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Clyde R. Simien
and Rickey W. Miniex founded the law firm of Simien & Miniex
in July of 1987. The firm began in a 750 square foot building
on St. John Street in Lafayette, Louisiana. The firm now
occupies a 10,000 square foot two story office complex built
to efficiently house eight attorneys. The firm consists
presently of five attorneys, two paralegals, three legal
secretaries, a receptionist, and a bookkeeper. The firm
performs work in the areas of automobile accidents, wrongful
death, offshore injuries, defective products, Energy law, Tax
law and Governmental defense litigation. Our Clients have
included Lafayette Consolidated Government, Louisiana Public
Service Commission, the Office of Risk Management for the
State of Louisiana, the Department of Revenue for the State of
Louisiana, the Lafayette Airport Commission and a number of other individuals and businesses in
the community.
Clyde R. Simien and Rickey W. Miniex have successfully
presented more than one thousand trials, civil and criminal,
in the Acadiana area and the State of Louisiana. Both were
Assistant District Attorneys for more than fifteen years.
Their early experience includes that of law clerks working
closely with judges in the 15th Judicial District and the 16th
Judicial District. This experience early in their careers
provided a foundation for a successful future. As law clerks,
they were exposed to a variety of ways of presenting cases by
many attorneys in the community and had the opportunity to get
critical insight from experienced judges as to which methods
were most effective.
Clyde R. Simien and Rickey W. Miniex received Bachelors of
Science degrees in Accounting from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Rickey W. Miniex also received an undergraduate of Science
degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in
Finance. Clyde R. Simien is a member of the Louisiana Society
of Public Accountants and Rickey W. Miniex is a Certified
Public Accountant and a member of the Louisiana Society of
Certified Public Accountants. Clyde R. Simien and Rickey W.
Miniex received their legal training from the Southern
University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both have
also successfully completed law courses at Paul M. Hebert at
Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. They both graduated in the top 10 students with
Rickey graduating as the second ranking student in the class
with a grade point average of 3.49 based upon a 4.00 scale.
Todd Swartzendruber, an associate with the firm, is a 2001
graduate of Drake University Law Center and is a Certified
Public Accountant. Todd earned his bachelor degree from the
University of Northern Iowa in accounting in 1997. Holli
Yandle, another associate with the firm, is a 2001 graduate of
Loyola of New Orleans School of Law. Holli also earned a
bachelor degree in accounting from the University of Louisiana
at Lafayette. Julie Steele, a third associate with the firm,
is a 2005 graduate of the Paul M. Hebert School of Law (LSU)
and she also earned a bachelor degree in accounting from
Lipscomb University in 2002.
Clyde and Rickey have both written law review articles for the
Southern University Law Review. Both have also taught legal
courses at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Clyde has
taught Criminal Justice and Rickey has taught Administrative
Law. All five of the attorneys of Simien & Miniex are members
of the American Bar Association and the Louisiana State Bar
Association.
Both Clyde R. Simien and Rickey W. Miniex have been admitted
to practice in the United States District Court for the
Western District of Louisiana. Each has sufficient expertise
to qualify in all Federal Courts but have not had a need for
this as of this date. However, Rickey has been admitted to the
United States District Court for the Southern District of
Texas for the purpose of presenting a significant personal
injury matter in Texas. Upon admission, Rickey successfully
pursued this case to completion. Both are licensed to practice
law in the State of Texas.
Each attorney in the firm has a strong business background
with each attorney having accounting undergraduate degrees. As
mentioned above, Rickey also has a Finance degree in addition
to the Accounting degree.
The senior partners are lifelong residents of Louisiana. Clyde
R. Simien is originally from Opelousas, Louisiana, with his
parents continuing to reside there. Rickey W. Miniex is
originally from Sunset, Louisiana. His parents also continue
to reside there. Holli Yandle is originally from Houma,
Louisiana but now resides in Lafayette, Louisiana. Todd is
originally from Des Moines, Iowa and now resides in Crowley,
Louisiana. Julie is originally from Tennessee but now resides
in Lafayette.
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