Lafourche DA will address Fletcher grads

Fletcher Technical Community College announced that Lafourche Parish District Attorney Kristine Russell will serve as the keynote speaker at the college’s upcoming commencement ceremony.
The event will be at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Barry P. Bonvillain Civic Center in Houma, Louisiana. The ceremony will celebrate the graduation of over 600 students from the Fall 2024, Spring 2025, and Summer 2025 sessions across all majors and programs.
Russell, a lifelong resident of Thibodaux, brings over two decades of legal and public service experience to the podium. After graduating from Edward Douglas White Catholic High School, she earned her degrees from Nicholls State University and LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She began her career at the law firm of Morvant & Cavell and later taught Family Law at Nicholls before joining the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office in 2003.
Russell specialized in child sexual abuse cases and played a key role in establishing the Children’s Advocacy Center of Lafourche, where she continues to serve as Director. In 2012, she was named first assistant district attorney and was elected dstrict attorney in 2018.
In addition to her work in the courtroom, Russell is serving as President of the Louisiana District Attorney’s Association and Co-Chair of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement.