Chad B. Guidry is a native of Southwest Louisiana.  Chad graduated, Cum Laude, from McNeese State University, with a Bachelor's of Science in Finance.  He subsequently attained his law degree from Loyola University, School of Law. 

Chad is an active member of the community participating in a number of civic and professional  organizations, such as:

• Kinder Chamber of Commerce past President
• Allen Parish Hospital, Board of Directors, Chariman
• Kinder Rotary Club, past President
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Bar Association
• Allen Parish Bar Association
• Allen Parish District Defender

Kari G. Guidry graduated from Loyola University, School of Law, where she was active as a practitioner in the school's pro bono law clinic.  Prior to law school, Kari received her Bachelor's of Arts degree in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy from the James Madison College of Michigan State University.  Kari has also studied at Cambridge University, in the United Kingdom, and the University of Vienna Law School, in Austria.  After law school, Kari worked as staff attorney for the 14th Judicial District Court and for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal of the State of Louisiana.  Kari is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Southwest Louisiana Bar Association and Allen Parish Bar Association.