Background
Babst, James A. was born on March 31, 1949 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
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James A. Babst
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Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). Tu lane University of Louisiana (Juris Doctor, 1976). Member, Order of the Coil Member, Board of Student Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1974-1976.
Career
Worked at Adams and Reese (New Orleans, Los Angeles) specializing in Litigation, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Governmental Relations, Professional Responsibility. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Louisiana and United States. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana.
United States.
Supreme Court. United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1974-1976 and Articles Editor, 1975-1976, Tulane Law Review.
Author: "Punitive Damages and Why We Don"t Need Them," 43 Louisiana.
B. J. 257 (1995); "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Antitrust Law," 33 Loyola Law Review 605 (1987). Member: House of Delegates, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1983-1995.
House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1994-1998. Member: Fifth Federal Circuit, Louisiana State (Chairman, Section of Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law, 1991-1993), Federal and American (Member, Sections of Antitrust and Litigation) Bar Associations.
Louisiana State Law Institute Council, 1994-1998.
Committee on Complex Litigation, Louisiana Judicial Council, 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Board trustees United Way, New Orleans, since 1995. Member American Bar Association (house of deals since 1994), Louisiana State Bar Association (house of deals 1983-1995, section antitrust and trade regulation law 1991-1993), Louisiana State Law Institute Council, Louisiana Judicial Council (complex litigation committee since 1995), Order of Coif.
