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Admitted: 1978, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Law School: Louisiana State University, J.D.
Member: Shreveport, Federal Fifth Circuit, Louisiana State and Shreveport Bar Associations (Sections on Labor & Employment, Public Utility, Insurance and Environmental); Federal Bar Association; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute, Inc.; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1989 and 2000); International Association of Defense Counsel; Edison Electric Institute (Legal Committee).
Biography: Bobby Gilliam is the managing partner of the firm and is listed in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, most recently in 2012. He is an officer in the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and a Guest Lecturer on Utility and Regulatory Law at Tulane University Law School. Mr. Gilliam is the annual host of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel North Louisiana Seminar. He has an active Federal and State litigation practice, appearing in courts throughout Louisiana and in surrounding states. He also practices extensively before the Louisiana Public Service Commission. His practice focuses on the defense of corporate clients including railroad law and litigation, public utility and regulatory law, employment law and insurance and corporate defense litigation.
Born: Springdale, Arkansas, September 27, 1953
Cases: Cargo v. KCSR Co., 408 B.R. 631(W.D. La. June 18, 2009); Maxie v. Dolet Hills Lignite Co., 2008 WL 4762982 (W.D. La. Oct. 28, 2008); Lee v. KCS Co., 08-30444 (5th Cir. 6/30/09) 574 F.3d 253; Turner v. KCS Co., 622 F.Supp.2d 374 (E.D. La. 2009); Marshall National Bank v. Norwell Equipment Co., 787 F.2d 1004 (5th Cir. 1986); Joslyn Manufacturing Co., et al v. Koppers Co. and KCSR Co., 40 F.3d 750 (5th Cir. 1995); Cajun, et al v. Southwestern Electric Power Company, 150 F.3d 503 (5th Cir. 1998); Rivers v. Central & South West Corp., 186 F.3d 681 (5th Cir. 1999); Moufarrej v. Unum Provident Corp. 2004 WL 1240528 (Not selected for publication in the Federal reporter) (5th Cir. 2004); Home Port Rentals, Inc., v. International Yachting Group, Inc., 99-0464 (W.D. LA 2000) 95 F.Supp.2d 623; Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Talley, 377 So.2d 364 (La. App. 2 Cir. 9/24/79); Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Scurlock, 485 So.2d 72 (La., App. 2 Cir. 2/26/86); Boyd v. B.B.C. Brown Boveri, Inc., 26, 889 (La. App. 2 Cir. 5/10/95) 656 So. 2d 683; Herndon v. Southwestern Electric Power Company, 26, 889 (La. App. 2 Cir. 5/10/95) 655 So. 2d 678; Provenza v. Central & Southwest Services, Inc., 34, 162 (La. App.2 Cir. 12/15/00) 775 So. 2d 84; In re: Southwestern Electric Power Company and Central and Southwest Corporation and American Electric Power Company, Inc., approval of a proposed Business Combination and Merger, Docket No. U-23327, Louisiana Public Service Commission (7/28/99); In re: Analysis of the Regulatory Implications of the Dolet Hills Settlement entered into by CLECO Power, LLC and Southwestern, Electric Power Company, Inc., Docket Nos. U-21453, U-20925 (SC) and U-20292 (SC) (Subdocket G), Louisiana Public Service Commission (5/31/2001); In re: Docket U-31351, Joint Application of Valley Electric Membership Corporation (VEMCO) and Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) for Expedited Approval of VEMCO’s Voluntary Plan of Dissolution and the Purchase of its Assets by SWEPCO (11/10/10); Marlin Player, et al v. KCSR, 2011 WL 5572920 (W.D. La. Nov. 16, 2011); In re: LPSC Docket U-23327, Subdockets C and D, Settlement of SWEPCO’s 2007 and 2008 Formula Rate Plan Test Years; In re: LPSC Docket U-32095, Application of SWEPCO for Certification of Contracts for the Purchase of New Long Term Renewable Resources
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