In order to protect the public, the administration of justice, and the interests of affected litigants, the Louisiana Supreme Court has stayed the multitude of hurricane and storm-related suits filed by McClenny, Moseley and Associates, PLLC (“MMA”) in Louisiana state courts pending further orders of the Supreme Court. The chief judge of every state court will provide to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel within twenty (20) days information relative to these lawsuits filed in each parish of the state.

Resolution Regarding Committee on Bar Admissions Funding

The Supreme Court of Louisiana, Office of the Judicial Administrator invites qualified business entities to submit proposals to develop an Intelligent Document Processing solution that extracts text from PDF files, identifies keywords and provides an easy-to-use data warehouse to uncover insights from the keywords in the documents. Proposals will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

On Friday, April 21, 2023, the Louisiana Supreme Court received the Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) 2023 Horn Blower Award during the LBF 37th Annual Fellows Gala at the National World War II Museum. The award was given in recognition of the Supreme Court’s outstanding support and leadership in promoting the LBF’s mission to advance the legal profession, increase public understanding of the legal system, and advance the reality of equal justice under the law. Alan G. Brackett, 2022-23 LBF president, presented the award to Chief Justice John L. Weimer, Justice James T. Genovese, and Justice Piper D. Griffin, who accepted the award on behalf of the Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court, including Justices Jefferson D. Hughes III, Scott J. Crichton, William J. Crain and Jay B. McCallum.

Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Weimer and the Associate Justices announced today the Court’s adoption of amendments to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.10 pertaining to the imputation of conflicts of interest when lawyers are associated in a firm. The Rules of Professional Conduct set forth the standards of ethical conduct required of lawyers.

In recognition of the 65th annual celebration of Law Day, the Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a Resolution commemorating today as Law Day. The Resolution urges and requests “judges of the State of Louisiana to dedicate the month of May 2023 to reaching out to schools to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the law, the role of a judge and the court system from members of the judiciary.” The Law Day 2023 theme is “Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics, Civility, and Collaboration.”

The Supreme Court of Louisiana, Office of the Judicial Administrator invites qualified vendors to submit proposals to serve as a consultant to the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (“ICJIS”) Policy Board. Proposals will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 21, 2023.

Orleans Civil District Court Judge Bernadette G. D’Souza was the invited keynote speaker at the opening ceremony of the International Society of Family Law (ISFL) Caribbean Regional Conference in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Human rights, child protection, and women and families advocates from around the world attended the conference, which highlighted the theme, “Safeguarding the Human Rights of Family Members from the Womb to the Tomb.” The conference chair was Independent Senator in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago Hazel Thompson-Aye.

The Supreme Court of Louisiana invites qualified firms to submit proposals to provide professional/technical financial and performance internal auditing services. Proposals will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. (CST) on Friday, April 7, 2023.

Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, judges throughout the state, the Law Library of Louisiana and court staff are observing Black History Month in February through civic education initiatives that call attention to African American contributions to history and the legal profession. These initiatives will emphasize and recount these contributions through interaction with local school students and special informational publications and displays that are available to the public.

In 2019, the Supreme Court of Louisiana entered into an agreement with the United States Department of Justice, whereby the Supreme Court would oversee improved services for non-English speakers involved in criminal and civil litigation throughout the state. Pursuant to the agreement, the Supreme Court embarked on a system-wide study of state courts, ascertained areas for improvement, implemented various changes to court procedures, and took numerous additional steps.

Oaths of office were recently administered in Thibodaux, as both Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Weimer as well as members of the Lafourche Parish School Board were sworn in for their new terms of office.

The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana (JCL) announced the appointment of two new members: Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Sharon Darville Wilson and Judith Rozier.