s ▁former ▁oppon ent , ▁U . S . ▁Represent ative ▁Lind y ▁Bog gs . ▁ ▁After ▁more ▁than ▁four ▁dec ades ▁of ▁building ▁the ▁firm ▁and ▁upon ▁his ▁ret irement ▁from ▁Adams ▁and ▁Re ese ▁L LP , ▁Le Bl anc ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁No elle ▁joined ▁the ▁Peace ▁Corps . ▁They ▁were ▁sent ▁for ▁language ▁training ▁to ▁ ▁Val en ii ▁de ▁Mun te , ▁Roman ia , ▁for ▁three ▁months ▁and ▁then ▁assigned ▁to ▁Z al au , ▁where ▁they ▁lived ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁Le Bl anc ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁E PA ; ▁No elle , ▁for ▁an ▁N GO , ▁Fri ends ▁of ▁the ▁Library . ▁After ▁completion ▁of ▁their ▁twenty - se ven ▁months ▁of ▁service ▁they ▁returned ▁home ▁int ending ▁to ▁divide ▁their ▁time ▁between ▁resid ences ▁in ▁New ▁Orleans ▁and ▁Asp en , ▁Colorado . ▁While ▁they ▁were ▁in ▁Asp en ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 , ▁H urr icane ▁K atr ina ▁dev ast ated ▁New ▁Orleans . ▁For ▁a ▁while ▁Sam ▁pract iced ▁law ▁part - time ▁with ▁his ▁brother ▁Rob ▁Cou h ig ' s ▁law ▁office ▁but ▁retired ▁from ▁all ▁practice ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁bought ▁property ▁in ▁West ▁Fel ic iana ▁parish ▁near ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁St . ▁Francis ville . ▁There after ▁the ▁Le B lan cs ▁commission ed ▁the ▁Bat on ▁Rou ge ▁architect ▁Bill ie ▁Ann ▁Brian ▁to ▁design ▁and ▁build ▁a ▁house ▁they ▁named ▁R ouss illon ▁after ▁similar