Richard D. Chappuis, Jr.

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Born:
Lafayette, Louisiana
March 19, 1941

Admitted to the Bar:
1965, Louisiana

Subsequent Admissions:
United States District Court – Western, Eastern and Middle Districts
United States Court of Appeals – Fifth Circuit

Education:
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
J.D., 1965
Phi Delta Phi – President, 1964-1965
L.S.U. Law Center Freshman Class President
Member: Moot Court Board
Law Clerk – Honorable Frank W. Summers, Associate Justice
Louisiana Supreme Court, 1965-1966

Member:
Lafayette Parish Bar Association
15th Judicial District Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel – Director, 1978-1980
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel – Member and
Vice Chairman of Auto, Land, Air Transportation and Casualty Section
The Defense Research Institute
American Arbitration Association – National Panel of Arbitrators

Voorhies & Labbé – Board of Directors, President

Speaker and program participant at meetings and seminars involving litigation matters.

Published article in Southern Methodist University Law Review
regarding aerial agricultural toxic torts, 1993.

Civic/Community:
Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, National Alumni
Board of Directors – Founding Member
Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce – Member; Recreation Committee – Served as Chairman
Bank One (Lafayette Region) Advisory Board of Directors – Member
First National Bank of Lafayette – Served as Director; served on Executive Committee;
Trust Committee – Served as Chairman
Lafayette Municipal Police and Fire Civil Service Board – Served as Chairman
Beaver Club – Served as President and that year, club voted as Lafayettés Outstanding Civic Club
Cathedral-Carmel School Foundation – Served as President; Board of Directors – Honorary Member
Cathedral-Carmel High School Parent Teachers Association – Served as President
St. Thomas More Catholic High School Foundation – Co-Founder
St. Thomas More Catholic High School Board of Directors – Served as Chairman
Red Cross – Lafayette Parish – Served as Chapter Chairman; Southeastern Area Advisory Council –
Served as Chairman; Louisiana Division – Members and Funds Committee – Served as Chairman
Lafayette Area High School Football Officials Association – Served as President
Lafayette Youth Football Committee – Former member
Carmelite Guild – Served as President
Boy Scouts – Eagle Scout; Served as volunteer
Krewe of Gabriel – Served as Commodore; Board of Directors – Member
Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association – Served as President; Board of Directors – Member
United Givers Fund (now United Way) – Professional Division – Served as Chairman; Legal Division –
Served as Chairman
City Club of Lafayette – Member
Louisiana State University Foundation – Member
Ducks Unlimited – Member
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep – Member

Fields of Practice:
Products Liability
Automobile and Trucking Liability
Professional Malpractice Law and Construction Law – Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Accountants
General and Agricultural Aviation Law
Municipal Law