Cheryl P. Landrieu

Landrieu is married to Cheryl P. Landrieu, also an attorney.
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Landrieu has been a practicing attorney for fifteen years and is president of International Mediation & Arbitration, Ltd.He is a member of the Supreme Court Task Force on Alternative Dispute Resolution which was responsible for developing the pilot mediation program in Orleans Parish.Landrieu is trained in mediation and negotiation by the Harvard Law School Negotiation Project, the American Arbitration Association, and the Attorney Mediator's Institute.Landrieu has also taught alternative dispute resolution as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Law School.

Political career

Early career

Landrieu was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1987 where he served for sixteen years in the seat previously held by his sister and his father.In 1993 Landrieu made an unsuccessful bid for the office of Mayor of New Orleans; the office went to Marc Morial, the son of another former mayor (the contest between sons of former mayors prompted some commentators to joke about establishing a tradition of primogeniture for the city's top office).

Mitch and Cheryl Landrieu, Loyola University President the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., Dr. Elizabeth T. and Michael Fontham, the Rev. Kenneth L. Allen, and Blanche Comiskey.

Landrieu is married to Cheryl P. Landrieu, also an attorney.
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Landrieu has been a practicing attorney for fifteen years and is president of International Mediation & Arbitration, Ltd.He is a member of the Supreme Court Task Force on Alternative Dispute Resolution which was responsible for developing the pilot mediation program in Orleans Parish.Landrieu is trained in mediation and negotiation by the Harvard Law School Negotiation Project, the American Arbitration Association, and the Attorney Mediator\'s Institute.Landrieu has also taught alternative dispute resolution as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Law School.

Political career

Legislator

Landrieu was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1987 where he served for sixteen years in the seat previously held by his sister and his father.

Landrieu led the legislative effort to reform Louisiana\'s juvenile justice system with a focus on rehabilitation and reform, not punishment and incarceration.He continues to chair the Juvenile Justice Commission, the entity created by the legislation to implement the reforms.
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Landrieu led the effort by a coalition of artists, venue owners, and other interested parties who were successful in repealing the Orleans Parish "amusement tax", a 2% tax on gross sales at any establishment that features live music.As an attorney, Landrieu brought a case to court that resulted in the tax being ruled unconstitutional.He continued the fight by bringing the issue to the New Orleans City Council, who voted to repeal the tax.As a legislator, Landrieu sponsored a bill to repeal the law that allowed the tax to exist.

Landrieu crafted legislation to fund the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium of New Orleans, a partnership between the Louisiana State University and Tulane University Health Sciences Centers.The cancer center will house state-of-the-art cancer research equipment and laboratories, significant because Louisiana has the nation\'s highest cancer mortality rate according to the American Cancer Society.

1993 New Orleans Mayoral candidacy

In 1993 Landrieu made an unsuccessful bid for the office of Mayor of New Orleans; the office went to Marc Morial, the son of another former mayor (the contest between sons of former mayors prompted some commentators to joke about establishing a tradition of primogeniture for the city\'s top office).
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In a field of six candidates, Landrieu garnered 53% of the vote and won outright in the Louisiana open primary, thus avoiding a run-off.

2006 New Orleans election

Main article: New Orleans mayoral election, 2006

In February of 2006, Landrieu officially announced he would run for mayor of New Orleans in the 22 April election.
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In the election of 22 April, preliminary results showed Landrieu with the second most votes, with 29% of the vote to Nagin\'s 38%.Nagin and Landrieu faced each other in a run off election on 20 May.
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Had Landrieu won, he would have been the first caucasian mayor of New Orleans since his father left office in 1978.

With unofficial results showing 53% of the vote for Nagin, Landrieu conceded defeat shortly before 10:30 pm on election night.
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Landrieu was one of the participants to Movie Director Spike Lee\'s documentary When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts.

Future plans

Louisiana will hold its next gubernatorial election in 2007, which Landrieu was widely expected to enter prior to entering the New Orleans mayoral election.