September/October 2023

Letter from the President*
Appropriate Attire Required
by Melanie Newkome Jones

Contributors

Message from the Chair
Celebrating 25 Years
by Ben Treuting

September Bar Luncheon

Legislative Update: Recent Changes to Summary Judgment Procedure
by Josef P. Ventulan

Eye on Evidence
May a DCFS Report of Abuse or Neglect of a Child Be Used as Evidence in a Custody Case?
by Mary E. Roper

What I've Learned: Carl James Jackson
by Cornelius Troy Hall

Recent Machine Gun Legislation
by Everett C. Baudean & Daniel E. Zelenka II
Back to Basics
Top 10 Things General Counsel Want and Need from Outside Counsel
by Amanda Messa & Brandon Politz

Attorney Spotlight
Brad Barback
by Pamela Labbe

Gaps in Legal Aid: Helping Low-Income Individuals

Find Legal Representation in Civil Law Matters (Part 2)
by Cornelius Troy Hall

Bar News

BRBA 2023 Ball Maul Recap
by Luke Williamson

Book Review
A Review of "A White Hot Plan"
by Ed Walters

Foundation Footnotes

Gail's Grammar
by Gail S. Stephenson

Duty Court Schedule & Important Dates

Click here to download and/or read the entire September/October 2022 issue of The Baton Rouge Lawyer.

Inside this issue:

  • Back to Basics: Expungement—A Fresh Start
  • The Sustainability of Free Speech?
  • What I’ve Learned: Rodolfo J. “Rudy” Aguilar Jr.
  • The Fundamental Right to Privacy Before and After Dobbs
  • Louisiana Trigger Laws
  • Q&A with Stephen Babcock and Luke Williamson— The Men Behind the Gavel Gala
  • Judicial Interview: Interview with Honorable Ronald R. Johnson
  • Asset Forfeiture: To the State Belong the Spoils
  • Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities When Stopped by the Police in Louisiana

Click here to download and/or read the entire July/August 2022 issue of The Baton Rouge Lawyer.

Inside this issue:

  • Eye on Evidence: Admissibility of Prior False Allegations in a Sexual Assault Case
  • Back to Basics: Attorney Tips for Getting (and Staying) Organized and Productive
  • Attorney Spotlight: ReAzalia Z. Allen, Attorney Southernbelle®
  • Article V Revisited: The U.S. Constitutional Provision for States to Control the Federal Government and Louisiana Participation
  • The New Standard for Additional Medical Opinions Following Hicks v. USAA General Indemnity Company
  • A Graft Solution with Vote Dilution: Fusilier v. Landry and the Issue of At-Large Voting
  • Judicial Interview: Interview with Honorable Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts, 19th Judicial District Court, Division M

Click here to download and/or read the entire May/June 2022 issue of The Baton Rouge Lawyer.

Inside this issue:

  • Recent Executive and Louisiana Supreme Court Orders
  • Contours of “Collectibility” in Legal Malpractice
  • Louisiana Divorce and Default Judgments: Life After the Preliminary Default
  • Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew as a First-Year Associate
  • In Memoriam: Paul Richard Baier
  • But He Left a Sponge in Me!
  • June Bar Luncheon Registration
  • Judicial Interview: Judge Kelly E. Balfour 19th Judicial District Court, Division I
  • Attorney Spotlight: Cornelius Troy Hall
  • BRBA In-House Counsel Section Presents: An Employment Law Update

Click here to download and/or read the entire March/April 2022 issue of The Baton Rouge Lawyer.

Inside this issue:

  • Tolling Agreements in Louisiana
  • Back to Basics: Objections
  • Is No Life Better than Life with an Affliction?
  • Wrongful Life Claims in Louisiana
  • Cryptocurrency, Digital Groping and Even Stranger Things
  • Attorney Spotlight: Kolby Marchand
  • Protecting Your Intellectual Assets: The Importance of Exclusively Owning Your Brand
  • Judicial Interview: Judge William Jorden,19th Judicial District Court, Division D
  • Women’s History Month Luncheon

Click here to download and/or read the entire January/February 2022 issue of The Baton Rouge Lawyer.

Inside this issue:

  • 2021 President’s Awards
  • New Year, New Rules Following Tort Reform
  • Big Things Have Small Beginnings: How Recent Changes to Chapter 11 Are Leading to More Successful Small Business Reorganizations
  • In Memoriam: Carey J. Messina
  • Ethical Representation of Mental Health Clients
  • When Disaster Strikes
  • Back to Basics: Paternity
  • Judicial Interview: What I’ve Learned with Judge Lisa Woodruff-White, East Baton Rouge Family Court,Division B
  • Arrest Records & Hiring Decisions

 Click here to download and/or read the entire November/December 2021 issue of The Baton Rouge Lawyer.

Inside this issue:

  • What I’ve Learned: Tom Galligan
  • Back to Basics: Wills
  • Pregnancy and Louisiana Employment Law
  • Autonomous Vehicles: They’re Here. They Do and Will Cause Accidents. Whose Fault is That?
  • Eye on Evidence: Understanding the Application of Spousal Privileges
  • Judicial Interview with Judge Elizabeth P. “Beth” Wolfe 
  • BRBA Board of Directors and Young Lawyers Council Candidate Bios 

 Click here to download and/or read the entire September/October 2021 issue of The Baton Rouge Lawyer.

 

Inside this issue:

  • What I’ve Learned: Eugene R. Groves
  • In Memoriam: Paul S. West 
  • Back to Basics: Citations 
  • Student Speech and Off-Campus Communications: Did Mahanoy Affect the Reach of School Administrators? 
  • Discovery Tip: Deposition Upon Written Questions
  • Judicial Interview with Judge Johnell M. Matthews, Baton Rouge City Court, Division C

  Click here to download and/or read the entire September 2013 issue of Around the Bar (Vol. 279).

    Inside this issue:

  • Letter from the president: Don't ask me no questions
    and I won't tell you no lies  
  • Tales from the bar side:  Since you asked ... 
  • Gail's grammar:  whose, who's 
  • Message from the chair:  Public Law Practice Section
  • Legislative update 
  • Intern introductions
  • Seizure exemptions
  • Federal court, discovery and Facebook
  • Nomination forms  
  • Next Bar Luncheon: Oct. 3 (Law Expo) 

  Click here to download and/or read the entire October 2014 issue of Around the Bar (Vol. 290).

    Inside this issue:

  • Letter from the president: 
    Judges, Hungry Jack Baker and the Cintas tie 
  • Message from the chair: 
    A win-win situation (Pro Bono)
  • Tales from the bar side:  
    For the first time in forever 
  • Gail's grammar: score
  • New protections for domestic violence victims
  • Handling domestic violence cases
  • Stand up desks:  Stand up and be healthy! 
  • Interview:  Quintillis K. Lawrence,
    Commissioner, 19th JDC 
  • Book review: Michael H. Rubin's 
    The Cottoncrest Curse   

  Click here to download and/or read the entire October 2012 issue of Around the Bar (Vol. 270).

 

    Inside this issue:

  • Letter from the president:  Hats off to Justice Kimball 
  • Gail's grammar:  decimate, decimation 
  • Tales from the bar side:  Horse trading
  • Attorney spotlight:  Jamie Hurst Watts  
  • The constitutionality of renting 
  • BRBA softball tournament recap
  • National Pro Bono Week: Oct 21-27