- Overview
- Practice Areas
- Education
- Admissions
- Honors and Awards
- Publications
- Presentations
- Professional Associations
- Community Involvement
Candace B. Ford is an associate in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. in the Commercial Litigation practice group. Her principal areas of practice include litigation involving unfair trade practices and unfair competition; contract disputes; healthcare-related litigation; and general business and commercial litigation issues. Candace also has experience representing financial institutions, mortgage banks and lenders, mortgage loan servicers and issuers, and other consumer financial services providers in lender liability actions. Candace practices in both state and federal courts, and before administrative courts.
She joined Breazeale after serving as an Assistant Parish Attorney for the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge where she defended the city in a variety of litigation, primarily serving as federal counsel. She devoted a significant portion of her practice to representing law enforcement agencies against Section 1983 claims and other civil rights litigation. She also has experience defending the city against planning and zoning, personal injury, and many constitutional issues.
Additionally, Candace previously served as a federal law clerk at the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana where she worked closely with a federal judge, which enabled her to strengthen her writing, analytical, and research skills.
Candace received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Southern University Law Center in the top 5% of her class, where she served as Articles Editor for the Southern University Law Review and where she received a top oral advocate award at a national inter-school moot court competition. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, summa cum laude, with a concentration in Pre-law and Paralegal Studies from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Candace is a regular volunteer for the Baton Rouge Bar Foundation Pro Bono Project. She has been a dependable and consistent volunteer for outreach activities including Thirst for Justice, Ask-A-Lawyer, and the new COVID-19 Legal Hotline.
A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Candace enjoys participating in community service; traveling and spending time with her husband, Aaron V. Ford Jr., and daughter, Erin; and taking her beagle, Bentleé, to the dog park.
Candace is highly effective in serving her clients because she brings litigation experience and an unusually broad legal background to Breazeale. Candace is naturally detail-oriented and extremely efficient. She particularly excels in exhaustive preparation for her cases and has an uncanny ability to identify some way, even if it is unusual, to formulate and deliver a compelling argument supporting her client’s position.
Practice Areas
Education
Southern University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, 2017
Northwestern State University, B.A., Criminal Justice, summa cum laude, 2013
Admissions
Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Professional Associations
American Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Vice Chair for Programming in the ABA Health Law Section’s Litigation & Risk Management Interest Group
Louisiana State Bar Association
Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Youth Education and Teen Court Committee, Chair
- Publications Committee
- High School Mock Trial Committee
- Pro Bono Project volunteer
Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Greater Baton Rouge Chapter
Federal Bar Association
National Bar Association, Commercial Law Section
Community Involvement
Mid City Redevelopment Alliance, Board of Directors
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Gamma Eta Omega Chapter, Baton Rouge, LA
Honors and Awards
Named "Ones to Watch" by Best Lawyers (Since 2022)
Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Pro Bono Award 2020
Baton Rouge Bar Association, President's Award 2020
Baton Rouge Bar Association, Judge Joseph Keogh Memorial Award, 2019
Named a "Rising Star" by Louisiana Super Lawyers (2021,2022)
American Bar Association Health Law Section Emerging Young Lawyers in Healthcare Award, 2022
American Bar Association’s 2023 On the Rise - Top 40 Young Lawyers Award
Louisiana State Bar Association, Leadership Class Co-Chair, 2023-2024
Publications
- “The Louisiana Crown Act: What Is It and Who Does It Affect?” June 2023
- “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2022 or CROWN Act” 08/29/2022
- “Judicial Interview: Judge William Morvant, 19th Judicial District Court, Division E Section 23.” The Baton Rouge Lawyer, May/June 2021. VOL. 4, ISSUE 3, p. 8.
- "Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice.” The Baton Rouge Lawyer, March/April 2021. VOL. 4, ISSUE 2, p. 14.
- "Judicial Interview: Judge Gail Grover, East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court, Division B." The Baton Rouge Lawyer, January/February 2021. VOL. 4, ISSUE 1, p. 8.
- Marriage, Religion, and the Art of Judging in Post-Obergefell Louisiana, 43 S.U. L. REV. 291 (2016)
- “Discovery Tip: Deposition Upon Written Questions.” The Baton Rouge Lawyer, September/October 2021. VOL. 4, ISSUE 5, p. 18.
Presentations
- Moderator: Speed Networking: Young Lawyer Mixer and Networking Event, American Bar Association, Health Law Section, March 10, 2022
- Presenter: Oral Advocacy Workshop for Moot Court Week at Southern University Law Center, October 25, 2021
- Distinguished Speaker at the 2020-2021 Southern University Law Review Junior Editor Induction Ceremony, October 16, 2020.
- Co-Presenter: “The Youth Justice System: Opportunities to Make a Difference” CLE, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 [Speaker: Judge Gail Grover, East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court]
- Panelist: Southern University Law Center’s Student Bar Association Virtual Alumni Round Up, March 20, 2021.
