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David W. Robertson
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W. Page Keeton Chair in Tort Law
University Distinguished Teaching Professor
JSD 1968, Yale
LLM 1965, Yale
LLB 1961, Louisiana State University
BA 1960, Louisiana State University
One of the nation's leading experts in admiralty law, Professor Robertson's work has been cited many times by the U.S. Supreme Court. He also teaches and writes in the area of tort law. He is the author of the classic Admiralty and Federalism (Foundation, 1970) and co-author of Cases and Materials on Torts (West, 2nd ed., 1998) and co-author of The Maritime Law of the United States (Carolina 2000) and Cases and Materials on Torts (West, 3d ed., 2004). His numerous articles have appeared in Texas Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Modern Law Review, Law Quarterly Review, Tulane Law Review and elsewhere. He is a member of the American Law Institute and serves on the Advising Board of Editors of the Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce.
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Class Actions
- Litigation & Appeals
- Medical Malpractice
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
- Products Liability Law
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Louisiana, 1961
- District of Columbia, 1962
- Texas, 1977
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1978
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1980
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1980
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut,
1968
J.S.D.
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut,
1965
LL.M.
- Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
1961
LL.B.
Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Admiralty Prize, Louisiana State University Law School
Honors: Edwin J. Mahoney Criminal Law Award
Honors: Best Casenote Award
Honors: Best Comment Award
Honors: First Place, Interfraternity Moot Court Competition
Law Review:
Louisiana Law Review, Associate Editor, 1959-1960 and Managing Editor, 1960-1961
- Louisiana State University,
1960
B.A.
- Co-Author, Cases and Materials on Torts, 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1989), West, 1998
- Co-Author, Admiralty Cases and Materials, 1997; 1996; 1995; 1994; 1992; 1992; 1977 & 1976
- The Louisiana Law of Comparative Fault: A Decade of Progress, LSU Center Press, 1991
- Co-Author, The Correspondence Between Leon Green and Charles McCormick: 1927-1962, Fred B. Rothman, 1988
- Co-Author, Torts: Texas Cases and Materials, 1985
- Admiralty and Federalism: History and Analysis of Problems of Federal-State Relations in the Maritime Law of the United States, Foundation Press, 1970
- Eschewing Ersatz Percentages: A Simplified Vocabulary of Comparative Fault, 45 Saint Louis University Law Journal 831, 2001
- Personal Injury and Wrongful Death (The Future of Maritime Law in the Federal Courts: A Faculty Colloquium, 31 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 293, 2000
- Co-Author, The Right to a Jury Trial in Jones Act Cases: Choosing the Forum Versus Choosing the Procedure, 30 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 649
- Love and Fury: Recent Radical Revisions to the Law of Comparative Fault, 59 Louisiana Law Review 175, 1998
- Summertime Sailing and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Need for a National Admiralty Court, 29 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 275, 1998
- Allocating Authority Among Institutional Decision Makers in Louisiana State-Court Negligence and Strict Liability Cases, 57 Louisiana Law Review 1079, 1997
- The Common Sense of Cause in Fact, 75 Texas Law Review 1765, 1997
- Punitive Damages in American Maritime Law, 28 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 73, 1997
- Summary Judgment and Burden of Proof: Effects of the 1996 Amendment, 45 Louisiana Bar Journal 331, 1997
- The Vocabulary of Negligence Law: Continuing Causation Confusion, 58 Louisiana Law Review 1, 1997
- Ard v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 138 F.3d 596
(5th Cir.1998)
- Brown v. Louisiana Indem. Co., 707 So.2d 1240
(La.3/4/98)
- Buckbee v. Aweco, Inc., 614 So.2d 1233
(La. 1993)
- Socorro v. City of New Orleans, 579 So.2d 931
(La. 1991)
- Fox v. Board of Supervisors, 576 So.2d 978
(La. 1991)
- Jenkins v. Sonat Offshore, U.S.A., Inc., 705 So.2d 1184
(La.App. 1 Cir. 12/29/97)
- James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence, University of Texas,
1976
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1977
- Louisiana Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- American Law Institute
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
- Advising Board of Editors of the Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce
- Louisiana State University, Assistant Professor,
1962
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1964
- Louisiana State University, Visiting Professor of Law and Bailey Lecturer in Residence,
1974
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1975
- Baker & Botts Professor of Law,
1977
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1979
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Phi Kappa Phi
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