February 18, 2016
Why did Louisiana spend nearly $700 million last year on prisons?
Louisiana imprisons more of its own citizens, per-capita, than any other state in the country. But are the people of Louisiana so much more dangerous than people who live in all the states along its borders — more than in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama? Should its per-capita incarceration…
February 1, 2016
Lynn Swanson discusses the value of collaboration in the legal field in Biz New Orleans article
From Biz New Orleans “We collaborate quite a bit,” says Lynn Swanson, partner with Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison. “We are in the business to help our clients and be the most efficient with our cases that we can possibly be. If a client needs a counsel in an area that…
October 13, 2015
The next 100 years at Xavier University
This month in The Firm Line, I’d like to focus on some recent developments at New Orleans’ own Xavier University that I consider a huge win both for Xavier and for our city. Xavier is one of America’s 107 Historically Black Universities and Colleges, and it has…
