John Bel Edwards and Steve Herman Join Louisiana Association for Justice’s Board of Governors

Fishman Haygood attorneys John Bel Edwards and Steve Herman were recently appointed to the Louisiana Association for Justice’s (LAJ) board of governors. The LAJ is a voluntary bar association whose statewide membership is composed mostly of trial lawyers. The association is committed to preserving the civil justice system, protecting open access to courts, protecting individual rights, promoting individual and corporate responsibility, and preserving the highest of ethical and educational standards for the profession. Learn more about the LAJ here.

The board of governors oversees the management of the association. LAJ and its members pledge to promote justice for the workplace, a clean environment, and quality and affordable health care for all Americans. LAJ members, and trial lawyers in general, seek fairness in the courts for the aggrieved and injured and work to uphold the honor and dignity of the civil justice system and the legal profession. Click here to read about LAJ in the community.

Prior to being elected Governor of Louisiana, John Bel served on the LAJ board. Steve, who was LAJ’s 2014-15 president, also currently serves as chair of the organization’s Amicus Curiae Committee, through which the LAJ represents the position of the plaintiff’s bar in precedent-setting cases before the Louisiana Supreme Court and other appropriate courts of appeal.

Fishman Haygood attorneys devote their time to causes and area nonprofits, as well as to scholarship and teaching of continuing development in the law. Read more about their community and civic engagement here.