09/03/2026
☀️ Great time at the Slidell Bar Association candidate forum today! As a Past President of the Slidell Bar Association, Ben has enjoyed serving the Northshore community for many years. He has owned and operated his own law firm in Slidell for decades. For almost 10 years, his firm maintained an office in Bogalusa.
Of nearly 40 years practicing law, Ben has managed his law firm on the Northshore for 26 years. Running a law firm for a QUARTER CENTURY means:
⚖️ Building numerous cases (plaintiff and defense) from start to finish, from providing comfort, stability, and counsel to the individual walking through his doors in need of help, to assembling the case file, to investigating the documentary evidence, to interviewing the witnesses, to studying the medical, financial, and business records, to taking the depositions, to trying the pretrial motions before the judge, and ultimately to resolving the case according to the client’s goals, whether trial by jury, trial to the bench, or resolution via amicable settlement.
⚖️ Overseeing an active and demanding case load. Ensuring that litigation milestones are reached, deadlines are satisfied, and prompt and efficient resolutions are achieved for the multiple cases he simultaneously handled.
⚖️ Managing the business—everything from stewarding the tangible assets entrusted to him such as client funds, to preserving the intangibles like relationships with his employees, to the little things like staying late, taking out the trash, and keeping the business a place where people can be comfortably served.
Ben’s experience—in the courtroom, in the office, and in the real world—has been where the rubber hits the road. 🛻 That’s the kind of experience St. Tammany and Washington residents deserve. 🤝
