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Visibility Rankings  | | #5 out of 4,253 lawyers in New Orleans, Louisiana | | #1,116 out of 892,086 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Admiralty Law(70%); Civil Litigation(15%); Corporate Law(5%); Professional Liability Law(10%) | | | Peer Review Rating | AV
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What's this? | | | Education | Tulane University, J.D., 1953, Tulane University, B.B.A., 1951 | | | Admitted | 1953, Louisiana | |
| Memberships | New Orleans Bar Association (Elected Distinguished Maritime Lawyer, 1996; Recipient, Presidents Award, 2002); Louisiana Bar Foundation; Louisiana State Bar Association (Recipient, Curtis Boisfontaine Award for Excellence in Trial Practice, 2002); Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association (Chairman, Standing Committee on Admiralty and Maritime Law, 1979-1983; Chairman, 1983-1984 and Vice Chair, 1984—, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section); Association of Average Adjusters of the United States (Chairman, 1992-1993); American Bar Foundation; Maritime Law Association of U.S. (Member, Executive Committee, 1981-1984). American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1978-1980). | | | Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, July 28, 1930 | | | Biography | Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1952-1953. Chairman, Advisory Editors, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1972—. Editor, "Damages Recoverable in Maritime Matters," ABA Press, 1984. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.), 1979—. Elected Distinguished Maritime Lawyer, New Orleans Bar Association, 1996; Named Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, Tulane University Alumni Association, 2003. Author: Casebook Admiralty: Personal Injury and Death Tulane Press, 6th Ed., 2007; Casebook, Collision and Limitation of Liability, 1997. Lecturer, Louisiana State Law School, 1985-1988. Adjunct Professor of Law, Tulane University, 1969—. Member, Board of Administrators, Tulane Educational Fund, 1996-2000. Permanent Member, 1965 and Chairman, 1991—, Advisory Board, Tulane Admiralty Law Institute. Member, Fifth Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee, 1984-1986. President, Navy League of U.S., New Orleans Council, 1987-1989, 1992-1995. State President, Navy League of the U.S., 1996-1999. Chairman, Archbishops Community Appeal, 1992. Member, Tulane University Alumni Association. Decorated Knight Grand Cross, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Named Lieutenant of the Southeastern Lieutenancy by Cardinal Furno; Named Knight of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II; Named Order of Saint Louis by Archbishop Schulte, 1988; Named One of Top 50 Lawyers, New Orleans City Business, New Orleans, 2005; Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2007. Member, Board of The Bethlehem University Foundation, 2007. President, Tulane University Alumni Association, 1990-1992. President, 1992-1995, State President 1996-1999, and Volunteer of the Year 1992; Navy League of U.S., New Orleans Chapter; Commander, Military Order of Foreign Wars - Louisiana Commandery, 2004-2006; Chairman, Emeritus Club, Tulane University, 2006. | | | ISLN | 909552792 | |
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