Top LSU lawyer lacks license to practice in Louisiana seattlepi.com BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) โ The Louisiana State University System's newly hired, $270,000-a-year general counsel does not have a license to practice law in Louisiana. Thomas Skinner, who has a law license in Illinois, tells The Advocate ... New LSU general counsel can't practice law in LouisianaThe New Orleans Advocate all 8 news articles ยป Continue reading...