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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services 2017 Annual Report

50 Years of Fighting for Fairness for Vulnerable People

The 50 Anniversary Advisory Committee helped the SLLS board commemorate 50 years of service to the Louisiana community.
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Darrel Papillion, past president of the Louisiana State Bar Association and a partner in Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens LLC
served as Co-Chair along with R. Patrick Vance, senior partner at Jones Walker and former SLLS board president.

Pictured above: SLLS staff members at the Kickoff
Pictured above: Roxanne Newman, SLLS Deputy Director; Vivian Guillory, SLLS Board Chair;
Laura Tuggle, SLLS Executive Director; David Bienvenu, SLLS 50 Anniversary Kick-Off
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Subcommittee Chair; Hilarie Bass, ABA President, Dona Kay Renegar, LSBA President; Jim
Sandman, LSC President; Judy Perry-Martinez, SLLS 50 Anniversary Advisory Committee
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Pictured above: R. Patrick Vance, 50 Anniversary Advisory Pictured above: Laura Tuggle, Vivian Pictured above: Vivian Guillory, SLLS Board Chair, Dona Kay Renegar,
Committee Co chair, Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Guillory, and Michael Williamson, Executive LSBA President, Jim Sandman, LSC President, and Hilarie Bass, ABA
Bernette Johnson, Laura Tuggle, SLLS Executive Director, and Director of the United Way of Southeast President
Hilarie Bass, American Bar Association resident Louisiana
The Committee organized the “Justice is Golden” event to kick off a year-long celebration commemorating 50 years
of increasing access to justice in Southeast Louisiana. The event included a panel discussion on the future and
importance of civil legal aid, a reception, and a grand opening of “Justice is Golden,” a special exhibit celebrating civil
legal aid in the Louisiana Supreme Court Museum. The “Justice is Golden” event concluded with the United Way of
Southeast Louisiana presenting SLLS with a check for $56,652 to support its continuing work to assist families
recovering from the 2016 Louisiana Floods.

2017 Annual Report