Lifetime Achievement

2019 Lifetime Achievement Wayne Lee Martinet’s Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a member who has given a lifetime to service to Martinet and to the legal profession. Wayne Lee is our 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Working as an Read More

2012 Lifetime Achievement Dr. Norman C. Francis Photo by Irving Johnson III   Dr. Norman C. Francis, a founder of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, LLC, was the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient. Dr. Francis’ legacy as the first Read More

Recognized as a judicial pacesetter, Piper Griffin is a Judge of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Division “I”, where she has served since her election to the bench in 2001. Judge Griffin received her Juris Doctor Read More

Lifetime Achievement: Judge Edwin A. Lombard

2015 Lifetime Achievement The Honorable Carl E. Stewart Each year, Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc. and the New Orleans Martinet Legal Foundation, Inc., the 501(c)(3) non-profit branch of Martinet, host the Annual Scholarship Gala to raise Read More

2014 Lifetime Achievement The Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle U.S. District Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle was born on June 29, 1950, in Opelousas, Louisiana. In 1971, Lemelle graduated cum laude from Xavier University with a B.S. degree. Lemelle received many Read More

2013 Lifetime Achievement The Honorable Bernette Joshua Johnson Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson is the Louisiana Supreme Court’s 25th Chief Justice, its second female Chief Justice, and its first African-American Chief Justice. Born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, she attended Spelman College Read More

1999 Lifetime Achievement The Honorable Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr. Justice Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr. was born on June 14, 1924, in New Orleans, Louisiana. A veteran of World War II, Ortique earned his B.A. degree in sociology from Dillard University Read More