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NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
FRED T. CRIF AS! Su!TE 8201, 300 NORTH BLVD
JUDGE, DMSION H, SECTION 1 BATON ROUGE, LA 70801
TELEPHONE: (225) 389-4722
FAx: (225) 389-8952
March 12, 2020
Louisiana State Bar Association
601 St Charles A venue
New Orleans, Lo 70130
To the Members of the Board of the Louisiana Bar Association:
Judge Tony Marabella has been a prosecutor, a public defender, a private criminal
defense lawyer, a judge, a professor of criminal law practice, and, now, a member of the
Louisiana Parole When it comes to the administration of justice, he has done it all All
along the way he has mentored dozens of young lawyers who use his teachings and materials as
gospel For a span including five decades, this sta and especially Baton Rouge, have been the
beneficiaries of his passion, dedication and compassion.
While in his private practice he served as President of the Louisiana Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers. He was also president of the Baton Rouge Bar A Each
term resulted in highlighting the need for those in th criminal law arena to "up game." As
a judge he demanded excel He was very active in the State and National Judiciary, serving
on a multitude of committees and ultimately on the Judiciary Commission for several years.
During the seventies and eighties, Judge Marabella was called "A New Breed of Criminal
Defense" by the Business Report of Baton R A title well deserved based upon his many
unexpected victories in an atmosphere that was so favorable toward the gove He was
one of only a handful in Baton Rouge that managed a practice almost exclusively in criminal
defe It was a time that saw jury selection become the way to win cases and nothing was
spared to pick the best twelve.
Tony Marabella has said that he was not as smart as others but made for it with his
work His work ethic remains second to non And, anyone who had the benefit of
watching him cross examine a witness, or make a closing argument, realized they were observing
brilliance hidden behind his humble and intimate pers The man can talk to anyone and
c anyone to talk t He brings o th best He makes others want do
He's a natural leader.
