Burton Guidry is a lawyer and lobbyist from Kaplan, Louisiana and is the moving force behind the “Cajun Congress”, a public service organization designed to provide pro bono services to people who need assistance dealing with local, state and federal officials and boards and commissions but do not have the ability to hire paid lobbyists to represent their interests.

Mr. Guidry was the Executive Director of the Criminal Division of the Louisiana Department of Justice and was an assistant Attorney General assigned to the Land and Natural Resources Section of the Civil Division of the Louisiana Department of Justice as well as lawyer for the Governor and legislature.

In addition to his regular duties, he has been involved in legal issues affecting coastal restoration, ground water, public access to water, and other rights affecting navigable and tidelands waterways for fishing and recreation. 

Mr. Guidry was one of the primary lawyers for the State of Louisiana and all of its officials and agencies during the Congressional investigations surrounding hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He has spent several years in Washington DC representing Louisiana citizens in the recovery effort and in complex legal issues which arose as a result of those storms.

He has been a practicing attorney since October 1980 as a trial lawyer in both civil and criminal cases.  His experience includes over 80 jury trials in Federal and State Courts, and hundreds of judge presided trials in almost every jurisdiction in the State of Louisiana.  He is also admitted to practice in all United States Courts in Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

He has also, throughout his legal career, represented state and local government entities and has represented East Baton Rouge Parish and several municipalities regarding legal issues affecting those bodies.

In addition to being a practicing trial lawyer, Mr. Guidry is a farmer, a professional musician and a writer.  He also appears as “Crawdaddy, Cajun at Law”, a cajun comedy act, and performs with his touring band, “Crawdaddy and the Crustaceans” playing Cajun, Zydeco and Swamp Pop music. He has appeared many times on local and national television and radio and is the author of several columns in magazines and newspapers.  He is also the author of “A Litany of Louisiana Legal Letters” a book of form letters for practicing attorneys.

Mr. Guidry has been a guest lecturer at Southeastern University on safety issues, and has been a featured lecturer for the Louisiana Association of Notary Publics and the Louisiana Justice of the Peace and Constables convention, and an instructor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette school of Law Enforcement.

Mr. Guidry has an undergraduate degree in politics from LSU, a law degree from Loyola, and a masters degree in the school of hard knocks. He is a french speaking Cajun who is not afraid to take on any issue in any forum.  His motto is: “Have Law -Will Travel, Have Injustice-Will Travel Swiftly!!!!”

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