Position:
Attorney & Counselor at Law at Law Office of Deborah M. Henson, LLC, Psychotherapist/Consultant at Deborah M. Henson, MSW, LCSW
Work:
Law Office of Deborah M. Henson, LLC
- New Orleans, Louisiana since Jun 2000
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Attorney & Counselor at Law
Deborah M. Henson, MSW, LCSW
since Jan 1981
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Psychotherapist/Consultant
Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board
1998 - 2000
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Board Counsel
Louisiana Supreme Court
1991 - 1998
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Judicial Law Clerk
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
1994 - 1996
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Professor
Tulane University School of Social Work
1984 - 1987
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Adjunct Professor in School of Social Work
Education:
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law 1992 - 1993
LL.M, Comparative Family Law; Sex Discrimination
Loyola University New Orleans 1987 - 1991
JD, Civil Law
Tulane University 1976 - 1977
MSW, Clinical Social Work
University of Kansas 1971 - 1975
BA, Speech Communication & Human Relations
Skills:
Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Social Services, Courts, Clinical Research, Mediation, Appeals, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Therapists, Training, Mental Health, Defending attorneys and clinicians in licensing board complaints; adoptions., Providing therapy for individuals, couples & families., Consulting with clinicians to avoid ethics complaints., Consulting with clinicians to assist with legal involvement.
Interests:
My cool kids - one is 20 now (Cody) and an undergrad at Washington University at St Louis. The other is 16 (Marissa), who attends Ben Franklin High School and New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). Real estate investments and renovation of old New Orleans property. I also love to read and exercise when not working or driving my teenage daughter around town (she will drive soon!).