Background
Fontham, Michael R. was born on August 26, 1946 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Fontham, Michael R. was born on August 26, 1946 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (Bachelor of Arts, in Journalism, 1968). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1971). Order of the Coif. Member, Virginia Law Review, 19691971.
Visiting Professor, Antitrust Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence and Appellate Advocacy, University of Virginia School of Law, 1982-1983.
Worked at Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, Limited liability partnership (New Orleans, Los Angeles) specializing in Administrative Proceedings, Admiralty, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Constitutional, Corporate and Securities, Domestic Relations, Environmental, Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, and Employment, Finance, General Civil Practice, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Insurance Regulation, Intellectual Property, International, Media, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Profit Organizations, Oil and Gas, Probate, Estate Planning and Trusts, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public and Private Corporate Financing, Public Utilities, Real Estate, Securities Litigation and Arbitration, Taxation (Federal and State), Toxic Tort Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Louisiana. Order of the Coif. Member, Virginia Law Review, 1969-1971.
Visiting Professor, Antitrust Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence and Appellate Advocacy, University of Virginia School of Law, 1982-1983.
Adjunct Professor: Problems of Proof, Constitutional Law, Antitrust Law and Appellate Advocacy, Louisiana State University School of Law, 1974. Evidence, Tulane University of Louisiana School of Law, 1988.
Instructor: Trial Advocacy Institute, University of Virginia School of Law, 1983-1986, 1989. Advanced Skills Program, Loyola University School of Law, 1986-1989.
Professor: Trial Litigation and Procedure on the Continent, a Comparison to the United States., Tulane University of Louisiana, School of Law, Summer School at Paris, 1991, 1995.
Trial Litigation and Procedure on the Continent, a Commission to the United States., Tulane University Summer School in Greece, 1997. Faculty member, L.A.D.C. Trial Academy, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990. Trial Clinical Program, Tulane University of Louisiana, School of Law, 1972-1976.
Monte Lemann Award, Distinguished Teaching (Adjunct Faculty), Tulane University of Louisiana, School of Law, 1992.
Author: "Trial Technique and Evidence," Michie Butterworth, 1995. "Teacher"s Manual and Evidence Problems for Use With Trial Technique and Evidence," Michie, 1996.
Written and Oral Advocacy, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated., 1985. "Seeking and Opposing Appellate Review," Fifth Circuit Reporter, Volume 2, Number.
12, p. 551, 1985; "After Weber: An Analysis of the Supreme Court"s Endorsement of Racial Preference for Minorities," Labor Law Developments 1980, Southwestern Louisiana Legal Foundation, Matthew Bender & Company, 1980.
"Developments in the Law, 1979-1980-A Faculty Symposium: Antitrust Law," 41 Louisiana Law Review 417, 1981. "Developments in the Law, 1980-1981-A Faculty Symposium: Antitrust Law," 42 Louisiana Law Review 484, 1982. Note, "Confrontation and Cross-Examination in Executive Investigations," 56 Virginia.
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487 (1970). Special Counsel, Louisiana Public Service Commission, 1976. Lecturers and Seminars on Appellate Advocacy: Lecturer and Demonstration, "Oral Argument," 12th Annual Fifth Circuit Appellate Practice and Advocacy Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 4, 1997. Program Moderator, "Appellate Advocacy," Baton Rouge Bar Association Conference, Perdido Beach, Alabama, April 5, 1997.
"Appellate Oral Argument," Moot Court Programs, Louisiana State University School of Law, 1980-1994, Law School, Loyola University of New Orleans, 1985-1994.
McGeorge University School of Law, 1992, 1995-1996. Tulane University School of Law, 1994.
"Appellate Advocacy -- Brief Writing and Oral Argument," LSBA Summer School for Lawyers, 1995. Lecturers in Basic Appellate Process, "How to Write Persuasive Appellate Briefs," "How to Plan and Present a Winning Oral Argument," and "Ethics on Appeal," Effective Appellate Practice in Louisiana Seminar (National Institute, Baton Rouge, Los Los Angeles, 1995).
"Ten Rules for Writing the Argument," Post Graduate Summer School for Lawyers, Louisiana State University Law Center, 1993.
"Writing the Brief," Continuing legal education Appellate Practice Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990. "Oral Argument," Legal Writing Program, Law School, Tulane University, 1986, 1987. "The Decision to Appeal," Lecture on Appellate Advocacy sponsored by the Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit and the SMU School of Law (Dallas, Texas, November 21, 1985) (as substitute for Phillip A. Wittmann).
"Writing and Arguing the Motion," Motion Practice Seminar, Law School, Loyola University, October 18, 1986.
"Brief Writing," Moot Court Program, Law School, Loyola University of New Orleans, 1985, 1986, 1987. "Brief Writing and Oral Argument," Moot Court Program, McGeorge University School of Law, 1993.
Lectures on Trial Advocacy and Evidence: Program Chair, "A Closer Look at Using the Evidence Rules," and presenter, "Corruptualizing Proof to Support a Winning Case and Preparing a Trial Outline,". "Preparing a Winning Direct Examination that Conforms with the Evidence Rules".
"Basic Evidence and Procedure and Examining Witnesses in Louisiana," Louisiana State Bar Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1996.
Program Company-Chair, "Louisiana Civil Procedures and Evidence," Tulane University Continuing legal education, October 11, 1996. Advanced Evidence, "Louisiana versus Federal Rules," Tulane University Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1993. "The Big Case--Evidence Issues," Tulane University Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1993.
"Ethics and Litigation," Tulane University Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1993.
"Louisiana Federal Rules of Evidence," Professional Education Systems, Incorporated. Seminar, October 2, 1986, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and October 3, 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Panelist, Seminar on Louisiana Evidence Law, Louisiana Judicial College, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987. Lecture and Demonstration: Seminar on Louisiana Evidence Law, Louisiana Judicial College, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988-1989.
Seminar on Louisiana Evidence Law, 1990 Summer School for Judges in Joint Session with Summer School for Lawyers, sponsored by Louisiana Bar Association, Sandestin, Florida.
"Trial Advocacy," Moot Court, Tulane University School of Law, 1992, 1993. "Ethics in Litigation," Continuing legal education in the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Loyola University, 1989, "Ethics in Litigation," Fourth Annual Evidence Law Conference, Loyola University, 1989. Panelist, Seminar on Louisiana Evidence Law, Continuing legal education Litigation Institute, Tulane University, 1989.
Demonstration, "Direct Examination of an Expert Witness," Law and Medicine Seminar, sponsored by Tulane University, November 14, 1986.
"Special Problems in Federal Trial Practice,"--Opening Statement and Closing Argument -- Federal Law Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990. "Special Evidence Problems," 1990 Defense Lawyers" Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lectures on Utility Regulation: " The Louisiana Public Service Commission and Utility Regulation" University of New Orleans, Government Leadership Institute, 1993. "Deregulation and Divestiture -- The Bell System," sponsored by Telephone
Consultants, 1982; "The Narragansett Doctrine," Federal
Energy Bar Association, 1986. "The Proposed Model Settlement Code," National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987. Lecture on status on federal energy litigation affecting Louisiana, Louisiana Energy Development Study Commission Conference (Lafayette, Louisiana), 1984 and 1985.
Miscellaneous Lectures: Debate, "Affirmative Action versus Reverse Discrimination" presented in the Blessings of Liberty -- Two Centuries of Constitutional Debate," sponsored by Louisiana Committee for the Humanities (New Orleans, Louisiana and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1985).
Panelist, "Public Forum on Race and the Constitution: Historical Development and Contemporary Issues," sponsored by Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Tulane University, February 21, 1987. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations.
Stone, Pigman is a firm of 70 attorneys. Founded in New Orleans in 1929 by Judge John Minor Wisdom and Saul Stone, the firm has maintained a commitment to excellence.
Singled out by The American Lawyer "one of the best law firms in the country," Stone, Pigman has "quietly built a practice that"s as good.
. as of many 200-lawyer firms in New York, Chicago and Los Los Angeles".
Written and Oral Advocacy, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1985. "Seeking and Opposing Appellate Review," Fifth Circuit Reporter, Volume 2, No. 12, p. 551, "After Weber: An Analysis of the Supreme Court's Endorsement of Racial Preference for Minorities," Labor Law Developments 1980, Southwestern Louisiana Legal Foundation, Matthew Bender & Company, 1980.
"Developments in the Law 1979-1980—A Faculty Symposium: Antitrust Law," 41 Louisiana Law Review 417, 1981. "Developments in the Law, 1980-1981— A Faculty Symposium: Antitrust Law," 42 Louisiana Law Review 484, 1982.
Member, Virginia Law Review, 1969-1971. Visiting Professor, Antitrust Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence and Appellate Advocacy, University of Virginia School of Law, 1982-1983.