Background
Rooth, Robert Stephen was born on February 6, 1949 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Benjamin Stephen Rooth and Ethylyn (Kennedy) Rooth Holloway.
Rooth, Robert Stephen was born on February 6, 1949 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Benjamin Stephen Rooth and Ethylyn (Kennedy) Rooth Holloway.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). Tulane University of Louisiana School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1977). Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1975-1977.
Worked at Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Limited liability partnership (New Orleans, Los Angeles) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials and Appeals, Corporations, Insurance, Admiralty, Banking, Real Estate, Labor, Probate, Oil and Gas and Negligence Law, Health Law and Related Issues. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Louisiana and United States.
District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana.
United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. 1988, United States. Supreme Court.
Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1975-1977. Author: "Banking Law into the Next Millenium," National Business Institute, 1997.
"Anatomy of the Civil Fraud Case," Louisiana State Bar Association, 1995.
"Confirmation of Legal Usufruct of Surviving Spouse," 50 Tulane Law Review 973, 1976. "Class Actions in Louisiana-The Common Character of the Right Sought to be Enforced," 50 Tulane Law Review 692, 1976. "The Real Estate Broker-Purchaser Relationship-Louisiana and Common Law," 52 Tulane Law Review, 1978.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Louisiana Bar Foundation.
American Heart Association (President, New Orleans Chapter). Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans" oldest law firm, is more than 70 attorneys strong with a support staff of 100 personnel.
Chaffe McCall is a progressive, full-service law firm with its main office occupying three floors of the Energy Centre in downtown New Orleans, just steps away from the federal and state courts.
The Baton Rouge office is expanding to provide full service in the state"s capital. The firm"s attorneys are organized into working groups, or sections, by experience and area of practice.
Member law and legislation committee Gulf Coast Conservation Association, New Orleans, since 1988. Member American Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Ivy Club, Petroleum Club.
Married Ann Carroll Rogers, June 17, 1972. Children: Carroll Livingston, Stephanie Schuyler.