Premila Burns retired in January 2015 as first assistant to the DA but continues as a special prosecutor to handle the post-conviction of capital murder cases—including the one that took her to the Supreme Court.
In this role, she continues to handle the post-conviction of capital murder cases. Doug Moreau—former district attorney with whom Burns worked for 18 years and also knew as a judge while she was a criminal prosecutor—has watched her career blossom over the years. He first met her as a classmate at LSU.
The Louisiana Supreme Court has suspended well-known New Orleans attorney Lionel “Lon” Burns from practicing law for one year.
An assistant principal at a Baton Rouge magnet school was indicted Wednesday on murder and feticide charges in the June killing of a pregnant …
In a rare public comment, a former Brookstown Middle Magnet School assistant principal accused in the June 2016 shooting death of a pregnant c…