David Oestreicher Recognized by Mayor Mitch Landrieu for Contribution to the Arts in New Orleans
Mayor Mitch Landrieu formally recognized New Orleans Lawyer David W. Oestreicher for his contribution to the arts in the City of New Orleans with a proclamation and certificate of recognition issued on Sept. 20, 2013.
Oestreicher long has been a proponent of the arts in New Orleans.
He served for several years as President of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, and through is work with Michael Manjarris, Oestreicher helped lead the implementation of sculpture program that saw many modern works placed throughout the city, most particularly, in the downtown area in the years since Hurricane Katrina swept through the landscape.
During his years of service as a reserve officer in the New Orleans Police Department, attorney David Oestreicher encountered many scenarios. He says his service in the NOPD actually helped him to become a better lawyer — one more attuned to myriad perspectives presented in any given case, rather than as someone who might view…
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“Dodging enemy fire, an American Doughboy advances on the double past the outskirts of embattled Cherbourg.” So reads, the caption, typed on back the original print of a historic photo made by Robert Capa just three weeks after the D-Day landing at Normandy in June, 1944. The caption says, “Isolated German units are still fighting furiously…
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David Oestreicher has many stories to tell from his days as a reserve officer on the New Orleans Police Department, but few quite as strange as the story of “The Christmas Mink” at Galatoire’s Restaurant in the French Quarter. On duty one day during the holiday season, Oestreicher, a Galatoire’s regular, was called on to…
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