Practice Areas - Construction Law
- Fidelity and Surety
- Insurance Bad Faith Defense
- Extra Contractual Insurance Claims
- Civil Appeals
- Professional Liability
- Property Insurance
- Antitrust
- Commercial Litigation
| - Trial Practice
- Oil and Gas Law
- Civil RICO
- Arbitration
- Directors and Officers Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Sports Law
- Entertainment Law
- Trusts and Estates
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 504-585-7663
Fax: 504-200-8963
http://www.monbar.com
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| University | Tulane University of Louisiana, B.A., 1957; Harvard University, International Studies Program, 1959 |
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| Law School | Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., 1961; Northwood University, Doctor of Laws Degree, Honoris Causa, 1994 |
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| Admitted | 1961, Louisiana; 1963, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Tax Court |
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| Memberships | New Orleans Bar, Louisiana State Bar (Chair: Fidelity, Surety and Construction Law Committee, 1991-1993; The Professionalism & Quality of Life Committee, 1991-1993), U.S. Fifth Circuit, Federal Bar, American Bar (Chairman, 1990-1991, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Vice Chairman, 1990-1991, Appellate Advocacy Committee; Vice Chairman, 1991-1996, Professionals', Officers' and Directors' Liability Law Committee, 1996-2000; Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice; Corporation, Banking and Business Law; International Law; Litigation; Forum Committee on Construction Industry, 1978-1979), Inter-American and International Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Law Institute; Society of Construction Law, Great Britain; Center of Construction Law, Great Britain. |
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| Military | Captain, U.S. Air Force NSA Judge Advocate |
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| Languages | German, Italian, Spanish, French and English |
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| Born | Hammond, Louisiana |
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| Biography | Recurring Author: "Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law, Aspen Law and Business," Louisiana Chapter; "State-by-State Guide to Architect, Engineer, and Contractor Licensing, Aspen Law and Business," Louisiana Chapter. Author: "Role of the Rule of Law," Wake of Worldwide Disasters, 2005; "The Treatment of Foreign Law by U.S. Courts," International Bar Association, 1993; "Construction Law and Construction Litigation," Practicing Law Institute, 1987; "Fraud and Dishonesty Under the Blanket Bond," American Bar Association, 9 Forum 229, 1973. Co-Author: "Construction Litigation: Representing the Contractor, Construction Litigation Involving Contractors and Their Sureties," John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Edition, 1988; "The Use of Litigation and Arbitration in Resolving Contract Disputes," American Bar Association, 1979. Contributing Author: "Annotated General Indemnity Agreement," Insurance Counsel Journal, 1985. Presenter, "Arbitration of International Law Issues," Tulane and Louisiana State University Law Schools, 1986. Fellow: American College of Construction Lawyers (Board of Governors, 1997-2000); American Bar Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation. |
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| ISLN | 905802808 |
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| Transactions | Participated in negotiations in the Suez Canal Zone in 1974 in the wake of the Yom Kippur War leading to the removal of ships sunk in the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War; represented a consortium of 80 companies involved in the reconstruction Kuwait and its oil fields in the Wake of Operation Desert Storm; represented a major U. S. international insurance company in developing indemnity agreements, constructions bonds and guaranties which were used with contractors in 12 countries in Europe and the Mid-East; represented the lead insurer in the adjustment of the business interruption claims of the Titan !V rockets manufacturer when the solid rocket fuel manufacturing plant in Henderson, Nevada was destroyed in an explosion. |
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