After serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Jefferson Parish for seven years, Guy deLaup has practiced extensively in the area of family law and has also represented clients in business, insurance litigation, franchise litigation and medical malpractice matters.
As a litigator representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Guy understands the importance of alternative dispute resolution. He is a 1978 graduate of Louisiana State University and received his juris doctorate from LSU Law School in 1981, where he served as Vice Chairman of the Moot Court Board and participated in the Jessup Cup International Law Moot Court competition.
Guy was trained as a mediator at Pepperdine University of Law and the Mediation Institute of Oklahoma, and is a past president of both the Jefferson and Louisiana Bar Associations. He is a current member of the LSU Law School Board of Trustees and a Continuing Legal Education speaker to the Louisiana Bar Association, Jefferson Bar Association and the New Orleans Pro Bono Project.
Education
- LSU Law School, J.D., 1981
- Louisiana State University, 1978
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana 1981
Memberships & Associations
- Chairman, Crime Victim Services Committee, Louisiana State Bar Association
- Member, House of Delegates, Louisiana State Bar Association (1986-Present)
- Budget Committee, Louisiana State Bar Association (2003-2009)
- Bar Governance Committee, Louisiana State Bar Association (2002-2012), Chairman (2009-2012)
- Member, Family Law Section, Louisiana State Bar Association (2000-Present)
- Member, Small Firm and Sole Practitioner Section, Louisiana State Bar Association (2004-Present)
- Member, Francophone Section, Louisiana State Bar Association (2005-Present)
- Past President, Jefferson Bar Association (1989-1990)
- Member, American Law Institute (2007-2008)
- Member, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics (2007-2008)
- Executive Board, Louisiana Bar Foundation (2006-2009)
- Bar Foundation Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation since 1998
- Member, Louisiana Law Institute Counsel (2006-2008)
- Member, Southern Conference of Bar Presidents (2006-2009)
- Member, National Conference of Bar Presidents (2006-2009)
- Chairman, Louisiana Supreme Court Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee (1995-1996), Member (1990-1996)
- Probation Monitor for Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board
- Charter Member, John C. Boutall American Inn of Court (2003 to present)
- Member, LSU Law School Board of Trustees (2009 to present)
- Continuing Legal Education Speaker to the Louisiana State Bar Association, Jefferson Bar Association,
- Association, New Orleans Pro Bono Project and Tulane University Paralegal School
- Recipient of Louisiana Law League’s Bernard J. Caillouet Award (2009)
- Recipient of Louisiana State Bar Association’s Pro Bono Publico Award (2002)