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Marta-Ann Schnabel

Marta-Ann Schnabel is a shareholder in the law firm of O'Bryon & Schnabel, PLC. In her twenty plus years of private practice, she has handled various types of litigation, including construction disputes, insurance coverage issues, employment discrimination, health insurance/ ERISA coverage and professional malpractice defense.

She is a 1981 graduate of Loyola Law School, where she served on the National Moot Court Team and was a member of Law Review. She authored, "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: New Guidelines from the EEOC", Vol. XXVII Loy. Law Rev. 512 (Spring 1981). In 1996, Loyola recognized her many years of work with the Pro Bono Project, Legal Aid and the Legal Services Corporation by honoring her with the Gillis Long Public Service Award.

Ms. Schnabel is the immediate past president of the Louisiana State Bar Association. She became the first woman to serve as President of the Louisiana State Bar Association when she was sworn into office in June of 2006. She previously served on the Board of Governors as President-Elect. Her multi-faceted involvement with the LSBA has included service on the Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct, the Ethics Advisory Service Committee and the Access to Justice Committee. She was the co-chair of the Practice Improvement and Assistance Committee of the LSBA at its inception, and she remains active on the Committee as its liaison to the Board of Governors and as faculty at its Ethics Schools. She has served as Secretary of the association and was Editor-in-Chief of the Bar Journal from 2001-2003. She received the State Bar Association’s President’s Award in 1998 and again in 2004.

She is a past President of the New Orleans Bar Association and has represented the city in the American Bar Association House of Delegates. She has served as panel coordinator and speaker for various programs at ABA Annual and Midyear meetings.

Ms. Schnabel has also served as the Treasurer of the New Orleans Legal Services Corporation, a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and as the Chair of the IOLTA Compliance Committee of the Louisiana Bar Foundation.

She is also active in civic affairs as a member of the Alliance for Good Government, the Chamber of Commerce for New Orleans and the River Region and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

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