Background
Mestayer, Michael J. was born on January 10, 1952 in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States.
Mestayer, Michael J. was born on January 10, 1952 in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States.
Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, 1977). Tulane University of Louisiana (Juris Doctor, 1976). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta.
Phi Eta Sigma.
Beta Gamma Sigma. Order of the Coif. Board of Student Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1974-1976.
Worked at Leger & Mestayer (New Iberia, Los Angeles) specializing in Admiralty Law, Offshore Litigation, Personal Injury Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Louisiana, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1978, United States. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. 1980, United States. Supreme Court.
1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Phi Eta Sigma; Beta Gamma Sigma.
Order of the Coif. Board of Student Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1974-1976.
Recipient: Rufus C. Harris Award in Torts. Freshman Civil Procedure Award.
Author: "Admiralty-Wrongful Death-Estate of Deceased Seaman and Non Dependent Relatives not Proper Beneficiaries to Recover Loss of Prospective Inheritance under General Maritime Law," 50 Tulane Law Review 151, 1975. "Maritime Personal Injury: The Jones Acting: an Overview," The Maritime Lawyer, Fall, 1979.
Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member: Insurance, Negligence, Compensation and Admiralty Law), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice.
Litigation) Bar Associations. Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association.
Maritime Law Association of the United States. New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel.
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. (Also Of Counsel to Mestayer and Mestayer).
New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member: Insurance, Negligence, Compensation and Admiralty Law), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice. Litigation) Bar Associations. Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. Maritime Law Association of the United States.
New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel. Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute.
Admiralty, Offshore Litigation and Personal Injury.