Joseph Jerry McKernan
Work in Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 60 years of experience
Car Accidents
5656 Hilton Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
About Joseph Jerry McKernan
Practice Areas
- Car Accidents
Education
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1962LL.B.
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1959B.A.
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer, Medical-Legal Relationships, Louisiana State University Medical School, 1981 - 1982
- Defective Household Products, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1984
- The Art of Direct Examination, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1987
- Proving Damages Through Opening Statements, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1988
- Effective Voir Dire, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1988
- Recent Developments on the Law of Torts, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1989
- Seminar, Damages, Updates and Future Trends in Louisiana Law, New Orleans, LA, December 15, 1989
- Voir Dire, Trial by Fire Civil Short Course, Lafayette, LA, February 15, 1990
- Using Employer Fault to Reduce Victim Recovery, Point Clear, AL, April 6, 1990 - April 6, 1900
- Voir Dire, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, October 5, 1990
- Instructor, Torts, 1989 - 1990
- Lecturer, Torts, 1989 - 1990
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1963
- Texas, 1991
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
Other Affiliations
- Louisiana State University (Member, Board of Supervisors)
- Baton Route Bar Association (Member)
- Louisiana Bar Association (Member)
- Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, President's Advisory Committee)
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Fund Raising Committee)
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Executive Raising Committee)
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Executive Committee)
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1989 (President)
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1988 (President-Elect)
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1988 (Vice-Chairman, Political Insight Committee)
- National Board of Trial Advocacy (Louisiana State Chairman)
- American Association for Justice, 1990 - 1992 (Member, Board of Governors)
- Fell, Roscoe Pound Foundation, 1990 - 1992 (Member, Board of Governors)
- American Inns of Court Foundation (Barrister, Dean Henry George McMahon Foundation)
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Louisiana State Chairman)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
Fraternities and Sororities
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Phi Delta Phi
Articles
Published Works
- McKernan's Louisiana Personal Injury Reporter, Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing Co., 1995
- McKernan's Louisiana Personal Injury Reporter, Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing Co., 1994
- Proof of Damages in Louisiana (Co-Author), Claitor Publishing Co., 1990
- Laws of Louisiana Affecting Hotels and Motels (Co-Author), Louisiana Hotel/Motel Association, 1982
- Development and Changes in Public Utilities Laws in Louisiana, Louisiana Motor Transportation Association Journal, 1972
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 38 years of experiencePersonal Injury, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Car Accidents, Premises Liability
- 31 years of experienceAnimal Bites, Car Accidents, Premises Liability, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
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