Louisiana Appellate Project

“James h looney james h looney aplc exec directr 100% corp ownership”

“Directors are considered under the articles to be members of the corporation.”

“The board is composed of five to seven members, each of whom has to be an attorney in good standing in louisiana, who are elected by the then current directors. Each such elected director becomes a member of the corporation and remains so until he or she ceases to be a director. There is no outside agency or body which names any of the directors. The executive director (or chief operating officer) of the louisiana appellate project is an ex officio member of the board, but without vote. (prior to 11/4/10, the executive director was a full member and chairman of the board, but ceased to hold that voting membership with the amended articles of incorporation.) the directors do not have term limits.”

“THERE ARE NO COMMITTEES.”

“Michael courteau 714 st john street monroe, la 71201-8436 richard m tompson 848 2nd street, floor 3 gretna, la 70053-5804 michael a mitchell po box 3356 baton rouge, la 70821-3356 brett brunson po box 12 natchitoches, la 71457-0012 pamela g smart po box 235 benton, la 71006-0235 derrick carson 4001 carter st, rm 4 vidalia, la 71373-3021 autumn town 700 camp st, ste 112 new orleans, la 70130-3702”

“The form 990 will be emailed to all board members for comment before filing.”

“Executive director makes regular inquiries and makes sure that none of the contracts involve directors.”

“The budget committee of the louisiana public defender board (lpdb) looked during the summer of 2007 at the compensation of all of the programs it funded and came up with the current number. The budget committee reported to the lpdb itself, which approved the budget request. By law, none of the public defenders (including those at louisiana appellate project (lap)) may be members of the lpdb and the director is not related to any of those members. The lap board also approved the amount.”

“Articles are recorded with the secretary of state and clerk of court. Bylaws are available on request. The organization's conflict of interest policy is available on request. The organization's financial statements are available to the public on request.”