Louisiana State Bar Association recently issued the following announcement.
The LSBA's Nominating Committee will meet on Thursday, Aug. 26, in New Orleans to nominate a president-elect for the 2022-23 term and a treasurer for the 2022-24 term. The president-elect will automatically assume the presidency in 2023-24.
According to the president-elect rotation, the nominee must have his/her preferred mailing address in Nominating Committee District 3 (parishes of Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Tensas, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll and Winn).
According to the treasurer rotation, the nominee must have his/her preferred mailing address in Nominating Committee District 1 (parishes of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany).
Any member interested in seeking the position of president-elect or treasurer should contact members of the Nominating Committee. Go online to: www.lsba.org/GoTo/NominatingCommittee.
Election Schedule
For the 2021-22 election cycle, balloting will be conducted electronically only, as approved by the LSBA's Board of Governors and provided for in the Association's Articles of Incorporation. No paper ballots will be provided.
The Nominating Committee report will be submitted to the Board of Governors on Saturday, Aug. 28. On Monday, Sept. 20, notice of the action of the Nominating Committee and self-qualification forms for positions on the Board of Governors, LSBA House of Delegates, Nominating Committee, Young Lawyers Division and American Bar Association House of Delegates will be provided to the membership.
Deadline for return of nominations by petition and qualification forms is Monday, Oct. 18. First election ballots will be available to members on Monday, Nov. 15. Deadline for electronically casting votes is Monday, Dec. 13.
Other Positions Open
Other positions to be filled in the 2021-22 elections are:
Board of Governors (three-year terms beginning at the adjournment of the 2022 LSBA Annual Meeting and ending at the adjournment of the 2025 LSBA Annual Meeting) — one member each from the First, Fourth and Fifth Board Districts.
LSBA House of Delegates (two-year terms beginning at the commencement of the 2022 LSBA Annual Meeting and ending at the commencement of the 2024 LSBA Annual Meeting) — one delegate from each of the First through Nineteenth Judicial Districts, plus one additional delegate for every additional district judge in each district.
Nominating Committee (15 members, one-year terms beginning at the adjournment of the 2022 LSBA Annual Meeting and ending at the adjournment of the 2023 LSBA Annual Meeting) — District 1A, Orleans Parish, four members; District 1B, parishes of Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany, one member; District 2A, East Baton Rouge Parish, two members; District 2B, Jefferson Parish, two members; District 2C, parishes of Ascension, Assumption, East Feliciana, Iberville, Lafourche, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana, one member; District 3A, Lafayette Parish, one member; District 3B, parishes of Acadia, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Martin, St. Mary and Vermilion, one member; District 3C, parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Landry and Vernon, one member; District 3D, parishes of Bossier and Caddo, one member; and District 3E, parishes of Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, C laiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll and Winn, one member.
Young Lawyers Division Secretary (2022-23 term), nominee shall be a resident of or actively practicing law in the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard or Plaquemines, based on preferred mailing address. Petitions for nomination must be signed by 15 members of the Young Lawyers Division. Also to be elected, one representative each from the First, Second, Third, Fifth and Seventh districts (two-year terms).
American Bar Association House of Delegates (must be members of the American Bar Association) — two delegates from the membership at large and one delegate from that portion of the membership not having reached their 35th birthday by Aug. 3, 2022 (the Young Lawyer delegate). The delegates will serve two-year terms, beginning with the adjournment of the 2022 ABA Annual Meeting and expiring at the adjournment of the 2024 ABA Annual Meeting, as provided in Paragraph 6.4(e) of the ABA Constitution.
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