David G. Blake

Education J. D., Louisiana State University, 2001 Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy B. A., Political Science and English (Literature), Louisiana State University, 1997 Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice Louisiana State Courts (District and Appellate) Louisiana Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (Federal Court) Western District of Louisiana (Federal Court) Eastern District of Louisiana (Federal Court) Eastern District of Texas (Federal Court) Southern District of Texas (Federal Court) Professional & Bar Association Memberships Louisiana Board of Regents Appointed by the Governor of Louisiana to serve on the states highest ranking secondary education board coordinating the efforts of all 33 degree granting institutions in the State of Louisiana. BOR Finance Committee Chairman BOR Secretary BOR Executive Committee Louisiana Association for Justice Executive Committee Board of Governors Maritime Section Chair Louisiana State Bar Association Nominating Committee (2018-2019) Board of Governors (2014-2017) Speaker at LSBA Admiralty Symposium in New Orleans (2009-2019) Speaker at various LSBA CLE Seminars (2009-2019) House of Delegates (2010-2012) LA Bar Foundation: Acadiana Community Partnership Panel (2013) Lafayette Parish Bar Association President (2012-2013) Executive Board Member (2006-present) Bar Foundation Board Federal Bar Association (Lafayette-Acadiana Chapter) Founding Board Member President (2006-2007) American Inn of Court of Acadiana President 2010-2011 Past Executive Board Member Past Team Leader American Association for Justice National Conference of Bar Presidents Admiralty Law Section American Bar Association The Council of Appellate Lawyers Downtown Development Authority DDA Chairman (2009-2012) Downtown Lafayette Unlimited (President 2007) Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Eucharistic Minister Opus Christi Magnum Co-Chair and Captain Foundation Board Acadiana Tigers & Tiger Athletic Foundation President (2006) Board Member the705 - Acadianas Emerging Leaders Founding Executive Board Member Vice President - Policy and Procedure (2008) Iberia Bank Advisory Board Member Christian Trial Lawyers Association Community Foundation of Acadiana ABC Art Fund (Vice-Chair) Professional Advisors Committee Mile Perret Cancer Services Past Board Member