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December 9 - New Orleans PHILIPPE J. LANGLOIS is an attorney in the law firm of Milling Benson Woodward L.L.P. With experience in bank broker dealers and investments, his practice areas include corporate banking and litigation. Mr. Langlois earned his B.A. degree from the University of New Orleans and his J.D. degree from Loyola University School of Law. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and is admitted to practice before the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana state courts. Mr. Langlois is also fluent in French. SHEILA L. MORAGAS is a partner in the New Orleans law firm of Milling Benson Woodward L.L.P., where she advises clients in all types of federal, state and local tax matters, including gift and estate planning, exempt organizations, business taxation, successions and elder care law. Ms. Moragas is a member of the Louisiana State (Elder Law Task Force and Taxation Section), American (Taxation Section), 5th Federal Circuit and New Orleans bar associations, and is a board certified estate planning and administration specialist by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. She also is a member of the New Orleans Estate Planning Council, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. and the Academy of Special Needs Planners. Ms. Moragas earned her B.S. degree from the University of New Orleans, her J.D. degree from Louisiana State University and her LL.M. degree from the University of Florida. RONALD W. MORRISON JR. practices with the law firm of Livaccari Villarrubia Lemmon L.L.C., where his areas of practice are focused on successions; estate planning, including testaments and trusts instruments; business planning and business succession planning. Mr. Morrison is a board certified specialist in estate planning and administration by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. Prior to joining Livaccari Villarrubia Lemmon L.L.C., he practiced primarily in the areas of successions, bankruptcy, corporate formations and corporate litigation, representing national companies in various aspects of commercial law. Mr. Morrison earned his B.S. degree from the University of New Orleans and his J.D. degree from Southern University Law Center. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Jefferson Bar Association and the New Orleans Estate Planning Council, and also is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Middle District of Louisiana. December 10 - Lafayette RODNEY C. CASHE is a member in the law firm of Cashe Coudrain & Sandage in Hammond, Louisiana, where he focuses his practice in general civil, trial practice, wills and estates, real estate and family law. In addition, he is a managing member of the firm's real estate company, Magnolia Street Title, LLC. Over the last several years, Mr. Cashe has served as mediator in a variety of legal issues, and continues to build his mediation practice as "Cashe Mediation." He is a native of Baton Rouge and followed a business law curriculum at Louisiana State University before entering LSU Law School in 1969. Mr. Cashe graduated and was admitted to practice in 1972. He has served the Hammond community as a member of the board of directors for the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, Southeastern Louisiana University Development Foundation, the Downtown Development District and as president of the Hammond Exchange Club. Mr. Cashe is currently a board member of the Hammond-Tangipahoa Home Mortgage Authority. Professionally, he has held every office of the 21st Judicial District Bar Association, comprised of attorneys from Tangipahoa, Livingston and St. Helena Parishes, serving as its president from 1980-1982. He also has represented the 21st Judicial District as delegate to the Louisiana State Bar Association. Mr. Cashe served as a member of the board of directors of the 21st Judicial District Indigent Defender Board. He is an active member of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and the Louisiana Bankers Association/Bank Counsel Section. Mr. Cashe also is a fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation and a founding member of the 21st Judicial District Inns of Court. CHRISTOPHER M. MOODY is a partner in the law firm of Moody & Johnson, where he focuses his practice in estate planning and probate, elder law, personal injury, litigation, commercial, insurance defense, automobile accidents and injuries, and truck accidents. He earned his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University and his J.D. degree from Louisiana State University Law School. Mr. Moody is a member of the Louisiana State and American bar associations, the Louisiana Association for Justice, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and NAELA. December 14 - Shreveport RITA K. BACOT is a sole practitioner in Shreveport, Louisiana, where she practices in the areas of estate planning, contested estate issues, wills, successions and interdictions. Previously, she was a sole practitioner in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Bacot is admitted to practice in Louisiana and Georgia. She is a member of the Louisiana State, Shreveport and Bossier bar associations, and the State Bar of Georgia, and served as president of the Executive Board of the Bossier Council on Aging. Ms. Bacot earned her B.S. degree, with honors, from the University of Maine and her J.D. degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire. December 15 - Baton Rouge TODD E. GAUDIN is a director in the Baton Rouge law firm of Kuehne, Foote, & Gaudin APLC. He has 15 years experience accepting contested and non-contested disputes and projects throughout the state, and limits his focus to successions and elder care issues, international and domestic adoption proceedings, and juvenile matters. Mr. Gaudin has experience in legislative lobbying and monitors bills that may affect adoptions, successions, and complex community property, the areas of focus for his law firm. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association (Sole Practice/Small Firm Practice Section and Property Section) and the Baton Rouge Bar Association (Ask a Lawyer, Volunteer Panel, Contributing Writer for Around the Bar). Mr. Gaudin earned his B.G.S. degree from Louisiana State University and his J.D. degree from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. He also is active in many community efforts. CARL S. GOODE is a member of Seale & Ross, P.L.C., where he practices in the areas of taxation, estate planning, elder law and special needs trusts. Mr. Goode is a board certified tax law and estate planning and administration specialist by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. He earned his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University, his LL.M. degree from Washington University and his J.D. degree from Louisiana State University Law School. Mr. Goode is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association (member, Taxation Section, Immovable Property and Probate Section), the American Bar Association (member, Taxation Section), The Missouri Bar and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He has been selected as a 2010 Louisiana Super Lawyer. RONALD J. SAVOIE is a partner with Jackson & Jackson, PLLC, where his main areas of practice are tax, estate planning, probate and business litigation. He has 17 years of experience. Mr. Savoie is board certified by the Louisiana State Bar Association in estate planning and administration. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Real Property Probate and Trusts Section). Mr. Savoie earned his B.S. degree from the University of New Orleans, his J.D. degree from Mississippi College School of Law, his LL.M. degree from College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, and his M.B.A. degree from the University of New Orleans.
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