James A George

Recipient, President s Award, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2001, in recognition of efforts in helping to launch the first series of Law School Professionalism Orientation Programs in 2000

Activities With Reference to American Bar Association

Member, Sections on : Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice; Vice Chairman, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, 1982-1983

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Activities With Reference to the American Board of Trial Advocates

President and Founder, Louisiana Chapter, 1978-1979 and 1983-1985; Louisiana Representative, National Executive Committee, 1979-1986; General Chairman, Spring Convention, 1982; Chairman, Administration of Justice Committee, 1982-1983; National Expansion Chairman, 1984-1985; National Vice President, 1985-1986; National President, 1986-1987

Activities With Reference to the American Inns of Court

National Vice-President, American Inns of Court Foundation; Member, Board of Trustees, 1989-1995; Chair, Long-Range Planning Committee, Member, Development Committee; Member, Professional Standards Sub-committee; Charter Member and Organizer, Dean Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court; Counselor, 1989-1995; President, 1995-1997; Organizer and President, Louisiana Coordinating Council of American Inns of Court. Chair, Long-Range Planning Committee, 1991 through 1994; Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, 1994-present, Instrumental in organizing: Southern University American Inn of Court in Baton Rouge; Al Tate, Jr. American Inn of Court in Lake Charles; Acadiana American Inn of Court in Lafayette; John Duhe American Inn of Court in Lafayette; Crossroads American Inn of Court in Alexandria; Inn on the Teche, Franklin, Louisiana; Hammond-Amite Inn of Court; A.P. Tureaud American Inn of Court in New Orleans; Recipient, A. Sherman Christensen Award, 1996, presented each year to the American Inn of Court member who at the local, regional or national level has provided distinguished, exceptional and significant leadership to the American Inn of Court movement

State of Louisiana Regional Coordinator, American Inns of Court Foundation, 2007-2008

Experience as Expert Witness In Admiralty and Maritime Law

Appointed by United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, as Expert Witness concerning Reasonableness of Attorneys' Fees in Jones Act litigation in Karim v. Finch Shipping Co. Ltd.,374 F.3d 302 (5th Cir. 2004)

Expert Witness, Appropriateness of Settlement Amount in Jones Act matter, Federal District Court, Ft. Smith, Arkansas

Expert Witness, Appropriateness of Quantum of Award in Jones Act matter, in Federal District Court Criminal Proceeding In Federal District Court in Jackson, Mississippi

Other Memberships:

Maritime Law Association of the United States

Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute

Louisiana Organization for Judicial Excellence; Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2002

Baton Rouge Bar Association

Board of Trustees, LSU Law School Alumni Association.

Community Activities:

Vice President, Development - Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, 1995-1996; Member, Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra; Chair, Long-Range Planning Committee, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, 1992; Chair, Development Committee, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, 1995-1996.

Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Association, 2007-2009

Chair, Attorneys Division, Community Fund for the Arts, 1991

Member, Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Food Bank, 1999 to 2005; Chair, Fund Development Committee, 2001 to 2005

Member, Board of Trustees, Trinity Episcopal Day School, 2003-2006

Board of Trustees, Paul M. Hebert Law Center Alumni Association

Board of Directors, St. Elizabeth's Foundation, 2006-2009

Board of Directors, La Opera Louisiane, 2007-2009.

Regular guest on topics related to civil litigation on local ABC-TV affiliate, WBRZ-TV, on segment entitled Law Talk Live created by James A. George some years ago, and later on similar show on WVLA-TV until 2002.

Lecturer at numerous seminars on topics ranging from Admiralty and Maritime Law and Practice, Evidence, Product Liability, General Tort Practice to Professionalism and Ethics, at seminars sponsored by , inter alia, The American Bar Association, The Association for Trial Lawyers of America, The Louisiana State Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Association, Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Louisiana State University Law Center, Loyola Law Center (New Orleans), Tulane Law School, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, University of Texas Law Center and The Long shore Institute. Co-Presenter, "Ultimate Jones Act Seminar" series in various cities, including Portland, Oregon; Tampa; Chicago; San Diego; San Francisco and New Orleans, 2000—.

Listed in the following publications: Best Lawyers in America, 1995—, under Maritime Law; The Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1995—, Member, Advisory Editorial Board, Tulane Maritime Law Journal.

Member, Board of Editors, The Maritime Law Reporter.

Member, Board of Directors, Louisiana Organization for Judicial Excellence, 1995—, Vice-President, 1995-1996, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Member, Board of Directors, Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, 2000—. Member, Delegation of Members, American Board of Trial Advocates, First Jury Trial Held Since 1939 in Czechoslovakia, December 1991. Member, Delegation to Kracow, Poland, for Symposium on the Federalist Papers. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Louisiana Chapter, 1978-1979 and 1983-1985); Louisiana Representative, National Executive Committee, 1979-1986; General Chairman, Spring Convention, 1982; Chairman, Administration of Justice Committee, 1982-1983; National Expansion Chairman, 1984-1985; National Vice President, 1985-1986; National President, 1986-1987). Vice-President, American Inns of Court Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 1989—; Chair, Long-Range Planning Committee; Member, Development Committee; Member, Professional Standards Subcommittee, Recipient, A. Sherman Christensen Award, 1996, President, Dean Henry George McMahon, American Inn of Court, 1995-1997).