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Mark A. Cunningham
Mark A. Cunningham is a senior partner in the Corporate
Litigation and Compliance Group of Jones Walker LLP and a
member of the firm’s Diversity Committee. He is currently the
president-elect designee for the LSBA and will assume the position
of LSBA President in 2015. Cunningham received a JD from
Tulane Law School where he was senior managing editor of the
Tulane Law Review. He obtained an LL.M. in Trade Regulation
from New York University Law School. Cunningham served as
a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judges Sarah S. Vance and
Charles Schwartz.
Harry L. Daniels, III
Harry L. Daniels, III, is a native of New Iberia, Louisiana. He is
a partner of Daniels & Washington, L.L.C. He attended the University
of Louisiana at Lafayette where he received a BS in business
administration in 2004. He earned his JD from Southern
University Law Center in 2007. Daniels was awarded the 2007
Criminal Law Clinic Award. While in law school, he clerked for
James E. Boren, where he was taught about the plight of indigent
parties. Additionally, while in law school and immediately after
graduation he assisted Boren in the Jena 6 case by representing
Robert Bailey. Daniels was awarded the “Going the Extra
Mile Award” in 2010 by Capital Area Legal Services. He is a
July 2009 graduate of the National Criminal Defense College’s
Trial Practice Institute, and a 2010 graduate of the National Criminal Defense College’s
Theories and Themes program. Daniels is also a 2011 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial
Lawyer’s College. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., the Louisiana Criminal
Defense Lawyers Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers,
and the Baton Rouge Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
David L. Douglass
David L. Douglass is a former federal prosecutor, serving as
a DOJ Trial Attorney (Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section) and
as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
He is currently serving as a Deputy Consent Decree
Monitor for the Consent Decree between the U.S. Department of
Justice and the City of New Orleans concerning the New Orleans
Police Department. Douglass’s prior governmental experience
includes leading two high-profile government investigations. In
1994, he served as executive director of the White House Security
Review, which resulted in the closing of Pennsylvania Avenue
in front of the White House. In 1993, he served as assistant
director of the Treasury Department’s investigation of the raid
on the David Koresh compound in Waco, Texas. Douglass currently
serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
He previously served on the board of Appleseed Foundation and has served in a number
of leadership positions in the ABA. He is the immediate past chair of the ABA Health Law
Section. He received his JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School (1985) and his BS in
political science from Yale College.
Seventh Annual Conclave on Diversity in the Legal Profession