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2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 99
BY REPRESENTATIVES GAROFALO, ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, AMEDEE,
ANDERS, ARMES, BACALA, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, BARRAS, BERTHELOT,
BILLIOT, BISHOP, BOUIE, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, CHAD BROWN, TERRY
BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER,
STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, CONNICK, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS,
DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT, EDMONDS, EMERSON,
FALCONER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN,
JIMMY HARRIS, LANCE HARRIS, HENRY, HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES,
HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HORTON, HOWARD, HUVAL, IVEY, JACKSON,
JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, ROBERT JOHNSON,
JONES, JORDAN, LACOMBE, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY,
LARVADAIN, LEBAS, LEGER, LEOPOLD, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE,
MARCELLE, MARINO, MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN
MILLER, GREGORY MILLER, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, MOSS,
MUSCARELLO, NORTON, PEARSON, PIERRE, POPE, PUGH, PYLANT,
RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SIMON, SMITH, STAGNI,
STEFANSKI, STOKES, TALBOT, THOMAS, TURNER, WHITE, WRIGHT, AND
ZERINGUE AND SENATORS ALARIO, ALLAIN, APPEL, BARROW, BISHOP,
BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, CLAITOR, COLOMB, CORTEZ,
DONAHUE, ERDEY, FANNIN, GATTI, HENSGENS, HEWITT, JOHNS,
LAFLEUR, LAMBERT, LONG, LUNEAU, MARTINY, MILLS, MIZELL,
MORRELL, MORRISH, PEACOCK, PETERSON, PRICE, RISER, GARY SMITH,
JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, WARD, AND WHITE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Mr. William E. "Bill" Crawford on his retirement from the Louisiana State
Law Institute.
WHEREAS, after four decades of distinguished service as director of the Louisiana
State Law Institute (LSLI), Mr. William E. Crawford retired in September 2018; Bill
Crawford is widely recognized as one of the best and brightest lawyers in the state of
Louisiana; his knowledge of civil procedure in Louisiana and his teaching skills are
unparalleled; and
WHEREAS, the LSLI is charged with promoting and encouraging the clarification
and simplification of the law of Louisiana and its better adaptation to present social needs,
securing the better administration of justice, and carrying on scholarly legal research and
scientific legal work; and
WHEREAS, after graduating from Louisiana State University law school in 1955,
where he was editor-in-chief of the Louisiana Law Review, Bill Crawford joined the Chaffe
McCall law firm in New Orleans; he served as secretary-treasurer of the Louisiana State Bar
Association for two terms, from 1960 to 1962; and
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WHEREAS, he became a faculty member of the Louisiana State University Paul M.
Hebert Law Center in 1965; he became assistant dean of the law center in 1966, and
Professor in 1971; in 1985 Mr. Crawford was awarded the James J. Bailey Professorship in
Law and in 2003 the Louisiana Bar Foundation named him Distinguished Professor; and
WHEREAS, his publications include every special edition of the Louisiana Code of
Civil Procedure from 1983 to 2019, the revision of the three-volume Formulary as part of
West's Louisiana Statutes Annotated Civil Procedure, Volumes 10, 11, and 12; and Volume
12, Louisiana Civil Law Treatise, Tort Law, in 2000; and
WHEREAS, Bill Crawford has also served as Special Master to the U.S. District
Court in Bankruptcy Litigation; and
WHEREAS, the LSLI flourished and excelled under the direction of Professor
Crawford, who oversaw and directed the work of the institute in its revision of the Civil
Code, the Revised Statutes, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Code of Criminal Procedure,
and the Children's Code, the introduction and adoption of the Louisiana Code of Evidence,
and other special projects as assigned by the Legislature of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, one of the state's most gifted legal scholars, William E. "Bill" Crawford
will remain an inspiration to his students, peers, family, and friends for the vital
contributions he has made in his distinguished career of highly effective service.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Mr. William E. "Bill" Crawford on his retirement from the Louisiana State Law
Institute; does hereby recognize and record his notable accomplishments and manifold
contributions to the Louisiana State Law Institute, the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and
to his students, colleagues, family, and friends; and does hereby extend to him best wishes
for continued success and happiness as he embarks upon new challenges and endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Bill
Crawford.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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