Richard J. Putnam III,

born Abbeville, Louisiana, April 21, 1967; admitted to bar 1996, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.A., 1990); legal education, Loyola School of Law, New Orleans (J.D., 1996). Semi-Finalist, Loyola Moot Court Competition, 1994. Alumni Coordinator, Loyola Moot Court Board, 1995-96. Member, Loyola Moot Court Staff, 1994-96. Member: Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and American Bar Associations.

Rick has recently left the Vermilion Parish District Attorney's office where he spent six years prosecuting felonies and misdemeanors. This experience has given him an intimate understanding of the inner workings of the DA's office.

Bart A. Broussard,

born Abbeville, Louisiana, April 25, 1971; admitted to bar 1998, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana. Preparatory education, Louisiana State University (B.S., 1994); legal education, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (J.D., 1998). Member: Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and American Bar Associations, and Louisiana's Association for Justice.

Bart practiced law in the New Orleans/Mandeville area for three years with a heavy emphasis on maritime and admiralty personal injury, often in Federal Court. In 2001 he returned home to Abbeville and opened his law practice in Vermilion Parish.