Board of Directors

Avery Pardee, Board Chair of Innocence & Justice Louisiana and Partner at Jones Walker LLP

Avery Pardee

Chair
Partner, Jones Walker, LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana

Ravi Sangisetty

Vice Chair
Manager, Sangisetty Law Firm, LLC
New Orleans, Louisiana

John A. Nolan, Board Treasurer of Innocence & Justice Louisiana and CPA

John A. Nolan

Treasurer
John A. Nolan, CPA LLC
New Orleans, Louisiana

Susan Simon

Secretary
Attorney (Retired)
Lafayette, Louisiana

Judy Y. Barrasso

Member
Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Dan Claitor

Member
Law Office of Dan Claitor
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Royce Duplessis

Member
Attorney, Duplessis Law Firm
State Senator, District 5
New Orleans, Louisiana

Ross Foote

Member
The Patterson Resolution Group
Shreveport, Louisiana

Hon. Bernette Joshua Johnson

Member
Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (Retired)
New Orleans, Louisiana

Harry Moses

Member
Independent Filmmaker
Washington, Connecticut

Avione Pichon

Member
Avione Pichon Law, LLC
New Orleans, Louisiana

Walt Marshall Sanchez, Board Member of Innocence & Justice Louisiana and attorney at Sanchez Burke LLC

Walt Marshall Sanchez

Member
Sanchez Burke LLC
Lake Charles, Louisiana

Donald Wayne Washington (Emeritus)

Partner, Jones Walker, LLP
Lafayette, Louisiana

Michael W. Magner (Emeritus)

Partner, Jones Walker, LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana

Frank X. Neuner, Jr. (Emeritus)

Managing Partner, Neuner Pate
Lafayette, Louisiana

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