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Council (2015-23), also serving as chair of the LSBA
BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2023-2024 YLD (2021-22) and as the delegate to the American
Board of Governors 2023-24
Bar Association’s (ABA) House of Delegates (2019-
J. Christopher Zainey, Jr. 20). He was a member of the 2014-15 Leadership
First Board District LSBA Class. He received the LSBA YLD Chair’s
J. Christopher (Chris) Zainey, Jr. is a partner with Award in 2016 and 2018 and was named as a 2017
Lambert Zainey Smith & Soso, PLC, in New Orleans. Louisiana Bar Foundation Fellow for his role in
Upon graduation from Loyola University College of leading various access-to-justice initiatives. He has
Law in 2008, he served as a federal judicial law clerk served on the LSBA’s Access to Justice Committee,
to Judge James J. Brady of the U.S. District Court J. Christopher MCLE Committee and CLE Committee, was a council
for the Middle District of Louisiana. Since entering Zainey, Jr. member for the Louisiana State Law Institute and was
private practice, his practice has focused primarily on a board member for the Louisiana Center for Law and
representing plaintiffs in maritime personal injury and Civic Education.
Jones Act cases, wrongful death cases, catastrophic He was named to the 2020 Leadership in Law Class
personal injury cases and complex tort litigation. by New Orleans CityBusiness and to the 2018 “40
Zainey serves as chair of the Louisiana State Bar Under 40” Class by Gambit Weekly. In 2018, he was
Association’s (LSBA) Community Action Committee honored by the ABA as a “Top 40 Young Lawyer”
and is a member of the Nominating Committee and nationally. He was named a Fellow of the Loyola
a former member of the House of Delegates. He is a Institute of Politics and is a graduate of Leadership
regular lecturer discussing maritime law updates for Louisiana and the New Orleans Regional Leadership
the LSBA’s Annual Meeting and is a regular panelist Graham H. Ryan Institute.
for the LSBA’s Admiralty Law Symposium in New In his community, Ryan is president of the Lakeview
Orleans every fall. He frequently lectures and/or Crime Prevention District and a board member of
moderates legal panels for various organizations, Lakeview Civic. He is a former chair of HandsOn
including the Louisiana Association for Justice (where New Orleans, a nonprofit volunteer center founded
he serves on the Board of Governors and co-chairs the after Hurricane Katrina that engaged more than 60,000
Membership Committee), the Federal Bar Association volunteers to rebuild south Louisiana. He serves on
(where he serves on the board of directors), Loyola the United Way Campaign Cabinet. He is an attorney
University College of Law and Tulane University volunteer and board member of the Pro Bono Project
Law School, on topics including federal practice and several other community organizations.
and procedure, professionalism, maritime law, oral Jeffrey G. Lagarde Ryan and his wife Erin are the parents of two boys.
arguments and environmental toxic torts, as well as Ste. 5100, 201 St. Charles Ave.
teaching with the trial advocacy summer program New Orleans, LA 70170
at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law (504)582-8370 • fax (504)589-8370
Center. He has been recognized by Louisiana Super email: gryan@joneswalker.com
Lawyers and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 for
the past several years. Jeffrey G. Lagarde
701 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130 Second Board District
(504)581-1750 • fax (504)529-2931 Jeffrey G. Lagarde is an attorney in the Slidell
email: czainey@lambertzainey.com office of Lagarde Law. His practice is focused on
website: www.lambertzainey.com personal injury and business litigation. He received his
undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University
Graham H. Ryan and his JD degree from Mississippi College School of
First Board District Law (Dean’s List and AmJur Award for highest score
Graham H. Ryan is a partner in the New Orleans office in civil law property). He was admitted to practice in
of Jones Walker LLP, where he focuses on complex Louisiana in 2008.
business and commercial litigation and appeals. He Lagarde serves on the board of directors of St.
graduated, summa cum laude, in business finance from Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis, Miss., and on
Louisiana State University, received his law degree the St. Tammany advisory board for a regional credit
from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center (Louisiana Law union. He is an active member of the American Inn of
Review) and is an alumnus of the Harvard Negotiation Court for the 22nd Judicial District and serves as the
Institute’s dispute resolution program. Before joining vice president of the Greater Slidell Bar Association.
Jones Walker, he served as a judicial extern for the 1213 Taft Park, Metairie, LA 70001
Louisiana Supreme Court. (985)605-0527 • fax (985)605-0526
Ryan has served on the Louisiana State Bar email: jeff@1rfl.com
Association’s (LSBA) Board of Governors (2021- website: https://rlargelaw.com
22) and the LSBA Young Lawyers Division’s (YLD)
