Sheila Myers

• American Bar Association
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• National Association of Women Lawyers
• Association of Women Attorneys (New Orleans)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
• Former member National District Attorneys' Association
• Former member Louisiana District Attorneys' Association

New Orleans Bar Association Criminal Law Committee, 1993 - 1994.

• Co-Instructor for "Kidnapped by the Streets" a 2007 TIDES (Tulane InterDisciplinary Experiences Seminars) course for undergraduate freshmen.
• CLE Presentation for Annual Eastern District of Louisiana CJA Seminar, topic: "Affirmative Defenses and their similarity to Comets, Shooting Stars, and Meteorites." November 16, 2006.
• Faculty member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Gulf Coast Regional Seminar at Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998.
• Adjunct Faculty, Tulane School of Law Trial Advocacy Course for third year law students. 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995.
• Faculty member, LSU Trial Advocacy Training Program for third year law students, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1993, 1994, 1995.
• CLE presentation at Loyola Law School Seventh Annual Louisiana CLE Evidence Law Conference, topic: "Impeachment under the Code of Evidence," September 11, 1992.
• CLE presentation at Loyola Law School, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: the face of Criminal Justice in the 1990's, topic: "Motions to Suppress and Discovery," November 15, 1991.
• Faculty member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Southern Regional Seminar of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991.
• Commissioner, Committee of Professional Responsibility of the Louisiana State Bar Association for a 1987 Ethics Hearing.
• Proctor, National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) Certification Examination.
• Attorney/Advisor, Tulane School of Law Summer Clinical Program for Practicing Attorneys.
• Faculty member, NITA Program for Louisiana Legal Service Attorneys, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1983.
• Lecturer on various aspects of trial practice at Loyola Law School Clinical Program and Tulane Law School Clinical Program.
• Lecturer, Tulane School of Law course Law and Psychiatry on topics of "Competency to Stand Trial" and "Psychiatric Malpractice and the Duty to Warn Intended Victims."
• Lecturer at numerous professional law enforcement seminars.
• Speaker at Career Day Programs and civics classes at Academy of Holy Angels, Dominican High School, De LaSalle High School and Rabouin Vocational High School.

700 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130

(504) 528-9500

• 2008 Super Lawyer Award (Louisiana Attorneys)
• 2005 Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney Award
• Certification as a Specialist in Criminal Trial Advocacy, awarded by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA), 1982.

• 1975, LA
• 1984, LA
• 1985
• 1989
• 1995

• Pro bono legal work.
• Speaker and consultant on criminal legal matters to participants in Catholic Charities of New Orleans Americorps Program for Returning Citizens
• Volunteer Naturalist Guide for the Aquarium of the Americas, 1990 - present.
• Attorney Volunteer for AIDSLAW
• Member/Officer of Women United for Civic and Governmental Improvement. 1997-2005. (disbanded after Hurricane Katrina)
• Member of League of Women Voters 1992 - 2002
• Chair, Police Study Committee of the League of Women Voters, 1993 - 1994.
• Graduate of the 1992 Metropolitan Leadership Forum sponsored by the Metropolitan Area Committee.
• Member and then Chair, Public Safety Committee and the Algiers Reserve Officer Recruitment Program of the Algiers Community Network, 1988 - 1993.
• Former Staff/Advisor of the "Group of Success" from start of program in 1978 - 1979 until its termination in 1989. (program of Judges Israel M. Augustine, Jr. and Miriam G. Waltzer for non-violent, first offenders).
• Former Advisor for Law Explorer Scout Post sponsored by the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office.