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The Shreveport Bar Association is a voluntary community-oriented Bar Association with over 600 members. It was formed in the early 1950s to promote interests in the legal field, dignity and character of the Bar of the City of Shreveport and Bossier.

Our purpose hasn’t changed in the past 60+ years. We are committed to providing an organization where members of our legal community can serve the public under the highest ethical and professional expectations. In addition, our goal is to provide a variety of activities so each member has an opportunity to become involved civically, socially and through ongoing education.

The SBA is not a state agency. The organization’s activities are funded through membership dues and other self-generated revenue.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND BAR ASSOCIATION STAFF:
The affairs of the association are managed by the Executive Council who are elected by the membership. The Executive Council is made up of the President, the President-elect, the Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, the immediate Past-President, the Chairman of the Judicial Liaison Committee, the President of the Young Lawyer’s Section, the President of the Women’s Section, the Captain of the Krewe of Justinian, and four Members At-Large.

The Executive Council meets on the Wednesday preceding the regular monthly meeting of the association, at 12:00 noon in the Office of the Shreveport Bar Association, Shreveport Bar Center, 625 Texas Street, Shreveport, LA 71101.

Our Current Officers are:

President

Kenneth P Haines
Weems Schimpf Haines & Moore
9105 Ellerbe Road,Suite A-100
Shreveport, LA 71106
Phone: (318) 222-2100
Fax: (318) 226-5152

President-Elect

Elizabeth Mendell Carmody
Cook Yancey King & Galloway
333 Texas Street Suite 1700
Shreveport, LA 711202260
Phone: (318) 221-6277
Fax: (318) 227-7850

Vice President

J Marshall Rice
Rice & Kendig
1030 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71104
Phone: (318) 222-2772
Fax: (318) 222-6063

Immediate Past President

Nancy Cooper
Attorney at Law
507 Northampton Drive
Shreveport, LA 71106
Phone: (318) 205-8809
Fax: N/A

Secretary/Treasurer

Valerie DeLatte
The Jack Bailey Law Corporation
2790 Fairfield Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71104
Phone: (318) 222-5200
Fax: (318) 222-5289

Member At Large

Samuel Crichton
Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office
501 Texas Street, 5th Floor
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone: (318) 271-0890
Fax: N/A

Members at Large

Christopher G. Forester
Pettiette Armand Dunkelman Woodley & Cromwell
PO Box 1786
Shreveport, LA 71166-1786
Phone: (318) 221-1800
Fax: (318) 226-0390

Member at Large

Heidi Kemple Martin
Nickelson Law PLLC
7591 Fern Avenue, Suite 1403
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
Phone: (318) 678-5786
Fax: (318) 300-4762

Member at Large

Honorable Emily S Merckle
Shreveport City Court
1244 Texas Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone: (318) 673-5870
Fax: (318) 673-5862

Judicial Liaison

donald.hathaway@caddocourt.org
First Judicial District Court
501 Texas Street, Suite 300A
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
Phone: (318) 226-6816
Fax: (318) 424-3725

President, Young Lawyers' Section

Thomas Mayfield
Mayfield Law Firm
831 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71104
Phone: (318) 222-8500
Fax: (318) 222-8530

President, Women's Section

Ranee Haynes
ConvergeOne, Inc.
10900 Nesbitt Avenue South
Bloomington, MN 55437
Phone: (318) 751-5647
Fax: N/A

Captain, Krewe of Justinian

Holland J. Miciotto
Attorney at Law
628 Stoner Ave. Ste. B
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone: (318) 424-0220
Fax: (318) 227-6602

President, Shreveport Bar Foundation

Andrew "Drew" Martin
Davidson Summers Hearne Martin & Powell
330 Marshall Street Suite 1114
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone: (318) 424-4342
Fax: 2260168

Executive Director

Dana Southern
Shreveport Bar Association
625 Texas Street
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone: (318) 222-3643
Fax: (318) 222-9272