Background
Goins, Richard Anthony was born on March 1, 1950 in New Orleans. Son of James Milton and Vivian (Wiltz) Goins.
Goins, Richard Anthony was born on March 1, 1950 in New Orleans. Son of James Milton and Vivian (Wiltz) Goins.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, with departmental honors, cum laude, 1972). Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1975). Reginald Hebert Smith Fellow, 1975-1978.
Executive Director, New Orleans Legal Assistant Corporation, 1978-1981.
Clerk, Federal District Judge Adrian G. Duplantier, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1984.
Worked at The Goins Law Firm A Professional Law Corporation (New Orleans, Los Angeles) specializing in Employee Benefits Law, Business Law, Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Louisiana and United States. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.
1977, California.
1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. 1984, United States. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana.
1992, United States. District Court, Western District of Louisiana.
Executive Director, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation, 1978-1981. Clerk, Federal District Judge Adrian G. Duplantier, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1982.
Assistant Law Professor, Loyola University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981-1984. Adjunct Law Professor, Loyola University Law School, 1984.
Member, Board of the City Trust, City of New Orleans, 1983-1994.
Member, Board of Trustees and Member, New Orleans Home Mortgage Authority, 1991-1994. Barrister, Thomas Moore Inns of Court, 1988. Member, Merit Selection Panel for the Appointment and Reappointment of Magistrates, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1992.
Member: Louisiana State (Member, Legal Aid Committee, 1978-1980), Federal (Member, Board of Directors, New Orleans Chapter) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Member Mayor of New Orleans Overall Economics Development Plan Committee, 1991, Orleans Intercmty. Council, 1992; member special gifts. committee Yale Alumni Fund, 1991-1992. Board directors New Orleans Home Mortgage Authority, 1991-1994, City Trust, New Orleans, 1983-1994, State Mental Health Advocacy Sys., New Orleans, 1983-1984, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation, 1982-1983, Milne Asylum for Destitute Orphan Boys, Inc., 1994-1997.
Member American Bar Association (Conference of Minority Partners since 1990), Louisiana State Bar Association (legalaid committee 1978-1981, uniform federal rules committee 1991-1992, federal court bench-bar liaison committee since 1993), National Bar Association (commercial law section since 1989), Federal Bar Association (board directors New Orleans chapter since 1992), 5th Circuit Bar Association, California State Bar Association, Thomas More Inn of Court (barrister).
Married Jane Parker, August 18, 1973 (divorced September 1987). Married Nannette Smith, March 3, 1990.