Released: January 15, 2009

Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced today the selection of Paul Boudreaux, Jr. as the new Director of the Insurance Fraud Section at the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Boudreaux replaces Trent Beach who recently took the position of Director of the Property and Casualty Division.

Boudreaux is an attorney with over 30 years of civil litigation experience, 20 of which he spent as Special Assistant Attorney General defending the State of Louisiana in civil litigation. Before joining the Department, Boudreaux was a solo attorney practicing in general civil law, insurance defense, medical malpractice defense and public defense, with the majority of his work involving a myriad of issues in the insurance arena that affect insurance companies, insurance producers, policy provisions and regulatory matters.

" He brings a wealth of overall experience to the Department of Insurance,” Donelon said of Boudreaux. “His experience as an attorney in the insurance industry and as a Deputy Sheriff will serve him well as Director ”Donelon added.

Originally from Patterson, Boudreaux received a B.A. in Liberal Arts, History and English from Nicholls State University in Thibodeaux and his Juris Doctor from LSU Law School in Baton Rouge. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and the Alexandria Bar Association, for which he served three years as Executive Counsel Member. In 1991, he was named the Alexandria Legal Secretary Boss of the Year.

“ I am very pleased to have been appointed to the position of Director of the Insurance Fraud Section at the Louisiana Department of Insurance. I was happy to meet my staff, and I look forward to working with them and all other members of the Department. I am sure that my experience here will be a very fulfilling and enjoyable one.” Boudreaux said of his new position.

An avid hunter, fisherman and biker, Boudreaux is married to Kathy Robertson and has a daughter, Katie and a granddaughter, Anika.

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