Anthony J. Clesi, Jr.

Anthony J. Clesi, Jr. has been a Partner with Evans & Clesi since August 1996. Prior to joining the firm, Tony was a trial attorney practicing insurance defense at several local law firms, as well as in Baton Rouge. Tony has practiced in both state and federal court, and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. His primary practice areas include premises liability, automobile liability defense, medical malpractice litigation and insurance defense.

Tony was born in New Orleans and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Tulane University in 1952 and a Law Degree in 1954. He has been a member of the Baton Rouge Bar Association, where he was a member of the Board of Directors, 1976-1980; Treasurer, 1979-1980; Secretary, 1980-81; and President, 1982-1983. He is a member of the New Orleans Bar Association and the Louisiana State Bar Association, where he served as a member of the House of Delegates, 1982-1984. Tony is also a member of the American Arbitration Association, International Association of Defense Counsel, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1980-82), and Defense Research Institute. He is also a former Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Louisiana.

Tony is a Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation; a member of the Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee; Team 100, Republican Party; and was an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention 2000 & 2004. He is on the Board of Directors of Project Lazarus; Former Chair, Forum for Equality; and a member of the Parish Council, St. Patrick’s Church. He is also an alumnus of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity and Delta Tau Delta Social Fraternity, for which he was a Vice-President of the Southern Division from 1969-1971.

While living in Baton Rouge, Tony was Chairman of the Ethics Nomination Committee, City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge, 1982-1983; Member, Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, 1982-1983; President, Baton Rouge Little Theatre, Inc., 1969-70; and Member, Board of Directors, Audubon Girl Scout Council, Baton Rouge, 1962-1965. In 1998, he was inducted into the Baton Rouge Little Theater Hall of Fame.