n August 2013, state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s office did not mince words in a tersely worded statement about whether it would be filing any state charges related to the then-ongoing federal investigation into District Attorney Mike Harson’s office’s handling of certain types of cases, mainly OWIs.
In early January, “Big Four” audit firm Ernst & Young celebrated the opening of its 202 Rue Iberville office with an open house. In operation for about a year, the office employs four full-time professionals but expects to eventually grow to 12-14.
Longtime Lafayette attorney Greg Guidry has brought one of the largest
employment law firms in the country, Atlanta-based Ogletree Deakins, to
the city.
The IT company will call the old Advertiser building on Jefferson Street home for at least the next year — until its new 50,000-square-foot office building at 538 Cajundome Blvd., designed by Architects Southwest and under construction by J.B. Mouton, is complete.
Mike Neustrom brought an academic, data-driven approach to the
Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office that has paid dividends in
rehabilitating offenders and reducing recidivism. Replacing him this
fall with the right candidate is critically important.
Charles Fenstermaker has been elevated to CFO of Fenstermaker & Associates following the retirement of longtime CFO Dan Lavergne, who held the post for 18 years.
While the members of this diverse group of Acadiana women can’t all say they were firsts, each of them has contributed to our community in ways too countless to capture in 500-word profiles.