Lafayette, La. - United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Stephanie A. Finley, was recognized on March 22, 2013, at Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s 81st Regional Conference for her public service as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana. The public service award is presented to citizens for distinguished service to their community as a part of the organization’s commitment to serve mankind. Alpha Kappa Alpha is an international service organization founded in 1908 as the oldest Greek-letter sorority established by African-American college-educated women.
United States Attorney Finley is a Grambling State University and Southern University Law Center graduate who was selected by President Barack Obama in January of 2010, after being recommended by Senator Mary Landrieu and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June of 2010, to serve as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana. She was sworn into office on June 2, 2010. Ms. Finley is the first woman in the State of Louisiana appointed as U.S. Attorney. She serves as the chief law enforcement officer for 42 of the 64 parishes in Louisiana and is charged with the prosecution of criminal cases brought by the Federal Government and the prosecution and defense of civil cases in which the United States is a party.
Other honorees included Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Bernette Joshua Johnson, State Representative Patricia Haynes Smith, President of Xavier University of Louisiana, Dr. Norman C. Francis, Executive Director of the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, A. Michele Jean-Pierre, Director of Human Resources for the Jefferson Parish School System, Cynthia M. A. Butler-McIntyre, Founder of Love in Action Outreach, Inc., Gail Womack-Murray, Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, Isidore Newman High School Senior Ashley Adams, Isidore Newman Upper School Ninth Grade Honor Student Princeton Jerome Carter, and Kid Chef Eliana de Las Casas.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
