Background
Carmody, Junior, Arthur R. was born on February 19, 1928 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.
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Arthur R. Carmody, Junior.
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New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico. Fordham University (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Laws, 1952).
Career
Worked at Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam (Shreveport, Los Angeles) specializing in General Civil Practice and Litigation. Administrative, Communications, Corporation, Environmental, Insurance, Oil and Gas, Labor, Public Utility, Railroad, Real Estate, Taxation, Transportation, Trusts, Probate and Sports and Entertainment Law. Trials and Appellate Practice.
Admitted to the bar, 1952, Louisiana, United States.
District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court.
Phi Delta Phi. Finalist, Robert Lee Storey Moot Court Competition.
Author: "Legal Problems in the Development and Mining of Lignite," 1976 Institute on Mineral Law 39.
Member, 1958-1973 and Chairman, 1959-1971, Metropolitan Shreveport Zoning Board of Appeals. Chairman: Board of Trustees, Jesuit High School of Shreveport Corporation, 1977-1983. Board of Governors, Loyola Foundation of Shreveport, 1991.
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Schumpert Medical Center, 1974-1985.
Member: Committee Appointed by Louisiana Supreme Court to Review and Recommend Standards of Judicial Conduct, 1994-1996. 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.
Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State (Examiner, 1971-1983), Fifth Federal Circuit, Federal and American Bar Associations. American Judicature Society. Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Society.
Scribes Honor Society.
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Louisiana Railroad Association (Member, Executive Committee).
Society of Hospital Attorneys of the American Hospital Association. Defense Research Institute, Incorporated.
Louisiana State Law Institute.
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Historical Society of the United States Supreme Court. Master, Harry V. Booth American Inn of Court.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
International Association of Defense Counsel. Louisiana Bar Foundation (Life Member).
Military: First lieutenant, United States Army Reserve, 1948-1951. Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam, traces its origin to January 1, 1895, when a partnership was formed by John Dallas Wilkinson and A.T. Alexander.
Foreign over one hundred years the firm has maintained a broad civil practice, including the representation of utility, railway, financial institutions, and other corporate and individual clients with state and national interests.
Its lawyers practice in a wide variety of federal, state and local law matters with an emphasis on litigation. lieutenant is proud of the legal abilities and personal qualities of its attorneys, who, among past and present members, include an Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, a Mayor of Shreveport, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, a founder of the Federal Power Bar Association and a chairman of the governing boards of several educational institutions.
Achievements
Membership
Member, 1958-1973 and Chairman, 1959-1971, Metropolitan Shreveport Zoning Board of Appeals. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. International Association of Defense Counsel.
Louisiana Bar Foundation (Life Member).
Military: First lieutenant, United States Army Reserve, 1948-1951.
