mjp@stanleyreuter.com
(504) 523-1580

Michael J. Palestina joined the firm in 2009 following a clerkship with the honorable Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Mr. Palestina graduated from Tulane University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He earned his J.D. in 2008 from Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude, and was a William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar. While in law school, Mr. Palestina was a member of the Loyola Law Review, represented Loyola on two Moot Court teams, served as a research assistant to the Leon Sarpy Professor of Law Professor Kathryn Venturatos Lorio, whom he assisted in a revision of her Westlaw treatise on Louisiana Succession and Donations, and was inducted into the Order of Barristers

Employment History
Law Clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball of the Louisiana Supreme Court (2008-2009)

Judicial Intern to Magistrate Wilkinson for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Research assistant to the Leon Sarpy Professor of Law Professor Kathryn Venturatos Lorio

Education
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (B.A., 2005)

Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.D., 2008, magna cum laude)

Professional Activities and Honors
Member: Loyola Law Review

Member: Loyola Moot Court

William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar, Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law

Inductee, Order of Barristers

First place oralist in the Loyola Intramural Moot Court Competition

Represented Loyola at the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition (fourth place oralist overall) and on the National Team at the New York Bar Association’s National Moot Court Competition (where his team advanced to the finals)

Publications
Of Registry: Louisiana’s Revised Public Records Doctrine, Loyola Law Review, 53 Loy. L. Rev. 989

Admitted to Bar
2008, Louisiana
2008, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana