P. Raymond Lamonica

Brief Biography

Professor Lamonica currently is serving as General Counsel to the LSU System. He continues to hold the position of J.B. Nachman Professor of Law. His usual areas of teaching are in the areas of Federal and State Civil and Criminal Procedure. He has also taught Evidence, Legislation, and Litigation-related courses. He is co-author of three West publications: Louisiana Criminal Jury Instructions (w/Joseph), Legislative Law and Procedure(w/Jones), and a newly published Louisiana Criminal Jury Instructions and Procedures Companion Handbook 2009 (w/Joseph),each of the first two having annual supplements. Prior to joining the faculty in 1972, he was law clerk to the chief judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Shreveport and practiced with a Baton Rouge firm. After joining the law faculty, Professor Lamonica has served as special counsel to the Criminal Justice Committee of the House of Representatives and as counsel to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He has been appointed special master/receiver by state and federal courts in several complex civil matters. While on leave from the Law Center, he was appointed by the Supreme Court to serve as a District Judge for the Nineteenth Judicial District in Baton Rouge (1980). He also served as Executive Counsel to the Governor of Louisiana (Treen, 1983-84), and court-appointed and then President-appointed United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana (1986-94). Upon return to the Law Center in 1994, he served as vice chancellor for three years and also resumed teaching. Since Fall 2005, he has served full-time as General Counsel for the LSU System. While teaching, Professor Lamonica, upon request of the Office of Governor and Attorney General, has represented the state as special counsel on select legal matters principally in the areas of gaming regulation and litigation, environmental regulation and litigation, and complex federal litigation. He is a lifetime member, by invitation, of the American Bar Foundation.

Education

B.A., Louisiana State University, 1965
M.A., Louisiana State University, 1967
J.D., Louisiana State University, 1970

Contact Info

Office: 424
Phone: 225/578-0335
Email: plamoni@lsu.edu

Additional Info

• Biography
• Selected Publications