education, University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 1973; LL.M., Taxation, 1981). Law Clerk to Hon. Jack M. Gordan, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Louisiana, 1973-1975. Mayor, Dayton, Alabama, 1980-. President, Alumni Association, University of Alabama, 1992-1993. Co-author: "Antitrust: Fifth Circuit Symposium," 24 Loyola Law Review 3 (Summer 1978); "How to Administer Estates in Alabama," Alabama Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1984). Member: 17th Judicial Circuit Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. E−Mail: William S. Poole, Jr.
Craig Henry Stewart, born Houma, Louisiana, October 31, 1965; admitted to bar, 1996, 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, Grambling State University (B.A., 1986); legal education, Southern University Law Center (J.D., 1995). Editor, Southern University Law Review. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1999-2002. Assistant District Attorney, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 2004-2005. Assistant District Attorney, 23rd Judicial District Court, Ascension and Assumption Parishes, Louisiana, 2009-. Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Terrebonne Parish Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; Federal Bar Association. E−Mail: Craig Henry Stewart