List of Paul M. Hebert Law Center alumni explained

The Paul M. Hebert Law Center is a public law school located on the main campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is sometimes referred to as the Louisiana State University Law Center. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Academia

• Alston Johnson, professor of e Louisiana State University Law Center

Activist

• C.B. Forgotston, 1970 J.D., political activist and state government watchdog
• Sara Blackwell, 2002, employment rights advocate^[1]

Entertainment

• James Carville, political consultant, commentator and pundit

Judiciary

• James E. Bolin, 1937, Louisiana House of Representatives, United States District judge, Louisiana Second District Court of Appeal judge^[2]
• Henry Newton Brown Jr., chief jidge of the Second Circuit Court of Appeal
• Roy Brun, state district court judge in Shreveport and Louisiana House of Representatives from Caddo Parish
• Paul G. Byron, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida judge
• Luther F. Cole, Louisiana Supreme Court associate justice and Louisiana House of Representatives^[3]
• Scott Crichton, 1980, judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court in Shreveport^[4]
• James L. Dennis, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit judge
• Pike Hall Jr., 1953, associate justice of Louisiana Supreme Court^[5]
• S. Maurice Hicks Jr., United States District judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport Division
• Catherine D. Kimball, 1970, chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court^[6]
• Fred S. LeBlanc, 1920 L.L.B., United States District judge, mayor of Baton Rouge, and state attorney general
• Morris Lottinger Jr., 1965, chief judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal and Louisiana House of Representatives
• Jay McCallum, 1985, Louisiana House of Representatives for Lincoln and Union parishes and Louisiana 3rd Judicial District Court judge^[7]
• John Victor Parker, 1952, United States District judge for the Middle District of Louisiana^[8]
• G. Thomas Porteous, United States District judge
• Alvin Benjamin Rubin, 1942, federal judge
• Tom Stagg, United States District judge
• Lloyd George Teekell, 1951, judge of the 9th Judicial District Court and Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish
• Donald Ellsworth Walter, 1964, U.S. District Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• Ralph E. Tyson, United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana chief judge
  • Roy S. Payne, 1977, U.S. magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and former U.S. magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Marcus R. Clark, Louisiana Supreme Court justice
• Bernette Joshua Johnson, Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice
• Jefferson D. Hughes, III, Louisiana Supreme Court associate justice^[9]

Law

• Ossie Brown, former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney
• Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana from 1956 to 1972
• J. Minos Simon, 1946, attorney and legal author in Lafayette, Louisiana

Politics

Governors

• Edwin Washington Edwards, Governor of Louisiana from 1972 to 1980, 1984–88, and 1992–96.
• Robert F. Kennon, Governor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956.
• John Bel Edwards, 1999, Governor of Louisiana and Louisiana House of Representatives
• John McKeithen, Governor of Louisiana from 1964 to 1972.
• Sam H. Jones, Governor of Louisiana from 1940 to 1944.
• Ruffin Pleasant, Governor of Louisiana from 1916 to 1920.

Federal Legislators

• John Breaux, United States Senator from Louisiana
• Overton Brooks, 1923, United States Representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
  • Patrick T. Caffery, 1956, United States Representative and Louisiana House of Representatives Cleveland Dear, United States Representative and state judicial district court judge
  • Mike Johnson, 1998, 56th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, United States Representative and Louisiana House of Representatives J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., United States Senator, Louisiana House of Representatives, and Louisiana State Senate
• Buddy Leach, United States Representative and chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
• Gillis W. Long, United States Representative
• Russell B. Long, United States Senate from Louisiana
• Speedy Oteria Long, United States Representative
  • Jim McCrery, United States Representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district William Henson Moore, United States Representative and White House Deputy Chief of Staff
• Wilbert Joseph "Billy" Tauzin, Jr., United States Representative

State politicians

• Carl W. Bauer, Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana State Senate from St. Mary Parish^[10]
• Bruce M. Bolin, Louisiana House of Representatives and 26th Judicial District Court judge^[11]
• James E. Bolin, 1937, Louisiana House of Representatives, 26th Judicial District Court judge, and Louisiana Second District Court of Appeal judge
• Chris Broadwater, 2002, Louisiana House of Representatives from Tangipahoa Parish
• Robby Carter, Louisiana House of Representatives from Greensburg, Louisiana^[12]
• Joe T. Cawthorn, 1932, Louisiana State Senate from DeSoto and Caddo parishes^[13]
• Jackson B. Davis, 1940, Louisiana State Senate from Caddo Parish^[14]
• C. H. "Sammy" Downs, 1946, Louisiana State Senate^[15]
• Gil Dozier, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
• Frank Burton Ellis, 1929 L.L.B., Louisiana State Senate and federal judge
• James R. Eubank, 1958, Louisiana House of Representatives^[16]
  • Jimmy Field, 1966, member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission Mike Futrell, 1985, J.D., Louisiana House of Representatives
• Ryan Gatti, Louisiana State Senate^[17]
• Eddie J. Lambert, 1982 J.D., Louisiana House of Representatives from Ascension Parish
• Edgar H. Lancaster Jr., 1948, Louisiana House of Representatives from 1952 to 1968^[18]
• Nicholas Lorusso,1992, Louisiana House of Representatives from Orleans Parish
• Morris Lottinger Jr., 1965, Louisiana House of Representatives and chief judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal
• Ragan Madden,1933, Louisiana House of Representatives and district attorney (1949-1979) from Lincoln Parish
• W. T. McCain,1943, Louisiana House of Representatives from Grant Parish and first state district court judge only for Grant Parish^[19]
• Jay McCallum, 1985, Louisiana House of Representatives for Lincoln and Union parishes and judge of the Louisiana 3rd Judicial District Court
• Eugene McGehee, Louisiana House of Representatives for Lincoln and Union parishes and state district court judge in East Baton Rouge Parish^[20]
• Gregory A. Miller, 1988, Louisiana House of Representatives for Lincoln and Union parishes from St. Charles Parish^[21]
• Jay Morris, 1983, Louisiana House of Representatives from Ouachita and Morehouse parishes
• Mike Powell, 1992, Louisiana House of Representatives for Caddo and Bossier parishes^[22]
• Randy Roach,1976, Louisiana House of Representatives and mayor of his native Lake Charles^[23]
• Mike Schofield, Texas House of Representatives from Harris County^[24]
• Alan Seabaugh, 1993, Louisiana House of Representatives from Shreveport
• Henry Clay Sevier, Louisiana House of Representatives from Madison Parish^[25]
• Frank P. Simoneaux, Louisiana House of Representatives^[26]
• Lloyd George Teekell, 1951, Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish and a judge of the 9th Judicial District Court
• J. Robert Wooley, 1977, Louisiana Commissioner Insurance from 2000 to 2006^[27]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mulvaney . Erin . 2018-04-24 . Meet the Florida Lawyer Who's Calling Foul on Workplace Rules for NFL Cheerleaders - National Law Journal . https://web.archive.org/web/20180429171424/https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2018/04/24/meet-the-florida-lawyer-whos-calling-foul-on-workplace-rules-for-nfl-cheerleaders/?slreturn=20180329131250 . 2018-04-29 . 2018-04-29 . National Law Journal.
2. Minden Press-Herald, December 30, 1986, p. 4
3. News: Luther Francis Cole . . July 28, 2013.
4. Web site: Judge Scott Crichton . August 28, 2013 . scottforjustice.com.
5. Web site: Winter 2001 . Courthouse Renamed for Hall . March 26, 2015 . Louisiana Supreme Court.
6. Web site: John James Jewell . December 2012 . "We Call Her "Kitty Ann" . May 26, 2015 . Louisiana State Bar Journal.
7. "Louisiana: McCallum, Jay Bowen", Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004, 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey, 2003), p. 787
8. News: Charles Lussier . July 15, 2014 . BR's U.S. Judge John Parker dies at age 85: Tenure began with desegregation case . . July 16, 2014.
9. Web site: Justice Jefferson D. Hughes . July 14, 2015 . Louisiana Supreme Court.
10. News: Carl W. "Wimpy" Bauer . . June 13, 2013.
11. Web site: "Judges": Bruce Bolin . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517001256/http://26jdc.com/ . May 17, 2014 . April 26, 2014 . 26jdc.com.
12. Web site: July 31, 2015 . Former Representative Robby Carter announces for District 72 . April 3, 2016 . Action News 17.
13. Web site: November 16, 1967 . Joe T. Cawthorn . October 28, 2014 . Sabine Index . Many, Louisiana.
14. "Louisiana: Davis, Jackson Beauregard", Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004, 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey, 2003), p. 775
15. Web site: Rick, Markway, "The Prosecutor: District Attorney James Crawford 'Jam' Downs" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062258/http://www.lwaa.org/pdf/LGW_spring_2005%204.pdf . February 22, 2014 . June 27, 2013 . lwaa.org.
16. News: November 10, 1952 . James Rowland Eubank . . December 28, 2014.
17. Web site: About Ryan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160507064859/http://www.ryangatti.com/about/ . May 7, 2016 . March 30, 2016 . rayangatti.com.
18. News: October 15, 2009 . Edgar H. Lancaster obituary . . July 24, 2014.
19. Book: W. Lee Hargrave . LSU Law: The Louisiana State University Law School from 1906 to 1977 . 2004 . Louisiana State University Press . 0-8071-2914-3 . Baton Rouge, Louisiana . 116 . October 19, 2014.
20. News: Ben Wallace . April 14, 2014 . Eugene McGehee, former state legislator and judge, dies . Baton Rouge Morning Advocate . dead . July 12, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714112638/http://theadvocate.com/home/8890104-125/eugene-mcgehee-former-state-legislator . July 14, 2014.
21. News: Mary Sparacello, St. Charles Parish-based 56th Louisiana House district draws trio of hopefuls, September 28, 2011 . . https://archive.today/20130827233004/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/st_charles_parish-based_56th_l.html . dead . August 27, 2013 . August 26, 2013.
22. Web site: Michael Powell, February 1961 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070323/https://voterportal.sos.la/Home/Home?uid=677477 . March 4, 2016 . May 14, 2015 . Louisiana Secretary of State.
23. Web site: About the Mayor . July 13, 2015 . City of Lake Charles.
24. Web site: Mike Schofield for State Representative . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141210205904/http://www.mikeschofield.com/ . December 10, 2014 . December 10, 2014 . mikeschofield.com.
25. Web site: Henry Clay "Happy" Sevier . July 23, 2013 . files.usgwarchives.net.
26. Web site: Frank P. Simoneaux . December 26, 2014 . phideltaphi.org.
27. Web site: Mike Hasten, "Louisiana insurance commissioner's race Wooley turns temporary job into a mission", November 7, 2003 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120505064810/http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/FEFC63E0-7B09-4AF6-9D95-DAA269103A2A.shtml . May 5, 2012 . June 17, 2013 . capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com.