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Larry Samuel (Charles
M. Samuel, III), J.D., received his Bachelor of Arts degree from
Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1971, and his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School
of Law (New Orleans) in 1977. He has been in the general practice of
law since 1977, with primary emphasis in the areas of Education Law, Labor
Law, and Domestic Law.
Mr. Samuel has helped plan local and national programs and seminars on
Education Law, including presentations entitled "Drug Testing of
Public School Employees" and "Strategies to Prevent School
Violence." By appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court, he has
served on various committees to propose revisions in the local court
system. Mr. Samuel has served as a Lecturer in the Graduate School
at Xavier University of New Orleans. He has been a member of numerous civic
boards and committees, including the Milne Boys Home, and has served as
Chairman of the City Welfare Board. He currently serves on the
Professionalism Committee for the Louisiana State Bar Association, and as a
member of the New Orleans Saints Fan Advisory Board.
Mr. Samuel is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United
States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and in
all Louisiana state courts. Mr. Samuel is married to Loel Weil Samuel and
has two children, Steven and Benjamin.
William E. Rittenberg,
J.D.,
is a 1970 graduate of Tulane
Law School.
He has been practicing law in Louisiana
for over thirty years. Mr. Rittenberg has served as judge Ad Hoc for the
Juvenile Court for the City of New
Orleans. He is a 1971 graduate of the National
College of Advocacy, Hastings
Law School,
and is a 1976 Graduate Fellow of the Loyola Institute of Politics.
Mr. Rittenberg is a past-president of the Louisiana Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers, and serves on the legal counsel to Planned Parenthood of
Louisiana. He is known for his advocacy in civil rights cases, having won
fundamental rights for individuals and organizations on constitutional
issues. Mr. Rittenberg has helped plan, chair, or lecture at over one
hundred national seminars on continuing legal education. He is licensed to
practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Courts
for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and in all Louisiana state courts. He is married to
Paulette Halpern Rittenberg.
M.H. Phillips, J.D., is a 1988 graduate
of Loyola University School of Law (New
Orleans). After obtaining an undergraduate degree
from Tulane University in 1980, he worked in the
appraisal division for a local real estate company, and was an elementary
and middle school teacher. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar
Association Sections on Probate, Trusts, and Estates. Mr. Phillips is
active in civic matters, including the Carrollton Boosters Club and youth
sports program. He is licensed to practice in all Louisiana state courts.
Of Counsel
Morris
B. Phillips, J.D., is a 1951 graduate of Tulane Law
School. He has been
practicing law in Louisiana
for over 50 years at all levels of state and federal courts. Mr. Phillips
presently serves as an Administrative Judge of Small Claims Court in New Orleans and as Judge Ad Hoc of the
First City Court for the City of New
Orleans. His emphasis is probate, wills,
successions and estates. Mr. Phillips is listed in the second edition of
Who’s Who in American Law. He is licensed to practice in the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and all Louisiana state courts.
Caryl H. Vesy, J.D., graduated from Loyola University School of
Law (New Orleans)
in 1957. He maintains a general civil law practice in partnership with
Morris B. Phillips. He previously served the City of New Orleans, as an Assistant City
Attorney and by contract, for a period of sixteen years, represented the Vieux Carre Commission, New
Orleans Historic Landmarks Commission, Pontalba
Commission, Historic
Pharmacy Museum
and French Market Corporation. Mr. Vesy is
licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States,
the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United Statues District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and in all Louisiana state courts.
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