The mission and tradition of the Southern University Law Center is to provide access and opportunity to a diverse group of 

students from underrepresented racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups to obtain a high quality legal education with 

special emphasis on the Louisiana civil law. Additionally, our 

mission is to train a cadre of lawyers equipped with the skills 

necessary for the practice of law and for positions of leadership 

Warriors of the Past to the Present 

Veterans Day Program

November 11, 2019 

Southern University Cotillion Ballroom 

Keynote Speaker

Chief Judge Robert N. Davis, USCAVC 
 

Program 

 

Arrival of Official Parties 

 

Posting of the Colors Southern University ROTC 

 

Pledge of Allegiance 

 

National Anthem Reginald Collins

SUBR Admissions 

 

Invocation Troy Watson

SUBR VA Certifying Official 

Welcome Arthur Stallworth 

 Southern University Law Center 

Jesse Cavalier 

 Southern University Veterans Center, LaVet Corps Navigators

Masters of Ceremony: Anthony Winters and Virginia Listach 

Notes
Notes 

 

Keynote Address Chief Judge Robert N. Davis

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

 

Remarks Congressman Garret Graves

United States House of Representatives

Secretary Joey Strickland

Louisiana Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

LTC David Marshall 

Southern University and A & M

Scholarship Presentation Anthony Winters

Law Offices of Winters and Associates

Closing Remarks Desiree Bizor

President Veterans Law Organization 

Southern University Law Center

Retiring of the Colors Southern University ROTC 

Reception 

 

 
Chief Judge Robert N. Davis

Chief Judge Robert N. Davis was nominated by President George W. Bush, 

confirmed by the Senate, and appointed 

a Judge of the United States Court of 

Appeals for Veterans Claims in December 2004. He became Chief Judge on October 9, 2016. 

Prior to his judicial appointment, Chief 

Judge Davis was a full tenured professor 

of law at Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida. He 

has also taught law at University of Mississippi School of Law, University of South Florida, Georgetown University Law Center, the 

University of Memphis, Washington and Lee University, University 

of Hawaii; Downing College, England, and Concordia International 

University, Estonia. Judge Davis has lectured at Makerere University School of Law in Uganda and at the University of Papua New 

Guinea. Before joining the academic world, Chief Judge Davis practiced as an appellate attorney with the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, and worked in the business and administrative law division of the United States Department of Education. He also has extensive experience as an arbitrator and mediator with the American 

Arbitration Association, acting as a mediator with the United States 

Postal Service and an arbitration panel member with the United 

States Olympic Committee. 

Chief Judge Davis served in the United States Navy as an intelligence officer. His active duty assignments included Headquarters 

European Command 1991, Stuttgart, Germany; Mediterranean Deployment Aboard the USS America 1993; Joint Analysis Center 1994, 

Molesworth, United Kingdom, DOD Foreign Officer Exchange Program 2000, Papua, New Guinea; Joint Fleet Exercise USS Coronado 

2001, San Diego, CA; National Security Agency in 1997, 1998 and 

2000; a presidential recall in 1999 to Bosnia; recall to active duty after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, to the Joint Intelligence Directorate at MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida; and 

Joint Staff Response Cell in support of OEF and OIF, Pentagon, 

2005-2007. 

Chief Judge Davis graduated from the University of Hartford, West 

Hartford, Connecticut, in 1975 and the Georgetown University Law 

Center, Washington, D.C., in 1978. 

Donald W. North Book Scholarship

Professor Donald W. North Book Scholarship is named for and in 

honor of a great leader, professor, and legal mind, who embodied support and love for legal education and military service. This scholarship is underwritten by the Law Office of Winters and Associates to 

support the students of SULC. 

 

 

 

Program Sponsors 

Southern University Law Center 

Southern University Veterans Center, LaVet Corp. Navigator

Red Stick Veterans Week Committee 

Law Office of Winters and Associates