Download CV in Adobe .pdf Education: 1978 (J.D.) Louisiana State University School of Law Baton Rouge, Louisiana Honors and Activities: Law Review; Note, "Due Process and the University Student, Academic/Disciplinary Dichotomy, 37 La. L. Rev. 939 (sp.1977). 1971 (B.A.) Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, Louisiana Major: English   Minors: French and History Undergraduate Honors and Activities: Full Academic Scholarship Enrollment in Honors Curriculum in English; Phi Kappa Phi Editor of Collegiate Factor (off-campus newspaper) Graduate - Magna cum lauda 1967 (Graduate) Ponchatoula High School Ponchatoula, Louisiana Employment History : 1987 - present Attorney - Sole Practitioner Law Office of M. Michele Fournet Baton Rouge, Louisiana *Specializing in state and federal criminal defense at the trial and appellate level. 1985 - 1987 Attorney Marabella, Fournet, and Hrdlicka Baton Rouge, Louisiana *Specializing in state and federal criminal defense at the trial and appellate level 1984 - 1985 Attorney - Associate Small, Williamson, Brocato, and Fournet Alexandria, Louisiana *Specializing in state and federal criminal defense at the trial and appellate level 1979 - 1983 Chief Appellate Counsel and Trial Attorney East Baton Rouge Parish Public Defenders Office Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1978 - 1979 Judicial Clerk Hon. John S. Covington ( Criminal Bench, 19th Judicial District Court) Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1975 - 1978 (law school attendance) 1972 - 1975 Teacher Language Arts New Zion Junior High School, St. Helena Parish Achievements: PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY: Board of Directors, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1988 - 1995; (1998-Present) Recipient, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Capital Advocacy Award, 1992; Recipient, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President’s Commendation, 1988 and 2001. President, Baton Rouge Bar of Criminal Justice, 1987-1988; Listing, National Directory of Criminal Defense Lawyers AV Rating in Martindale-Hubbell Who’s Who Among American Women CLIENT REPRESENTATION: State trial level defense in Barry Seal murder case (client: Jose Renteria Campo); Federal defense in Champion insurance case (client: Patty Eicher); Federal defense of alleged Mafia involvement in Orleans video poker business (client: Joseph Gagliano); Federal defense in alleged corruption case involving Senators Sixty Rayburn and Larry Bankston in video poker truck stop business (client: Fred Goodson); State defense in alleged bribery prosecution of Representative Joe Delpit; Writ Decisions in State v. Warren Keith Jackson, 94-1854 (La. 9/16/94), 642 So.2d 180 La. Post-Conviction representation of death row inmate Michael Graham (released and charges dismissed after 14 years on death row) Appellate reversal of federal convictions in U.S. v. Newell, 315 F.3d. 510 (5th Cir. 2002)[client, Clifford Newell] Personal Information Date of birth: June 7, 1949 Place of birth: Hammond, Louisiana

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