Attorney David Marcello, Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C., New Orleans, Louisiana

David A. Marcello
New Orleans, Louisiana

Areas of Practice:: Legislative Practice; Administrative Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Municipal Law; Public-Private Development

Bar Admissions:: Louisiana, 1971; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1971; U.S. Supreme Court, 1975; U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1975

Education:: Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1971
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif; National and International Moot Court Teams
Law Review: Tulane Law Review, Member, Associate Editor, 1970 - 1971; Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA, 1968
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa

Published Works:: David A. Marcello, “Systemic Ethics Reform in Katrina's Aftermath,” pp. 82-98 in Amy Liu, Roland V. Anglin, Richard M. Mizelle Jr., and Allison Plyer (eds.), “Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita”, (Brookings Institution Press: Washington, D.C. 2011); Marcello, “Housing Redevelopment Strategies in the Wake of Katrina and Anti-Kelo Constitutional Amendments: Mapping a Path Through the Landscape of Disaster,”, 53 Loyola L. Rev. 763 (2007); Marcello, “Community Benefit Agreement: New Vehicle for Investment in America's Neighborhoods,”, 39 Urban Lawyer 657 (2007) (included in Thomson/West 2008 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, reprinting important scholarly contributions); Administrative Practice Under the 1974 Constitution: A 'Silver Anniversary' Review, 62 Louisiana Law Review 185, (2002); The Ethics and Politics of Legislative Drafting, 70 Tulane Law Review #2437, (1996); The Law School in Fiction and Fact: Alternatives in Legal Education, 35 Loyola L. Review 565,(1989), (Essay Review of The Socratic Method); Book Review, The Lawyer, the Public, and Professional Responsibility, 47 Tulane Law Review 929, (1973)

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Louisiana State Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Access to Justice Committee, 1997 - 1998; Member; Association for Conflict Resolution, Community, Environmental, and Public Policy Sections; Member; Common Cause of Louisiana, Board of Directors, 1988 - 1992; Louisiana Children's Museum, Board of Directors, 1990 - 1996; New Orleans Charter Revision Advisory Committee, 1994 - 1995; Chair; City of New Orleans, 1994; Legislative Coordinator; The Public Law Center, 1987 - Present; Executive Director; Louisiana Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, 1992 - Present; General Counsel

Past Employment Positions:: City of New Orleans, Executive Counsel to the Mayor, 1978 - 1980; Regional Transit Authority, General Counsel, 1980 - 1987