Attorney Roger A. Stetter was born in New York, New York in 1947. He graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Industrial & Labor Relations in 1968 and received his J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School in 1971, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Law Review.
After graduation he worked as a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley, Virginia, then as an Assistant Professor of Law at Louisiana State University and later as Director of the Criminal Defense Legal Clinic at the University of Tennessee Law School. He has been in private practice for over 30 years, as a litigation associate with the former Wall Street law firm of Mudge Rose Guthrie & Alexander (1977-82) and a partner with the New Orleans firm of Lemle & Kelleher (1983-99). Roger Stetter now heads his own firm in New Orleans specializing in complex civil litigation involving clergy abuse, toxic torts, professional liability, employment discrimination, antitrust, and business litigation. In 2001, he served as co-counsel in an environmental pollution case that resulted in the second highest verdict in the United States.
Mr. Stetter is a frequent guest lecturer and the author/editor of many publications including Louisiana Civil Appellate Procedure and Louisiana Environmental Compliance (West). In 1998, the Louisiana Bar Foundation distributed his book, In Our Own Words: Reflections on Professionalism in the Law, to every lawyer and judge in Louisiana. He is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States and of The American Law Institute. He is admitted to practice in Louisiana, New York and Virginia.
Mr. Stetter is married to Barbara Hensley Stetter and the father of two sons, David Stetter, a computer analyst, and John Roger (“Jack”) Stetter, a recent graduate of Cornell University now doing post-graduate work in Paris, France.
Roger A. Stetter, Esq.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Whitney National Bank Building
228 St. Charles Ave, Suite 1219
New Orleans, La. 70130
Tel (504) 524-9100
Fax 524-1151