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Our Client’s Candidacy Challenge Sustained: Court Disqualifies Candidate Who Did Not File a 2021 Tax Return
Our client, a registered voter in Orleans Parish, filed a Petition for Action Objecting to Candidacy on Thursday, August 13, 2026. The case went to trial the following Monday before Judge Omar K. Mason of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. On August 5, 2026, Mark Lawes qualified to run for Constable of…
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Our Client, a Candidate for Clerk of Court, Successfully Defeated a Candidacy Challenge at Trial, Affirmed by the Fourth Circuit, and Prevailed with a Writ Denial at the Supreme Court
Anne Zoller Kiefer objected to the candidacy of our client, Hon. Darren Lombard, alleging that Mr. Lombard “failed to qualify for the primary election ‘in the manner prescribed by law’ as required by La. R.S. 18:463,” specifically alleging that Mr. Lombard failed to file a campaign finance report years earlier. In response, we filed peremptory…
