NOBA Cornhole Classic raises funds for Pro Bono Project
Law firms and judicial chambers will battle at Urban South on July 9, with the Cornhole Classic raising money for The Pro Bono Project.
Teams from area law firms and judicial chambers will square off for the Cornhole Classic Champion title at the NOBA Cornhole Classic on Thursday, July 9, with the NOBA Young Lawyers Section using the bracket-style event to raise money for The Pro Bono Project. The tournament is set for 5 to 8 p.m. at Urban South Brewery, 1645 Tchoupitoulas St., and general admission is $50 in advance or $55 at the door.
The ticket package includes open bar and food, and spectators will get free play after the tournament ends. NOBA is turning the evening into part competition, part gathering, but the center of the night is still the bags and the bracket, with legal professionals competing for the title while supporters watch the action unfold.
Registration is set up for both full teams and mixed groups: 1 team of 4 costs $200, 2 teams of 4 costs $400, and 1 team of 4 plus 5 individual spectator tickets costs $375. K. Chance Carter of Deutsch Kerrigan LLP is chairing the 2026 event, with Bennett L. Matson and Aubrey D. Rector, both of Phelps Dunbar, serving as vice-chairs.
The event also arrives with a built-in scoreboard from last year. Stanley Reuter took first place in 2025 with Writ Happens, while Galloway Johnson won the Most Creative Team Name category with Escaped Cornvicts. Other listed top finishers included JJC Law, Phelps with Motion to Toss, Irwin Fritchie with Habeas Cornus, and SMD Law with Lawyers of the Corn, a roster that shows how firmly the tournament has settled into the local legal scene.
That legal crowd has already made the cornhole format part of a larger fundraising run. NOBA’s earlier Pro-Bowl-O Tournament supported free, quality legal services for residents in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, St. Tammany and Washington parishes, and the Young Lawyers Section later received ABA YLD Affiliate Star of the Quarter recognition for that effort. In 2025, the YLS also received The Pro Bono Project’s Distinguished Donor Award, underscoring how the Cornhole Classic fits into a longer charitable relationship with NOBA’s pro bono partner, which provides free legal services to underserved community members.
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