J. Robert Ates

Personal Injury, Mediation
4004 Magazine Street, Suite A
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115


Personal Injury

Admitted

1973, Louisiana; 1990, Colorado

Law School

Loyola University, J.D., 1972

Law School Graduation Year

1972

College

Tulane University, B.A., 1967

Memberships

New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana State (Secretary and Editor, Louisiana Bar Journal , 1993-1995; Board of Governors, 1993-1995; House of Delegates, 1987—; Budget Committee, 1993-1995; Secretary-Treasurer, 1985-1986; Vice-Chairman, 1986-1987, and Chairman, 1987-1989, Civil Law Section; Chairman, 1989—, Section on Civil Law and Litigation; Member, Committee on Professionalism, 1989-1991; Member, 1985-1987 and Chairman, 1987-1990, Public Relations and Education Committee; Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1987-1988, 1990-1991; President's Executive Committee, 1987-1994; Co-Chairman, Public Information/Public Relations Committee, 1990-1991; Member, Committee on New Uniform Federal Local Rules, 1990-1991), Federal and American (Vice Chairman, Committee on National Institutes; Vice Chairman, Committee on Trial Practice; Member, Automobile Law Committee; Member, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Presidents Advisory Council, 1981-1982 and 1984-1990; Member, 1984-1985, and Chairman, 1985-1988, New Publications Committee); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Society of American Law Teachers; American Society of Law and Medicine

Biographical

Phi Eta Sigma (Honorary); Phi Kappa Sigma. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1971-1972. Who's Who in American Law, 1987; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1988; Who's Who in America, 1990; Who's Who in the World, 1991. Listed in Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1997—. Author: Bi-Monthly Edition of Recent Developments in Civil Law and Litigation, Louisiana Bar Journal, 1987-1998. Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward J. Stoulig, Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1972-1973. Faculty Member: Loyola Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1984-1987; Loyola University School of Law, 1987—; Loyola Law School Skills Program, 1988-1994; National Institute for Trial Advocacy, National Session, 1987, 1990 and Faculty Team Leader, Gulf Coast Regional Program, 1986-1998 and Program Director, 1995-1999; NITA Program Director at Large, 2000—; Tulane University School of Law, 1978—; Tulane Law School Trial Advocacy Faculty, 1988-1994. Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation (Life Fellow).

Military