RUSSELL K. ZAUNBRECHER was born in Crowley, Louisiana on December 25, 1950. He was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1977. He served on the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeal in 1984.

University of Southwestern Louisiana Bachelor of Arts, 1973

Louisiana State University and Texas A&M College Juris Doctor, 1977

 President of the Acadia Parish Bar Association, 1987

Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1987-1992

Past member of American Inns of Court (Acadian Chapter)