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Education Milestones: B.S. LSU 1959; J.D. Loyola
University School of Law 1972
Professional Achievements: Admitted to practice law in
Louisiana in 1972; Illinois in 1973; Missouri in 1990; West
Virginia in 2000
College:
ULL & LSU (BS 1959); Loyola Law School (1972); Active duty
U.S. Air Force (1959- 1962); FBI Special Agent (1962-1969);
Private Law Practice - Madison County, Illinois (St. Louis
area) 1972-2002; (New Orleans area) 2002-2004. For the past
20 years of private law practice, I have specialized in
railroad law. I retired from Air Force Reserves in 1986
when I was assigned to Staff Judge Advocates Corps.
Personal
Interests and leisure activities: travel, spectator
sports, exercise, law practice, fishing
Spouse:
Marie Landreneau Billeaud (Wezie). We met in New Orleans in
1961. She graduated from LSU in 1958 and received a
Master’s in Mass Communications in 1981 from SIU. She has
taught English and Speech in Arvada, Colorado, Springfield,
Illinois, Granite City, Illinois and has taught reading and
speech at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville,
Illinois. She worked as a corporate trainer for Citicorp in
St. Louis until 1992.
Personal
Information:
Children: 2 Grandchildren: 2
Comments:
Bill, Jr. has lived in Plano, Texas for the past 10 years.
He is married to Lisa, a
native of
Minnesota. They have no children. Bill graduated from the
University of Illinois in
1985. He
received his MBA with a concentration in International
business from St. Louis
University
in 1992. Since moving to the Dallas area, Bill has been
involved in a variety of
businesses,
primarily in the technology field.
Mark and his
wife, Susan, met while both attending Ohio State
University. They have 2
children,
Madeline, age 7 and Jack, age 3, and have lived in St. Louis
since graduating from Ohio
State. Mark
now owns his own commercial real estate company in St.
Louis.
I practiced
law in the St. Louis area and retired from that practice in
2002. Later, I responded to an offer of a friend in New
Orleans, who had lost a partner in his practice. I am still
working for that firm.
Major
Events after BHS: Married in 1962 and birth of sons -
Bill, Jr. in February 1963, and Mark in February 1966.
Among the
accomplishments of which I am proud is becoming
President of Madison County Illinois Bar Association.
Some of
the things I recall about BHS in the fifties: sports,
Mrs. Hatley, B.G. St. Romain and Coach Ralph Edwards
The past
50 years have gone by too fast. Nonetheless, since I
left Bunkie after graduating from LSU, I have lived in
Biloxi, New Orleans and Lake Charles while an officer in the
Air Force. We moved to Denver, Colorado, my first
assignment with the FBI, and then I was transferred to
Springfield, Illinois. Leaving the FBI in 1969, we moved
back to New Orleans for 3 years while attending law school.
Then it was back to Illinois in 1972 where I was in private
law practice in the St. Louis area until 2002. Finally it
was back to the New Orleans area for the 3rd time, my last
career move. I continue my law practice and also return to
St. Louis periodically, where I mediate law cases as a
neutral. I plan to remain active in my law and mediation
practice for the foreseeable future.
My hopes
for the future: Peace in the Middle East; no more
hurricanes.
We are not
planning any big changes in the near future.
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