Daniel “Becket” Becnel was born in Baton Rouge and raised in the River Parishes and the New Orleans area. He graduated from St. Martin’s Episcopal School and Tulane University. He attended Tulane and Loyola University Schools of Law and earned his Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Upon graduating, Becket returned to the River Parishes to begin his law career, dedicated to serving the people of his hometown community with excellent representation in civil and criminal cases.
He was a member of the River Parishes Indigent Defender Board from 1991-2004 and served as President of the River Parish Young Lawyers from 1992-1998. In 1998, he was elected as an American Bar Association Delegate to the National Conference. Becket also served as the Young Lawyer Delegate to the Louisiana State Bar Association from 1992-1994 and as Delegate for the 40th Judicial District Court to the LSBA from 1996-2000.
Becket has 34 years of experience in State and Federal Court practice. He is admitted to practice before all Louisiana state courts, as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He has tried over 30 jury trials and over 550 Bench trials in the State of Louisiana. Specifically, he has tried over 15 jury trials and 150 Bench trials in St. John Parish alone. Becket has tried more jury and judge trials than any other lawyer in St. John Parish.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association of Justice, and the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ). He has been admitted to practice law in Colorado since 2008 and is a member of the Colorado Bar Association and the Pitkin County Bar Association.
In 2024, Becket was appointed by Governor Jeff Landry to the Louisiana Sports and Exposition Board.
Becket is an avid sports fan, hunter, and fisherman. He and his wife and partner, Kathryn, have an adult son and daughter, whom they are incredibly proud of and remain very close with.
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