Honorable Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. born in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola School of Law in 1954 where he graduated first in his class.  In 1992, almost 40 years after receiving his Juris Doctor degree, he received a Masters of Law Degree in the Judicial Process from the University of Virginia.  Chief Justice Calogero served in the United States Army from 1954-1957.  He was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1972 and re-elected in 1974, 1988, and 1998.  He was sworn in  as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1990.  U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Chief Justice Calogero to the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States.  A recipient of numerous prestigious local and national awards, Chief Justice Calogero has been responsible for numerous major improvements to the law, the legal system, and the administration of justice in Louisiana.

Honorable Charles C. Foti, Jr. was sworn in on January 12, 2004 as Louisiana's Attorney General, after serving 30 years as the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff.  As Sheriff, he oversaw the enormous expansion of the parish jail, started the first reading and GED programs, work release programs, drug treatment programs, and the nation's first boot camp at the local level.  He has for many years been an advocate for the elderly.  Attorney General Foti refuses to tolerate elderly abuse and any attempts to defraud seniors financially.  Throughout his career, he has remained committed to public service and he remains committed to the people he serves.  For these reasons and many more.  Attorney General Foti has long been known as one of the most innovative law enforcement officials in the United States.

Honorable Morgan J. Goudeau, III born in Opelousas, Louisiana.  A graduate of LSU with a degree in political science, he went on to Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C.  In 1949, he was appointed by Senator Russell Long to the United States Capitol Police Force. He returned to Louisiana and in 1952, he was sworn in as a Louisiana lawyer and opened a law practice in Opelousas. He was very active in the political arena in Opelousas and St. Landry Parish and was appointed Assistant District Attorney in 1955.  Eighteen years later, in 1973, he was elected without opposition to the office of District Attorney of St. Landry Parish and served in that capacity until January 1997.  He served the citizens of St. Landry Parish in the District Attorney's office for a total of 42 years.

Honorable Francis A. "Grevy" Grevemberg born in Biloxi, Mississippi and grew up in New Orleans.  He joined the National Guard at the age of 18 and by World War II was a second lieutenant.  In 1952, at the age of 37, he was appointed by Governor Robert Kennon to the position as Superintendent of Louisiana State Police.  His name became synonymous with tough law enforcement, especially with regard to gambling, vice, and prostitution.  In 1956, Colonel Grevemberg was a Democratic candidate for governor, but this attempt was not successful.  In 1960, he ran again as a Republican candidate and, although not elected, he received more votes than any other previous Republican candidate for governor.  He is a World War II decorated veteran, and is a recipient of the prestigious Patrick Henry Award for outstanding patriotism and the Gold and Silver Good Citizenship Medal.

Honorable Elmer B. Litchfield, born in Meridian, Mississippi.  He served in the Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946 and as a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, assigned to field offices in Boston, Chicago, and New Orleans, retiring from the FBI in 1979. He was appointed as Executive Director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice in 1980 and served in that capacity until March 1983.  He served on the Governor's Task Force on Rape 1982-1983, and has served many other criminal justice and civic organizations.  He was elected to the office of Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish in 1983, and is currently serving his sixth term in that position.  Sheriff Litchfield is the longest serving Sheriff in the history of East Baton Rouge Parish.

Honorable Earl J. "Nickey" Picard, born in Lafayette, Louisiana.  He began his career in law enforcement in April 1953.  His background encompasses 52 years of law enforcement/criminal justice service.  He served as State Police Sergeant for Troop I; First Chief Investigator and Assistant Chief Criminal Deputy for the Lafayette District Attorney, served as Administrator for a Juvenile Detention Home, was appointed to serve a four-year term as Lafayette City Court Administrator, and currently holds the position of Marshal of the City Court of Lafayette.

He has served as Marshal since being elected in 1984 and has been re-elected four consecutive six-year terms, three without opposition.

Honorable John S. Pickett, Sr., Honorable John S. Pickett, Jr., and Honorable Elizabeth A. Pickett, acknowledging three generation of service by the Pickett Family.

Judge John S. Pickett, Sr., born in 1982 in Miller County, Arkansas.  He graduated from Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana and taught for a number of years in Louisiana schools.  He passed the Louisiana bar exam in 1928 and practiced law in both state and federal courts in Louisiana for 31 years prior to being elected district judge for the 11th Judicial District.

He retired as District Judge at the mandatory retirement age, and then served by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court as judge in the 4th Judicial District, the 30th Judicial District, the 31st Judicial District; and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

His son, Judge John S. Pickett, Jr., was born in 1920 in Sabine Parish.  He graduated from Normal College in Natchitoches, Louisiana in 1942, served in the US Army from 1942 until the war ended in 1945.  He obtained his license to practice law in 1952.

He served as City Attorney for the Town of Many for 13 years, was elected to and served on the Sabine Parish School Board for 4 years, was elected to the House of Representatives in 1968 and served 4 years.  Governor John McKeithen appointed him to fill the seat vacated by his father, District Judge for the 11th Judicial District Court.  He was elected to a full term and served, without opposition for the next 18-1/2 years until he reached the mandatory retirement age.

His daughter, Judge Elizabeth A. Pickett, was born in Sabine Parish.  She graduated Tulane Law School in 1984.  Judge Pickett served in private practice in Sabine Parish from 1984-1990 and also served as Assistant District Attorney for the 11th Judicial District Court.

With her father's retirement approaching, 1990 she ran for and was elected to his seat as District Judge for the 11th Judicial District, and was re-elected in 1996 without opposition.  In 1997 she was elected to the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, and was re-elected to a full 10 year term in 2002 and presently serves in that position.

Honorable Henry A. Politz, born in Napoleonville, Louisiana.  He received is Juris Doctor degree in 1959 from LSU Law School.  He practiced law in the Shreveport area after graduation until his appointment as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in 1979.  He was the first Louisianian to serve as Chief Judge for the 5th Circuit, serving from 1992 through January 1999.  Judge Politz was visiting professor at the LSU Law Center where he taught courses in Professionalism and Legal Ethics.  He served 6 years on the Committee on Codes of Conduct of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the national ethics committee for all federal judicial officers and employees.  For this outstanding contributions to the legal profession and education, the Henry A. Politz Scholarship Endowment Fund was created by his friends and former law clerks.  The scholarship is awarded to a first-year minority LSU student to aid in book costs. 

Honorable Richard L. Stalder, was first appointed to Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections in 1992, was reappointed in 1996 by Govenor Foster and again in 2004 by Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.  He began his career in Corrections as a correctional officer in 1971 and has served as Superintendent and Warden of major juvenile and adult facilities as well as other Headquarters management roles.  He currently serves as President of the National Association of State Correctional Administrators and is past president of the American Correctional Association.  Secretary Stalder is a recipient of the Michael Francke Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Association of State Correctional Administrators, and the E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award, the American Correctional Association's most prestigious honor.

Honorable Ansel M. Stroud, Jr., born in Shreveport, Louisiana.  His military career encompasses 53 1/2 years of service.  His military education includes the Command and General Staff College in For Leavenworth, Kansas and the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  He enlisted in 1944, and after completing Officer Candidate School, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant.  He joined the Louisiana National Guard in 1947.  He was appointed to the position of Assistant Adjutant General in 1972 and was given a dual assignment as Commander of the 256th Infantry Brigade.  He was assigned Adjutant General in 1980 and was made Director of the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness in 1989. Noteworthy of his 17 1/2 year tenure as Adjutant General was the performance of the Louisiana National Guard units during Desert Storm, when 6,400 Louisiana Army Guardsmen were mobilized, more than from any other state.