James A. Babst

Government, Mediation
Pan American Life Center, 601 Poydras Street, Suite 2750
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130


Government

Admitted

1976, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits

Law School

Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., 1976

Law School Graduation Year

1976

College

Yale College, B.A., Philosophy, cum laude, 1971

Memberships

Fifth Federal Circuit, Louisiana State (Chairman, Section of Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law, 1991-1993), Federal and American (Member, Sections of Antitrust and Litigation) Bar Associations.

Biographical

Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1974-1976 and Articles Editor, 1975-1976, Tulane Law Review. Author: Punitive Damages and Why We Don't Need Them, 43 La. B. J. 257 (1995); Fifth Circuit Symposium: Antitrust Law, 33 Loyola Law Review 605 (1987). Member: House of Delegates, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1983-1995; House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1994-1998; Louisiana State Law Institute Council, 1994-1998; Committee on Complex Litigation, Louisiana Judicial Council, 1995-1999.

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