Lloyd J. Lunceford

Lloyd J. Lunceford is engaged in a general civil practice with emphases in higher education, mass communications, commercial litigation, and church property laws. He also has experience in the application of the Louisiana Public Records and Open Meetings Acts, which affect all municipal, parish, and state agencies.

Mr. Lunceford is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, in the United States District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. Additionally, he has been admitted to the courts of several other states by special appointment. Mr. Lunceford is a former member of the section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities: First Amendment Rights Committee of the American Bar Association. He has variously been a member of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, American, and Federal Bar Associations, and a member of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, the Christian Legal Society, the Inns of Court, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Mr. Lunceford has served as a guest lecturer at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University and at the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He also has spoken at Continuing Legal Education seminars and at church property symposia throughout the United States.

Mr. Lunceford is the co-author of Libel and Privacy Law and Practice in Louisiana (National Business Institute) and is the general editor of the 478-page legal treatise, A Guide to Church Property Law: Theological, Constitutional and Practical Considerations (2nd ed. 2010, Reformation Press). He also has authored articles on topics including professional ethics, church/state relations, and document confidentiality, which have appeared in the Louisiana Bar Journal, the Baton Rouge Bar Journal, and other publications.

• Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1983
• University of Toledo, B.A., cum laude, 1977

• Louisiana, 1984

• Baton Rouge Bar Association
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (LADC)
• Christian Legal Society

• Best Lawyers in America – Education Law, Real Estate Law (2018-2026)
• AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

• Istrouma Council of the Boy Scouts of America (Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 7)
• First Presbyterian Church (Member)
• Baton Rouge Christian Counseling Center (Past Charter Member of the Board of Governors)
• Louisiana Civil Service League (Former State Secretary)
• East Baton Rouge Parish GOP Executive Committee (Former Member)