Law firms battle at New Orleans cornhole classic for charity trophies
MBLB left the NOBA Cornhole Classic with three trophies as law-firm and judicial-chamber teams turned a charity bracket into a real competition.
MBLB came out of the NOBA Cornhole Classic with three trophies, and that was the clearest sign this was more than a photo-op for lawyers. Brooke Rance and Aaron Broussard took third place in the tournament, Connor O’Brien won Best Trick Shot, and Hieu Scott Le’s entry, Habeuscorn-pus, finished third for most creative name.
The bracket gave the event a sharper edge than the usual charity mixer. The New Orleans Bar Association Young Lawyers Section staged the tournament Thursday, July 9, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Urban South Brewery on Tchoupitoulas Street, and the field was open to teams from area law firms and judicial chambers. K. Chance Carter, Bennett L. Matson and Aubrey D. Rector were listed as the 2026 chairs, and the format came with an open bar, food for attendees and free play for spectators once the tournament ended. Advance tickets were set at $50, admission at the door was $55, and a block of 10 tickets cost $400.
The beneficiary was The Pro Bono Project, and that part of the night mattered as much as the brackets. The nonprofit provides free civil legal services in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Washington parishes, using volunteer attorneys, paralegals, law students and private citizens to serve low-income clients. Its Self-Help Resource Center, operated in partnership with the Orleans Parish Civil District Court and the clerk’s office, is funded by the Louisiana Bar Foundation, tying the cornhole event to a larger legal-services network already embedded in New Orleans.
MBLB also framed the classic as a recurring date on the calendar, not a one-off novelty. The firm’s earlier recap described it as the 2nd Annual Cornhole Classic, and it said the event fit into The Pro Bono Project’s broader service work, which had been summarized with 1,500 cases handled, 4,500 clients served, 12,900 volunteer hours and $4.5 million in donated-time value. Ava Maria Wolf had also been tied to earlier NOBA recognition for the event, underlining how quickly the tournament has become part of the legal community’s yearly rotation.
That combination of named teams, bracket results and institutional support is what made this edition stand out. In a city where cornhole keeps showing up in places that once would have reserved the game for tailgates and patios, the NOBA Cornhole Classic looked like a legitimate competitive stop, with enough heat in the bracket to hand out trophies for play, style and even the best team name.
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