John is of counsel in the admiralty and tort regional practice group in the New Orleans office. His trial experience includes various aspects of maritime law, including occupational disease, personal injury defense and mass torts. He represents the International Group of P&I Clubs' Industrial Disease Subcommittee and has acted on behalf of the Group in Louisiana legislation matters. John has been awarded the "AV" rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standards. He has also been recognized in the publication The Best Lawyers in America. Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar, John was with the Terriberry, Carroll, & Yancey, L.L.P. law firm in New Orleans.

• Tulane University, LL.B, 1967; Phi Delta Phi
• Tulane University, B.A., 1964

• Member: Maritime Law Association of the United States; Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
• Admitted to Practice: all state and federal courts in Louisiana; Mississippi Federal District Courts; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court

• Speaker and presenter at seminars sponsored by the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, as well as other law and professional groups.

• MANDAN collision
• BRIGHTFIELD collision
• Defense of a P&I Club in a case filed on behalf of the survivors of over 3,500 victims of a collision and fire in the Philippines
• Represented a subcommittee of the International Group of P&I Clubs in United States industrial disease matters
• Lead counsel for shipowners and underwriters in the Hannon consolidation of seamens' asbestos cases