Background
Ballard, Joseph R. was born on July 19, 1954 in Midland, Texas, United States.
Ballard, Joseph R. was born on July 19, 1954 in Midland, Texas, United States.
Loyola University (Bachelor of Arts, 1979). Lovola University School of Law. Tulane University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1983).
Moot Court Award of The Louisiana Trial Lawyer’s Association, Loyola, 1981.
Board of Student Editors, 1981-1983 and Index and Book Review Editor, 1983, The Maritime Lawyer. Finalist, Senior Appellate Moot Court Competition, Tulane, 1983.
Worked at Matchett, Verbois, Futrell and Henchy, A Professional Law Corporation (Baton Rouge, Los Angeles) specializing in Litigation, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, Admiralty. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, United States. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Board of Student Editors, The Maritime Lawyer, 1981-1983. Tulane Senior Appellate Moot Court Finalist.
Company-Author: Chapter on Negligence and Products Liability, Louisiana State Bar Association Recent Developments Manual, 1986-1987, 1987-1988. Lecturer, Legal Writing Workshop, Tulane University, Continuing Legal Education, 1988, 1989, 1990.
General Advisory Board, Tulane Continuing Legal Education, 1988-1989.
Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Defense Research Institute.
Alexandria, Louisiana State (Member, Sections on Insurance, Negligence, Compensation and Admiralty Law), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Torts and Insurance Practice. Litigation; Law Practice Mamagement) Bar Associations. Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.
The Defense Research Institute, Incorporated.
Insurance Defense. Workers Compensation and Admiralty/- Maritime.