Walter Marshall Sanchez

Selected by his peers for inclusion in La. Super Lawyers®, 2007 – 2018 Editions, in Criminal Defense ; The Best Lawyers in America ®, 2007 – 2018 Editions, in Family Law and 2011 – 2018 Editions, in DWI Defense; Selected Best Lawyers’ Lake Charles Family Attorney of the Year, 2015; Top Lawyers in Acadiana, Acadiana Profile Magazine , White Collar Criminal Law (2014 – 18), Family Law (2014 – 17), Non-White Collar (2018); Justice Albert Tate, Jr. Award, La. Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2007; Phi Delta Phi. First Place, Flory Trial Moot Court Competition, 1984. Faculty Member & Section Leader, LSU School of Law Trial Advocacy Training Program, 1993 –. Chair, Indigent Defender Bd., 14th Judicial District Court, 1988-1996. Appointed by Supreme Court, La. Indigent Defender Bd. (Vice-Chair, 1994-1996). Member, La. Indigent Defense Assistance Bd., 2004 – 2007; La. Public Defender Bd., 2007 – 2009. Appointed as needed by Supreme Court, Judge Pro Tempore, Sulphur City Court, 1999 –; Lake Charles City Court, 2013–. Member, La. Law Institute Comm. on Fault in Divorce, 1998–2001. Member, La. Judicial Council, Family Court Rules Comm., 2009 –. Commissioner, Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District (2009 – 17; Vice-President 2010 – 2011; President 2011 – 12). Member, La. Bd. of Intn’l Commerce, 2013 – 16. Member, American Mensa, Ltd., 1976 –.