Named to the ABA Site Evaluation Team for
Reaccrediting Law Schools (2004)
Appointed to a three-year term on the
American Bar Association Law School Legal
Education Section's Committee on
Professionalism (2004)
Presented the 42nd Annual National
Conference of Community and Justice
Brotherhood Award (2004)
Appointed sixth Chancellor of the Southern
University Law Center (2003)
Joined as a partner in the international law
firm of Phelps Dunbar (1997)
Received the G. Leon Netterville Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Law, Southern
University National Alumni Federation (1995)
In his Summer 1995 Law Center commencement
address Pitcher's message noted the
challenges that await law graduates. George
Gates, IV, "97, wrote in an article
published in the Law Center's, Reflections,
that "Pitcher's message of personal
achievement through sacrifice and
perseverance, prepared the graduates for
their new lives outside of the safe and
sometimes protective walls of academia.
Elected first African-American judge of the
Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal
(1992)
Presented Distinguished Alumnus Award,
Southern University Political Science
Department (1992)
Received Law Center's Distinguished Alumnus
Award (1991)
Elected first African-American judge of the
19th Judicial District (1987)
Honored "Citizen of the Year," by Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity, Lambda Alpha Chapter (1984)
Became adjunct professor of law at the
Southern University Law Center (1984)
Received Outstanding Achievement Award in
the Legal Profession from the Louis A.
Martinet Society of New Orleans, Louisiana
(1983)
Elected first African-American judge to the
Baton Rouge City Court (1983)
Established law firm of Pitcher, Tyson
Avery, and Cunningham (1973)
Earned J.D. from the Law Center (1973)
Elected Student Bar Association President
(1971-72)
Cited the Most Outstanding Moot Court
Competitor (Spring 1972)
Earned undergraduate degree from Southern
University (1966)
