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The New Orleans Bar Association named Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams its Pacesetter Campaign Winner for recruiting the most newly-enrolled and renewed members of any other firm. 100% of the firm's attorneys signed up as members of the Association.
For the second consecutive year, Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams was honored by New Orleans CityBusiness as one of the city's "Best Places to Work."
The Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society elected Inemesit U. O’Boyle president for the 2009 term. The society, named after Louis Andre Martinet, was formed in 1957 as a professional organization for african-american lawyers in Louisiana.
 

 

Inemesit U. O'Boyle

While earning a law degree from Tulane University, Ms. O'Boyle worked part-time in Tulane's Athletic dept and participated on the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Team and as a student attorney for Tulane's Civil Litigation Clinic. As an undergraduate at the University of Tulsa she was an honor student, four-year letterman and captain of the women's track team and served as president of the Student Athlete Advisory Board. Ms. O'Boyle specializes in tort and corporate business litigation. She is in a unique position because she has had experience working as both a defense attorney and a plaintiff's attorney. She currently maintains a practice in both areas.  In 2009, Ms. O’Boyle was elected president of the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Society, a professional organization with a rich history of supporting African American attorneys in the community.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:

  • Naturalization Committee Chair & Choose Law Committee Co-chair for the Young Lawyers Section of the New Orleans Bar Association
  • President, Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Society
  • Corresponding Secretary for the Louis A. Martinet Society
  • Member of NOBA Inns of Court
  • Member of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
  • Member Federal Bar Association
  • Member of National Bar Association
  • Member of the Louisiana Bar Association
  • Member of the American Bar Association
  • Member of the Defense Research Institute

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

  • Board member & Volunteer: New Orleans Girl's First (program to encourage self-esteem through activity in underserved girls);
  • Board member: Community in Schools of New Orleans (National program developed to help young people stay in school and prepare for life)

Bar Admissions:
Louisiana, 2005

Education:
Tulane University, J.D., 2005
Trial Advocacy Award Recipient
Black Law Student Association - Member
Tulane's Civil Litigation Clinic - Student Attorney

University of Tulsa, B.A., 2000
Dean's & President's Honor Roll (4 years)
Women's Track Team, four-year letterman and team captain

Contact Information
inem@ghwlegal.com
(504) 456-8600