Background
Viosca, Rene Adams was born on November 14, 1890 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of Paul Percy and Wilhelmina (Bischoff) Viosca.
judge Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Viosca, Rene Adams was born on November 14, 1890 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of Paul Percy and Wilhelmina (Bischoff) Viosca.
Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University, 1910, Bachelor of Laws, 1912.
Admitted to Louisiana bar, 1912, in practice New Orleans until 1942. Assistant city attorney New Orleans, 1920-1923. Member Sanders, Baldwin, Viosca and Haspel, 1921-1933.
Attorney for Louisiana Tax Commission, 1924-1932. United State Attorneys Eastern District of Louisiana, 1933-1941. Professor civil law, Tulane University College of Law, from 1921.
Judge Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, from April 9, 1942.
Member Louisiana Constitutional Convention, 1921. Director Board of Commissioners New Orleans City Park. Member Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions, 1940-1942.
Member American and Louisiana bar associations, New Orleans Bar Association (past president), Federal Bar Association (past president New Orleans Chapter), American Judicature Society, Order of the Coif (past president Tulane chapter), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Gladys Marie Arnoult, September 14, 1915. Children: Gladys Marie (deceased), Shirley Mathilde (deceased), Dorothy Helen, Lysle Sylvia (deceased), Renee Annual (deceased.)