L. Blake Jones
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Practice Areas:
- Admiralty and Maritime
- General Litigation Practice
- Personal Injury
- Sales & Use Tax Litigation
- Ad Valorem Tax Litigation
- Civil Rights
- Products Liability
- Premises Liability
- Criminal Defense
L. Blake Jones
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Education
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Juris Doctorate - 1972
- Louisiana State University
- Bachelor of Arts - 1968
- Major: History
- University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
- 1966
- Honors: Fulbright-Hays Study Grant
Bar Admission
- Louisiana, 1972
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1972
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1972
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court District of Nevada
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court District of Alaska
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Honors
- Named to the 2020 Louisiana Super Lawyers List
Classes & Seminars
- Speaker, Civil Procedure, Academy of New Orleans Trial Lawyers
- Maritime Speaker, Jamaican Sunset CLE, 2006 to 2013
Pro-Bono Activities
- World Trade Center
- National Board Member, St. Judes Ranch for Children, 1999 to Present
- Past President, New Orleans Coalition
- Urban Land Institute
- Team and Playground Sponsor, Coach, Friends of N.O.R.D.
- Bureau of Governmental Research
- Public Affairs Research Counsel
Past Positions
- Smith, Scheuermann & Jones, 1973
- Smith & Scheuermann, 1972
Professional Associations
- American Association of Justice, Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- Louisiana Association of Justice, Member Director
- New Orleans Bar Association, Member
- American Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Academy of New Orleans Trial Lawyers, Member
- Louis Martinet Legal Society, Member
- Prudential Securities Claim for the Southern District of New York, Appointed Louisiana Mediator/Arbitrator
- Louisiana Supreme Court, Appointed Judge Ad Hoc
- Bar Association of the Federal 5th Circuit