William Jennings Jefferson is an American former politician from Louisiana whose career ended after his corruption scandal and conviction. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms from 1991 to 2009 as a member of the Democratic Party. He represented Louisiana's 2nd congressional district,which includes much of the greater New Orleans area. He was elected as the state's first black congressman since the end of Reconstruction.
Viet D. Dinh is a Vietnamese-born American legal scholar who is on the board of Strategic Education. He is also the Chief Legal and Policy Officer of Fox Corporation where he leads all legal,government and regulatory and government affairs. He served as an Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 2001 to 2003,under the presidency of George W. Bush. Previously,Dinh was a partner at two leading law firms,Kirkland &Ellis LLP and Bancroft PLLC,the latter of which he founded. Born in Saigon,in former South Vietnam,he was a major contributor to the Patriot Act and is a former member of the Board of Directors of News Corporation.
Edward Douglass White Jr. was an American politician and jurist. White,a native of Louisiana,was a U.S. Supreme Court justice for 27 years,first as an associate justice from 1894 to 1910,then as the ninth chief justice from 1910 until his death in 1921. White is known for siding with the Supreme Court majority in Plessy v. Ferguson,which upheld the legality of state segregation.
Cecilia High School(CHS) is a 4A public secondary school located in Cecilia,an unincorporated community in Saint Martin Parish,Louisiana,United States.
SMU Dedman School of Law,commonly referred to as SMU Law School or Dedman School of Law,is a law school located in Dallas,Texas. It was founded in February 1925. SMU Law School is located on the campus of its parent institution,Southern Methodist University.
The 1996 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 11 December 1996 to select the first Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) which term started from 1 July 1997 after the Chinese resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the British rule. It was selected by the 400-member Selection Committee installed by the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Tung Chee-hwa,a Shanghai-born Hong Kong businessman who was seen being favoured by Jiang Zemin,General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party,was the ultimate winner of the election,defeating former Chief Justice Ti-liang Yang and tycoon Peter Woo with a large margin.
The Knights of Rizal is an Order of Chivalry from the Philippines,created to honor and uphold the ideals of Philippine national hero JoséRizal.
Mayer Brown is a global white-shoe law firm,founded in Chicago,Illinois,United States. It has offices in 27 cities throughout the Americas,Asia,Europe,and the Middle East,with its largest offices being in Chicago,Washington,D.C.,New York City,Hong Kong,and London.
Donald Jules Cazayoux Jr. is an American lawyer and former politician. He served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana from 2010 to 2013. From 2008 to 2009,he was a Democratic United States Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district.
John Clint Williamson is an American diplomat,lawyer,and educator who has served in a variety of senior-level roles with the United States Government,the United Nations,and the European Union. He currently serves as the Senior Director for International Justice at Georgetown University,on a joint appointment between the Law Center and the Department of Government. Ambassador Williamson heads the US Department of State-funded project at Georgetown that provides support to the Ukrainian government in its investigation and prosecution of crimes arising from the current conflict. He is the Lead Coordinator of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA),the agreed trans-Atlantic community mechanism for addressing atrocity crimes in Ukraine. In this capacity he coordinates,on behalf of the EU,UK and US governments,the work of the five implementing entities that comprise ACA.
Helmut Böck is an Austrian diplomat and Ambassador. On 1 July 2008 he was formally accredited as the Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations in Vienna.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana took place on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 8,2016,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Louisiana,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Glen Clay Higgins is an American politician and reserve law enforcement officer from the state of Louisiana. A Republican,Higgins is the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. The district,which contains much of the territory once represented by former governor Edwin Edwards and former U.S. senator John Breaux,is in the southwestern corner of the state and includes Lafayette,Lake Charles,and New Iberia. Higgins won the runoff election on December 10,2016,defeating fellow Republican Scott Angelle.
Joseph R. Donovan Jr. is a former American diplomat who previously served as United States Ambassador to Indonesia. Joseph R. Donovan Jr. graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He earned a master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Terry Alvin Doughty is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Nominated by President Donald Trump,Doughty served as a judge on the Fifth Judicial District Court in Louisiana from 2009 to 2018.
The Honourable Mr Justice Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor (潘兆初) is the Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong and President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong.
