Randy A. Piedrahita, now in his fifteenth year of association with the firm, is an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana (since 1993), and is admitted to practice in all Federal Courts in Louisiana, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Randy is a graduate of Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge and Vanderbilt University. He also is a 1993 graduate of the LSU Law Center, finishing fourth in his class. He received American Jurisprudence Awards in five subjects, was made a member of the Order of the Coif, and served as Articles Editor of the Louisiana Law Review. He is also a 1993 inductee into the LSU Law Center Hall of Fame. After graduation from law school, Randy served one year terms as Law Clerk, first to Justice Pike Hall, Jr. of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and then to Chief Judge Henry A. Politz of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Randy has successfully tried cases in State and Federal Courts all over Louisiana, and has conducted seminars for continuing legal education in Louisiana, receiving high marks for his recent seminars on jury selection and communication. His practice area includes personal injury with a focus on maritime law, industrial accidents, and automotive accidents.

Randy serves as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff with arrest authority for East and West Baton Rouge Parishes. Randy was an entry-qualified member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office SWAT Team, receiving training from Blackwater and LAPD SWAT in high-risk warrant service, hostage rescue, and barricaded suspect arrest scenarios. He also served as SWAT's FBI and National Tactical Officers' Association (NTOA)-trained Crisis Negotiator, not to mention being its Legal Advisor. He was also a special Deputy U.S. Marshal serving with SWAT in its efforts to assist the U.S. Marshal's Service in fugitive apprehension. He also has served as Legal Instructor for the Capital Area Regional Training Academy, a police academy training police cadets in the Baton Rouge Metro area. Randy further has made presentation on liability issues for the POST Council, the certifying body for all law enforcement officers in Louisiana, and also teaches legal issues for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff Reserve Academy and for its regional SWAT training school.

Randy also serves as Legal Counsel of the Louisiana Democratic Party, and is a member of its Executive Committee. Randy has also served as Co-Chair of East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux's Regional Law Enforcement Transition Team, and is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association Hispanic Lawyers' Association. Randy is also a Life Member of the National Rifle Association; he also serves on the Board of the Pelican State Chapter Friends of the NRA, responsible for funding and administering local gun and hunter safety programs and other charitable aspects involving the National Rifle Association.

Randy has also received a prestigious "AV" rating from the foremost national lawyer's rating service, Martindale-Hubbell. This signifies that Randy has been rated by the lawyers in this legal community as having the highest legal ability and ethical standards, a rare recognition usually give only to much more senior lawyers.

Randy has handled cases of both local and national attention. These include the lawsuit against Oliver Stone and Time-Warner for the violence inspired by the film "Natural Born Killers", which went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. Another was against the riverboat casinos for their distribution of free alcohol to gamblers without regard for the dangerous drunk driving which ensued; the case later became the subject of a Wall Street Journal feature. Randy is also an approved attorney for referral by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).

Randy Piedrahita has also successfully handled election disputes, including challenges to candidate eligibility. Of extreme and recent statewide significance was a mayoral election dispute which defined the deadline for qualification; Randy successfully litigated the case declaring the incumbent ineligible, as the incumbent qualified two minutes late on the last day available for qualifying.