JOHN W. deGRAVELLES deGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus & Frugé 618 Main Street Baton Rouge, LA 70801-1910 telephone: (225) 344-3735 fax: (225) 336-1146 PERSONAL Born: November 2, 1949, Lafayette, LA Family: Wife: Barbara Jan Shamburger Two Children: Neale and Kate deGravelles EDUCATION B.A. 1971, Louisiana State University; Sociology J.D. 1974, Louisiana State University Law School (Order of the Coif) PROFESSIONAL Senior partner in the firm of deGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus & Frugé 618 Main Street Baton Rouge, LA 70801-1910 ADMITTED TO PRACTICE Admitted to Bars of Louisiana, Texas, Colorado, United States Supreme Court, United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; United States District Courts for the Western District of Louisiana, Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Eastern District of Texas and Southern District of Texas BOARD CERTIFICATION Board Certified in Civil Trial Litigation by National Board of Trial Advocacy UNIVERSITY TEACHING POSITIONS Member of Adjunct Faculty Louisana State University Law School, 1994 - Present (Advanced Litigation; Pre-Trial Litigation; Maritime Personal Injury) Member of Adjunct Faculty Tulane University Law School, Summer Session, Rhodos, Greece, 1993 - Present (Maritime Personal Injury) JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS Appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to fill the unexpired term of retiring Baton Rouge City Judge Darrell White; August 1, 1999 through November 30, 1999 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & ACTIVITIES Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA): Board of Governors (1993 - 1996); Member (1975 - Present) Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (LTLA): President, 1992 - 1993; President-Elect, 1991 - 1992; Board of Governors, 1984 - present; Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1989 - 1993; Member, 1974 - Present; Section Chairman, Medical Malpractice Section, 1997 - 1998; Committee Chairman, Standing Ethics Committee, 1999 - Present American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA): National Board of Directors, 1999 - Present; President, Louisiana Chapter, 1998; President-Elect, Louisiana Chapter, 1997; Secretary-Treasurer, Louisiana Chapter, 1995; Member, 1995 - Present Maritime Law Association: Member, 1996-Present Louisiana State Law Institute: Permanent member of Continuous Revision for the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Dean Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court No. 71, Emeritus Louisiana State Bar Association: 1974-Present; Member of Committee on Code of Lawyer and Judicial Conduct - 2001-2002. American Bar Association Member: 1974-Present Baton Rouge Bar Association Member: 1974-Present Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Financial Assistance to Clients: 2001 - present HONORS Martindale-Hubbell Rating: "AV" Fulbright Scholar (Maritime Private International Law/The American Judicial System: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School, Thessaloniki, Greece) 2001-02 Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1997 Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association President's Award, 1991 and 2000 Council For A Better Louisiana (CABL) Better Louisiana Award, 1988 Member, Order of the Coif, 1974 Member, Louisiana State University Law School Moot Court Board, 1974 Winner, Flory Trial Competition, LSU Law School, Fall 1973 CIVIC President and Founder, Citizens for a Clean Environment, 1984-1987; Member of Board of Directors, 1984-1992 Chairman, Baton Rouge Mayor's Council on Environmental Quality, 1984-1985 Governing Board, Common Cause of Louisiana, At Large Member, 1992-1994 President, LSU Law Center National Alumni Board, 1999-2001 Participant in American Bar Association Pro Bono Representation of Criminal Defendant in Post-Conviction Proceedings PUBLISHED WRITINGS BOOKS John W. deGravelles, Hon. Billie C. Woodward, and David R. Frohn, Louisiana Civil Trial Procedure (West Group, 1998-1999) BOOK CHAPTERS John W. deGravelles and John R. Tharpe, "Toxic Tort Litigation," in Louisiana Environmental Handbook, (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, 1992), 21-1 - 21-41 BOOKS/COURSE MATERIALS-EDITED John W. deGravelles LTLA Medical Malpractice Section Form Book, Lead Editor (Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1998) John W. deGravelles Maritime Torts: The Law of Seamen, Maritime Personal Injury and Death, A Casebook for Tulane University School of Law Summer Session, Rhodos, Greece (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) John W. deGravelles Advanced Litigation Supplemental Course Materials (A Course Book for LSU Law School Advanced Litigation Practice Course, Fall 1999, Fall 2000) LAW REVIEW ARTICLES John W. deGravelles "Harbor Tug and Barge Company v. Papai: Another Turn in the Labyrinth?," 10 University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal 209-234 (Summer 1998) OTHER PUBLICATIONS John W. deGravelles "A Primer of Effective Appellate Oral Advocacy," Around the Bar, No. 167 (May 2002) John W. deGravelles "Strategies for Avoiding and Overcoming a Medical Review Panel," Louisiana Advocates, Vol. XV, at page 11. (November 2000) John W. deGravelles "The Lawyer Becomes a Judge (For A While)," Around the Bar, No. 145 ( March 2000) John W. deGravelles "Louisiana Supreme Court Examines Seaman's Status," Louisiana Advocates, Vol. 14, No. 4 (April 1999) deGravelles, John W., "Who is a Jones Act Seaman?" Louisiana Private Investigators Association, Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 1999) John W. deGravelles and Jimmie W. Murvin "One Team Approach in a Plaintiff's Personal Injury Practice," Around the Bar, (October 1996) John W. deGravelles "Who Is A Jones Act Seaman? For the Maritime Investigator," Legal Investigator, Vol. XII, No. 1, (August 1982) SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS Speaker: "The Ethics of Funding Litigation: Edwins, Chittenden and The Like," Money 101 for Lawyers Liens, Loans & Liability, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (October 13, 2000) Speaker: 8th Annual Maritime Symposium, Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans, Louisiana (September 8, 2000) Instructor: Maritime Personal Injury Course, Tulane University Law School Summer Session, Rhodos, Greece (May 28, 2000 to June 20, 2000) Speaker: "Strategies for Dealing With and Overcoming a Negative Medical Review Panel," 2000 Start to Finish ,Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, New Orleans (April 14, 2000) Speaker: "Strategies for Dealing With an Unfair System: The Medical Review Panel," Last Chance , Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (December16-17 1999) Participant (Direct Examination): ABOTA Masters in Trial Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (November 19, 1999) Speaker: "Seaman Status: Emerging Issues," Fall 1999 Maritime Law Program, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana (September 24, 1999) Speaker: "The Paralegal's Role in Initial Pleadings," 1999 Association of Trial Lawyers of America Convention and Seminar, Association of Trial lawyers of America, San Francisco, California (July 16 - 19, 1999) Instructor: Maritime Personal Injury Course, Tulane University Law School, Summer Session, Rhodos, Greece (May 28, 1999 to June 20, 1999) Speaker: "Harbor Tug & Barge Company v. Papai, Another Turn in the Labyrinth?," 1999 Admiralty Law Seminar, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Point Clear, Alabama (March 12 & 13, 1999) Speaker: "Opening Statement," The Big Picture of Your Case, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (October 30, 1998) Moderator and participant in panel discussion: "The Big Bucks Disaster: A Case Study of Maritime Personal Injury Claims," LSU Maritime Personal Injury Seminar, LSU Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (October 16-17, 1998) Participant in Mock Trial: Masters in Trial Seminar, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), New Orleans, Louisiana (October 9-10, 1998) Speaker: LSU Law School Course on Legal Negotiations and Professionalism, Louisiana State University Law Center (October 7, 1998) Speaker: "Harbor Tug and Barge Company v. Papai; Another Turn in the Labyrinth?," Sixth Annual Admiralty Symposium Seminar, Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans, Louisiana (September 11, 1998) Instructor: Maritime Personal Injury Course, Tulane University Law School, Summer Session, Rhodos, Greece (May 28, 1998 to June 20, 1998) Participant: "Opening Statement for Plaintiff," Trying a Case in Louisiana and . . . All That Jazz, Louisiana State Bar Association Seminar and Mock Trial, New Orleans, Louisiana (May 1, 1998) Master of Ceremonies: 1998 Medical Malpractice Section Workshop, Louisiana Trial Lawyers of America, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (March 6, 1998) Speaker in Panel Discussion: Longshore and Harborworkers' Compensation Act, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana (January 22, 1998) Speaker: "Recent Developments in Maritime Law," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (December 30, 1997) Speaker: "Maritime Personal Injury and Riverboat Gaming," Maritime Law Association Seminar, Loyola University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana (November 19, 1997) Speaker: "Showing Bias in Medical Expert Witness Testimony," Louisiana State Bar Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (October 17, 1997) Speaker: "Preparing Clients/Witnesses and Expert Witnesses to Testify," Louisiana State Paralegal Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (September 20, 1997) Instructor: Maritime Personal Injury Course, Tulane University Law School, Summer Session , Rhodos, Greece (May 26, 1997 to June 13, 1997) Instructor: Maritime Personal Injury Course, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1996 Fall Semester and 1997 Spring Semester) Speaker: "Updates in Maritime Personal Injury," Last Chance, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (December 12-13, 1996) Speaker (w/Professor Thomas Galligan): "Processing Seafarers' Claims, Problems, Possibilities and Promises," Maritime Personal Injury , Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (October 18-19, 1996) Interviewed for topic: "Ethical Issues in Toxic Tort Litigation," Louisiana Environmental Lawyer, Vol. II, No. 11 (Section on Environmental Law), Louisiana State Bar Association, (Winter 1996) Instructor: Maritime Personal Injury Course, Tulane University Law School, Summer Session, Rhodos, Greece (June, 1996) Faculty Member: Trial by Fire/Civil Trial Short Course, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, Louisiana (April 19-20, 1996) Instructor: Maritime Personal Injury Course, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Spring Semester 1996) Speaker: The Paralegal's Role in Auto Accident Cases, Professional Education Systems, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (January 26, 1996) Faculty/participant: Masters in Trial Seminar, American Board of Trial Advocacy, New Orleans, Louisiana (October 13, 1995) Faculty member: National Institute of Trial Advocacy Program, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (August, 1995) Instructor: Maritime Personal Injury Course, Tulane University Law School Summer Session, Rhodos, Greece (June, 1995) Speaker: Premises Liability, Baton Rouge Bar Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (January 10, 1995) Panel Member: Ethics Panel Discussion, Louisiana State University Paralegal Studies Program Seminar, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (October 21, 1994) Speaker: Premises Liability, Louisiana Private Investigators Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (August 27, 1994) Faculty member: Advanced Trial Practice Seminar (NITA), Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (August 15 - 19, 1994); also, demonstration of closing argument Speaker: Premises Liability, National Business Institute Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (July 27, 1994) Speaker: Preparing for Trial and the Trial Notebook,17th Post-Graduate Summer School for Lawyers, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (July 11, 1994) Instructor: Maritime Personal Injury Course, Tulane University Law School, Summer Session, Rhodos, Greece (June, 1994) Speaker: Preparing for Trial, Louisiana State University Law School Advanced Tort Litigation Course, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana ( March 8, 1994) Faculty member: Maintenance & Cure and Admiralty Wage Claims, Tulane University Law School, Summer Session, Rhodos, Greece (July 14-15, 1993) Speaker: Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence, Baton Rouge Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, Orange Beach, Alabama (April 3, 1993) Speaker: "Ethics of Trial Practice," Trial By Fire, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (March 18, 1993) Leader: Bring Your Own Files Medical Malpractice Workshop, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar (February 5, 1993) - all-day presentation/workshop Speaker: "Medical Products Liability," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association 1992 Post-Legislative Retreat, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (August 11, 1992) Faculty member: Trial Advocacy Training Program, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University Law School (May 4-7, 1992) Speaker: "Opening Statements," Trial By Fire, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Metairie, Louisiana (March 20, 1992) Speaker: "The Use of Mock Trials in Preparation for Trial," Pre-trial Preparation, Dean Henry George McMahon, American Inn of Court, No. 71 Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (January 30, 1992) Speaker: "Use of Mock Trials in Preparation for Trial," Last Chance, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (December 27, 1991) Speaker: "Use of Mock Trials in Preparation for Trial," Innovative Trial Techniques, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Houston, Texas (December 6, 1991) Speaker: "The Use of a Paralegal in a Civil Trial Practice - One Approach," Louisiana State Paralegal Association Legal Education Annual Meeting Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (September 13-14, 1991) Speaker: "Insurance Litigation in Louisiana," Insurance Litigation In Louisiana , National Business Institute Seminar (July 7, 1991) Speaker: "Civil Jury Practice, The Art of Demanding, Selecting and Persuading the Jury," Closing Argument-Plaintiff and Defendant, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana ( November 16-17, 1990) Speaker: "Civil Practice and Procedure," Updates in Jurisprudence and Legislation, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar (October 19, 1990) Faculty Member: Trial by Fire, Civil Trial Short Course, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, Louisiana (April 7-8, 1989) Speaker: "Handling a Case With Complex Document Production," Your Case from Start to Finish, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (November 11-12, 1988) Speaker: "Recovering Damages for Psychological Injuries," Proof of Damages, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (October 28-29, 1988) Speaker: "Update on Joint and Several Liability," Recent Developments in the Law, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Monroe, Louisiana (September 23, 1988) Speaker: "The Law and Civic Activism," Louisiana State University Short Courses Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana ( June 11, 1988) Speaker: "Discovery Strategies and Techniques," Louisiana State University Paralegal Studies Program Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (June 11, 1988) Speaker: "Settlement Strategies," Baton Rouge Bar Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (February 2, 1988) Speaker: "Maritime Law," National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc., Annual Meeting Seminar, St. Louis, Missouri (February 28, 1986) Speaker: "Use of Paralegal In Plaintiff's Litigation Firm," Baton Rouge Paralegal Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (November 21, 1985) Panel member: Personal Injury Case Settlement Evaluation, Tangipahoa Parish Bar Association, Hammond, Louisiana (November 8, 1985) Speaker: "Closing Argument," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Trial Advocacy Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana (October 24, 1985) Moderator: "The Courtroom," Specialized Litigation Techniques, Louisiana State Bar Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (January 19, 1985) Speaker: "Recent Developments in the Law: Industrial Products Litigation," Products Liability, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar; Dallas, Texas (December 8, 1984) Speaker: "The Plaintiff's Practice: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly," Southern University Law School Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (October 9, 1984) Speaker: "The Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act 1975-1984: The View of Plaintiffs' Counsel," Law and Medicine, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (January 13, 1984) Speaker: "Depositions, Negotiations and Settlement," 22nd Annual Bridging the Gap Seminar, Young Lawyers Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association (October 7, 1982) Speaker: "Maritime Investigation: The Law," National Association of Legal Investigators Annual Convention, Lake of Ozarks, Missouri (June 16, 1982) Speaker: "Negligence and Insurance," Peoples Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (April 26, 1982) Speaker: "Negligence and Insurance," Peoples Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (April 20, 1981) Speaker: "Admiralty," National Association of Legal Investigators Mid-Winter Seminar, Orlando, Florida (January 23, 1981) Speaker: "Investigation and Trial Preparation in Offshore Cases," National Association of Legal Investigators Regional Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana (April 26, 1980 )