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There has been an attorney

named Redmann practicing

in Louisiana since 1917, ac-

cording to family records.

The family is now in its fourth

generation of attorneys, with no signs of

stopping there. This family, with blood

relations and marriages stemming from

two Joyce sisters, also gathers in many

other Louisiana legal families. (See re-

lated article on page 443.)

The first generation of this family

begins with two gentlemen, Morris Ben-

jamin Redmann and Joseph Francoise

Monie.

Morris Benjamin Redmann was

born in New Orleans in March 1896. He

died in September 1955. He graduated

from Tulane Law School in 1916 and

was admitted to practice in March 1917.

He had a general practice in civil law and

Redmanns’ Legal Legacy Extends toFour Generations and Spans 90 Years

was first associated with the law firm of

Merrick &Schwarz and later with Guste,

Barnett & Redmann. He appeared before

the United States Supreme Court in two

reported decisions: Lacoste v. Depart-

ment of Conservation of State of Louisi-

ana, 263 U.S. 545, 44 S.Ct. 186, 68 L.Ed.

437 (1924), and Rickert Rice Mills v.

Fontenot, 297 U.S. 110, 56 S.Ct. 374, 80

L. Ed. 513 (1936). He was the father of

nine sons and one daughter. (His daugh-

ter and two sons are listed below in the

second generation. He is the paternal

grandfather of the Redmann grandchil-

dren listed in third generation.)

Joseph Francoise Monie was born in

Wallace, La. in February 1898. He died

in April 1972. He graduated from Loyola

University Law School in 1924. He was

custodian of notarial records for Orleans

Parish in the 1930s, was an Orleans Par-

ish assistant district attorney in the 1940s

and then worked in private practice at the

Pere Marquette Building (and prior to

that the former Maison Blanche Build-

ing) until his hospitalization in 1972. (He

is the maternal grandfather for lawyers

John B. Donnes, Denise C. Redmann and

Esther A. Redmann.)

There are three attorneys in the sec-

ond generation of the Morris B. Redmann

line — Sister Esther Redmann, Hon.

William V. “Bill” Redmann and Robert

Eugene Redmann.

Sister Esther Redmann, OSU, was

born in New Orleans in 1926. She earned

a licentiate in canon law (JCL degree) in

1989 from the Pontifical of St. Thomas

Aquinas, Rome, Italy. She served through

1998 as judge for the Diocesan Tribunal

of Springfield, Ill., and for the Court of

Appeals of the Interdiocesan Tribunal of

Attorneys in the Redmann family gathered

in front of the Louisiana Supreme Court

building. Front row from left, Denise C.

Redmann, Sr. Esther Redmann, OSU, and

Esther Redmann Giovatella. Middle row

from left, Eugene P. Redmann, Danielle

Palmatier Mitternight and Maria Redmann

Treffinger. Back row from left, David E.

Redmann, Jr., John W. Redmann, Amy

Redmann Gibbons and Kristopher

Redmann. Photo provided by the Redmann

family.

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442 April / May 2007

In January 2005, Judge William V. “Bill” Redmann received the

Loyola University School of Law St. Ives Award. On hand for the

ceremony were several family members. Kneeling from left, Ralph C.

Redmann, Bobbie Monie Redmann (Ralph’s wife), Ceci Redmann

Smith, Judge Redmann and Esther Redmann Giovatella. Middle

row, standing, from left, Maria Redmann Treffinger, Kevin M.

Mitternight (Danielle’s husband), Danielle Palmatier Mitternight,

Ana Redmann Chandler, Mrs. Ana Macouzet Redmann (Judge

Redmann’s wife), Michelle Scafidi Redmann (Gene’s wife), Sr. Esther

Redmann, OSU, Mary Redmann Duran, Alice Redmann and Denise

Redmann. Back row from left, Howard Chandler, Tere Redmann

Bible, Richard P. Redmann, David E. Redmann, Ronald L. Redmann,

John W. Redmann and Robert E. Redmann. Photo provided by the

Redmann family through Loyola University.

Chicago, Ill. She was formerly prioress

of the Ursuline Community in New Or-

leans (1998-2001). She currently serves

as judge for the Metropolitan Tribunal

for the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Hon. William V. “Bill” Redmann

was born in New Orleans in 1927 and

died in May 2005. He graduated first in

his class in 1952 from Loyola University

Law School and thereafter received a

master’s degree in philosophy from Notre

Dame. He served three years as execu-

tive counsel for Louisiana Gov. John

McKeithen. In 1968, he was appointed to

the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal, where he

served until May 1987, ultimately as chief

judge. Judge Redmann also was a profes-

sor of law at Loyola Law School and

recipient of the Loyola University School

of Law St. Ives Award in January 2005.

He was a member of the Order of the Coif

and various bar and judicial associations

on local and national levels. He also

lectured and wrote extensively on the

law, being published in the state and

nationally. He received numerous awards,

distinctions and high praise for his ser-

vice to his profession and his community.

Judge Redmann also was a skilled pianist

and sang for decades with the St. Louis

Cathedral adult choir.

Robert Eugene Redmann was born

in New Orleans in 1940. He graduated

from Loyola University Law School in

1965. He was a captain in the U.S. Army

Judge Advocate General Corps from

1965-68. He served as a Louisiana assis-

tant attorney general and headed the Con-

struction Litigation Division (significant

projects litigated include the Louisiana

Superdome, LSU Medical Centers in New

Orleans and Shreveport and various large

state university projects). He was head of

the New Orleans office and deputy attor-

ney general statewide from 1972-87. He

retired from full-time private practice in

2005.

The third legal generation of nine at-

torneys includes the grandchildren of

Morris B. Redmann.

Kristopher M. Redmann was born

in New Orleans in 1957 (son of deceased

Mr. Kerry P. Redmann and Mrs. Audrey

Shuh Redmann). He graduated from

Loyola University Law School in 1987.

He is a shareholder of Lugenbuhl,

Wheaton, Pelk, Rankin & Hubbard

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The Joyce Sisters andTheir Louisiana Legal Descendants

John William and Margaret Smith Joyce were the parents of five

daughters who lived to adulthood. They were Eleanor Joyce, wife of Paul

S. Stuart; Esther Joyce, wife of Morris B. Redmann; Winifred Joyce, wife

of Claude J. Kelly; Ogiana Joyce, wife of James W.A. Dyson; and Hyacinth

Joyce, wife of Joseph R. Sellers. All but Ogiana had children.

The attorney descendants are in the lines of Esther Joyce Redmann

and Winifred Joyce Kelly.

Winifred’s daughter, also named Winifred, married Oliver Stanislaus

Delery. He was admitted to the Bar in 1952 and is a retired judge of New

Orleans Traffic Court, having served on that bench for 32 years.

Judge Delery is part of a long and distinguished line of attorneys himself.

His great-grandfather was Albert Esnoul Livaudais (1844-1911) who had

served as a judge in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes. Judge Livaudais

had two attorney sons — Oliver Stanislaus Livaudais who also served in

those parishes as a judge, and Philip Livaudais who served as district

attorney of St. Bernard. Oliver Livaudais, Jr. was also an attorney.

Judge Delery has cousins in his generation who are attorneys with

familiar names: Judge Robert Joseph Klees (retired from the Louisiana

4th Circuit Court of Appeal), Charles Hughes Livaudais, Charles L.

Chassaignac, Octave C. Livaudais, Andre D. Livaudais, Richard Ainsworth,

Andrew Lane Plauche, Jr. and, by marriage, Paul Ramoni, James Nieset

and Michael McNulty, Jr. (In another tie-in to the Joyce sisters, Judge

Delery’s sister, Noel Delery Donovan, married Paul S. Stuart, Jr.)

The next generation of Judge Delery’s family brings in yet more

attorneys: Robert E. Guillory, Jr., a former president of the Louisiana State

Bar Association; Winifred M. Delery (Hills) who served on the Law

Institute’s Committee on Curatorship and was a law clerk to Judge William

V. Redmann; Charles Livaudais, Jr.; Noel Delery; Isabella delaHoussaye

Crane; Nadia delaHoussaye; Elise delaHoussaye (Frantzen), a law clerk

on the 4th Circuit; Hamilton Davis; Charles L. Chassaignac, Jr.; James

Nieset, Jr.; and John Nieset.

The next generation includes two second-year law students: Judge

Delery’s grandson, Kelly Christian Comarda, and Gavin Hodges Guillot.

Winifred Joyce Kelly’s son, the late Claude J. Kelly, Jr., is the father of

Claude J. Kelly III, an attorney, who is married to Anne Wallis Kelly, who

is also an attorney. Claude Jr.’s widow, Angela Brady Kelly, is the sister of

Katherine Brady Casey, wife of retired State Sen. Thomas A. Casey, another

family of attorneys.

Esther Joyce Redmann has descendants who, while not attorneys

themselves, are connected to other legal families. Her granddaughter, Karen

Redmann, is married to Gary Gulotta, son of retired 4th Circuit Judge

James Gulotta. Gary’s brother and sister-in-law are also attorneys. Her

daughter-in-law Rose Marie Rapier Redmann’s late brother, Thomas G.

Rapier, was an attorney as well.

(1987-present) and served as a law clerk

to Hon. A.J. McNamara, United States

District Court, Eastern District of Louisi-

ana. His practice involves commercial

litigation, personal injury defense and

products liability.

Eugene P. Redmann was born in

New Orleans in 1958 (son of deceased

Judge Redmann and Mrs. Ana Maria

Macouzet Redmann). He graduated from

Loyola University Law School in 1991

and served as law clerk from 1990-92 to

Hon. Gerald P. Federoff, Orleans Parish

Civil District Court. From 1992-94, he

was an associate with Keaty & Keaty in

Lafayette, La. in personal injury-disaster

litigation. Since 1994, he has been in solo

practice, primarily in personal injury and

criminal defense.

Denise C. Redmann (Hoffman) was

born in New Orleans in 1959 (also mater-

nal granddaughter of attorney Joseph F.

Monie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph

C. Redmann). She graduated from Tulane

Law School, cum laude, in 1984, where

she was a member of the National Moot

Court Team. She worked as a law clerk to

Hon. Peter H. Beer, United States Dis-

trict Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana,

from July 1984-July 1985, and returned

as senior law clerk in 1992 through April

1994. She was an associate with Jones,

Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère and

Denègre from 1985-91. She joined the

Legal Department of Entergy Corp. as

senior counsel in the corporate and secu-

rities law group in April 1994 and was

promoted to assistant general counsel in

2001. She has been active in the Louisi-

ana State Bar Association —member,

Board of Governors; member, Profes-

sionalism and Quality of Life Committee

and Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commit-

tee; and member, Young Lawyers Sec-

tion Council. She has been a member of

the Louisiana Bar Foundation and a mem-

ber and former treasurer/secretary of the

New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar

Association. She currently serves on the

board of directors of The Pro Bono

Project (New Orleans) and Executive

Committee of The Pro Bono Project’s

annual Justice For All Ball.

Maria Redmann (Treffinger) was

444 April / May 2007

born in New Orleans in 1962 (daughter

of deceased Judge Redmann and Mrs.

Ana Maria Macouzet Redmann). She

graduated from Loyola University Law

School in 1988 and attended the LSU

Law Center summer program in Aix-en-

Provence. She worked as a law clerk for

Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Harry

T. Lemmon; for Hon. David R.M. Will-

iams; as central staff law clerk for the

Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal;

and for Hon. Mary Ann Vial Lemmon,

29th Judicial District Court. She has

served for more than 16 years as staff

attorney for the Louisiana Department of

Social Services, Child Support Enforce-

ment Services. She is co-founder of the

International School of Louisiana (a char-

ter public school that opened in August

2000) and served as board president from

2000-05.

John William Redmann was born in

New Orleans in 1963 (son of deceased

Judge Redmann and Mrs. Ana Maria

Macouzet Redmann). He graduated from

Loyola University in 1986 with BA de-

grees in French and psychology and from

Loyola Law School in 1989. He clerked

at the Orleans Parish Sewerage and Wa-

ter Board from 1989-90 and served as

law clerk from 1990-92 to Hon. George

C. Connolly, Orleans Parish Civil Dis-

trict Court. He was an associate with

Liska, Exnicios & Nungesser in New

Orleans from 1992-94 and in 1994 opened

the Law Office of John W. Redmann,

P.L.C., handling personal injury and

workers’ compensation claims. He has

been involved in several professional

and community organizations, among

them, A.P. Tureaud Inn of Court (in-

ducted 2005); member/treasurer, Louisi-

ana State Bar Association Bench and Bar

Section; member, Louisiana Bar Foun-

dation; member, Louisiana Association

for Justice; diplomat, National Institute

of Trial Advocacy, 1991; graduate, New

Orleans Regional Leadership Institute,

2003; board member, United Way of

New Orleans (2005-); Marquis’ Who’s

Who in American Law (1998-2006);

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Loui-

siana, since 1998; presenter and modera-

tor of continuing legal education semi-

nars; and former president, Celtic Club

of New Orleans.

Amy Redmann (Gibbons) was born

in New Orleans in 1964 (daughter of

deceased Mr. and Mrs. Richard P.

Redmann). She graduated from Loyola

University Law School in 1990. She has

worked as a staff attorney for more than

16 years with the Louisiana Department

of Social Services, Child Support En-

forcement Services. She received the Pro

Bono Award from The Pro Bono Project

(New Orleans) and received the Out-

standing Attorney Award for Child Sup-

port Enforcement Services.

Esther A. Redmann (Giovatella)

was born in New Orleans in 1964 (also

maternal granddaughter of Joseph F.

Monie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph

C. Redmann). She graduated from

Loyola University Law School in 1994.

She was an associate with Weigand,

Levenson and Costa from 1994-2003;

juvenile practice and Child in Need of

Care with Hammond City Court, 2004-

05; and staff attorney and judicial

administrator, City Court for Slidell,

since 2005. She was appointed as

arbitrator in small claims court for the

City of Slidell and coordinator-fiscal

agent of the Juvenile Drug Court

Program for the City Court of Slidell. She

is a member of the Louisiana and

National Drug Court Professionals

Associations and the Slidell Bar

Association.

David E. Redmann, Jr. was born in

New Orleans in 1969 (son of Mr. and

Mrs. David E. Redmann). He graduated

from Louisiana State University Paul M.

Hebert Law Center in 1994. He is a

partner with Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P. He

appeared before the Louisiana Supreme

Court in Meral v. Aucoin, 772 So.2d 10

(LA 11/13/00). He co-authored, with

Dwight C. Paulsen III, Louisiana

Chapter, Products Liability Defenses

(Defense Research Institute, 4th ed. 2004

and 3rd ed. 2001). He is a lecturer,

“Where is Daubert going and where

should it go?,” New Orleans Association

of Defense Counsel continuing legal

education program, 2001; and an author,

“The Role of ‘Unilateral’ Error in

Contract Rescission, Construction and

Damage Valuation: A Modest Proposal,”

53 Louisiana Law Review 1879 (1993).

Michael Benjamin Redmann was

born in New Orleans in 1980 (son of Mr.

and Mrs. Robert E. Redmann). He is a

second-year law student at Louisiana

State University Paul M. Hebert Law

Center and is expected to graduate in

May 2008.

The two attorneys in the fourth gen-

eration are both great-grandchildren of

Morris B. Redmann.

Danielle Palmatier Mitternight was

born in Boston, Mass., in 1980 (daughter

of Mrs. Mary Redmann and Mr. Timothy

Palmatier, a 1984 graduate of Loyola

University Law School and chief deputy

judicial administrator of the Louisiana

Supreme Court). She graduated from

Loyola University Law School in 2005.

She has clerked for the Jefferson Parish

District Attorney’s Office; for Hon.

Fredericka H. Wicker, 24th Judicial Dis-

trict Court, August 2005-February 2006;

for Hon. Fredericka H. Wicker, Louisi-

ana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal, Febru-

ary 2006-August 2006; and for Justice

Catherine D. “Kitty” Kimball of the Loui-

siana Supreme Court, August 2006-

present. She served as the duty law clerk

for the 24th JDC during the aftermath of

Hurricane Katrina. She graduated from

Loyola University in 2002 (BA degree in

psychology, minor in Spanish) and Ben-

jamin Franklin High School in 1998. She

is a member of Psi Chi, National Honor

Society of Psychology; and member, New

Orleans Metropolitan Association of

Realtors.

Daniel M. Redmann was born in

Metairie in 1981 (son of Mr. Kristopher

Redmann and Mrs. Kelly McGinity

Hoefeld, maternal grandson of Patrick

McGinity, also an attorney). He gradu-

ated from Loyola University Law School

in 2006. He is an associate with Hailey,

McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale,

L.L.P., in a general civil litigation and

insurance defense practice.