BRBA installs 2010 officers and board of directors

The Baton Rouge Bar Association installed its 2010 officers during its January Bar Luncheon Thursday, Jan.14, 2010. Nineteenth Judicial District Court Judge Anthony Marabella presided over the ceremony.

The 2010 Association leaders are Fred T. Crifasi, solo practitioner; president; Preston J. Castille Jr., Taylor Porter, president-elect; Gail S. Stephenson, Southern University Law Center, treasurer; Michael S. Walsh, Lee & Walsh, secretary; and Trenton J. Oubre, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, past president.

The 2010 BRBA Directors-at-Large are Robert J. "Bubby" Burns Jr., Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff, Mengis & Burns; Jeanne Comeaux, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson; Kyle Ferachi, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC; Amy C. Lambert, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP; Darrel Papillion, Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens, LLC; and Karli Glascock Wilson, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman

The Young Lawyers Section Council officers for 2010 are Catherine Saba Giering, Crawford Lewis, chair; Amanda Stout, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,

chair-elect; Jamie Hurst Watts, Long Law Firm, LLP, secretary; and Kyle Ferachi, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, past chair.

The 2010 YLS Council members are Michael J. Busada, Adams & Reese; Scotty Chabert, Cardenas & Saunders; Lyla N. DeBlieux, First Circuit Court of Appeal; Elisabeth Quinn, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; and Laranda Moffett Walker, Phelps Dunbar.

The Family Law Section officers are Melanie N. Jones, Attorney at Law, chair; Laurie Marien, Downs, Saffiotti & Boudreaux, chair-elect; Wendy L. Edwards, Dampf, Thibaut & Hessburg, secretary; and Lisa Leslie Boudreaux, Downs, Saffiotti & Boudreaux, past chair.

The Public Law Practice Section Chair for 2010 is Sheri M. Morris, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister.

Ann Gregorie Scarle is the executive director of the Baton Rouge Bar Association and Baton Rouge Bar Foundation.

For more information regarding the 2010 officers or directors please contact the BRBA at (225) 344-4803.