Recently Shelley and Add Goff, together with 4 other members of the Lincoln Parish Bar Association volunteered at Ruston Elementary School teaching through the Junior Judge’s program.  During the program, the attorney watched videos with the children  and discussed the tough situations presented in those videos.  Together with the children they would come up with the appropriate choices and responses would be if the child were facing a similar  situation. The situations included cheating, destroying property, bullying, teasing, stealing, drugs, alcohol, gangs, and weapons.

We recently received the following letter informing Goff and Goff attorneys that senior partner Kennon Goff has again been named as one of the best attorneys in the United States:

“Congratulations on having been selected by your peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. Indeed, special congratulations are in order as you are one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have now been listed in Best Lawyers^® for twenty-five years or longer. For nearly three decades, Best Lawyers has been regarded – by both the profession and the public – as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. 

Selection to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey (comprising more than 3.9 million confidential evaluations by your fellow top attorneys) and because no fee or purchase is required to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is rightly considered a singular honor. Our annual, advertisement-free publication has been described by The American Lawyer as “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

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Again, congratulations on being selected by your peers to be included in Best Lawyers”

New Louisiana Law from the 2011 Regular Session

Here are a few highlights of legislation that the Louisiana legislature passed that affect criminal law, family law, public safety, and the environment:

ACT 26:  bans sex offenders from accessing social networking websites when the victim was a minor or the offense was video voyeurism.

ACT 420: bans the manufacture, possession, or us of synthetic marijuana and bath salts.

ACT 336:  extends the boundary of the State of Louisiana and claims for the state all lands and resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico within the boundary.

ACTS 402 and 376:  These acts require all employers to verify the legal status of employees through the federal E-verify system or with a picture ID and additional documentation in order to avoid civil penalties or to bid on public contract work.

ACT 60: requires students to maintain a “C” average to participate in interscholastic athletics.

ACT 193:  requires the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to deny or cancel the school bus endorsement of anyone convicted of DUI until completion of a substance abuse program.