HLS 22RS-5030 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 196
BY REPRESENTATIVES DUPLESSIS, BRYANT, WILFORD CARTER, GAINES,
GREEN, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JORDAN, LAFLEUR, LARVADAIN, AND
NEWELL
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Louis A.
Martinet Legal Society, Inc.
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc.
3 WHEREAS, the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Louis A. Martinet Legal
4Society, Inc., was established to encourage the exchange of ideas, promote legal scholarship,
5advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice, uphold the order
6and ethics of the courts and the profession of law, and promote the welfare of the legal
7profession in Louisiana; and
8 WHEREAS, the efforts of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Louis A. Martinet
9Legal Society, Inc., uphold the vision of the society's founders, Earl J. Amedee, Israel M.
10Augustine, Louis Berry, Lionel Collins, Robert F. Collins, Nils R. Douglas, Norman C.
11Francis, Benjamin J. Johnson, Alvin Jones, Vanue B. LaCour, Ernest N. Morial, Justice
12Revius Ortique, Jr., J.T. Powell, James Smith, A.P. Tureaud, Freddie Warren, and Lawrence
13Wheeler; and
14 WHEREAS, these men had the courage and foresight to found the Louis A. Martinet
15Legal Society of Louisiana, the precursor to today's organization; they sought to combat the
16racial injustices and inequalities that existed in the 1950s, such as Jim Crow laws and the
17barring of African American attorneys from participating in the nation's legal profession; and
18 WHEREAS, the society is named in honor of an African American pioneer in the
19legal profession, Louis André Martinet; in 1876, Mr. Martinet became the first African
20American graduate of Straight University Law School, which is now Dillard University; he
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1had passed the Louisiana Bar Examination in 1875; in addition to practicing law, he served
2as a politician, educator, activist, journalist, medical doctor, and notary; he was also a key
3figure in the civil rights activities during the waning years of the Reconstruction era; and
4 WHEREAS, the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Louis A. Martinet Legal
5Society, Inc., is most deserving of the highest recognition for upholding the values of its
6founders and those of Louis André Martinet.
7 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
8Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet
9Legal Society, Inc., and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that the organization continue
10its incredible work of uplifting the legal profession and, consequently, society by promoting
11the exchange of ideas and combating discrimination.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
13president of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 196 Original 2022 Regular Session Duplessis
Commends the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc.
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