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|birth_place = Lafayette, Louisiana, USA |death_date = |death_place = |resting_place= |alma_mater = Louisiana State University Louisiana State University Law Center |party= Democrat |parents=Charles deGravelles Virginia Wheadon deGravelles |relations=Charles Nations deGravelles (twin brother and Episcopalian archdeacon) Sisters: Alix deGravelles Dartez (deceased) Claire deGravelles Cloninger Ann deGravelles Norton }} John Wheadon deGravelles (born November 2, 1949) is a judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, based in the capital city of Baton Rouge. ==Biography== The son of Charles C. deGravelles and Virginia Wheadon deGravelles, pioneer Louisiana Republicans who were once members of the Republican National Committee, John Wheadon deGravelles is a Democrat. He and his twin brother, Charles Nations deGravelles, an Episcopalian archdeacon, were born on November 2, 1949, in Lafayette, Louisiana.〔(Law Firm Resume )〕 He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He received a Juris Doctorate in 1974 from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center with Order of the Coif designation.〔(Law Firm Biography )〕 From 1974 to 1986, he worked at the law firm of Dué, Dodson, deGravelles, Robinson & Caskey (and its predecessor firms), becoming a partner in 1976. He was a solo practitioner from 1986 to 1987. Starting in 1987, he was a partner at deGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus & Frugé LLP (and its predecessor firms). During his career, he has handled a wide variety of civil litigation in state and federal courts.〔("President Obama Nominates John W. deGravelles to Serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana" White House, March 13, 2014 )〕 During his career, deGravelles has been actively engaged in legal education and scholarship. Beginning in 1994, deGravelles became a member of the adjunct faculty at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center where he taught courses in Maritime Torts, Advanced Litigation, Pre-Trial Litigation, and Federal Courts. Since 1993, deGravelles has served as a member of the faculty of Tulane University Law School's Summer Program in Rhodes, Greece, teaching Maritime Personal Injury Law. In association with Tulane Law School, deGravelles has presented lectures on various topics of maritime law in St. Petersburg, Russia; Istanbul, Turkey; Odessa, Ukraine; and Thessaloniki, Greece. In 2015, deGravelles served as a member of the faculty of the LSU Law School's summer program in Lyon, France, teaching maritime law. deGravelles was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach American Maritime Private International Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School in Thessaloniki, Greece, during the fall semester of 2001. While there, he also gave lectures on the American judicial system. In March, 2011, in association with the Center for International Legal Studies, deGravelles taught a course on the American judicial system at the Lugansk State University of the International Affairs Law School in Lugansk, Ukraine. During his career, deGravelles has been active in legal organizations. From 1992 to 1993, he served as president of the Louisiana Association for Justice, formerly the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. In 1998, he was the president of the Louisiana chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates8. He was a member of the national board of governors of the American Association for Justice (formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association) from 1993 to 1996 and again from 2011 to 2014. He was admitted as a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers in 2006 and the Litigation Counsel of American in 2009. In 2015, he was elected President of the Dean Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court, Inn No. 71. He has been since 1974 a member of the American and Baton Rouge bar associations and the Maritime Law Association since 1996. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John W. deGravelles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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