Background
Clement, Rutledge Carter was born on January 20, 1943 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Rutledge Carter and Adele (Whiteside) Clement.
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Rutledge Carter Clement
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Bachelor, University of Virginia, 1965; Juris Doctor, Tulane University, 1971.
Career
Law clerk to presiding judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Louisiana, 1971-1972;
associate, Powell, Goldstein, Fraser & Murphy, Atlanta, 1972-1973;
partner, Phelps & Dunbar, New Orleans, since 1973. Member panel of arbitrators American Arbitration Association. Instructor Tulane Law School, 1977-1979.
Chairman advising committee Tulane Corporation Law Institute, 1988-1989. Board directors World Trade Center of New Orleans.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors, president New Orleans Legal Aid Bureau. Board directors Community Service Center, Audubon Area Zoning Association, president 1987-1989. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1965-1968.
Fellow American College Trial Attorneys, Louisiana Bar Foundation (vice president). Member American Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association (house of deals 1983-1985, secretary-treasurer, Board of Governors 1985-1987, 90-, president since 1991, chairman antitrust section, chairman continuing legal education committee), Georgia Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, American Counsel Association (president), Tulane Alumni Association (president 1987-1988, board directors), Federal Bar Association (president New Orleans chapter, 5th circuit national vice president), American Law Institute, International Association Defense Counsel (board editors Defense Counsel Journal).
Connections
Married Edith Joy Brown, September 3, 1972. Children: Rutledge Carter III, Catherine Lanier.
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Religion
Episcopalian