Background
Sonnier, Charles R. was born on October 19, 1939 in Abbeville, Louisiana, United States.
Sonnier, Charles R. was born on October 19, 1939 in Abbeville, Louisiana, United States.
University of Southwestern Louisiana (Bachelor of Arts, 1960). Tulane University of Louisiana (Bachelor of Laws, 1963). Phi Alpha Delta. Awarded Outstanding Young Lawyer of Louisiana, 1975, by Young Lawyers Section.
Louisiana State Bar Association.
First Assistant District Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial District, 1967-1972. Member, Louisiana State Law Institute Observer, 1972-1973.
Member, Louisiana Energy Commission, 1974-1976. Abbeville City Attorney, 1974-1978.
Worked at Sonnier & Trahan (Abbeville, Los Angeles) specializing in Litigation, Commercial Law, Probate, Administrative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Louisiana. Phi Alpha Delta. Awarded Outstanding Young Lawyer of Louisiana, 1975, by Young Lawyers Section, Louisiana State Bar Association.
First Assistant District Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial District, 1967-1972.
Member, Louisiana State Law Institute, 1972-1973. Member, Louisiana Energy Commission, 1974-1976.
Abbeville City Attorney, 1974-1978. Abbeville City Risk Manager Attorney, 1990.
Member: Fifteenth Judicial District (President, 1971-1972), Vermilion Parish (President, 1975-1976), Louisiana State (7th Congressional District Delegate, Young Lawyers Section, 1968-1969.
Secretary, 1969-1970. Chairman, 1971-1972; Member, House of Delegates, 1970-1971) and American Bar Associations. The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. Defense Research Institute.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Member, Louisiana State Law Institute, 1972-1973. Member, Louisiana Energy Commission, 1974-1976. Abbeville City Attorney, 1974-1978.
Abbeville City Risk Manager Attorney, 1990.
Member: Fifteenth Judicial District (President, 1971-1972), Vermilion Parish (President, 1975-1976), Louisiana State (7th Congressional District Delegate, Young Lawyers Section, 1968-1969. Secretary, 1969-1970.
Chairman, 1971-1972. Member, House of Delegates, 1970-1971) and American Bar Associations.
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. Defense Research Institute.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.