Arthur R. Carmody, Jr.

ISLN: 908531835
Of Counsel
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Admitted

• Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1952
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1971

Education

• Louisiana State University Law School, LL.B.

Associations & memberships

• Shreveport (President, 2003), Fifth Federal Circuit, Louisiana State (Examiner, 1971 - 1983; Committee on Codes of Lawyer and Judicial Conduct, 1996), Federal Bar Association
• American Judicature Society
• Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Society
• Scribes Honor Society
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
• Louisiana Railroad Association
• Defense Research Institute, Inc.
• Louisiana State Law Institute
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
• Historical Society of the U.S. Supreme Court
• National Legal Center For The Public Interest. Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz Chapter, American Inn of Court (Master)

Biographical details

Phi Delta Phi. Finalist, Robert Lee Storey Moot Court Competition; Winner, Inter Fraternity Moot Court Competition. Member, Moot Court Advisory Board. Author: Legal-Hist Column, Shreveport Bar Review, 1996. Author: "Legal Problems in the Development and Mining of Lignite," 1976 Institute on Mineral Law 39. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White Publications. Member, 1958 - 1973 and Chairman, 1959 - 1971, Metropolitan Shreveport Zoning Board of Appeals. Chairman: Board of Trustees, Jesuit High School of Shreveport Corp., 1977 - 1983; Board of Governors, Loyola Foundation of Shreveport, 1991; Chairman, 1993 - 1996. Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Schumpert Medical Center, 1974 - 1985. Member, Board of Trustees, Louisiana State University Law School, 2003. Member: Committee Appointed by Louisiana Supreme Court to Review and Recommend Standards of Judicial Conduct, 1994; Ad Hoc Committee for Preparation of Rules and Regulations for Mining and Reclamation of Lignite in the State of Louisiana, Department of Conservation, 1978 - 1979; Advisory Council, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, 1982 - 1986; Alumni Achievement Award, Fordham College, 1995. Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Life Member).

Mr. Carmody has practiced law in Shreveport for over 50 years and serves as Of Counsel for the firm. He has extensive trial experience and provides valuable consultation with the firm and clients. He is a member of the Louisiana State and Federal Fifth Circuit Bar Associations. He is a former president of the Shreveport Bar Association, a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, the Louisiana State Law Institute and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. He is a master in the Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court and has served on the board of trustees for the Louisiana State University Law Center.

Military service

• 1st Lt., USAR, 1948 - 1951

Cases

• Carrol v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 708 F.2d 183, 32 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 286 (5th Cir. (La.) 1983)
• E.E.O.C. v. Southwestern Elec. Power Co., 591 F.Supp. 1128, 35 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 801 (W.D. Ark., 1984) Fry v. Southern Pacific Transp. Co., 715 So.2d 632 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1998), writ den (La. 1998)
• Gugliuzza v. KCMC, Inc., 593 So.2d 845 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1992), reversed 606 So.2d 790 (La. 1992), 20 Media L. Rep. 1866
• Livestock Producers, Inc. v. Littleton, 748 So.2d 537 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1999), writ den (La. 2000)
• Neloms v. Southwestern Elec. Power Co., 440 F.Supp. 1353, 18 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 1683 (W.D. La. 1977 River Rouge Minerals, Inc. v. Energy Resources of Minnesota, 331 So. 2d 878 (La. App. 2 Cir. 1976) (No. 12879)
• Parish v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n, 506 F.2d 1028 (5th Cir. (La.) 1975)
• Pinnick v. Louisiana State University Medical Center, 707 So.2d 1050 (La. App. 2 Cir. 1998)
• Perot v. Danna, 784 So.2d 34.397, (La. App. 2 Cir. 2001)
• Reed v. Sisters of Charity of Incarnate Word of Louisiana, Inc., 447 F.Supp. 309, 23 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 1171 (W.D. La. 1978)
• Richardson v. Kansas City Southern R. Co., 731 So.2d 1017 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1999), writ den (La. 1999)
• Antee V. Southern Pacific Transp. Co., 627 So.2d 798 (La. App, 2 Cir. 1993)
• Baylor v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co., No. 01-30897, (U.S. 5th Cir. 02)
• Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Little O's Trucking, Inc. No. 02-31158 (U.S. 5th Cir. 02)

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Practice Areas

• Corporate Law
• Employment Law
• Environmental Law
• General Civil Practice and Litigation
• Insurance Defense
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Our Address

__ 400 Travis Street
Suite 1700
Shreveport, LA 71101

Phone: 318-221-4196
Fax:   318-221-3705

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