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Class Notes - February 2019

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1970s

Van Mayhall Jr. (’71), attorney at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson LLP, has been elected President of the Board of Directors of the Bocage Racquet Club for 2019.
A headshot photo of a man wearing a suit and tie Felix R. Weill (’72) was appointed by Gov. Jon Bel Edwards to a six-year term on the Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education.
A headshot photo of a woman wearing a black suit jacket and pink shirt Marilyn Maloney (’75) has been announced as President-Elect of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the premier organization of U.S. real estate lawyers.
A headshot photo of a man wearing a suit and tie Vincent P. Fornias (’77) has joined Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions.

1980s

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Rebecca K. Wisbar (‘86), founding partner of Akers & Wisbar and adjunct professor at LSU Law Center, has joined Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions.


1990s

A headshot photo of a man wearing a suit and tie Mike Crawford (‘93), partner at Taylor Porter, has been elected to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank Board of Directors.
A headshot photo of a man wearing a suit and tie Charles F. Seemann III (’95) has been named Office Managing Principal of the New Orleans office of Jackson Lewis P.C.
A headshot photo of a woman wearing a white top Maggie Trahan Simar ('95), Hearing Officer for the 16th Judicial District Family Court Docket (St. Martin Parish) was recently installed as the 50th President of the Lafayette Bar Association.

2000s

A headshot photo of a man wearing a suit and tie Benton Toups (’00), attorney at Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, was recently listed among the 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list for his work in Employment and Labor.
Doug and Julie Ferris (’04) have purchased the RE/MAX First brokerage in Baton Rouge.
A headshot photo of a man wearing a suit and tie Andy Doupre (’09) has been listed to the 2019 Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars list.

2010s

A headshot photo of a woman wearing a gray suit jacket Erin Sayes Kenny (’11), partner at Taylor Porter, has been sworn in as Chair-Elect of the Young Lawyers Section Council of the Baton Rouge Bar Association.
A headshot photo of a woman wearing a black suit jacket Danielle Borel (’14), partner at Breazeale, Sasche and Wilson LLP, will be recognized by the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section with an Emerging Young Lawyers in Healthcare Award at the 20th Annual Emerging Issues in Healthcare Conference.
Emmanuelle Lucia Rollo ('18) has joined the law firm Erlingson Banks.


In Memory

The LSU Law Center community mourns the passing of the following alumni:

Scott Edward Frazier, (’87) 1/17/19
Edgar Earl "Butch" Spielman, Jr., (’70) 12/5/18
David Edwards James, (’70) 12/11/18
Joseph Patton "Beaver" Brantley IV , (’72) 1/7/19