Robert Bailey Acomb, Jr is a lawyer practicing admiralty & maritime, business & commercial litigation, class action defense & multi-district litigation and 4 other areas of law. Robert received a B.B.A. degree from Tulane University in 1951, and has been licensed for 73 years. Robert practices at Jones Walker LLP in New Orleans, LA.
Memberships
•American Bar Association (Chairman, Standing Committee on Admiralty and Maritime Law, 1979-1983
Chairman, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, 1982
Chairman, Section of Tort Trial and Insurance Practice, 1982)
•American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
•American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow
State Chairman, 1978-1980)
•Archbishop's Community Appeal (Chairman, 1992)
•Association of Average Adjusters of the United States (Chairman, 1992-1993)
•Attorneys Liability Assurance Society Ltd., Hamilton Bermuda (Board of Directors
Chairman, Underwriting Committee
Member, Claims Committee, 1979-2001)
•Benedict's Maritime Bulletin (Editorial Board, 2003 to date)
•Bethlehem University Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2003 to date)
•Christian Brothers Foundation, Inc. (President, Board of Directors, 1976-1978
Director, 1975 to date)
•Christian Brother Retirement Trust (Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1988 to date)
•Federal and American Bar Associations (Member)
•Fifth Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee (Member, 1984-1986)
•Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Committee of Bar Admissions, 1962-1978)
•Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor Member and Member, Executive Committee, 1981-1984)
•Military Order of Foreign Wars (Comdr. Louisiana Commandery, 2005-2007)
•Navy League of the United States (State President, 1992-1995)
•Navy League of the United States, New Orleans Council (President, 1987-1989
State President, 1990-1994
Board of Directors, 1987 to date)
•Tulane Admiralty Law Institute (Permanent Member, 1965 to date
Chairman, 1991
Advisory Board)
•Tulane Educational Fund (Member, Board of Administrators, 1996-2000)
•Tulane Maritime Law Center (Chairman
Advisory Board
1987 to date)
•Tulane Maritime Law Journal (Chairman
Advisory Editors
1972 to date)
•Tulane University (Adjunct Professor of Law, Maritime Personal Injury & Death,1969 to date)
•Tulane University Alumni Association (President, 1989-1990)
•Tulane University Associates Board (President, 1990-1992)
•Tulane University Emeritus Clus (Chairman, 2006-2007)
201 St. Charles Ave., Ste. 5100New Orleans, LA 70170U.S.A.
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