Levee Board Names Counsel

The levee board has named Robert LaCour, veteran attorney to the East Jefferson Levee District, as temporary counsel to the authority and all three levee districts. The three now under the authority's umbrella also include Orleans Levee District and the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District in St. Bernard Parish.

In his new role as gatekeeper, LaCour will decide whether to handle specific issues or to pass them to the Louisiana attorney general's office, which state law designates as the authority's general counsel. LaCour also will assign work to a short list of outside lawyers whom the authority approved this month after being vetted by its legal committee. Additionally, he will review those legal bills for appropriateness.