Stinson
The Louisiana Supreme Court has announced that Suzanne H. Stinson, attorney Philip B. Sherman and attorney Fred L. Herman have been appointed members of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana.
Stinson is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University where she earned an undergraduate degree, Master of Business Administration degree and a Master of Arts degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. She retired as court administrator of the 26th Judicial District Court of Bossier and Webster Parishes in 2014.
Stinson is a fellow of the Institute for Court Management and received her Certificate of Judicial Administration from Michigan State University. She also served in the Louisiana National Guard from 1979 to 1982. She is past president of the Louisiana Court Administrators Association and past president of the National Association for Court Management and served on the board of directors for the International Association of Court Management.
She has been previously appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to serve on the Judicial Compensation Commission, State Court Rules Committee, Advisory Committee to the Performance Audit on Jury Practices, Disaster Recovery Planning Committee and the Louisiana Integrated Juvenile Justice Information System Committee.
Sherman
Philip B. Sherman received his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University, received his law degree from Tulane University and was a fellow of the Loyola Institute of Politics in 2007. He is a partner in the Chaffe McCall law firm Business and Real Estate Section and also practices in the fields of general business and securities law.
He was named a “Top Lawyer” in Real Estate by New Orleans Magazine 2012-2014, was listed as “One to Watch” by New Orleans City Business and was selected for inclusion as a “Rising Star” in Louisiana Super Lawyers in 2013.
Sherman is admitted to practice in the federal courts of the Louisiana Eastern, Middle and Western Districts as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Herman
Fred L. Herman graduated from Loyola University College of Law in 1975.
He was a partner in the law firm of Herman, Herman & Katz, a civil litigation and general civil practice firm through 1987. In 1988, he established the Fred Herman Law Firm which had a practice emphasis of litigation, business transactions and alternative dispute resolution.
Herman was a lecturer at Loyola University College of Law, Skills Curriculum, and was on the Tulane School of Law Trial Advocacy Faculty. He has served as judge pro tempore in First City Court in New Orleans, and has been an arbitrator and mediator in over 400 civil disputes.
He is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Louisiana Association for Justice, the American Association for Justice, and the Louisiana Bankers Association. Herman is also a member of the ADR Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the American Healthcare Lawyer’s Association.