PROVOSTY - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Attorney Brief
• Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association

Ms. Brame joined the firm in 1991 and is a director with the firm. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Brame earned her Paralegal Certification from Tulane University. After several years as a litigation paralegal, she entered law school and has been in practice since 1988. Education B.S from Louisiana State University in 1978; Paralegal Certification from Tulane University in 1982; and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University in New Orleans in 1988. Ms. Brame has a general legal practice. Since 1994, Ms. Brame has been managing the section of the law firm which provides legal services to members of LegalShieldSM and includes overseeing a number of staff and attorneys. The legal issues addressed by the LegalShieldSM section of the law firm include a variety ranging from succession issues to personal injury to defense matters. LegalShieldSM has been in business since 1972 and provides access to legal services to members across the United States and Canada. Ms. Brame holds an AV® Peer Review Rated certification from Martindale-Hubbell. Ms. Brame has been a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association since 1988. She is a member of the Alexandria Bar Association and was the first woman elected to serve as President of the Association in 1995. She served on the Executive Committee from 1992-1997, and was Secretary/Treasurer from 1993-94 and Vice President from 1994-95. Ms. Brame served on the Hearing Committee for the Louisiana State Disciplinary Board from 1995-2001, including service as Chair from 1996-2000. From 1996-97, she served on the Louisiana Certified Paralegal Certifying Board. Ms. Brame is a Fellow in the Louisiana Bar Foundation and a member of the American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville.

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Attorney Brief
• Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association

Mr. Marler has been with the firm since 2009 and works, primarily, in the LegalShieldSM Department of the firm. Previously, he was in solo practice with experience in the areas of contract formation, negotiation and dispute, construction law, successions, estate planning issues, and landlord lease formation. He maintains a general law practice. Education Mr. Marler holds a B.S. Degree from Louisiana State University of Baton Rouge, 1983 and a Juris Doctorate from Thomas Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 1999. Mr. Marler is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Alexandria Bar Association. Additionally, Mr. Marler is a member of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Mr. Marler has served on the Advisory Board of NextStep, a non-profit organization located in Central Louisiana, which is dedicated to improving the lives of victims of domestic violence. He also serves as Treasurer for the Campaign to Elect Chris Hazel, District 27, Louisiana House of Representatives.

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Associate of the Firm and Has Been With
• Member of the First Baptist Church of Robeline
• Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association

Mr. Lambert is an associate of the firm and has been with Provosty, Sadler & deLaunay, APC since 2000. He has more than 15 years experience in general civil law. Mr. Lambert is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Alexandria Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Lambert is a member of the First Baptist Church of Robeline and is very involved with the church's foreign missions program.

Job Titles:

• Associate
• Attorney Brief

Eli J. Meaux joined the Provosty firm as an associate in 2013. He has a general civil litigation practice focusing on issues of municipal defense and commercial liability. He also has experience in secured transactions litigation, creditor liability defense and collections. Education Mr. Meaux graduated with a B.A. in History from Louisiana State University in 2008 and received his Juris Doctorate from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2011, graduating Order of the Coif, magna cum laude. Mr. Meaux was a Member of the Louisiana Law Review during his time at the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, as well as an extern at the Louisiana Supreme Court in 2009.

Job Titles:

• Corporate Secretary
• Director
• Attorney Brief

Mr. Alexius is a director and corporate secretary of the firm. He joined the Provosty firm in 1978 after eight years of practice in New Orleans. His areas of practice include professional liability defense, health care law, general civil practice and mineral rights and transactions. Mr. Alexius also concentrates on Commercial Litigation, Hospital and Medical Administration, Medical Staff Issues, Oil and Gas and Wills and Estates. Education Mr. Alexius holds a Bachelor of Arts from LSU, 1963 and a Juris Doctorate from LSU Law Center, 1970.

Job Titles:

• Attorney Brief
• Director of the Firm and Has Been With

Mr. Calvit is a director of the firm and has been with Provosty, Sadler & deLaunay since 1987. He has more than 20 years of experience in litigation in the areas of insurance defense, including products liability and automobile negligence claims. Mr. Calvit's area of practice also includes suits against political subdivisions and, more particularly, law enforcement officials. Mr. Calvit has defended claims against sheriffs, deputies, police officers and other officials in state and federal court. Mr. Calvit also advises private prison management companies in various matters and handles all litigation arising from the operation of the prisons. Mr. Calvit has been a member, since 1987, of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Alexandria Bar Association. He has been a member of the Crossroads American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville since its founding and presently serves on the Executive Committee. He is admitted to practice before all of the Federal Courts of Louisiana, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Calvit is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Calvit has been an instructor and lecturer at the Alexandria Police Regional Training Academy since the early 1990s and at the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office Corrections Academy since it began operations in 1999. In addition, Mr. Calvit was a speaker at the Fifth International Breachers Symposium and has been a lecturer for C.L.E. programs.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Member of the Board
• Director of the Firm and Has Been
• Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association

Mr. Sadler holds a B.S. from Louisiana State University in 1969; a Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University School of Law in 1972 and a Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation from Georgetown University in 1974. Mr. Sadler has been a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association since 1972. He is a member of the Sub-Committee on Trusts of the Louisiana Law Institute, and has served on that committee for almost 30 years. He is a past member of the Taxation Specialization Board of the Louisiana Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before all of the Federal Courts of Louisiana, including the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the Alexandria Bar Association and Louisiana Association of Hospital Attorneys. Mr. Sadler is a board member on the Central Louisiana Conventions and Visitors Bureau. Mr. Sadler serves as a director on the Central Louisiana Community Foundation and the St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Foundation. Mr. Sadler is President of the Krewe of Parlangua. He is a member of St. James Episcopal Church and a past Vestry member.

Job Titles:

• Attorney Brief
• Director With the Firm and Has Been With

Mr. Ryland is a director with the firm and has been with Provosty since 1996. He has more than twenty years of litigation experience in various areas of the law, and also advises clients in corporate and taxation matters. Mr. Ryland concentrates his practice in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Taxation, Estate Planning, Personal/Commercial Property and Casualty Litigation. Education B.A. from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge in 1987; Juris Doctorate from Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, in 1990; LLM in Taxation from the University of Florida in 2008. Mr. Ryland has been a member, since 1990, of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in front of all of the Federal Courts in Louisiana, including the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Alexandria Inns of Court, the Defense Research Institute, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, and the Tax Section of the Louisiana Bar Association.

Job Titles:

• President
• Attorney Brief
• Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association

Mr. Bailey is president and a director of the firm. He has been with the firm since 1989. He has over 25 years of extensive litigation experience, in the areas of reinsurance and excess insurance, workers compensation claims and premium disputes, toxic tort, environmental disputes, annexation disputes, property rights and other complex civil litigation. He also regularly advises clients in insurance, environmental and other regulatory matters. Mr. Bailey was a practicing chemical engineer in manufacturing prior to entering law. Education Juris Doctorate 1989, Louisiana State University; Masters of Business Administration 1987 (cum laude), Louisiana State University; B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1979, Louisiana State University. Mr. Bailey has been a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association since 1989. He is admitted to practice before all of the Federal Courts of Louisiana, including the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Environmental Section of the State Bar and served as Section Chair in 2006. He served on the RBCA advisory liaison group for the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. He is a member of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, the Alexandria Bar Association, and Air and Waste Management Association. He has presented as a CLE lecturer in the subjects of workers' compensation and environmental law.

Job Titles:

• Attorney Brief
• Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association

Mr. Martin has been Of Counsel to Provosty, Sadler & deLaunay, APC since 2001 Mr. Martin has over 30 years of experience in commercial litigation, healthcare regulation and estate planning. Education Mr. Martin earned a B.A. in Economics, Cum Laude, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1980 and a Juris Doctorate, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 1984. Mr. Martin has been a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association since 1984. He is admitted to practice before all of the Federal Courts of Louisiana, including the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. From 1990 to present, Mr. Martin has been an Assistant Bar Examiner for the Louisiana State Bar Association, Successions and Donations. Mr. Martin served as Chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee of the Home Care Association of Louisiana and was a Member of the Credentialing Task Force for Consultants for the National Association of Home Care.

Job Titles:

• Litigation

Provosty, Sadler & deLaunay, APC, founded in 1945, is the oldest business and defense-oriented firm in central Louisiana serving local, statewide and national clients.

Job Titles:

• Litigation