LBF Is Popping Up in Your Community!
Find out why the LBF is Good for the Profession when we Pop Up in your area with a free 1-hour CLE. Save the date to visit with colleagues and meet new people. These events are open to all interested in learning about the LBF, how it operates, the growing need for civil legal aid, […]
President’s Message August/September 2024
Highlighting LBF Programs Helping Children and Families For some, summer in Louisiana evokes memories of vacations, crawfish boils and local festivals. For some of our most vulnerable citizens, it does not. As a former District Court judge, I spent the last five years of my career handling juvenile cases. This experience highlighted the challenges faced […]
LBF Announces Chief Financial Officer
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) is pleased to announce that Franziska Wagner has joined the LBF team as Chief Financial Officer. Franziska graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Spring 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting with a concentration in legal studies while working in the oil and gas industry. After […]
Announcing LBF 2024-25 Grants by Region
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF), awarded more than $14.6 million in grants to assist women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities, the newly unemployed, and those facing loss of their homes with civil legal aid issues. Civil legal aid is free legal advice, representation, or other legal assistance provided to low-income and vulnerable people who […]
Sewell Named LBF Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Cangelosi Sewell as its Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer. “We are thrilled to appoint Laura Cangelosi Sewell as our Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer,” said LBF President Hon. John Davidson (ret.), “Laura’s extensive experience and proven leadership within the Foundation make her the ideal […]
Davidson Leads 2024-25 LBF Board
Davidson to Lead the Louisiana Bar Foundation 2024-25 Board Welcome Hon. John C. Davidson (Ret.) of Alexandria, Louisiana, the 2024-25 president of the LBF. Other officers are Vice President Edmund J. Giering IV of Baton Rouge; Treasurer Michael J. Mestayer of New Orleans; and Secretary Charles C. Bourque, Jr., of Houma. The 2024-25 board was […]
