On November 20, 2025, Managing Member Larry Pugh of Pugh Accardo was inducted as the President of the 101st Board of the New Orleans Bar Association.  The New Orleans Bar Association was chartered in 1924. The Organization Meeting of the New Orleans Bar Association was held on December 19, 1924, in the Convention Hall of the St. Charles Hotel. During the meeting, founding members of the Association signed the Charter of the New Orleans Bar Association. These founding members were distinguished lawyers in New Orleans and many later became Presidents and Board Members of the Association.

Larry Pugh has been practicing law in New Orleans since 1986. A skilled trial lawyer, he has defended businesses and individuals in complex civil matters and class actions. He is trial counsel for clients involved in nationwide litigation and has tried cases in multiple jurisdictions, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Tennessee. He is a leading litigator in the areas of asbestos litigation, other toxic tort litigation, products liability and environmental litigation.