Sigler: Case number doesn’t reflect workload

Published 5:55 pm Sunday, April 22, 2018

By American Press Staff

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<strong>What are the salaries and caseloads of the prosecutors in the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office?</strong>

Prosecutors and their annual salaries and caseloads, according to the District Attorney’s Office:

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Lawrence Babineaux — $78,009.60; 40 cases. 

Edward Brossette — $70,000.32; case number is “inconclusive at this time,” reads a note from the District Attorney’s Office.

Jason Brown — $75,004.80; one case. 

Rick Bryant — $44,499.96; four cases. 

Hope Buford — $72,113.60; 28 cases. 

Elliott Cassidy — $67,505.60; 203 cases. 

Brittany Chavis — $72,102.40; 582 cases. 

Benjamin Cormier — $70,001.60; 185 cases. 

Norman Davidson — $65,009.60; four cases. 

James Doyle— no salary amount provided; no cases. 

Brett Gaspard — $80,006.40; 391 cases. 

Cynthia Guillory — $86,017.60; 1,161 cases. 

Lea Hall — $35,002.24; no cases. 

Hugo Holland — $55,639.20; seven cases. 

Elizabeth Hollins — $68,504; no cases. 

Jacob Johnson — $82,003.20; 149 cases. 

Cynthia Killingsworth — $116,156.80; no cases.

Robert Kleinschmidt — $86,516.80; no cases. 

Loren Lampert — $106,080; seven cases. 

Karen McClellan — $72,518.40; no cases. 

Ross Murray — $82,003.20; 447 cases. 

Adam Ortego — $70,001.60; one case. 

Denisse Parrales — $75,004.80; 70 cases. 

Taylor Prejean — $65,009.60; 592 cases. 

Larry Reagan — $43,004; 1,888 cases.

Charles Robinson — $75,014.40; 158 cases. 

Lisa Ryder — $50,007.36; 552 cases. 

Carla Sigler — $102,512; four cases. 

Joe Stoma — $65,009.60; 712 cases. 

Cliff Strider — $44,686.72; one case. 

Daniel Vermaelen — $75,014.40; 190 cases. 

Joey Williams — $57,500.80; 374 cases.

Assistant District Attorney Carla Sigler, who provided the above information, said the case numbers don’t reflect prosecutors’ actual workloads. “All Assistant District Attorneys render advice and assist on a multitude of cases to their fellow prosecutors, yet that will never be reflected on an official case load list if a given case is not directly assigned to their respective divisions,” Sigler wrote in a letter accompanying the salary and case number lists, sent in response to a public records request. “Team work is critical and highly valued in Mr. DeRosier’s office. In addition, supervisory attorneys and Section Chiefs, most notably First Assistant DA Cynthia S. Killingsworth, Administrative First Assistant DA Loren Lampert, and Chief Felony Prosecutor Cliff Strider, potentially advise on all cases in all divisions.” Also, Sigler said, some attorneys — including her, Karen McClellan, Charles Robinson and Elizabeth Hollins — work separate caseloads as part of different programs such as expungements and the court’s mental health, DWI, drug and veterans treatment programs.

<strong>DA compensation</strong>

According to his office’s latest financial review, District Attorney John DeRosier earned $192,611 in 2016. Including benefits, such as insurance, car lease, cellphone, fuel and travel costs, his compensation that year totaled $237,782. DeRosier earned $184,219 in 2015 and $162,902 in 2014; total compensation those years amounted to $231,581 and $212,071.

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