Craig Smith and Ricky John have similar beginnings; both are from Shreveport and have graduated from Loyola College Prep and LSU Law School. Now, as law partners, they practice in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels. Both are members of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Federal Fifth Circuit Bar Association.
Craig and Ricky are currently serving seventh terms in the House of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association for the First Judicial District Court which encompasses all of Caddo Parish. The House of Delegates is the policy making body of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Craig and Ricky are past members of the Harry V. Booth and Henry A. Politz Chapter of the American Inns of Court which is a group of select judges and lawyers dedicated to improving the skills, professionalism, and ethics of the bench and bar. Previously, Craig chaired the Criminal Law Committee of the Shreveport Bar Association and Ricky chaired the Continuing Legal Education Committee for the Shreveport Bar Association.
Craig and his wife, Mary Ann, are parents to Craig III, Jack and Mary Kathryn. He has served as Vice-President of the St. Joseph Parish Finance Council and is a past board member of the Young Lawyer's Section of the Shreveport Bar Association. Additionally, he has served as a Teen Court Judge.
Ricky and his wife, Angela, are parents to Corley, Grant and Bridget. Ricky has served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Soldiers' Angels, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing aid and comfort to the members of our armed forces. He also served as the Chairman of Soldiers' Angels, Operation Katrina Soldiers Relief Fund. He has served as President of McDade House, a hospitality house.
Both Craig and Ricky are dedicated to providing their clients with legal representation that caters to each client's individual needs.
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