1st black woman president of bar installed

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• Published: Jun 17, 2009 - Page: 4B

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New Orleans lawyer Kim Boyle is the first African-American woman to become president of the Louisiana State Bar Association, a news release says.

The bar’s 2009-2010 officers and members of the Board of Governors were installed Friday at the group’s annual meeting.

Boyle was installed as 2009-2010 president. Michael A. Patterson, of Baton Rouge, was installed as president-elect and will assume the presidency in 2010-2011.

Carrick B. Inabnett, of Monroe, was installed as the 2009-2011 secretary and also will serve as editor of the bimonthly Louisiana Bar Journal magazine.

Jack K. Whitehead Jr., of Baton Rouge, will continue as treasurer for one more year. Elizabeth Erny Foote, of Alexandria, was installed as 2009-2010 immediate past president.

The Board of Governors members are Beth E. Abramson and John H. Musser IV, both of New Orleans; Richard K. Leefe, of Metairie; Lawrence P. Simon Jr., of Lafayette; John F. “Jack’’ Robichaux, of Lake Charles; James E. Boren, of Baton Rouge; Charles D. Elliott, of Alexandria; Charles L. Kincade, of Monroe; and Ronald J. Miciotto, of Shreveport.

Melanie Mabile Mulcahy, of Metairie, will chair the Young Lawyer Section.

At-large members are Dana M. Douglas, of New Orleans; Cloyd Benjamin Jr., of Natchitoches; Karelia R. Stewart, of Shreveport; John M. Church, of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center; Tania C. Tetlow of the Tulane University law school; and J. David Ziober, of Baton Rouge, with the Louisiana State Law Institute.

The House of Delegates Liaison Committee includes Chairman Jeffrey A. Riggs, of Lafayette, and members Douglas L. Bryan, of Marksville, and C. Kevin Hayes, of Baton Rouge.