Practice Areas - General Civil Litigation
- Mineral Rights Law
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| University | Tulane University of Louisiana, B.B.S., 1957 |
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| Law School | Tulane University of Louisiana, LL.B., 1959 |
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| Admitted | 1959, Louisiana |
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| Memberships | Southwest Louisiana (President, 1968-1969), Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1966-1976, 1987—; Member, President's Executive Committee, 1987-1991; Member and Former Chairman of Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1971-1982; Named Outstanding Young Lawyer of Louisiana, 1974) and American Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1973-1974); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors); Louisiana Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors). |
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| Born | Baltimore, Maryland, January 13, 1935 |
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| Biography | Phi Delta Phi. Named in The Best Lawyers in America for Business Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation. Recipient, Curtis R. Boisfontaine Trial Advocacy Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association, 1997; Distinguished Attorney of Louisiana Award from the Louisiana Bar Foundation, 1998. Appointed Judge, Third Circuit Court of Appeal, Louisiana Supreme Court, 2004. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
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| Reported Cases | Carter v. Jones, 967 So.2d 615 (La. App. 3d Cir. 2007), writ denied, 973 So.2d 756 (La. 1/25/08) (representing a majority of the judges of the 14th Judicial District Court in a constitutional dispute with another one of the judges); Waterfowl Ltd. Liability Co. v. U.S., 473 F.3d 135 (5th Cir. 2006) (representing private mineral owners in a multi-million dollar dispute over mineral ownership with the United States Government); Rodriguez v. Olin Corporation, 780 F.2d 491 (5th Cir. 1986) (appellate reversal of adverse jury verdict on crossclaim by codefendant seeking to impose liability for leak of phosgene gas); Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Ecodyne Corp.; 635 F.2d 518 (5th Cir. 1981) (remand after sucessful defense of claim for tower collapse; no appeal taken after second trial); Daigle v. Continental Oil Co., 277 F.Supp. 875 (W.D.La. 1967) (representation of plaintiffs in first air pollution suit tried in southwest Louisiana); J-O'B Operating Co. v. Newmont Oil Company, 560 So.2d 852 (La. App. 3d Cir. 1990) (successful defense of $70 million dispute over "area of mutual interest"); Miller v. Lake Arthur Reclamation Co., 558 So.2d 333 (La. App. 3d Cir. 1990) (successful defense of attack on stock transfer involving mineral worth in excess of $1 million); NASCO, Inc. v. Calcasleu Television and Radio, Inc., 623 F.Supp. 1372 (W.D.La. 1985), aff'd, 797 F.2d 975 (5th Cir. 1986) (enforcement of contract for sale of Lake Charles television station); NASCO, Inc. v. Calcasleu Television and Radio, Inc., 124 F.R.D. 120 (W.D.La., 1989), aff'd and remanded in part, 894 F.2d 696 (5th Cir. 1990), aff'd after remand, 945 F.2d 401 (5th Cir. 1991), aff'd sub nom., Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 111 S.Ct. 2123, 115 L.Ed.2d 27 (1991) (imposition of sanctions against defendant, including $1 million in attorney's fees and disciplinary sanctions against opposing counsel); Dwayne LaFleur, et. al. v. Entergy, Inc., et. al., 98-344 (La. App. 3d Cir. 12/9/98), 737 So.2d 761, writ denied, 99-0057 (La. 2-26-99), 738 So.2d 587 (successful defense of class action cuits against electrical utility company arising from ice storm). |
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| ISLN | 903900391 |
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