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Lynn Luker Monica Hof Wallace
At-Large Member
Lynn Luker is of counsel in the New Orleans law firm
of Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, L.L.C. She
received a BA degree in psychology in 1978 from the Uni-
versity of New Orleans, her JD degree in 1981 from Tulane
University Law School (Order of Barristers), an LLM (with
distinction) in admiralty law in 1985 from Tulane Law
School and an LLM in energy and environmental law in
1992 from Tulane Law School. She was admitted to prac- Lynn Luker to practice in Louisiana in 1998. Before entering pri-
tice in Louisiana in 1981 and in Massachusetts in 2007.
Lynn chairs the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA)
Civil Law and Litigation Section and is a member of the LS-
BA’s Committee on the Profession and the CLE Committee.
She is an adjunct professor at Tulane Law School and
co-director of the Trial Advocacy and Civil Pre-Trial Boot
Camp. She is also a mediator/arbitrator for Perry Dampf
Dispute Solutions and a proctor in admiralty for the Mari-
time Law Association. She has served as judge pro tem-
pore for Orleans Parish Civil District Court and is a for- Tina L. Suggs the Outstanding Research in Law Faculty Award and
mer chair of the Louisiana Judiciary Commission. She
has received several awards, including the LSBA’s Hu-
man Rights Award, the Tulane Law School Distinguished
Teaching Award and the Association of Women Attorneys’
Michaelle Pitard Wynne Professionalism Award.
In her community, she mentors women, minorities,
young lawyers and young people. She is a Sunday school
teacher and lector for Trinity Episcopal Church. She is the
mother of two children.
Ste. 2500, 909 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA 70112 Monica Hof Wallace email:mwallace@loyno.edu
(504)669-0322 • fax (504)525-5599
email: lml@stanleyreuter.com
website: www.stanleyreuter.com
Tina L. Suggs
At-Large Member
Tina L. Suggs is in-house counsel for State Farm Insur-
ance Co. in Metairie. She received a BS degree in medical
technology in 1991 from the University of New Orleans
and Louisiana State University School of Allied Health and
her JD degree in 2004 from Loyola University College of
Law. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2005. Donald W. North District of Louisiana and the U.S. 5th Circuit Court
Tina is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Associa-
tion’s (LSBA) House of Delegates, representing the 24th
Judicial District. She also is a member of the Committee on
the Profession and the Legislation Committee.
She is a member of the New Orleans Association of
Defense Counsel, the Jefferson Bar Association and State
Farm’s National Diversity and Inclusion Committee and
Engagement Committee. She is the recipient of the Influ-
ential Pacesetter Award from the City of Jeanerette and the
Living Legend Award from First Church of God in Christ.
In her community, she is a member of Delta Sigma The-
ta Sorority, involved in local and international community
projects. She also assists in the Project H.E.L.P. program,
providing notarial services to the homeless.
Tina and her husband, Everett C. Suggs, have been
married for 26 years and are the parents of two children.
3850 N. Causeway Blvd., 1700 Lakeway II
Metairie, LA 70002
(504)442-8591 • fax (855)847-1379
email: tina.suggs.m2i8@statefarm.com
Faculty, Loyola University College of Law
Monica Hof Wallace is the Dean Marcel Garsaud,
Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law and executive di-
rector of the Advocacy Center at Loyola University
College of Law. She received a BS degree, cum laude,
in finance in 1993 from Louisiana State University
and her JD degree, summa cum laude, in 1998 from
Loyola University College of Law. She was admitted
vate practice, she clerked for Judge Jacques L. Wiener,
Jr. of the U.S. 5th Circuit and Judge Barry Ted Mos-
kowitz of the U.S. District Court in San Diego.
Monica is active on several committees for the
Louisiana State Law Institute. She serves on the St.
Thomas More Inn of Court Executive Committee and
is a Fellow for the Louisiana Bar Foundation and Edu-
cating Tomorrow’s Lawyers. She received the Gillis
Long Poverty Law Center’s Public Service Award and
is a three-time honoree of Professor of the Year.
In her community, she is a board member for Can-
cer Crusaders and Louisiana Youth Seminar and was
named a New Orleans City Business “Leader in Law.”
Monica and her husband, Todd Wallace, have been
married for 18 years and are the parents of two chil-
dren.
526 Pine St., Room 448, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504)861-5670 • fax (504)861-5733
website: www.law.loyno.edu
Donald W. North
Faculty, Southern University Law Center
Donald W. North is a law professor at Southern
University Law Center. He joined the faculty in 1998.
He received a BS degree in political science in 1980
from Grambling State University and his JD degree in
1983 from Southern University Law Center. He was
admitted to practice in Louisiana in 1984. He also
is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle
of Appeals.
Also, he is a 1988 graduate of the Combined Army
and Services Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,
and a 1997 graduate of the Command General Staff
College, also in Fort Leavenworth.
He served on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s
(LSBA) Board of Governors for several terms and has
served on the LSBA’s Committee on the Profession
and the Client Assistance Fund Committee. He is a
member of the American Bar Association.
In his community, Donald is a church deacon, vol-
unteers with the Zachary Food Bank and is a pro bono
worker at Baton Rouge City Court.
He and his wife Jyotibala have been married for 28
years and are the parents of two children.
P.O. Box 9294, Baton Rouge, LA 70813
(225)505-6714 • fax (225)771-6296
email: dnorth@sulc.edu