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Camille A. "Cam" Morvant II     


Camille A. "Cam Morvant As District Attorney, my goals are:
  
To ensure that justice is served for the residents of Lafourche by enforcing the criminal laws of the State of  Louisiana.

To champion the rights of victims of crime in Lafourche  Parish.

To protect those juveniles subject to abuse and/or neglect.

To ensure that the best interests of children are preserved by enforcing Louisiana's child support laws.

To implement programs designed to educate and inform the public regarding the role that the District Attorney’s Office has in their day to day lives.

For your convenience, our office has an Assistant District Attorney available from 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday though Friday to answer your questions, provided that you do not already have an outside attorney representing you.  Please call (985) 447-2003 and ask for the assistant on duty.

PARISH GOVERNMENT AND BOARDS  -

The Lafourche Parish District Attorney is the statutory legal advisor to the Parish Government and to all Parish Board and Commissions. In his capacity as legal advisor, the District Attorney works closely with Parish Council and the Parish President to protect the interests of Lafourche Parish. The District Attorney's Office also makes itself available to answer questions and provide legal advice to Parish Boards and Commissions.

SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT (Read more...)

  • Project L.E.A.D. (Legal Enrichment and Decision-Making)

  • Domino Effect

  • Violence Intervention Program (VIP)

  • District Attorney Truancy Program (DATE)

  • Internet Safety and Cyber Bullying

***HIGHLIGHTS***

PRESS RELEASES - January 21, 2015

THIBODAUX – A woman seeking to have her 2009 convictions for the killing of her two young children set aside has been denied relief by a Lafourche Parish judge.

Amy T. Hebert, who is currently serving two consecutive life sentences at the Louisiana Correctional Institution for Women in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, was seeking a new trial based on a number of allegations she made in a standard post-conviction relief application. The dismissal of those claims brings to a close her attempts to attack the convictions at the state trial court level.

"We have fought these post-conviction claims with the same intensity that we prosecuted both the trial and appeal," said District Attorney Camille A. Morvant, II. "It’s a reminder that not only is it important to the family of the victims to secure a conviction, but also it’s just as vital that we fight to maintain the validity of that verdict throughout the post-trial process."

Hebert was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in 2009 after a two-month trial, and her convictions were affirmed on appeal in 2011.

Some of the defendant’s most recent allegations had been dismissed earlier in response to procedural objections lodged by the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office. The remainders of the defendant’s claims were dismissed without a hearing by the Hon. Jerome J. Barbera, III on December 29, 2014. Barbera retired from the bench at the end of 2014. (Read More...)