The Law Firm of Cashe, Lewis, Coudrain & Sandage

Andre Coudrain, a New Orleans native, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond in 1979 where he was elected President of the Student Government Association and was named Outstanding Male Student in the 1979-80 academic year. During that same year he was also elected Student Member to the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities in Louisiana, the management board for ten Colleges and Universities in Louisiana. While attending Southeastern, Andre was also elected SGA Vice-President, served as chairman of the SGA Election Board, President of Circle K and served on numerous University committees.

After attending graduate school at Southeastern, he attended Loyola University Law School in New Orleans where he earned a Juris Doctorate degree in 1983. He was admitted to practice law in Louisiana in 1983 and has a private practice of general civil law in Hammond, Louisiana focusing on real estate and commercial areas of law.

In 1996, Andre was appointed by Louisiana Governor Murphy “Mike” Foster to the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, the largest university system in the State of Louisiana and one of the largest university systems in the country. Andre was re-appointed to a six year term on the board of Supervisors in December 2000. Andre has served as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Board.

In 1998, Andre was appointed by The Reverend Alfred C. Hughes, Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge to the School Board for all of the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Baton Rouge. Andre was reappointed in 2001 and also serves as Chairman of the Appeals Committee of the Board.

He has been accepted as a Life Member of the National Registry of Who’s Who Published in the 2000 Edition. Andre has received numerous awards and recognitions, and was recently named the 2002 Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southeastern. His hobbies include coaching youth basketball in Tangipahoa mid-parish leagues, Holy Ghost school and YMCA leagues, coaching youth baseball in Hammond city recreation leagues, golf, reading, and New Orleans Saints football.

Andre is a member of the American Bar Association, the Louisiana Bar Association, the 21st Judicial District Bar Association and the Louisiana Bankers Association/Bank Counsel Section. He is a Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation and a founding member of the Inns of Court for the 21st Judicial District Court. He is also a probation monitor in the Office of the Disciplinary Counsel of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Andre is admitted to practice law in all Louisiana state courts and the U.S. District Courts of the Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Areas of practice include general civil practice, banking, corporate and commercial litigation, real estate, bankruptcy and collection.