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CONTACT PERSON:
VALERIE WILLARD
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
(504) 599-0319
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NOVEMBER 5, 2003 |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Attorneys
Sheryl M. Howard and Paula A. Brown have been appointed, by
order of the Louisiana Supreme Court, as judges pro tempore
of Orleans Parish Civil District Court, Division " M,"
according to Justice Bernette J. Johnson, speaking for the
Louisiana Supreme Court.
Howard and Brown, in
successive terms, will fill the vacancy created by the removal
of Judge C. Hunter King. Howard and Brown will take over as
judge pro tempore of Orleans Parish Civil District
Court, Division "M," from Retired Judge Gerald P. Fedoroff
who has been appointed to fill the vacancy until November
7, 2003. Howard will serve for the period of November 10,
2003 through May 14, 2004. Brown will serve for the period
of May 17, 2004 through November 26, 2004.
Howard received her
Juris Doctorate degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center
of Louisiana State University in 1991. An experienced trial
attorney, she has worked for the Law Offices of Richard Britson,
Jr. and the Law Offices of Harold G. Toscano where she was
Corporate Staff Counsel for a major insurance company. Since
2001 Howard has been a senior trial attorney with Evans &
Clesi, PLC, litigating personal injury claims for both plaintiff
and defense clients. She is a member of the Louisiana Bar
Association and is also admitted to practice in the United
States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States
District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts
of Louisiana.
Brown received her
Juris Doctorate degree from Southern University Law Center
in 1992. She was a judicial law clerk for Justice Johnson
at the Louisiana Supreme Court 1994-1995 and at Orleans Parish
Civil District Court, Division " I, " 1993 -1994. Brown's
extensive trial experience includes her current position as
senior staff attorney for the Law Office of John Erny, III,
as well as previous attorney positions with Fine & Associates,
Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc., and the Orleans
Indigent Defenders Program. A member of the Louisiana State
Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the National
Bar Association, she is also admitted to practice in the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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