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Paul L. Hurd In her community, she volunteers at local schools,
Seventh Board District
Paul L. Hurd is the sole shareholder in Paul Loy Hurd,
A.P.L.C., and Home Title Guaranty Co., a full-service
real estate closing company. He received his BA degree
in philosophy in 1976 from Tulane University and his
JD degree in 1978 from Tulane University Law School.
He was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 1978. He
has been admitted to practice before the U.S. 5th Circuit
Court of Appeals since 1993 and before the U.S. Supreme Paul L. Hurd email: lauren@mcknightlaw.group
Court since 1994.
Paul began his law practice as city prosecutor and
assistant city attorney for the City of Monroe in 1978-
79. In 1980, he practiced law as in-house counsel and
compliance officer for Central Bank, a large regional
commercial state bank headquartered in Northeast
Louisiana. He left Central Bank as general counsel in 1989.
Since 1990, he has been in private civil practice, primarily
dealing with constitutional election redistricting, banking
regulations and compliance, real estate transactions,
residential purchases and refinancing, and business and Lauren B.
property litigation. McKnight
He is a former member of the Louisiana State Bar
Association’s (LSBA) House of Delegates and a former
member of the LSBA’s Criminal Justice Committee.
Paul is a longtime member of Parkview Baptist Church
in Monroe. He and his wife, Cathy Vines Hurd, have been
married for 44 years and are the parents of three children.
Ste. 1, 2483 Tower Dr.
Monroe, LA 71201
(318)323-3838
email: paul@paulhurdlawoffice.com Carrie LeBlanc
Jones
Lauren B. McKnight
Eighth Board District
Lauren B. McKnight, with McKnight Law Group,
L.L.C., in Shreveport, has 16 years of experience
representing clients in corporate transactions, commercial
litigation and regulatory affairs in Louisiana, Texas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, Mississippi, Ohio and
Michigan. She represents start-ups, non-profits, small
business owners and multi-million-dollar private and
publicly traded companies. She previously served as the
general counsel for JC Fodale Energy Services and as
senior counsel at FFC Capital Advisors.
Lauren received a BA degree in 2001 from Centenary
College of Louisiana and her JD/BCL degree in 2004 from
Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2004. She
also was admitted to practice before the U.S. 5th Circuit
Court of Appeals, 2006; the U.S. District Courts for the
Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, 2006;
the Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Court, 2014;
and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of
Texas, 2015.
She served in the Louisiana State Bar Association’s
(LSBA) House of Delegates from 2018-20 and was a
member of the 2009-10 Leadership LSBA Class. She
received the LSBA’s Pro Bono Publico Award and the
LSBA’s Pro Bono Century Award, both in 2010.
assists at shelters for victims of domestic violence, mentors
high school students and recent graduates interested in
the legal profession, raises funds for various non-profits
and serves as a resource promoting diversity in the legal
profession and business community.
Ste. 204, 624 Texas St.
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318)716-7923 • fax (318)716-3445
Carrie LeBlanc Jones
Chair, Young Lawyers Division
Carrie LeBlanc Jones is the chief legal officer and
general counsel at the Louisiana State Board of Nursing
(LSBN), where she focuses on administrative and
regulatory law. She has successfully represented the
LSBN in state and federal court, served as prosecuting
attorney in disciplinary matters, and advised board
members and staff on a variety of legal issues. Prior to
joining the LSBN, she was a partner at the law firm of
Shows, Cali & Walsh, L.L.P. She received a BA degree
in mass communication from Louisiana State University,
her JD/BCL degree from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law
Center and an MBA degree from Southeastern Louisiana
University. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in
2008.
Carrie has served as chair-elect, secretary and District
5 representative on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s
(LSBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Council. She
helped plan the inaugural Louisiana Young Lawyers
Conference, co-chaired the Richard N. Ware High School
Mock Trial Competition, served as the Professional
Development Seminar coordinator, chaired the Bridging
the Gap Committee and served on the Awards Committee.
She received the LSBA YLD Chair’s Award in 2016 in
recognition of her ongoing commitment and service to the
Richard N. Ware High School Mock Trial Competition.
She served as a member of the Louisiana Bar Journal
Editorial Board and was a member of the 2013-14
Leadership LSBA Class.
Her commitment to the legal profession includes two
terms on the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board. After
the Louisiana Supreme Court appointed her to a second
term, she served as the board’s chair in 2017, the youngest
board member to hold this position. She is a member of
the Baton Rouge Bar Association and the Bar Association
of the 5th Federal Circuit. She serves on the Louisiana Bar
Foundation’s Capital Area Community Partnership Panel.
In her community, she is a parishioner of St. George
Catholic Church. She also serves on the board of directors
for Livingston Parish SADD. She and her husband,
Aaron Jones, have been married for nine years and are the
parents of two children.
17373 Perkins Rd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
(225)755-7575
email: jonesc@lsbn.state.la.us