Helen Harris

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Education

Loyola University School of Law New Orleans/1991/JD

Admitted to Practice

LA1991/

Legal Organizations

Bar Associations: American Bar Association-Family Law Section
Louisiana State Bar Association-Family Law Section Lafayette Bar Association-Paula K. Woodruff Family Law Section Positions Held: Lafayette Bar Association-Paula K. Woodruff Family Law Section (Secretary/Treasurer 2014)
Lafayette Bar Association-Paula K. Woodruff Family Law Section (President 2015). Committees: Lafayette Bar Association-Paula K. Woodruff Family Law Section: Family Law Court Local Rules Committee: 1997-1999, 2004-2005
Social Committee: 2000-2001
Court Liaison Committee: 2011-2016
Uniform Family Law Rules Committee: 2013 and 2014
Louisiana State Bar Association: Continuing Legal Education Committee 2013-2014
Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization Family Law Advisory Commission: 2014-2016
Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization Family Law Advisory Commission CLE Committee: 2015-2016
Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization Family Law Advisory Commission Specialization Grader 2015
Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization Family Law Advisory Commission Secretary: 2016-2017. Appointments: Previously served as a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s House of Delegates.

CLE Presentations

Lafayette Bar Association Paula K. Woodruff Family Law Section: April 8, 2009: “Attorney’s Fees/Sanctions, Fair Rental Value for Use of the Community Home, Allocating the Use of Community Property Prior to Partition, the use of Special Masters in Family Law Cases and the use of Pre-Trial Scheduling Orders in Community Property Cases
” November 4, 2009:”Ethics in Family Law”
May 9, 2012: “Conflicts of Interest: When Personal Relationships Cloud Professional Judgment
” May 12, 2014: “Failure to Communicate: One of the Most Common Disciplinary Complaints
” National Business Institute Advanced Issues in Divorce, November 7, 2011: “Ethics in Family Law
” Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants, October 28, 2014: “Dollars and Sense: An Accountant’s Contribution in a Divorce Case
” October 30, 2015: “Reimbursement Claims
” Louisiana State University 19th Annual Family Law Seminar, September 24, 2015: “It’s Not All About the Genes: Filiation and Disavowal.”

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