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ar news BY PAMELA LABBE Mock Trial Competition set for Feb. 25 & 26 The BRBF will host the Region III High School Mock Trial Competition Friday, Feb. 25, and Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, at the new 19th Judicial District Courthouse at 300 North Blvd. Lauren Byrd Reed is the chair of this year’s Mock Trial Committee. The BRBF formerly handled the Region V competition, but due to a recent reorganization, Region III now includes Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Point Coupee, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes. The winning team will represent Region III at the state level competition to be held in Gretna, La., March 19, 2011. R. Lynn S. Haynes, staff liaison to the committee, needs volunteer judges and timekeepers to assist with this year’s Mock Trial Competition. Contact her at 225-214-5564 or lynn@brba.org to volunteer. March Luncheon & Symposium to feature panel discussion on legislating justice Beer @ da Bar reception series to offer networking opportunities quarterly at Middleton Bar Center The BRBA will host a new reception series – Beer @ da Bar – beginning Feb. 22 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Middleton Bar Center. All BRBA members are invited to attend. This networking opportunity is a chance for the BRBA to honor members of the legal community who are “making a difference.” This first Beer @ da Bar is being sponsored by Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips. The BRBA/Auxiliary scholarship recipients attending LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and Southern University Law Center are confirmed as honorees for the February Beer @ da Bar event. Timothy Brinks is the LSU recipient of the spring 2011 scholarship and Krystin Frazier is the 2011 recipient from SULC. Other honorees include V. Charles Cusimano, Erin Monroe Wesley and Vanessa LaFleur. A bulletin board to post job openings will be on hand. Future Beer @ da Bar events are tentatively scheduled for May 12, Aug. 23 and Nov. 10, 2011. The BRBA luncheon set for Thursday, March 3, will involve a panel discussion titled “Legislating Justice” and will feature Sen. Dan Claitor, Sen. Rob Marionneaux, Rep. Franklin Foil, Rep. Hunter Greene, Rep. Michael L. Jackson and Rep. Eddie J. Lambert. This event is sponsored by the BRBA Public Law Practice Section. The luncheon will be held at De La Ronde Hall and will begin at 11:45 a.m. A two-hour CLE seminar on lobbying issues is scheduled to take place following the panel discussion. C. Kevin Hayes and Jimmy Burland will speak. For details, contact Ann G. Scarle at 225-214-5563. Law Day 2011 activities to be held Friday, March 25 The BRBF Law Day program will take place Friday, March 25, 2011, much earlier than in past years. The chairperson of the Law Day Committee is Al Perkins. Beau Brock is the vice chair. For more information, to join the committee or to volunteer to assist with this year’s event, please contact Donna Buuck at 225-214-5556 or donna@ brba.org. 14 Around the Bar February 2011
PHOTO BY MARGARET JOHNSON PHOTO BY PAIGE DAMPF Fred T. Crifasi, Joe Giglio Jr, Maggie Simar, Kyle Gideon and Trenton J. Oubre attended a joint meeting of the Lafayette Bar Association and the BRBA Nov. 17, 2010, at the Middleton Bar Center. PHOTO BY MARGARET JOHNSON Newly installed First Circuit Judge Toni Higginbotham officiates Jack Dampf’s installation as ad hoc judge for EBR Family Court Jan. 5, 2011. Standing beside Dampf and holding the Bible is his wife Susan. Installation Ceremony for First Circuit Judge Higginbotham held Jan. 5; Dampf to serve as EBR Family Court ad hoc judge until April Attending a joint meeting of the Lafayette Bar Association and the BRBA were Dona Renegar, Tricia Pierre and Preston J. Castille Jr. Judge Toni Higginbotham, elected to the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, was sworn in during a ceremony at the First Circuit Court Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine “Kitty” Kimball officiated the ceremony. Jack Dampf, a past president of the BRBA and a partner in the firm of Dampf, Thibaut & Hessburg, was appointed as a judge in the East Baton Rouge Family Court to replace Judge Toni Higginbotham. Dampf, who will serve on the bench until the election in April to select a permanent judge, was selected by Justice Kimball. Judge Higginbotham officiated Dampf’s installation as ad hoc judge in a ceremony at the First Circuit Court of Appeal that followed her own installation. Register today for Bench Bar 2011 Register for the 2011 Bench Bar Conference today: www.brba.org/forms/ BBC2011.pdf. Early bird discount ends Feb. 15, 2011. Call 225-344-4803 with any questions. Junior Partners Academy needs more attorney volunteers The Junior Partners Academy is a new program that has been developed by the BRBF. Training will be provided for volunteer attorneys. Contact Donna Buuck at 225-214-5556 for details. February 2011 Around the Bar 15
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