SCLAHS Welcomes New Board Members
The board of the Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society (SCLAHS) met on May 21, 2015 at the Law Library of Louisiana located in the Supreme Court building. The Annual Meeting was held immediately afterward. Board President Donna D. Fraiche was joined by board members and officers present in bidding farewell to outgoing board members Joseph Larry Shea, Jr., Judge C. Wendell Manning and Dean María Pabón López and recognizing them for their outstanding contributions. Mr. Shea was replaced on the board by new LSBA president Mark A. Cunningham, Judge Manning by new LBF president H. Minor Pipes III, and Dean López by new interim Dean of Loyola University School of Law, Rev. Lawrence W. Moore. President Fraiche welcomed all new board members to their newly appointed positions including Mark Cunningham, Minor Pipes, and Father Moore, as well as Judge Robert L. Lobrano (Ret.) appointed by Justice John L. Weimer as the District 6 representative; Judge Brady D. O’Callaghan, appointed by Justice Scott J. Crichton to represent District 2; and Isaac H. Ryan, appointed by Justice Jeannette T. Knoll as the District 3 representative.
President Fraiche welcomed other officers and board members present including Secretary Paul R. Baier, Vice President Mathile W. Abramson, Treasurer Benjamin W. Janke, Louis D. Curet, E. Phelps Gay, and Dr. Rachel L. Emanuel, as well as SCLAHS members Judge Sandra C. Jenkins of Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal; Philip Kirk Jones, Jr. of Liskow & Lewis; attorney Fernin F. Eaton of Baton Rouge; Executive Director Georgia Chadwick, and guest speaker, Mary Ann Wegmann, who presented a program on Lawyers Who Fought in the Battle of New Orleans.
Board member changes which occurred after the May 21st meeting include the promotion of Judge James L. Dennis, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, to the office of Second Vice President, the addition of Clancy DuBos, political editor and columnist for Gambit Weekly and political commentator for WWL-TV in New Orleans, who was appointed by Justice Greg Gerard Guidry to represent District 1, John K. Pierre, Interim Chancellor of Southern University Law Center who replaces Chancellor Freddie Pitcher, Jr., and William R. Corbett and Cheney C. Joseph, Jr., interim co-Deans of LSU Law Center who replace Chancellor Jack M. Weiss, who stepped down in August.
Other SCLAHS board members include Judge James H. Boddie, Jr., Ret., Edward “Ned” Diefenthal, and Dean David D. Meyer of Tulane University School of Law. Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson is also on the board, and Associate Justices Jeannette T. Knoll, John L. Weimer, Greg Gerard Guidry, Marcus R. Clark, Jefferson D. Hughes III, and Scott J. Crichton serve as Ex Officio board members.
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