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Scott L. Sternberg Erin O. Braud
First Board District Second Board District
Scott L. Sternberg is the managing partner of Erin O. Braud is staff counsel for The Hartford
Sternberg, Naccari & White, L.L.C., with offices in New Insurance Co. (Law Offices of Julie E. Vaicius) in Metairie.
Orleans and Baton Rouge, where he focuses on business, She received a BA degree in mass communications in
general litigation and media matters. His media focus 2002 from Louisiana State University and her JD degree
has involved litigation for newspapers, including The in 2005 from Loyola University College of Law. She was
Advocate, and legal and legislative work for the admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2005.
Louisiana Press Association. He received a BA degree in Erin has served as chair, chair-elect, secretary and
journalism from Louisiana State University and his law Scott L. Sternberg District 2 representative on the Louisiana State Bar
degree from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He was Association’s Young Lawyers Division Council. She has
admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2010. participated in several Law Day and Constitution Day
Scott has served as chair, chair-elect, secretary and presentations.
District 1 representative on the Louisiana State Bar In her community, she serves as a board commissioner
Association (LSBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the Plaquemines Medical Center.
Council. As part of the YLD’s strategic planning, he Erin and her husband, S. Jacob Braud, are the parents
chaired the first Louisiana Young Lawyers Conference of three children.
in 2019. In 2019, he received an LSBA Citizen Lawyer Ste. 1040, 3900 N. Causeway Blvd.
Award for his pro bono, professional and charitable Metairie, LA 70002
activities. He has twice received the LSBA’s Stephen T. Erin O. Braud (504)836-2780 • fax (877)369-4892
Victory Memorial Award for most outstanding Louisiana email: erin.braud@thehartford.com
Bar Journal article. He served on numerous LSBA
committees and was a member of the 2012-13 Leadership Dwazendra J. Smith
LSBA Class. Third Board District
He has taught at LSU and Loyola. He serves on the Dwazendra J. Smith is a partner in the Opelousas
boards of the Federal Bar Association New Orleans office of Doran & Cawthorne, P.L.L.C. She received a
Chapter, the American Red Cross for Southeast BA degree in political science in 2006 from Louisiana
Louisiana, the Pro Bono Project and the Louisiana State University-Shreveport and her JD degree in 2009
Center for Law and Civic Education. He has been from Southern University Law Center. She was admitted
recognized as one of Gambit Weekly’s “40 Under 40,” to practice in Louisiana in 2009 and in Texas in 2015.
as a Louisiana Super Lawyer “Rising Star” and on New Dwanzendra J. Dwazendra is currently an adjunct professor teaching
Orleans Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” list. In 2020, he was Smith criminal law at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and
named a “Leader in Law” by New Orleans CityBusiness. teaching professional responsibility at Mitchell Hamline
Scott and his wife Breland are the parents of three School of Law.
children and are expecting a fourth child in July. She served in the Louisiana State Bar
Ste. 2020, 935 Gravier St. Association’s (LSBA) House of Delegates from
New Orleans, LA 70112 2014-20. She was a member of the 2013-14
(504)324-2141 • fax (504)534-8961 Leadership LSBA Class and served on the LSBA
email: scott@snw.law Continuing Legal Education Program Committee and
the Access to Justice Subcommittee on Pro Bono Award
Nominations.
Dwazendra is a member of the Lafayette Parish Bar
Association (since 2009), the American Bar Association
(since 2009) and the Lafayette Volunteer Lawyers (LVL)
Committee (since 2013). She served as president of
the Lafayette Young Lawyers Association in 2015-16.
She was a member of the Louisiana Bar Foundation’s
Acadiana Community Partnership Panel in 2015-16.
She received the LSBA’s Pro Bono Publico Award
in 2012 and 2015; the LSBA’s Pro Bono Century
Award in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015; the Lafayette Bar
Association’s Outstanding Attorney Award every year
from 2010-2019; and the Lafayette Bar Association’s Top
LVL Award in 2014 and 2015.
Dwazendra is the mother of one child.
521 E. Landry St., Opelousas, LA 70570
(337)948-8008 • fax (337)948-0098
email: dwa@doranlawfirm.com
