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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEALING WITH PUBLIC FINANCE |
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All members of the firm are members of the Louisiana
State Bar and of the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL), a
professional association of more than 3,000 bond lawyers who represent
most of the public entities in the country. A number of partners have
teaching experience, and virtually all of the attorneys in the firm have
lectured on the subject of municipal finance before NABL-sponsored
professional seminars and other national meetings. |
Other professional organizations dealing with public
finance of which partners of the firm are members include: the Louisiana
Government Finance Officers Association; the Council of State Housing
Agencies; the American Bar Association section on local government; the
Louisiana Association of Tax Administrators; the Louisiana Municipal
Association; and the Public Affairs Research Council. |
| THE ATTORNEYS |
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M. Jason Akers, born Tupelo,
Mississippi, May 12, 1975; admitted to bar 2000, Mississippi and 2008,
Louisiana. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1997); University of
Mississippi (J.D., 2000); Member: The Mississippi Bar; Tennessee and
Louisiana State Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers
jakers@foleyjudell.com |
Alan L. Offner,
born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976,
Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1969;
J.D., 1976). Member, Tulane Moot Court. Member: Louisiana
and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers.
aoffner@foleyjudell.com |
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Meredith L.
Hathorn,
born Alexandria, Louisiana, November 30, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984,
New York; 1985, Louisiana. Preparatory education, Louisiana State
University (B.S., 1980); legal education, Tulane University (J.D.,
cum laude, 1983). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar
Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Secretary, Board of
Directors; former director; chairman, Professionalism Committee; former
member of Steering Committee, National Association of Bond Lawyers.
mhathorn@foleyjudell.com |
Jerry R. Osborne,
born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 22, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962,
Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.B.A., 1961;
LL.B., 1962). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar
Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers.
josborne@foleyjudell.com |
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David E. Henderson,
born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976,
Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M.
College (J.D., 1976). Staff Attorney, Louisiana Department of
Justice, Office of the Attorney General, 1976-1982; Assistant Attorney
General, Chief of the Public Finance Section, 1980-1982. Member:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; National
Association of Bond Lawyers.
dhenderson@foleyjudell.com |
C. Grant Schlueter,
born Lincoln, Nebraska, February 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973,
Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College
(B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1972-1973.
Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Association; National
Association of Bond Lawyers. Panelist, National Association of Bond Lawyers.
gschlueter@foleyjudell.com |
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J. Hugh Martin,
born Grand Point, Louisiana, February 17, 1933; admitted to bar, 1957,
Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana; Louisiana
State University and A. and M. College (LL.B., 1957). City
Attorney, City of Harahan 1958-1964; 1966-1982. President, City
Attorneys’ Assn., Louisiana, 1979-1980. Member: Jefferson Parish,
Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; National Association of
Bond Lawyers.
hmartin@foleyjudell.com |
Susan Weeks,
born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 9, 1949, admitted to bar 1974,
Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College
(B.S, 1971); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude,
1974). Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1973-1974. Member: Louisiana
State and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond
Lawyers; American College of Bond Counsel. Nominating Committee; former
Treasurer; former Secretary; former chairman of Bond Attorneys’
Workshop, National Association of Bond Lawyers.
sweeks@foleyjudell.com |
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Associates and Special Counsel |
Wayne J. Neveu,
born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977,
Louisiana; 1980, District of Columbia. Education: Yale University
(B.A., 1972); Columbia University (J.D., 1976). Member: American
Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development
Law. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The
District of Columbia Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Former member of Steering Committee, National Association of Bond
Lawyers.
wneveu@foleyjudell.com |
Trevor J. Haynes, born
Atlanta, Georgia, December 22, 1980; admitted to bar, 2010, New York;
2010, Louisiana.
Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 2003); Tulane University of
Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 2009). Senior Managing Editor, The Sports
Lawyers Journal, 2008-2009. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, and
American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers.
thaynes@foleyjudell.com |
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Years of Active Practice in the
Public Finance Area |
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Jason Akers |
Since
2000 (13 years) |
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Meredith L. Hathorn |
Since 1983 (30 years) |
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David E. Henderson |
Since 1976 (37 years) |
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J. Hugh Martin |
Since 1958 (55 years) |
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Alan L. Offner |
Since 1979 (35 years) |
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Jerry R. Osborne |
Since 1965 (48 years) |
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C. Grant Schlueter |
Since 1973 (40 years) |
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Susan Weeks |
Since 1974 (39 years) |
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Special Counsel |
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Wayne J. Neveu |
Since 1984 (29 years) |
| Retired |
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John W. Cox |
Since 1949 (64 years) |
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William H. Beck, Jr. |
Since 1959 (54 years) |
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Associate |
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Trevor J. Haynes |
Since 2009 |
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The Partners
of Foley & Judell mourn the passing of their Senior Partner, Lonnie L.
Bewley.
Lonnie L. Bewley was born in Barren County,
Kentucky, in 1932. He was raised in Glasgow on a tobacco farm and
farmed tobacco during his youth, when he graduated from Temple Hill High
School in Temple Hill, Kentucky, in 1949. Thereafter, he honorably
served in the United States Air Force at Sheppard Air Force Base from
1951 to 1953. In 1956, he graduated from Western State Teachers'
College in Bowling Green, Kentucky [Western Kentucky University (WKU)]
and thereafter moved to New Orleans to attend Tulane University Law
School on a full scholarship, where he graduated in 1959. He was
admitted to the Louisiana State Bar that year, and dedicated his life to
the legal profession. He was a
Member of the International Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi, initiated
in 1957; and was a Member of the Tulane Moot Court from 1958 to 1959.
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Mr. Bewley was a Senior Partner with the
nationally recognized Firm of Foley & Judell, L.L.P., where he practiced
as a bond attorney in the area of public finance for over 50 years. In
addition to the Louisiana State Bar Association, Mr. Bewley was a Member
of the American Bar Association and the National Association of Bond
Lawyers. He also served as an adjunct Professor at Southern University
Law Center in Baton Rouge for a brief period. He was recently honored
by the Louisiana State Bar Association as a 50 year practitioner of law,
and was actively practicing law at the time of his death.
Mr. Bewley was an avid golfer and a Member of the Western State
Teachers' College/WKU Golf Team, where he attended on a golf
scholarship. He also played Exhibition Golf and represented Parks Air
Force Base (California) in Pro-Am tournaments during his service in the
United States Air Force. He was a former Member of the Metairie Country
Club and the Oakbourne Country Club, where he participated in numerous
golf tournaments; and, he was a current Member of the Iberia Golf and
Country Club. Mr. Bewley was also a Charter Member of the Krewe of
Bacchus in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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