Belinda Vining Trepagnier, a Trailblazer in Tangiphaoa Parish

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Phillip Cowart

Parishes Supportive Living,  a local Veteran-owned business, was founded in 2001 with the intention of providing independent living to Louisiana residents and has achieved that mission and more. Belinda Vining-Trepagnier is the Chief Executive Officer. Belinda is a member of the  City of Hammond Chamber. Trepagnier is a Navy veteran who was formally assigned to VT-86 and the Blue Angels air squadrons, as well as the Navy NINTISA Intelligence base. Parish Supportive Living is a large health care agency in Tangipahoa Parish. 

Starting in Hammond, La., Parishes Supportive Living  has grown to serve 10 plus parishes and is still growing. In addition to providing care for Medicaid/Medicare clients, Parishes Supportive Living provides many community services, including: food bank assistance, scholarships, sponsoring veterans' initiatives and a community radio show.  

This past October, the Hammond City Council recognized Belinda Vining-Trepagnier as recipients of this year's Wilbert L. Dangerfield Award of Excellence in a ceremony. Belinda is a wife, mother, and grandmother. Belinda is a very active member in Tangipahoa Parish. She stands on integrity and had proven leadership. Belinda enjoy spending quality time with her family and traveling. 

About Attorney Ebony Morris of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Attorney Ebony Morris

Ebony S. Morris is an associate attorney based in the New Orleans office of Garrison, Yount, Forte, & Mulcahy, L.L.C. She is a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University (B.A., cum laude, 2011) and Southern University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2014). She became a member of the Louisiana Bar in 2014 and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Greater New Orleans Chapter of Louis A. Martinet Society (2020-2021 President-Elect), Defense Research Institute, Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, and the National Bar Association. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

Ebony has extensive experience in defending premise liability, product liability, trucking liability, retail and hospitality liability, and mass tort litigation matters. In those areas, Ebony represents product manufacturers, corporations, national franchise restaurants, insurers, and their policyholders through all phases of litigation. She has successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of a premises owner seeking additional insured status under a commercial general liability policy and has successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of a restaurant franchise owner in a premises liability matter.

Recently, Ebony was selected for inclusion in the 2020 and 2021 Louisiana Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” List, The National Black Lawyers “Top 40 Under 40,” the 2020 Lawyers of Color “Hot List,” and the National Association of Women Lawyers 2021 Rising List. She was also named as a nominee for the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s 2020 Young Outside Counsel of the Year Award, and she received the 2020 Outstanding Young Woman Lawyer Award from the National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division.

Source: Reprint from the National Black Lawyers Website