INDEX OF AUCTION TOPICS DISCUSSED
BY THE LOUISIANA AUCTIONEER LICENSING BOARD (LALB)

 Attorney Contract Approvals

LALB discusses a $21,000 increase in budgeted legal fees for FYE 6/30/15,
 of which $15,000 is for Larry S. Bankston and $6,000 is for Anna Dow.

LALB approves legal contracts of Anna Dow ($15,000), Larry Bankston ($25,000), and the Louisiana
Attorney General's Office ($10,000) in a lightening-fast one-minute presentation and discussion. 

LAPA Vice President Robert Burns emphasizes need to formalize LALB's hiring of a 3rd law firm (Shows, Cali, & Walsh LLP) and also
provides insight that legal fees should consume about 50-70% of all auctioneer license fees paid for FYE 6/30/14. 

 
Ms. Jacobs-Levy is an attorney who has practiced law in NEW ORLEANS
for 43 years.  Nevertheless, from the 3:10 - 3:30 mark of the video above,
Ms. Jacobs-Levy strongly encourages the hiring of attorney Larry S. Bankston,
even saying, "he's never been censured by any court that I'm aware of and, as
I said, I've been practicing for 42 years, so if he had been, I think I would know
about it."  Reality:  Bankston is a convicted felon who served 33 months of a
41-month Federal prison sentence for accepting a bribe while serving
as a State Senator.  His license was also revoked by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Since Mr. Bankston's trial was VERY high-profile and occurred in Ms. Jacobs-Levy's
backyard of NEW ORLEANS, either Ms. Jacobs-Levy, in the video above, displayed
unsurpassed ignorance of her own profession, or else she intentionally misled her
fellow Board Members regarding Mr. Bankston's qualifications.  It's also worth
noting that Mr. Bankston, who was present for Ms. Jacobs-Levy's widely
inaccurate statements, chose not to say a word to correct her inaccurate portrayal
of him.

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