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March 19, 2021

Catherine D. Kimball Award for Advancement of the Administration of Justice Selection Committee
Louisiana State Bar Association
1615 Poydras Street, Suite 1000
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

Re: Nomination of The Honorable Anthony J. Marabella (Judge Retired) for the
Catherine D. Kimball Award

Dear Members of the Catherine D. Kimball Award Selection Committee:

It is my privilege to write to you in support of the nomination of Judge (Retired) Anthony J.
"Tony" Marabella for the 2021 Catherine D. Kimball Award for Advancement of the Administration of
Justice. I have known Judge Marabella for about twenty years, and I had the pleasure of working with
him in the Louisiana Judicial College.

I heard of Tony Marabella soon after I joined the faculty of the LSU Law Center in 1991. At the
time, he was a renowned and well-respected criminal defense attorney. One of my colleagues at the
Law Center shared with me that he told his children if they ever got into (criminal) trouble, they should
call Mr. Marabella first. Fortunately, I do not think they got into such trouble. However, I never forgot
that comment as the first mention I heard of Tony. I thought it was very high praise of a person and an
attorney that he is the person you would want to protect the interests of your child in a time of peril.

I know that Tony significantly contributed to the legal profession in Louisiana as an assistant
district attorney, a public defender, and a criminal defense attorney before his election to the bench in
2002. I met Tony and had the pleasure of working with him during his tenure as a judge on the
Nineteenth Judicial District Court, on which he served from 2003 to 2018. I must say that the high praise
my colleague bestowed on Tony Marabella was accurate. I, too, would entrust my child's well-being to
such a fine person and outstanding lawyer.

Working with Judge Marabella in the Louisiana Judicial College, I quickly came to appreciate that
he was one of the leading experts in the state on criminal law and criminal procedure. He graciously
shared his expertise by serving on continuing legal education panels for Judicial College programs. He
also served, with Judge Marilyn Castle, as an author and editor of the Judicial College's Criminal Law
bench book. As I got to know Judge Marabella better, I admired him not just because of his extensive
knowledge of criminal law, but also because he was such a warm, caring, interesting, and affable person.
I also know of Judge Mara be Ila's work with the Nineteenth JDC's adult drug court. I think that the work
he did with that court and the people that he helped is one of his most enduring legacies.

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