Randy A. Piedrahita, Attorney

Randy is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and of LSU Law School where he finished fourth in his class.  He received American Jurisprudence Awards in five subjects, and was made a member of the Order of the Coif, and served as Articles Editor of the Louisiana Law Review.  After graduation from law school, he served one year as Law Clerk to Justice Pike Hall, Jr., of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and after that served one year as Law Clerk to Chief Judge Henry A. Politz of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Randy has been with the firm for ten years and has successfully tried cases in State and Federal Courts all over Louisiana, and has conducted seminars for continuing legal education in Louisiana.  His practice area includes personal injury with a focus on maritime, industrial accidents, and automotive accidents.  He is currently admitted to practice in all state courts in Louisiana and in all federal courts in Louisiana.

Randy has served as a Deputy Sheriff for West Baton Rouge Parish and is currently a Deputy Sheriff for East Baton Rouge Parish.  There, he is a member of its SWAT Team, and is its Crisis Negotiator and Legal Advisor.  Randy holds a Special Deputation with the U.S. Marshal's Service.  He also is Legal Instructor for the Capital Area Regional Training Academy, a police academy training police cadets in the Baton Rouge metro area.  Randy further makes presentations on liability issues for the POST Council, the certifying body for all law enforcement officers in Louisiana.

Randy has also received a prestigious "AV" rating from the foremost national lawyer's rating service, Martindale Hubbell.  This signifies that Randy has been rated by the lawyers in this legal community as having the highest legal ability and ethical standards, a rare recognition usually give only to much more senior lawyers.   

Randy has handled cases of national attention and significance.  These include the lawsuit against Oliver Stone and Time-Warner for the violence inspired by the film "Natural Born Killers", which went all the way to the United States Supreme Court.  Another was against the riverboat casinos for their distribution for free alcohol to gamblers without regard for the dangerous drunk driving which ensued, the case later becoming the subject of a Wall Street Journal feature.  Randy is also an approved attorney for referral by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Randy is married.  He has two children, these being his greatest achievements and, hopefully, the ones for which he will be best remembered.