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Veterans Construction allegedly pays off Sorento Lumber debt
NEW ORLEANS — After a year and half and more than $10,000, a lumber company has settled a debt with a LaPlace business. -
AG Landry applauds ruling to ban sanctuary city
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is applauding the U.S. Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit, which favored a Texas law that allows a sanctuary city ban. -
Louisiana high court ruling for charter schools makes funding law clear, business advocate says
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Supreme Court decision last month in favor of charter schools is a clear victory for backers of those schools, a business lobby president said during a recent interview. -
Former Orleans Parish judge reprimanded for allegedly failing to supervise assistant
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — New Orleans attorney and former Orleans Parish traffic and civil judge Ronald J. Sholes has been publicly reprimanded following an April 2 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding over allegations he failed to adequately supervise a non-lawyer assistant. -
Louisiana Senate approves bill to protect sexual assault victims from slander lawsuits
&&& The Louisiana Senate passed a bill on March 20 to postpone any slander lawsuits filed against people who allegedly have been victims of sexual assault. If the House approves it, courts will be required to postpone any slander lawsuits filed against alleged sexual assault victims. -
Longtime Breaux Bridge attorney put on interim suspension after prostitution arrest
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Breaux Bridge attorney Walter Glenn Soileau, a former city judge practicing in Louisiana for more than 45 years, has been placed on interim suspension following a March 23 Louisiana Supreme Court order, a few weeks after his arrest on prostitution charges. -
New Orleans attorney suspended following unsuccessful attempt to purchase house from client
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — New Orleans attorney Gregory Swafford has been suspended following a March 23 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding over allegations stemming from an unsuccessful attempt to purchase a house from his client. -
Covington attorney receives deferred suspension, probation after admitting to misconduct
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Covington attorney Christa Hayes Forrester received a fully deferred suspension following a March 23 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding regarding allegations arising from a client matter. -
Former juvenile court judge suspended following auto theft ring indictment
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Gretna attorney and former juvenile court Judge David L. Bell has been suspended following a March 16 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney order a little more than a year after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly participating in a Jefferson Parish auto theft ring. -
Education funding ruling is groundbreaking, attorney says
New Orleans-based advocacy lawyer Jay M. O’Brien believes education, private or public, should be funded fairly to every student in the state. -
SLLS executive director says legal help is an 'often overlooked solution' for homeless veterans
Veterans accounted for around 10 percent of all homeless individuals in Louisiana, according to 2016 data from an annual Housing Urban Development (HUD) report. -
Attorney targets media outlet in latest lawsuit against critics
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has been using a group of trial lawyers to submit legacy lawsuits against oil and gas companies for their alleged role in destroying Louisiana's coastline in order to fill holes in the state's budget with settlement money. -
Covington attorney granted voluntarily transfer to disability inactive status
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Covington attorney Joseph Aiavolasiti Kott has been voluntarily transferred to disability inactive status following a March 9 Louisiana Supreme Court order. -
Shreveport attorney suspended over alleged rule violations, failing to cooperate
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Shreveport attorney Laetitia Black has received a partially deferred suspension following a March 13 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding regarding alleged professional conduct rule violations and failing to cooperate with an investigation. -
Redistricting takes center stage for politicians, grassroots groups
A grassroots group has banded together to tackle the issue of gerrymandering in Louisiana. -
LASC director chosen for Presidential Leadership Scholars program
Louisiana Supreme Court Division of Children and Families Director Alanah Odoms Hebert is one of 59 scholars chosen to take part in the Presidential Leadership Scholars program. -
Shreveport judge 'grateful' NAWJ conference held in city
Shreveport City Court Judge Sheva M. Sims, who was recently elected as District 6 Director of the National Association of Women Judges, said it was an honor to have the association's conference in Shreveport, a first for the city. -
Lawsuit abuse blamed for rising auto insurance rates
Louisiana residents will be seeing an increase in car insurance rates this year. Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has said that lawsuit abuse is a major cause of the high rates in the state, according to a column in The Advocate. The executive vice president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana agrees. -
State court filing seeks to take over Jeanerette finances
The state of Louisiana is moving to appoint a fiscal administrator for the city of Jeanerette after the city repeatedly failed to submit necessary annual audits and for other financial missteps.