John Calhoun Blackman IV

Background

IV, John Calhoun Blackman was born on December 13, 1944 in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. Son of John Calhoun Blackman III and Marie Bernstein.

Education

Bachelor, Louisiana State University, 1966; Juris Doctor, Louisiana State University, 1969.

Career

Partner, Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, Monroe, 1969-1979; partner, Blackman, Arnold & Pettway, Monroe, 1979-1988; partner, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Baton Rouge, since 1988. Adjunct Professor law Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1990-1993. Member loan committee, member Bank One Louisiana N.A. Board and Baton Rouge Regional Board.

Member committee of 100 economics development, since 1993. Member trust code committee Lat. State Law Institute, since 1982, reporter business trust code committee, since 1994.

Achievements

• John Calhoun Blackman IV has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Louisiana State University Foundation. Member of advisory commission Estate Planning and Administration Certified, since 1994, chairman, since 1998. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trusts and Estates Counsel (employeebenefits committee), American College Tax Counsel.

Member American Bar Association (litigation task force, employee benefits committee, taxation section), Louisiana Bar Association (certified taxspecialist, certified estate planning and administration specialist, chairman taxation section 1976-1977, chairman liaison committee with district director Internal Revenue Service 1981-1982, liaison committee with regional commissioner office), Estate Planning Council N.E. Louisiana (president 1975-1976, qualified for appointment as mediator under Louisiana Mediation Act), Country Club of Louisiana.

Connections

Married Paula Perry, August 19, 1966 (divorced March 1986). Children: Carrie Marie, Caroline Frances, Mary Winston. Married Judy Swayze, April 19, 1986.

Father:

John Calhoun Blackman III Bernstein

Mother:

Marie Bernstein

Spouse:

Judy Swayze

Spouse:

Paula Perry

child:

Caroline Frances IV

child:

Mary Winston IV

child:

Carrie Marie IV