New Orleans
Lauren Keating has been promoted to director of financial planning and reporting for the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Keating has been part of the Convention Center’s financial team since early 2023 and has served in a variety of roles, most recently as director of property accounting. Before that, she worked for Ernst & Young, where she led financial audits for private and publicly listed clients.
She earned a bachelor’s in finance and a master’s in accounting, both from Tulane University.
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Kent Lambert and Noah Kressler have been appointed to leadership roles with Baker Donelson.
Lambert has been named chair of the firm’s Logistics, Energy and Manufacturing Litigation Group. He was previously managing shareholder of the New Orleans office and leader of the Business Litigation Group. Lambert has more than 30 years of experience in trial and appellate law.
He earned a bachelor’s, magna cum laude, from Denison University and a law degree, cum laude, from Tulane University Law School.
Lambert replaces Bradley E. Chambers, who was recently named by Lonestar Electric Supply to serve as its general counsel and chief administrative officer.
Kressler was named managing shareholder. He has a national practice advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, securities matters, and corporate governance. Before joining Baker Donelson, he spent nearly a decade practicing law for Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York and London.
He earned a bachelor’s from Vassar College and a law degree, cum laude, from Tulane University Law School.
Baton Rouge
Dr. Andrew Bishop has joined Baton Rouge General Heart and Vascular Surgery.
Bishop, a cardiothoracic surgeon, specializes in heart valve and heart bypass surgery, and treating coronary artery disease and thoracic cancer.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences and then completed a cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
