Leo C. Hamilton Partner—Baton Rouge Phone: 225.381.8056 Fax: 225.387.5397 leo.hamilton@bswllp.com

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Leo C. Hamilton, a partner in the Baton Rouge office, practices in the areas of labor and employment law, administrative law, constitutional law and governmental relations. He currently represents the City of Alexandria and the Parish of Pointe Coupee, and is General Counsel for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.

Admissions

Admitted to practice: Louisiana (1980)

Education

Paul M. Hebert Law School, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1977

Louisiana State University, B.A., 1973

Professional Associations

Louisiana Bar Foundation, Treasurer, Community Partnership Panel, Member, 2011 President’s Award

Louisiana State Bar Association, Bench Bar Committee Member

American Bar Association, Member

National Bar Association, Member

Federal Bar Association, Member

Louis A. Martinette Legal Society, Member

Baton Rouge Bar Association, Past President and Past member of the Board of Directors and various standing committees

American Association of Bar Presidents, Member

House of Delegates and the Head of the Civil Rights Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Past Member

House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, Past Member

Louisiana State Law Institute, Council Member

Louisiana Indigent Defender Assistance Board, Member

Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance (BREDA), Board Member

Alumnus of Leadership Baton Rouge and Leadership Louisiana

AFSCME, Louisiana Council No. 17, Past Assistant Secretary

Louisiana State Department of Labor, Past Assistant Director

Council for A Better Louisiana, Regional Advisory Board, Member

American Red Cross, Past President

City Club of Baton Rouge, Past Board Member

River City Jazz Coalition, Board Member

Omnicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Society, Member

Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, Member

A.P. Tureaud, Sr. Black Alumni Chapter of LSU Alumni Association, Member