Background
DeGravelles, John W. was born on November 2, 1949 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States.
DeGravelles, John W. was born on November 2, 1949 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States.
University of Oklahoma. Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971. Juris Doctor, 1974). Phi Eta Sigma.
Phi Kappa Phi.
Order of the Coif. Member, Moot Court Board. First Place Flory Trial Competition, Fall, 1973.
Worked at deGravelles, Palmintier & Holthaus (Baton Rouge, Los Angeles) specializing in General Civil Practice in all Courts. Trials. Personal Injury, Automobile, Maritime, Aviation, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Railroad Law and Environmental Law. Criminal Practice, Federal and State Courts.
Grand Jury Investigations.
Business Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1974, Louisiana. 1995, Texas; 1996, Colorado.
United States. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas.
United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits and United States. Supreme Court; 1996, Colorado.
Phi Eta Sigma. Phi Kappa Phi. Order of the Coif.
Moot Court Board. Recipient, First Place, Flory Trial Competition, Fall, 1973.
Company-Editor: Maritime Torts: The Law of Seamen, Tulane University Law School Summer Session, Rhodes, Greece. Company-Author: "Toxic Torts," Louisiana Environmental Law Handbook, Lawyers Company-operative Publishing Company, 1992. Author: "The Use of Statistical Sampling in the Aid of Jury Selection," 13 The Forum 1, 1980.
Member, Adjunct Faculty: Pretrial Litigation and Maritime Law, Louisiana State University Law School.
Maritime Law, Tulane Law School, Summer Session, Rhodes, Greece. Member: Louisiana Medical Disclosure Panel, 1991-1993.
Advisory Council, Louisiana State University Paralegal Studies Program, 1986-1987. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Colorado and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1992-1993.
President-Elect, 1991-1992. Member: Board of Governors, 1984-1994. Executive Committee, 1990-1993.
Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1989-1993).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1993). American Board of Trial Advocates (President-Elect, 1996-1997.
Treasurer, 1995-1996). (Certified as a Specialist in Civil Trial Litigation by National Board of Trial Advocacy).
The firm was established in 1987 when John West. deGravelles and Michael C. Palmintier formed a partnership.
Later in 1989, Craig F. Holthaus joined the partnership. The firm represents clients, both individuals and small businesses, throughout the state of Louisiana. They can also practice in Texas and Colorado.
The primary concentrations of the firm are Plaintiff"s Personal Injury and Criminal. deGravelles, Palmintier & Holthaus is committed to giving the highest quality of legal services to their clients.
The firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers under Personal Injury and Criminal.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, since 1984). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.