Background
Carmody, Arthur Roderick was born on February 19, 1928 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Arthur R. and Caroline (Gaughan) Carmody.
Carmody, Arthur Roderick was born on February 19, 1928 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Arthur R. and Caroline (Gaughan) Carmody.
New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico. Fordham University (Bachelor of Arts 1949). Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Laws, 1952).
Phi Delta Phi. Finalist, Robert Lee Storey Moot Court Competition.
Member firm Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam and its predecessors, Shreveport, since 1952. Board directors Kansas City Southern Transport Company, Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Terminal Company, Shreveport Braves Baseball Club (Texas League), Station KDAQ-FM Public Radio, president, 1991, chairman, 1992, RED River Public Radio Network. Member Shreveport Steamer (World Football League) Partnership.
President Touchdown Club of Shreveport, 1960. President Loyola College Preparatory, 1982-1986. 1st lieutenant United States Army Reserve, 1948-1950.
"Legal Problems in the Development and Mining of Lignite," 1976 Institute on Mineral Law 39. Member, 19581973 and Chairman, 1959-1969, Metropolitan Shreveport Zoning Board of Appeals. Member, 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.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Loyola College Prep School of Shreveport Corporation, 1977-1983. Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Schumpert Medical Center, since 1974. Member, Advisory Council, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, 1982-1986.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators.American Arbitration Association.
Chairman Metropolitan Shreveport Zoning Board Appeals, 1959—1972. Member governor's ad hoc committee for preparation rules and regulations for mining and reclamation of lignite in State of Louisiana, Department Conservation, 1978—1979. Member select committee for review standards juc. conduct Supreme Court Louisiana, since 1994.
President board trustees Jesuit High School, 1976—1982. Chairman board governors Loyola Foundation, Shreveport, 1991—1994. Trustee Schumpert Medical Center, 1965—1985.
Advisory board Louisiana State University, Shreveport, 1982—1986, Louisiana State University Foundation, Baton Rouge, Agnew Day School, Shreveport, 1970—1982. Board directors Ridgewood Montessori School, Christus Schumpert Health Systems Foundation. Board trustees Louisiana State Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
Master: American Inns of Court. Fellow: Louisiana Bar Association (member committee on lawyer and judicial conduct since 1996), American College Trial Lawyers, Louisiana Bar Foundation (life). Member: American Bar Association, Missouri Pacific History Association, Kansas City Southern History Association, Los Angeles History Association, North Louisiana History Association, Military Order Stars and Bars, Crossed Saber Society, Society for Civil War History, Society for Military History, United States Horse Cavalry Association, North Louisiana Civil War Round Table, Reserve Officers Association, Louisiana Civil Service League, Society Hospital Counsel, Railway and Locomotive History Society, Kansas City Southern History Society, Shreveport Chamber of Commerce (director 1968-1970), Public Affairs Research Council, National Legal Center for the Public Interest, Louisiana Association Business and Industry, Tarshar Society, Louisiana R.R. Association (executive committee since 1992), Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association since 1984, American Arbitration Association (panel arbitrators), National Academy Law and Medicine, Louisiana Association Defense Counsel, International Association Defense Counsel, National Association RailRoad Trial Counsel, Trial Attorneys American, College Master Advocates and Barristers, Louisiana Law Institute, American Judicature Society, Associates of Louisiana State University, Supreme Court of Louisiana History Society, Scribes Society, National Society Sons of the American Revolution (president Galvez chapter 1997), Confederate Memorial Literature Society(Richmond, Virginia), Louisiana History Association, North Louisiana History Society, Federalist Society, Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association, Supreme Court of the United States Court History Society, Shreveport Bar Association (president 2003), Federal Bar Association, Kappa Alpha Order, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Renee Aubry, January 26, 1952 (divorced 1980). Children: Helen Bragg, Renee, Arthur Roderick, Patrick, Timothy, Mary, Virginia, Joseph. Married Mary Wells, September 1, 1990.