Biography

PROFILE

Mr. Cole was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1980. He is also admitted before the U.S. District Court: Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, and the Southwest Bar Association.

By appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Cole served on the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee, and in the past served on the Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee to study the finances of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. He was also asked by local Workers’ Compensation Judges to form a Workers’ Compensation Section of the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association and served as its first President in 2009.

Mr. Cole is a member of the Episcopal Church of Good Shepherd and is involved in various community activities. As President of the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, Mr. Cole accepted on behalf of the organization, the 2006 Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding pro bono services to the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

TESTIMONIAL

“Mr. Cole was an excellent mediator."