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Curtis R. Joseph, Jr. In his community, Graham is a board member of
Eighth Board District Lakeview Civic and a commissioner of the Lakeview
Curtis R. Joseph, Jr. is a partner in the Shreveport firm Crime Prevention District. He is a former chair of Hand-
of Winchell & Joseph, LLC. He handles defense and sOn New Orleans, a nonprofit volunteer center founded
plaintiff-oriented litigation. He attended Washington & after Hurricane Katrina that engaged more than 60,000
Lee University in Lexington, Va., earning his BA degree in volunteers to rebuild south Louisiana. He also is an attor-
mass communications in 1993 and his JD degree in 1996. ney volunteer and board member of the Pro Bono Project
While at Washington & Lee, he performed clinical and several other community organizations.
work, focusing on post-conviction relief, for the inmates Graham and his wife Erin are the parents of two sons.
of the Federal Women’s Prison Camp in Alderson, W.Va. Curtis R. Joseph, Jr. Ste. 5100, 201 St. Charles Ave.
He taught language arts, social studies and religion at New Orleans, LA 70170
Bishop Perry Middle School in New Orleans. (504)582-8370 • fax (504)589-8370
Curtis has served in the Louisiana State Bar Associa- email: gryan@joneswalker.com
tion’s House of Delegates. website: www.joneswalker.com/professionals/graham-h-ryan
He is vice chair of the Metropolitan Planning Commis-
sion and serves on the boards of the Louisiana State Li- Tina L. Suggs
censing Board for Contractors, the Biomedical Research At-Large Member
Foundation, the Committee of One Hundred and the Ro- Tina L. Suggs is in-house counsel for State Farm Insur-
tary Club of Shreveport. He is a recipient of the Dr. Jesse ance Co. in Metairie. She received a BS degree in medical
N. Stone Pioneer Award. Graham H. Ryan technology in 1991 from the University of New Orleans
He is a founding member of Washington & Lee’s and Louisiana State University School of Allied Health and
chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is a former her JD degree in 2004 from Loyola University College of
president of the Shreveport Bar Association and the North Law. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2005.
Louisiana Jewish Federation and the immediate past chair Tina served on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s
of the Strategic Action Council and North Louisiana Ho- (LSBA) House of Delegates, representing the 24th Judi-
locaust Remembrance Service. cial District. She also is a member of the Committee on
In his community, Curtis is a local jazz/blues drummer. the Profession and the Legislation Committee. She is the
He and his wife Barbara have been married for 18 years co-chair of the LSBA Access to Justice Committee and
and are the parents of two children. a committee member of the Louisiana Bar Foundation’s
2124 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 Capital Area Community Partnership Panel.
(318)221-1600 • fax (318)425-1256 Tina L. Suggs She is a member of the New Orleans Association of
email: curtis@wjlawfirm.net Defense Counsel, the Jefferson Bar Association and State
Farm’s National Diversity and Inclusion Committee and
Graham H. Ryan Engagement Committee. She is the recipient of the Influ-
Chair, Young Lawyers Division ential Pacesetter Award from the City of Jeanerette and the
Graham H. Ryan is a partner in the New Orleans office Living Legend Award from First Church of God in Christ.
of Jones Walker LLP, where he litigates complex business In her community, she is a member of Delta Sigma
disputes in federal and state courts. He graduated, summa Theta Sorority, involved in local and international com-
cum laude, in finance from Louisiana State University, re- munity projects. She also assists in the Project H.E.L.P.
ceived his law degree from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Cen- program, providing notarial services to the homeless.
ter (Louisiana Law Review) and is an alumnus of the Har- Tina and her husband, Everett C. Suggs, have been
vard Negotiation Institute’s dispute resolution program. Adrejia Boutté married for 26 years and are the parents of two children.
Graham has served on the Louisiana State Bar Asso- Swafford 3850 N. Causeway Blvd., 1700 Lakeway II
ciation (LSBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Coun- Metairie, LA 70002
cil as 2020-21 chair-elect, 2019-20 secretary and as the (504)442-8591 • fax (855)847-1379
delegate to the American Bar Association (ABA) House email: tina.suggs.m2i8@statefarm.com
of Delegates. He currently serves on the LSBA’s Legis-
lation Committee and Access to Justice Committee. He Adrejia Boutté Swafford
was a member of the 2014-15 Leadership LSBA Class. At-Large Member
He received the LSBA YLD Chair’s Award in 2016 and Adrejia Boutté Swafford works in the Legal Depart-
2018 and was named as a 2017 Louisiana Bar Founda- ment of the State Office of Community Development.
tion Fellow for his role in leading various access to jus- Previously, she worked for 14 years in insurance and gen-
tice initiatives. He has served as a council member for the eral commercial defense, as a business consultant, and as
Louisiana State Law Institute, the ABA YLD, the New a judicial clerk in the River Parishes.
Orleans Association of Defense Counsel and the Jefferson Adrejia received a BS degree in psychology in 1999
Bar Association YLD. from Xavier University School of Louisiana and her JD
He was named to the 2020 Leadership in Law Class degree in 2003 from Southern University Law Center.
by New Orleans CityBusiness and to the 2018 “40 Under She also has a LLM degree in business law, with a cer-
40” Class by Gambit Weekly. He was honored as a “Top tificate in compliance studies, from Loyola University of
40 Young Lawyer” nationally by the ABA in 2018. Chicago Law Center.
