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Mr. Ducote is an attorney at law, residing in and licensed to practice in Louisiana. He is considered a national expert on child abuse, domestic violence and child custody, and has trained judges, advocates, and court administrators all over the country.
Mr. Ducote has also helped draft state legislation and shape Federal case law. His Post-Separation Family Violence Relief Act (R.S. 9:361-369), passed unanimously by the Louisiana legislature in 1992, has been widely praised by the National Center on Women and Family Law, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Journal, and the Harvard Law Review. This legislation prohibits sexual abusers and violent parents from obtaining custody of children, and sets up tight controls over visitation. On his first attempt to take a case to the United States Supreme Court he won a unanimous reversal of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Ankenbrandt v. Richards , 504 U.S. 689, 112 S.Ct. 2206 (1992). In that decision he obtained the right of abused children to sue their parents in federal court and eliminated the hundred year old "domestic relations exception" to federal diversity jurisdiction.
In addition to serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Louisiana State University Medical Center, Mr. Ducote has authored articles for publications of the American Bar Association's National Legal Resource Center for Child Advocacy and Protection, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the Florida State Courts Legal Affairs and Education Division. Mr. Ducote has also lectured across the country to foster care review boards, national and state child welfare conferences, and adoption advocacy organizations.
Mr. Ducote has been the recipient of a number of awards. In 1989, he was named Citizen of the Year by both the Louisiana and New Orleans Chapters of the National Association of Social Workers. In 1997, he was awarded the American Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division's Child Advocacy National Certificate of Recognition for "significant legal contributions advancing the welfare of our nation's children." In March, 1998, he was invited by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles to be the keynote speaker at the Governor's Peace at Home Awards, which recognizes successful domestic violence prevention initiatives. In January 2001, he was honored by the national child advocacy organization Justice for Children for "Pro Bono Service With Sincere Appreciation for Commitment to the Abused Children of Our Nation." On May 10, 2001, he received the Louisiana State University School of Social Work Alumni Recognition Award for his contributions to the prevention of family violence through the legal system.
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