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Act cases, wrongful death cases, catastrophic personal eral), wills and successions.
injury cases and complex tort litigation. In addition to her current service on the Louisiana
Zainey serves as chair of the Louisiana State Bar State Bar Association’s (LSBA) Board of Governors, she
Association’s Community Action Committee and is served in the LSBA’s House of Delegates from 2014-20.
a member of the House of Delegates and Nominating She was a member of the 2013-14 Leadership LSBA
Committee. He is a regular lecturer discussing maritime Class and served on the LSBA Continuing Legal Educa-
law updates for the LSBA’s Annual Meeting and is a tion Program Committee and the Access to Justice Sub-
regular panelist for the LSBA’s Admiralty Law Sym- committee on Pro Bono Award Nominations.
posium in New Orleans every fall. He also frequently Smith is a member of the Lafayette Parish Bar As-
lectures, speaks and/or moderates legal panels for vari- Erin O. Braud sociation (since 2009), the American Bar Association
ous organizations, including the Louisiana Association (since 2009) and the Lafayette Volunteer Lawyers (LVL)
for Justice (where he serves on the Board of Governors Committee (since 2013). She provides pro bono services
and co-chairs the New Lawyers Division), the Federal through the LVL and the Lafayette Bar Association’s
Bar Association (where he serves on the YLD Board Protective Order Panel. She currently chairs the Pro
of Directors), Loyola University College of Law and Bono Advisory Committee. She served as president of
Tulane University Law School, on topics including fed- the Lafayette Young Lawyers Association in 2015-16.
eral practice and procedure, professionalism, maritime She was a member of the Louisiana Bar Foundation’s
law, oral arguments and environmental toxic torts. He Acadiana Community Partnership Panel in 2015-16.
has taught trial advocacy at Louisiana State University She is the recipient of the LSBA’s Pro Bono Publico
Paul M. Hebert Law Center and has been recognized Dwanzendra J. Award, the LSBA’s Pro Bono Century Award, the Lafay-
by Louisiana Super Lawyers for the past several years. Smith ette Bar Association’s Outstanding Attorney Award and
701 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130 the Lafayette Bar Association’s Top LVL Award.
(504)581-1750 • fax (504)529-2931 Smith is the mother of one child.
email: czainey@lambertzainey.com 1030 Lafayette St., Lafayette, LA 70501
website: www.lambertzainey.com (337)534-4020 • fax (337)534-4022
email: dwa@dsmithlegal.com
Erin O. Braud
Second Board District Adam P. Johnson
Erin O. Braud is staff counsel for The Hartford In- Fourth Board District
surance Co. (Law Offices of Julie E. Vaicius) in Metai- Adam P. Johnson is a partner in The Johnson Firm in
rie. She received a BA degree in mass communications Lake Charles. He received a BS degree in business man-
in 2002 from Louisiana State University and her JD de- Adam P. Johnson agement in 2006 from Louisiana State University and his
gree in 2005 from Loyola University College of Law. JD degree in 2009 from Southern University Law Center.
She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2005. He was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2009.
Braud has served as chair, chair-elect, secretary and After clerking for Judge Robert Wyatt and Judge
District 2 representative on the Louisiana State Bar As- Ronald Ware, Johnson joined his father Terry and brother
sociation’s Young Lawyers Division Council. She has Jonathan in the practice of law. He and his brother now
participated in several Law Day and Constitution Day own The Johnson Firm in Lake Charles. The firm’s at-
presentations. torneys focus on family, criminal defense and personal
In her community, she serves as a board commis- injury law.
sioner of the Plaquemines Medical Center. Johnson served in the Louisiana State Bar Associa-
Braud and her husband, S. Jacob Braud, are the par- tion’s (LSBA) House of Delegates. He was a member
ents of three children. of the 2013-14 Leadership LSBA Class and co-chaired
Ste. 1040, 3900 N. Causeway Blvd. the 2014-15 Leadership LSBA Class. He served as the
Metairie, LA 70002 LSBA Young Lawyers Division (YLD) District 4 repre-
(504)836-2780 • fax (877)369-4892 sentative from 2015-19. He also assists with writing and
email: erin.braud@thehartford.com grading the Criminal Law Section of the Louisiana Bar
Exam.
Dwazendra J. Smith He is the president-elect of the Southwest Louisiana
Third Board District (SWLA) Bar Association and a former president of the
Dwazendra J. Smith is a solo practitioner at D. Smith SWLA Young Lawyers Division.
Legal, LLC, in Lafayette. She received a BA degree in In his community, he is a member of Trinity Baptist
political science in 2006 from Louisiana State Universi- Church.
ty-Shreveport and her JD degree in 2009 from Southern Johnson and his wife, Ashley Leonards Johnson,
University Law Center. She was admitted to practice in principal of T.H. Watkins Elementary School in Lake
Louisiana in 2009 and in Texas in 2015. Charles, are the parents of three children.
Smith is a board-certified family law specialist, certi- 1400 Ryan St., Lake Charles, LA 70601
fied by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. In (337)433-1414 • fax (337)433-3234
addition to family law, her practice includes criminal de- email: adam@johnsonfirmla.com
fense (state and federal), personal injury (state and fed- website: www.johnsonfirmla.com
