Background
Shelton, Dana M. was born on April 15, 1971 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
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Dana M. Shelton
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Newcomb College, Tulane University of Louisiana (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1993). Tulane University of Louisiana (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1996).
Career
Worked at Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, Limited liability partnership (New Orleans, Los Angeles) specializing in Administrative Proceedings, Admiralty, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Constitutional, Corporate and Securities, Domestic Relations, Environmental, Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, and Employment, Finance, General Civil Practice, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Insurance Regulation, Intellectual Property, International, Media, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Profit Organizations, Oil and Gas, Probate, Estate Planning and Trusts, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public and Private Corporate Financing, Public Utilities, Real Estate, Securities Litigation and Arbitration, Taxation (Federal and State), Toxic Tort Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1996, Louisiana. Order of the Coif. Member, Tulane Law Review, 1995-1996.
Member and Notes and Comments Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1994-1996.
Member, Tulane Moot Court Board, 1994-1995. Author: "Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Association v.
The United States: The Fifth Circuit Upholds the Federal Ban on Casino Gambling Advertising Against a First Amendment Challenge," 19 Tul. March L. J. 485 (1966).
"The Fifth Contracts the Compulsory Pilot Defense and Expands the Vessel Masters Duty to Monitor Compulsory Pilots: Avondale Industries v.
International Marine Carriers," 19 Tul. March L. J. 485 (1995). Law Clerk to: Justice Walter F. Marcus, Junior, 1997.
Justice Jack C. Watson, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1996.
Stone, Pigman is a firm of 70 attorneys. Founded in New Orleans in 1929 by Judge John Minor Wisdom and Saul Stone, the firm has maintained a commitment to excellence.
Singled out by The American Lawyer "one of the best law firms in the country," Stone, Pigman has "quietly built a practice that"s as good. as of many 200-lawyer firms in New York, Chicago and Los Los Angeles".
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Membership
Member, Tulane Law Review, 1995-1996. Member and Notes and Comments Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1994-1996. Member, Tulane Moot Court Board, 1994-1995.
