Membership Information
The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers (LACDL) was formed by criminal defense
lawyers for criminal defense lawyers. Membership
in LACDL means joining your fellow defenders in the
struggle for liberty, individual rights, the basic principle
of due process, and the fundamental right to a fair trial.
With membership in LACDL, you are not alone!
Membership Form and Brochure
For a printable membership applicatiuion that you can complete and mail to the LACDL office, click on the link below.
2008 Membership Application
Click on the link below to download a membership brochure.
Membership Brochure
Attention Attorneys:
Please pay your $10 to be a member of the LSBA Criminal Law Section. The section frequently gives scholarships to public defenders attending LaPDA and LACDL seminars. Your dues payment makes that possible.
Membership Benefits
CLE Seminars
LACDL sponsors numerous CLE seminars each
year, all at a discounted rate for members. LACDL's
seminars feature the superstars of contemporary
trial tactics and state and nationally recognized
experts on legal issues facing the criminal
defense bar. Each seminar provides you with
opportunities to enhance your skills and knowledge,
and to network with your colleagues.
Legislative Advocacy
LACDL has an aggressive program of legislative
action in the State Capitol. We retain a lobbyist,
who along with the Legislative Committee, provides
continuous and aggressive representation on
issues of importance to the criminal defense bar.
Members volunteer their time to draft position
papers, to testify, and to contact legislators.
LACDL List Serve
LACDL List Server subscribers are able to pose
questions, seek help, exchange information, etc.
with other members who subscribe. To participate,
you must be a member of LACDL.
When subscribing below, PLEASE INCLUDE your first and last name
in your request to join the list serve.
If you are already member of our List Serve and would like to
view the members or sign in and view archived messages
you can click
here.
Quarterly Newsletter
The LACDL Advocate, published quarterly,
contains the most current criminal justice news
and organizational information. To see recent issues,
click here.
Amicus Action
Our Amicus Committee files briefs in state
and federal courts each year, providing defense
counsel and the judiciary with our expertise on
issues affecting the constitutional rights of the
accused.
Membership Directory
With LACDL's Membership Directory you'll have
quick access to Louisiana's leading criminal
defense lawyers.
Be on the lookout the first of every June for your new and updated Membership Directory.
State Office
LACDL has its State Office in Baton Rouge,
providing a full-time staff for assisting members.
Attorney Assistance
Our members are ready to step in when member
attorneys are prosecuted, subpoenaed, or cited
for contempt for their vigorous defense of their clients.
Jim Boren and John DiGiulio incognito at the first meeting
of the LACDL Charter Members held at Spanish Town Mardi Gras
LACDL • P.O. Box 82531 • Baton Rouge, LA • 70884
Phone 225-767-7640 • Fax 225-767-7648
"The LACDL Listserve is the greatest thing since sliced bread. It is like being a member of a 400-lawyer criminal defense firm where you can pick the brain of the most senior partner anytime day or night-And, they are always willing to listen and respond with an example brief, a memo, some case citations or just some sound advice."
—Elton B. Richey, Jr.
"My association with LACDL has put me in touch with the most ethical and professional lawyers I have ever met. Being around these people and hearing how they approach tough issues has been tremendously helpful to me."
—Lester Gauthier
"The nature of our work as criminal defense counsel makes us lone wolves that must tend our clients despite all odds. It can get real scary sometimes. LACDL has been a wonderful support network for information, resources, and support for me in those times when I was sure I was all Alone out there and that is about the warmest feeling you can get in this business!"
—Laurie A. White
"As a young criminal defense attorney, just out of law school and newly moved to Louisiana, I was thrilled and more than a bit awed to join LACDL and rub elbows with the most famous and highly-regarded criminal defense attorneys in Louisiana. That has not changed as the years have passed by. All those hard-working, amazing lawyers have always been willing to answer any question I might have (no matter how dumb that question might be), to represent me when I have needed it (and I have needed it), and to both lend a shoulder to cry on when times were tough and raise a glass when it has been time to celebrate. LACDL helps me keep on remembering why I practice criminal defense law."
—Phyllis E. Mann
