Townsend received a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches and a Juris Doctor from historically black Southern University Law School in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Admitted to the bar in 1990, Townsend specializes in consumer class actions, criminal defense, civil suits, and personal injury cases.<ref name=martindale/> | Townsend received a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches and a Juris Doctor from historically black Southern University Law School in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Admitted to the bar in 1990, Townsend specializes in consumer class actions, criminal defense, civil suits, and personal injury cases.<ref name=martindale/> |