Background
McCollam, John Mason was born on June 19, 1933 in New Orleans. Son of William and Marie (Mason) McCollam.
McCollam, John Mason was born on June 19, 1933 in New Orleans. Son of William and Marie (Mason) McCollam.
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1954). Tulane University of Louisiana (Juris Doctor, 1959).
Worked at Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, Limited liability partnership Admitted to the bar, 1959, Louisiana. Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1957-1959. Editor-in-Chief, 1958-1959, Tulane Law Review.
Author: Article, "Legal Relations Among Parties to Compulsory Units," 15th Annual
Institute. on Minister L., Louisiana State University, Center of Continuing Professional Development (1968). Paper, "A Selective Comparison of Contractual Operating Problems Under Federal Offshore and Onshore Oil and Gas Leases," 29th Annual
Institute. on Oil & Gas L. & Tax"n (Matthew Bender 1978).
Paper, "Contract Actions and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Acting: Jurisdiction, Venue and Applicable Law," 38th Annual Institute. on Oil & Gas L. & Tax"n (Matthew Bender 1987). Article, "A Primer for the Practice of Mineral Law Under the New Louisiana Mineral Code," 50 Tul.
L. Review
739; Article, "Gas Royalty and Implied Covenant Litigation," South Texas College of Law 7th Annual Adviser. Oil & Gas L. Institute. Article, "Present Status of the Prudent Operator Obligations," 42nd Annual
Institute. on Minister
L., Louisiana State University, Center of Continuing Professional Development (1995). Professor of Law Emeritus, Tulane University, 1964-1974. 1976-1987. Professional Associations: Member: New Orleans (Executive Committee, 1969-1970.
Secretary, 1978-1979), Louisiana State, Federal Energy and American Bar Associations.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation, Louisiana Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association.
Married Julie Hogue, August 24, 1957. Children: John Mason Junior, Virginia Townes, Douglas Hogue.