Woodley, Williams Law Firm, L.L.C.

Edmund E. Woodley (1925-1989).

James E. Williams
(Retired)

James E. Williams, (Retired) (P.C.), (Member) born McComb, Mississippi, September 3, 1939; admitted to bar, 1968, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1962; J.D., 1968). Phi Delta Phi. Special Assistant to the Attorney General, 1968-1969; 1975. Member: Southwest Louisiana (President, 1989-1990), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Automobile Liability; Products Liability Defense; Mediation; Reinsurance Defense; Environmental Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Product Liability Law; Insurance Defense Law; Oil and Gas.

Robert J. Boudreau

Robert J. Boudreau, (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 15, 1930; admitted to bar, 1953, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.B.A., 1951; LL.B., 1953). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Louisiana State Bar Association Board of Governors Award for Contribution to Improvement in Louisiana Law, 1981. Former Lecturer: American Institute of Banking; Property Law and Legal Ethics, Louisiana State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminars. Elected to House of Delegates, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1996. Former Member, Board of Directors: First National Bank of Lake Charles. Member, Board of Directors, Louisiana Civil Service League. Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. Member, Board of Directors, 1981-2002 and Chairman, 1996. Former Member, Committee on Professional Responsibility, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1981-1991, Chairman, 1990; Chairman, Louisiana Legislative Appointed Committee to Write Louisiana Condominium Law, 1979. Chairman, Southwest Louisiana Title, Examiners Association, 1990-1997. Member, Louisiana Land Title Association, 1990-2002. Former Member and Chairman, 1980, Law Reform Committee, Louisiana State Bar Association. Former Member and Vice Chairman, 1979, National Attorneys Committee, United States Savings and Loan League. Former Member, Board of Directors, Tulane University Alumni Association. Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State (Member, Ethics Advisory Service Committee, 1992-2002) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana State Law Institute (Member, Committee on Registry) [LCDR, U.S. Navy, 1953-1956]. Practice Areas: Financial Law; Commercial Real Estate Development; Successions; Real Estate Contracts; Mortgage Banking Law; Real Estate Law; Probate Law; Wills; Trusts; Banking Law; Business Law; Corporate Law.

E-mail: rboudreau@woodleywilliams.com

Donald C. Brown

Donald C. Brown, (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, May 30, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana; 1973, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1985, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1994, Texas. Education: Louisiana Polytechnic University (B.A., 1969); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1972). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association; Personal Injury Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Defense; Automobile Liability; Road Design; Professional Liability; Insurance Defense Litigation; Product Liability; Employment Discrimination; Maritime and Admiralty Law; Oil and Gas; Patent Litigation; and Premise Liability.

E-mail: dcbrown@woodleywilliams.com

Thomas J. Solari

Thomas J. Solari, (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, March 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: McNeese State University (B.S., 1985); Loyola University (J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Secretary and Treasurer, 1990-1991; President, 1991-1992. Practice Areas: Automobile Insurance Defense; Worker's Compensation Defense; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Premises Liability Defense; Marine Insurance Defense.

E-mail: tsolari@woodleywilliams.com

Darrell W. Alston

Darrell W. Alston, (Member) born DeQuincy, Louisiana, March 1, 1955; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: McNeese State University (B.S., 1977); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1989). Member: Southwest Louisiana and Louisiana State. Practice Areas: Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Litigation; Probate; Contracts; Corporate Law; Wills; Trust Law; Successions; Commercial Finance.

E-mail: dalston@woodleywilliams.com

Lance Bradley Vinson

Lance Bradley Vinson, (Associate) born Fort Worth, Texas, October 21, 1967; admitted to Louisiana Bar Association in October 2002. Education: Houston Baptist University (B.A., 1990); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2002). Recipient: C.A.L.I. Award, Corporate and White Collar Crime (Fall, 2001). Participant: National Moot Trial Court Competition, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (2002). Experience: Judicial Clerkship, 14th Judicial District Court, Louisiana (8/02 – 8/03); Teacher: Louisiana State University, Department of Speech Communication (1991 – 1993; 1996 – 1997).

E-mail: lvinson@woodleywilliams.com

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