Our Attorney Team

J. Ward Conville was a Founding Member of Couch Lambert (formerly known as Couch Conville & Blitt). He participates in select litigation in the State of Mississippi. His practice focuses upon foreclosures, replevin, and a variety of commercial and consumer legal collection matters.

Mr. Conville is a 1996 graduate of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He obtained his law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1999.

He is licensed to practice in all Courts of Mississippi.

Bradley J Chauvin is the Lead collection counsel and Senior Louisiana Litigator with the firm. He has been with the firm and its predecessors for over 20 years. He has gained a reputation as an aggressive advocate for his clients, but fair opponent. He has had extensive experience in prosecuting and defending creditors’ claims. His practice includes commercial and consumer legal collections for many of the Firm’s local and national clients.

Mr. Chauvin acts for the rights of his clients in the legislature as well. He co-authored and actively supported passage of the former Louisiana Collection Agency Regulation Act, the Louisiana Pawnshop Act, and has helped draft and pass revisions to various other Louisiana business and collection related statutes.

Mr. Chauvin has guest lectured at Loyola University School of Law, for Dun & Bradstreet, for the National Association of Credit Managers, and throughout the state on business and collection law issues. He co-authored the 1990, 1993, and 1999 Louisiana Law of Pawn.

Mr. Chauvin is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Jefferson Bar Association and the Commercial Law League of America. He is licensed before all of the courts of Louisiana, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Chauvin was licensed in the area of property and casualty with the Louisiana Insurance Commission for 10 years and has held a solicitor’s license with the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for 25 years.

Mr. Chauvin is a 1990 graduate of Loyola University School of Law. During law school, he clerked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans and subsequently for Babovich & Spedale, a predecessor firm. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Loyola University of the South.

Sarena Y. Gaylor is a Partner of the Firm. Her practice focuses upon consumer legal collections and creditor’s defense. She is licensed to practice in Louisiana.

Ms. Gaylor graduated from Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University with a Juris Doctor and Diploma in Comparative Law in 2013. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy of Law, Morality & Society and Physical Anthropology from Tulane University in 2009.

Prior to graduating from law school, Ms. Gaylor clerked at CCB, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services’ Family Law Division, and interned for Judge Guy Holdridge of the 23rd Judicial District Court. Ms. Gaylor joined the firm in September 2013.

Shawn R. Redman is a Senior Associate Texas Litigator. His practice includes a wide variety of commercial litigation matters, representation of clients before the United States Department of Labor, Texas Worker’s Compensation Commission and Texas Workforce Commission, as well as before the State and Federal District and Justice Courts in Texas.

In 1997, Shawn received his Bachelor of Sciences Degree from Louisiana State University. He subsequently attended Loyola University- New Orleans School of Law where he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2001. During his tenure at Loyola University, he participated in the comparative law studies program at the University of Vienna School of Law in Vienna, Austria.

Mr. Redman has gained first and second chair jury trial experience. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, the State of Louisiana and in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.

Randall C. Roth is an associate member of the Firm whose work is concentrated in the area of compliance. He has been with the Firm for about a year and a half. Prior to coming to the Firm Mr. Roth was an in-house counsel for Hibernia National Bank and Capital One N A; associate in-house counsel for The Resolution Trust Corporation; and in-house counsel for Oak Tree Savings Bank of New Orleans. His areas of practice were consumer and commercial collection and loan workouts. He also did work in the area of creditors rights in Bankruptcy matters and assisted outside bank counsel in several defensive matters.

Mr. Roth is a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans School of Law where he earned a Juris Doctorate in 1978. He earned his under graduate degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, from the University of New Orleans in 1975.

Mr. Roth also volunteers at the National World War II Museum, The Burden Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge Louisiana and serves on the District Shooting Sports Committee for the New Orleans area Boy Scouts of America. In conjunction with his museum interests Mr. Roth is a certified Interpretive Guide and maintains membership in the National Association of Interpretation (NAI).

Chad Benoit is an Associate Louisiana Litigator. He graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Mississippi, and received his law degree from The University of Mississippi School of Law. While in law school, Chad interned with the Mississippi Attorney General’s office as well as the U.S. Attorney’s office. Chad joined the firm in 2018, bringing with him five years of experience as a trial attorney and as corporate counsel. He is currently licensed in Mississippi.

Paul Brennan is an Associate Louisiana Litigator. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University, and he received his law degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. While in law school, Paul externed with the Honorable Judge Guy Holdridge at the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal. Paul joined the firm in 2018, bringing with him experience as an Assistant District Attorney for Orleans Parish. He is currently licensed in Louisiana.

Charles Dismukes is an Associate Louisiana Litigator in the New Orleans office. His practice focuses upon consumer legal collections and creditor’s defense. Charles graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Orleans and received his law degree from Mississippi College School of Law. While in law school, Charles participated in the Immigration Clinic in partnership with Catholic Charities of Jackson handling asylum cases. Additionally, he worked as a law clerk for a plaintiff firm in Kenner, LA where he worked personal injury matters and family law cases. He is currently licensed in Louisiana.

Jordan Carlisle is an Associate Litigator in the Birmingham, Alabama office. She is licensed to practice in the State Courts of Alabama as well as the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Alabama. Ms. Carlisle grew up in North Alabama, but now calls Birmingham home.

Ms. Carlisle obtained her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University where she was a member of the National Negotiation team, the James Edwin Horton Inn of Court, an Executive Member of the Henry Upson Simms Moot Court Board, and an Associate Justice of the Gordon T. Saad Moot Court Competition. Ms. Carlisle received her B.A. in Political Science with a minor in English from Jacksonville State University. 

Prior to joining the firm in January 2019, Ms. Carlisle practiced at a plaintiff’s firm in Birmingham, AL. Her litigation experience includes representing hundreds of clients in consumer arbitration.

Timothy Elder is a Senior Texas Litigator in the Dallas office. His practice focuses on consumer collection litigation, an area in which he has fifteen years’ experience.

Mr. Elder holds his Juris Doctor degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, from which he also received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree in physical anthropology. He has been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1992.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Elder was involved in commercial construction contracting. After attending law school, he opened a general litigation practice. He has been practicing in the area of consumer collections litigation and compliance since 2004, representing both original creditors and debt buyers. He is admitted to practice in all Texas state courts and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mr. Elder joined the firm in April 2019.

Kevin D. Rogers is a Senior Litigation Associate for the State of Arkansas. His practice is focused on collections and creditor’s defense. Mr. Rogers is licensed to practice in all state courts in Arkansas and Mississippi. He is also licensed to practice in the federal courts in the Eastern and Western District of Arkansas as well as the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. 

Mr. Rogers graduated in 2011 from the University of Arkansas- Little Rock with a juris doctorate. He received a BA in Legal Studies from the University of Central Florida. Mr. Rogers is a decorated veteran of the United States Air Force. 

Prior to joining Couch Lamber (formerly known as Couch, Conville & Blitt) in 2019, Mr. Rogers practiced seven years representing mortgage lenders and servicers in all aspects of foreclosure, eviction, bankruptcy and litigation.

Teri Stewart Mace is Senior Litigator. Teri has more than thirty years’ experience in commercial and consumer collections practice in Texas state and federal courts.

Teri received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism from the University of Kansas in 1978, and her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1986. Teri clerked for the honorable Justice Alma Wilson while in law school, the first woman appointed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Teri is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, and in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Teri joined the firm in January 2020, and is based in the Dallas office.

Elizabeth A. Cash is a Senior Litigation Associate for the State of Tennessee based in the Memphis office. Ms. Cash is licensed to practice in all state courts of Tennessee, U.S. District Court for the Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ms. Cash graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphries School of Law in 2003 and a Bachelor of Science from Baylor University in 1998. Prior to joining to Couch Lambert (formerly known as Couch, Conville & Blitt), Ms. Cash represented clients in consumer legal collections, commercial litigation, estate planning, foreclosures, landlord-tenant matters, and real property transactions.

Todd Hinds graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Binghamton University, and received his law degree from The Ohio State University (Moritz) College of Law. Todd went on to prosecute felony cases in state courts for several years. Todd joined the firm in 2021, bringing years of litigation experience. He is licensed in Texas, New York, and New Jersey.

Britney is an Associate Louisiana Litigator in the Metairie office. Her practice focuses upon consumer legal collections and creditor’s defense. Britney graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Clemson University in South Carolina and received her law degree from Southern University Law Center. Prior to joining the Firm, Britney was a judicial intern in Middle District of Louisiana. She is currently licensed in Louisiana.

William Boyd is an Associate Mississippi Litigator. He graduated with a bachelor’s in political science in 2016 from Tulane University and received his J.D. with a certificate in admiralty law from Tulane University Law School. He is currently licensed to practice in all state courts in Mississippi and both the Northern and Southern Federal Districts of Mississippi. In addition to practicing law, Mr. Boyd serves in the Army National Guard.

Marlei English Thames is an Associate Litigator in the Dallas, Texas office. Her practice focuses on consumer legal collections and creditor’s defense. Marlei graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a minor in Business Administration from Baylor University in 2017. She received her law degree from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law in 2021. While in law school, Marlei co-authored a legal guide to garnishments that was published by the Texas Young Lawyers Association, as well as, served as Associate Managing Editor for The International Lawyer Journal. Additionally, she worked as a law clerk for the general counsel of an accounts receivable management company in Dallas. She is currently licensed in Texas.

Fred N. Blitt is Of Counsel with the Firm. While Fred’s practice is limited to the State of Illinois, he participates in marketing and executive level decision making at the Firm.

In 2011, Mr. Blitt was recognized as one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in the Credit and Collection Industry.

He currently serves as Immediate Past President of the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys (NARCA). He was President from 2009-2011, in addition to serving as a member of the NARCA Board of Directors from 2001-2007. Mr. Blitt is also a member of Illinois Bar Association, Commercial Law League of America (CLLA) and Debt Buyer’s Association (DBA).

Mr. Blitt is a 1988 graduate of the John Marshall Law School. He is licensed to practice before all Courts of Illinois.