The Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc.

Jasmine M. Delco is the founder and managing attorney of the Law Office of JMD, LLC, a Louisiana-based law firm focusing on family law, successions, and personal injury. She represents clients across Southeast Louisiana in cases involving custody, child support, successions, and other civil proceedings.

Jasmine earned her undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 2019, where she double majored in Political Science and African and African American Studies. She went on to receive her Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center in 2022.

Known for her client-centered approach, Jasmine combines legal precision with practical guidance during some of her clients’ most difficult life transitions. As a solo practitioner, she has built her practice with an emphasis on accessibility, advocacy, and community education, and she regularly speaks on legal issues affecting families and individuals throughout Louisiana.

Diana serves as the Assistant Dean of Career Development for Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Diana graduated from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2002, where she was a member of the Loyola Law Review and a William Crowe Scholar. Her casenote, “Preserving Continuity and Fairness: The Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Deviation from Child Support Guidelines,” was published in the Spring 2001 (47 Loy. L. Rev. 885 (2001)).  Diana worked as an Associate Attorney at the law firms of Jones Walker and Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan LLC, and then as a Staff Attorney with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, before returning to Loyola in the Career Development Office. In addition to her work at Loyola, Diana is a Board Member of the New Orleans Federal Bar Association and of the Pro Bono Project. She is also a Louisiana Bar Foundation Fellow and a member of the New Orleans Bar Association, the Association of Women Attorneys, the Cuban American Bar Association, and the National Association for Law Placement. 

Before law school, Diana obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and a Master of Science Degree in Counseling Psychology, both from Georgia State University, and worked as a Substance Abuse Counselor and Individual Counseling Therapist at Family Service of Greater New Orleans.

Mollie A. Ponds is an associate for Frilot LLC in the firm’s Medical Malpractice and Healthcare section. She earned her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Southern University Law Center, where she also received certification in Public Interest Law.

During law school, Mollie gained extensive legal experience, serving as Vice President of the Criminal Law Society and as a member of the National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division. She clerked for the 19th Judicial District of Louisiana, participated in the Juvenile Justice Law Clinic, worked as a legislative aide in the Louisiana State Senate, and interned with the General Counsel Department at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City.

Mollie further developed her legal expertise as a judicial law clerk for both the First City Court of New Orleans and the 19th Judicial District of Louisiana, advising judges on daily dockets, managing case materials, and preparing legal recommendations.

In addition to her legal career, Mollie is deeply involved in community service. She is a Board Member of the New Orleans Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She has also been recognized for her commitment to civil rights, serving on the Executive Committee of the NAACP and being selected as a 2022 Amos C. Brown Fellow by the National NAACP. Through this fellowship, she traveled to Ghana to engage in cultural immersion and international social justice initiatives.

Mollie is admitted to practice law in both Louisiana and Missouri and is an active member of the Louisiana and New Orleans Bar Associations, the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She holds certifications in Public Interest Law and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, demonstrating her dedication to both legal and social justice causes. 

Gipson serves as the City Attorney for the City of New Orleans. She is the Chief Legal Officer of the Law Department, advising the Mayor, City Council, and all city departments. She leads a multi-disciplinary team, oversees city contracts, defends the City in litigation, and safeguards the city’s legal and financial interests. Her role is critical to ensuring compliance with the New Orleans City Charter and state and federal law, delivering sound legal guidance on legislation, policies and operations, and strengthening accountability and legal integrity across government. Recognized for her expertise in corporate law, strategic counsel, and a strong commitment to equity, Gipson is an accomplished attorney with extensive experience advising senior executives, boards, and public institutions on complex legal matters and organizational strategy. 

Gipson most recently served as Of Counsel at Baker Donelson, where she focused on mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracting, corporate governance, and outside general counsel services in diverse industries. Previously, Gipson co-founded and served as an equity partner at a New Orleans head-quartered law firm, where she led legal strategy across corporate restructuring, nonprofit formation and tax exemption, contract negotiations, real estate development, regulatory compliance in addition to public and private finance. She started her career as a corporate associate at a leading New York law firm, gaining early experience in high-value corporate transactions, Form S-1 registrations for IPOs, and settlement and negotiation strategies.

Gipson’s civic work centers on equitable access to quality public education and racial and gender equity advocacy. She is the Chair of the Board of Ms. Foundation for Women, the oldest philanthropic women’s fund in the United States, and previously served on the boards of Communities in Schools Gulf South and Louisiana SPCA. Early in her career, she supported victims of domestic violence through the Courtroom Advocates Project in New York, assisting clients with protection orders and safety planning.

A graduate of Cornell University Law School, Gipson served as Editor of the Legal Information Institute-NY Bulletin and the Regional Representative for BLSA. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Communication from Cornell University and was a Cornell Tradition Fellow. Gipson first moved to New Orleans in 2004 to serve as a federal law clerk to the Hon. Ivan L.R. Lemelle in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and New York.

Keva M. Landrum is an accomplished attorney and former judge who has dedicated her professional career to public service. She brings over two decades of legal experience to her current role as Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Counsel for the Housing Authority of New Orleans, where she advises executive leadership on operational, business, policy, legislative, and human resources-related matters consistent with the agency’s mandate to oversee public housing and select neighborhoods and properties in Orleans Parish.

Ms. Landrum also has the distinguished honor of serving as an Assistant Examiner of Constitutional Law for the Louisiana Supreme Court—an appointment she has maintained since 2023. Keen legal insight, inherent leadership abilities, professional integrity, service, and a willingness to collaborate have been guiding principles throughout Ms. Landrum’s career. This disposition has allowed her to lead effectively while applying and upholding the law in the public and private sectors.

Ms. Landrum paved her path in public service as a respected prosecutor at the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, where she became the first female district attorney in Louisiana. In all, she served a 10year tenure with the district attorney’s office, providing leadership as an assistant district attorney, a homicide and sex crimes screener, chief of the juvenile division, chief of the screening division, and interim first assistant district attorney, respectively. She also taught criminal law at Southern University at New Orleans.

From 2008 to 2020, Keva M. Landrum presided over Section E of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. During her judicial tenure, she became the first African American female to serve as chief judge in 2018. In this role, Ms. Landrum oversaw the court’s general operations, personnel, legal, legislative, and budgetary matters. Her legal experience also includes litigating insurance defense and maritime cases at Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP. She has also served as the legal analyst for CBS Affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans. A native of New Orleans, La., Keva M. Landrum received her J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1997 and her B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1994.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Cherie Teamer is an Attorney focusing on being an advocate for her clients in the courtroom and at the mediation table. Cherie enjoys fighting for her clients and helping them to find solutions to their legal issues. Cherie has operated a solo real estate, successions and personal injury practice since 2015. Additionally, she has experience as a lobbyist and political consultant focused on municipal campaigns, land use and municipal zoning, as well as community organizing.

Cherie is a board member of the Antenna Works, an organization that funds, produces, and prints art connecting local artists and writers with audiences across the city.  Cherie is also the Community Affairs Chair and an Active Member of the Junior League of New Orleans.

Tracie N. Ransom serves as the Assistant Dean for Community, Engagement & Opportunity at Tulane Law School.  She leverages more than two decades of experience in the practice of law and the advancement of principles that build welcoming communities, equip lawyers and law students with skills to effectively engage across difference and foster opportunities for all to succeed and thrive in their careers. Ransom practiced complex litigation for just under a decade with AmLaw 200-firm Porter Wright in Columbus, Ohio, first as an associate and later as the first Black woman to be elected partner.  She then left private practice to go in-house as Associate General Counsel and Director of Complaints for Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 investment and financial advisory firm headquartered in St. Louis.  She also brings substantial experience and familiarity with higher education, having taught courses and led intensive workshops for the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University and as a former Adjunct Professor at Washburn University School of Law. 

An honors graduate of the University of Alabama and the University of Illinois College of Law, Ransom clerked for the Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the Honorable James L. Graham of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.  Her expertise and leadership have been nationally recognized, including through her appointment to and nearly seven-year service on the Board of Directors for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, among other boards and commissions, as well as through her frequent invitations to serve as keynote speaker or workshop facilitator at multiple national conferences. 

Sandra Diggs-Miller was named vice-president of consumer advocacy and programs for Entergy’s External Affairs organization in 2025. In this role she is responsible for the strategy and execution of programming, engagement, and education around low-income customer initiatives and advocacy efforts across the enterprise. From 2023 t0 2025 she served as vice-president of external affairs for the Federal Policy and Regulatory and Governmental Affairs organization and was responsible for collaborating across the enterprise to develop, manage and monitor the integrated stakeholder engagement strategic business plan. 

Prior to joining the external affairs group, she served as vice president of customer service for Entergy New Orleans from 2019 to 2023 where she was responsible for designing strategies for effective customer outreach; improving customer satisfaction and perception; promoting innovation in the delivery of service and products; and supporting the overall enterprise utility business plan. 

She joined Entergy in 2000 as part of the company’s legal department where she held the position of assistant general counsel and litigated cases on behalf of Entergy’s operating companies. Prior to joining the company, she was an associate at Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann law firm where she handled complex commercial litigation, personal injury and premise liability, and products liability cases.

Diggs Miller earned her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University School of Law, an MBA from Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice and sociology from Radford University.

Sandra currently serves on the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity and Operation Restoration, and previously served on the board of First Tee of Greater New Orleans, KID smart, Pro Bono Project, Louisiana Civil Justice Center, and the R.C. Blakes Scholarship Foundation.

Erin Rigsby Hawkins  is an associate with Chehardy Sherman Williams specializing in complex litigation, including personal injury, commercial litigation, and corporate defense.  

Erin received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Howard University in Washington, DC.  She went on to earn a Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School and a Master of Business Administration from the Freeman School of Business in the same year.  

Since joining Chehardy, Sherman, Williams LLP, Erin has been an integral member of the special litigation division where she uses both her business acumen and creative legal strategies to serve her clients. The Trial Team has an unprecedented record of success in jury trials and continues to deliver incomparable results in jurisdictions across the United States and Puerto Rico.  

Erin has been named one of the top lawyers in New Orleans since 2018. She has also been nationally recognized as one of the National Trial Lawyers 40 under 40 (2020), one of the National Black Trial Lawyers 40 under 40 (2021), a National Lawyer of Distinction since 2020, and a Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2023.  Additionally, she is a National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys 2024 Top 10 Attorney.

Lamont Hills is a distinguished trial attorney and co-founder of Hills Daniels & Associates, a premier personal injury law firm recognized for delivering high-value results throughout the state. He is a proud member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an elite distinction reserved for fewer than one percent of attorneys nationwide who have secured multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.

Beyond the courtroom, Lamont is deeply committed to positively impacting the New Orleans community through annual philanthropic initiatives, including turkey drives and Christmas toy drives that support families in need. Additionally, he’s worked with Dillard University to secure millions in grants and funding to expand internship opportunities focused on social justice and community advancement.

Lamont is also a sought-after public speaker, frequently invited to address schools, businesses, and professional organizations on leadership, resilience, and creating opportunity. One of his guiding principles and favorite mantras is: “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

William C. Snowden is the Director of The Juror Project and a professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. His work is grounded in a simple truth: exclusion is not accidental.

As a former public defender in New Orleans, he represented people forced to stand trial in courtrooms designed to convict them. He later served as Executive Director of the Vera Institute of Justice in Louisiana, where he advanced efforts to eliminate money bail, reduce jail populations, and shift power toward communities.

Through public education, legal scholarship, and grassroots organizing, Will challenges the myths of fairness that surround the jury system. He exposes how civic participation has been weaponized to protect institutions rather than people. His work does not ask for faith in the system. It calls for clear vision, informed resistance, and collective presence in the places where decisions are made about our lives.

Clarke is currently an associate attorney at Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett, where she practices commercial litigation and business law. Clarke Perkins is a proud New Orleans native and graduate of Louisiana State University and Tulane University Law School. After earning her degree in Political Science with a minor in Communication Studies from LSU, Clarke joined Teach for America, where she served as a high school special education teacher in Cleveland, Ohio, supporting students with disabilities and drafting individualized education plans.

Clarke returned home to New Orleans to attend Tulane Law School, where she was deeply engaged in student leadership and advocacy. During law school, she served as Vice President of the Black Law Students Association, a peer mentor, a student attorney in the Environmental Law Clinic, and a competitor on Tulane’s mock trial team. She also made history as Tulane Law’s first Black woman Chief Justice of the Moot Court Program. In 2023, Clarke was selected as a recipient of the Tulane 34 Award, which recognizes 34 students across the university for outstanding leadership, service, and academic excellence.

Among other bar associations, she is an active member of the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, serving as Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Committee. She is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Clarke remains deeply committed to mentorship, civic engagement, and building intentional pathways for the next generation of Black legal professionals.

Kim is the Managing Partner of the New Orleans office of Phelps Dunbar. She practices in the areas of labor and employment, civil rights, constitutional law, commercial, tort and general litigation. She frequently speaks on employment-related topics, litigation and issues of procedure, as well as diversity, ethics and professionalism. Kim has been recognized by many of the leading peer review publications in the country including Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 250 Women in US Litigation, and is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. She has been very active in local, state and national bar associations, as well as community organizations and initiatives. Kim served as the first female African-American President of the Louisiana State Bar Association (2009-2010) as well as the first African-American President of the New Orleans Bar Association (2002- 2003). She currently serves as a Board member and Chair-Elect for GNO, Inc., and serves on the executive committees of Tulane University and Dillard University. She also serves as Chairman of the Board for the Amistad Research Center as well as Chairman of the Board for Touro Infirmary. Kim formerly served as Judge Pro Tempore for Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, as well as an Assistant Professor of Law at Loyola University College of Law and a member of Princeton University’s Board of Trustees (2010-2014). Kim received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1987 and her A.B. from Princeton University in 1984.

Misha Logan-Johnson is a Partner with Leake & Andersson LLP who has handled a substantial caseload of insurance defense, transportation, and products/premises liability claims. Misha has continued to expand her skills and experience, working in areas such as intellectual property and construction.

In 2015, Misha received her J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans – College of Law. During her time at Loyola, she served as a teaching assistant for the legal research and writing classes as well as evidence classes. She also served as Vice President of the Black Law Students Association – A.P. Tureaud Chapter and a member of Loyola’s Journal of Public Interest Law and the Sports Law Moot Court team.

Misha is committed to servicing underserved communities.  While attending Loyola, Misha developed a prototype intake app for a local pro bono clinic to determine qualifications for services and provide directions from the applicant’s location to the clinic. She also continues to work with the Justice and Accountability Center to expunge records within the New Orleans area.

Misha is most proud of serving as a mentor in the Legal Education Advancing Diversity Mentorship Program for pre-law students who attend the New Orleans area HBCUs. In addition to her mentorship endeavors, Misha is an active member of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society (Martinet). Through Martinet, Misha has served as a Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Committee and Chair of the Pathways and Pipelines to Success Program for law students.

Douglas F. Carey is the Director of Pro Bono Programs for Southeast Louisiana Legal Services.  Mr. Carey has been employed at SLLS for over twenty-nine years and has served as a Staff Attorney, Managing Attorney of the Family Law Unit and Interim Supervising Attorney for the New Orleans Office.  He is the co-chair of the firm’s Professional Development Committee and coordinates the firm’s Annual Program-Wide staff meeting.  He has also served as the chair of the Louisiana Legal Services Statewide Task Force on Family Law.

Mr. Carey’s civic and professional memberships include the Louisiana State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the New Orleans Bar Association. Mr. Carey has served on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Reentry Court Task Force and served as the co-chair of the Reentry Court Subcommittee on Child Support Issues.  

Mr. Carey is a 1991 graduate of Tulane University where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy and he is a 1994 graduate of Tulane Law School and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Tulane Law School where he teaches an Introduction to Public Interest Law Seminar.  Mr. Carey is admitted to practice law before all Louisiana State Courts.

The Honorable Jason Rogers Williams was sworn in as District Attorney of Orleans Parish on January 11, 2021. He is a proud Tulane University Law School Alumni. After graduating law school, he started his own law practice focused on criminal defense, Jason Rogers Williams and Associates. After winning a series of high-profile criminal cases, the Louisiana Supreme Court appointed Jason as a judge in New Orleans’ Criminal District Court. In 2014, he saw an opportunity to make government work for the people of New Orleans and ran for City Council. He was a council member for six years, four of which he served as Council President before being elected District Attorney on a promise of sweeping justice reforms. Jason is a proud and devoted father to three children: Xavier, Graham, and Zoe. He lives in uptown New Orleans with his wife, Liz, founder of the Center of Resilience, his youngest son, and a very sweet but very bossy pit bull, Jean Louise.

Judge Paula Brown was elected to the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal on March 25, 2017, and was re-elected without opposition on July 20, 2018. She was formerly a judge of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, where she served for seven years. A native of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Judge Brown attended Tulane University on a basketball scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Management from the A.B. Freeman School of Business. She went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from Southern University Law Center.

As a young lawyer, Judge Brown honed her skills by serving as a judicial law clerk to Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson (Ret.) during her tenure at Civil District Court and again at the Louisiana Supreme Court. Judge Brown served as trial counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation, and her vast experience led to her appointment as Judge Pro Tempore of Civil District Court in 2004.

Judge Brown is active in many state and national legal organizations. She is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association; National Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Louisiana Conference of Court of Appeal Judges; Judicial Counsel of the National Bar Association; American Judges Association; National Association of Women Judges; and Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, where she formerly served as an executive board member. She is an American Bar Foundation Fellow, Class of 2021, and a Louisiana Bar Foundation Fellow, Class of 2011, where she serves as a member of the Greater New Orleans Community Partnership Panel. She is the Immediate Past President of the A.P. Tureaud American Inn of Court and served in that capacity for seven years, and has served as an executive board member since 2014.  She also serves as a moderator and presenter at numerous continuing legal education programs for both judges and attorneys, and as a mentor for newly elected judges and newly admitted attorneys. Judge Brown is a former City Business Leadership in Law Award recipient. 

Judge Brown is not only active in her legal profession, but also in her community. She is a board member of Louisiana Green Corps, Covenant House New Orleans and Voices in the Dark Repertory Theatre Company, and serves as a member of the Tulane Hall of Fame Committee, Newcomb College Director’s Advisory Council.  Judge Brown is a former board member of Louisiana Appleseed and Armstrong Family Service, and former Vice President of  I.N.S.P.I.R.E., RR, Inc. (Increase Student Performance in Reading Excellence, Rewards Recognition).  She currently serves as a mentor in the Tulane University Women’s Basketball Mentorship Program and is a former mentor in Dillard University’s LEAD (Legal Education Advancing Diversity) Program. Judge Brown was the 2016 recipient of the American Athletic Conference/Tulane University’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

As a breast cancer survivor and a person living with multiple sclerosis, Judge Brown is passionate about promoting awareness for these diseases. She formerly served on the Board of Trustees on the Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana Chapter of the National MS Society and as a board member of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, New Orleans Affiliate. Judge Brown is a past recipient of the Susan G. Komen Survivor of the Year Award, Forum for Equality Leadership Award and  Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.’s Award for Exemplary Community Service, and she is a former YWCA Role Model.  Judge Brown truly believes the adage that to whom much is given, much is required!

Brittany Reed is a native of Opelousas, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University A&M and an alumna of the Southern University Law Center. After receiving her Juris Doctor, Brittany worked at a civil insurance defense firm Chopin Wagar Richard & Kutcher LLP. Thereafter, she worked at the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office as a prosecutor. During her tenure at OPDA, she tried numerous misdemeanor and felony trials, many while assigned to the Major Offense Trials unit. 

In 2015, Brittany joined the Department of Justice, United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Louisiana. She has been assigned to the Public Corruption/Integrity and is currently assigned to the Violent Crime/Strike Force Unit. She was also detailed to the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia, prosecuting cases stemming from the January 6, 2021, breach of the United States Capitol, in the Capitol Siege Unit.  Brittany has supported the EDLA as Ethics Advisor and serving as a member of the hiring committee.

When she is not working, Brittany enjoys serving the legal community.  She recently served as a panelist at the New Orleans Bar Association’s Procrastinators’ Programs CLE.  She also enjoys serving the Greater New Orleans community as a member of the Omicron Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.®

Ebenezer K. Gyasi is a graduate of Williams College where he earned a B.A. in History and Philosophy, and later obtained a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. After law school, he served five years on active duty as a Judge Advocate in the United States Navy, holding assignments on the east and west coasts and deploying to the INDOPACIFIC for the D.O.D. ‘s largest and preeminent multilateral Humanitarian and Disaster Relief mission. During his military service, he defended the constitutional rights of sailors in courts-martial and administrative proceedings, advised commanders on fiscal law, ethics, investigations, wrote and argued felony criminal appeals. His dedication was recognized in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Navy with several awards, including the Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal , Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism.

He is currently serving as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, gaining experience closely advising a federal judge in deciding complex civil and criminal appeals. His legal and professional background also includes a prior clerkship on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, special counsel with the National Security Team at OpenAI; stints at the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and the United States Department of Justice; and as a Teach For America Corps Member in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Mark Best is a Partner and AI Team Lead in Kuchler Polk Weiner’s New Orleans office, where he pairs complex litigation experience with a practical, litigation-first approach to artificial intelligence. He advises and trains legal teams on deploying AI responsibly in high-stakes matters and designs AI-enabled workflows that accelerate core litigation workstreams—time-entry drafting, discovery responses, deposition preparation, case evaluation, and more—while maintaining rigorous quality control. Alongside this innovation focus, Mark has over 20 years of experience as a maritime and toxic tort litigator representing major energy and chemical companies in complex disputes involving offshore accidents, contract disputes, chemical exposures, and related matters. Mark was born in New Orleans, educated at Tulane Law School, and lives in the area with his wife and two children who wish he would stop talking about AI.

Karen McCardle is a 2003 graduate of Louisiana State University.  She earned her Juris Doctor from LSU Law in 2006.  Karen formerly practiced commercial litigation with Gordon Arata in New Orleans.  She is the LexisNexis Consultant for Loyola Law School, Tulane Law School, and Jones Walker, an early adopter of LexisNexis Protégé.  In the past two years, Karen has presented numerous generative AI and Protégé trainings to doctrinal faculty, library departments, clinical faculty and staff, clinical students, advanced legal research students, and 1L students at Loyola, Tulane, and the University of Arkansas Little Rock law schools.  Additionally, she offers training to Jones Walker attorneys, paralegals, and staff in Lexis+ AI and Protégé.  Karen is dedicated to educating attorneys and future attorneys on the ethical and responsible use of AI in the legal field.