T Kenneth Watkins
kennethwatkins@wwelaw.com

PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

DATE OF BIRTH:          July 4, 1930

MARITAL STATUS:        Married

LAW SCHOOL:               Loyola University of New Orleans, 1951 - 1953, Juris Doctor 1953.  Ranked third in class.  Activities   Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity

COLLEGE:                      University of Notre Dame, 1947 – 1951, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

EXPERIENCE:

ú   Watkins, Walker & Eroche, Houma, Louisiana, 1964 to Present.   Partner in private civil practice with experience in both litigation and transactions.

ú   Watkins & Talbot, Houma, Louisiana, 1956 – 1964; Partner in private civil practice.

ú A. D. O’Neil, Houma, Louisiana, 1955 – 1956; Associate in private civil practice.

ú   Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Sessions, New Orleans, Louisiana, summer 1953; Associate in private civil practice.

ú   Military: United States Army, 1953 – 1955:  Honorably discharged.  

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:  

ú   Terrebonne Parish Bar Association

ú    Louisiana State Bar Association

ú    American Bar Association

ú    St. Thomas Moore Catholic Lawyers Guild

ú    Admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, federal district courts for the Eastern Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

ú    Loyola Law Review

ú    President Loyola Law Student Body

ú    Law School Visiting Committee, Advisory Board to Loyola University of New Orleans.

CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS:

Elected Positions:

ú     Terrebonne Parish Policy Jury, the governing body of the Parish of Terrebonne, State of Louisiana, 1972 – 1976

ú     Former Chairman, Terrebonne Parish Democratic Executive Committee.

Civic Activities:

ú    Past Chairman, Terrebonne Parish Charter Commission, a body charged with drafting a charter for the Parish which restructured the form of parish government from a police jury system to a tripartite system with legislative, executive, and judicial branches (charter approved in parish-wide election);

ú     Past Chairman, Louisiana Coastal Commission, consortium of South Louisiana parishes charged with drafting legislation with respect to governance of wetlands;

ú     Charter President and member, Houma-Terrebonne Rotary Club;

ú     Member and past President of Terrebonne Parish Bar Association;

ú     Member and past President, Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce;

ú     Member, American Legion, Lenox Hotard Post No. 31;

ú     Member, Louisiana Nature Conservancy;

ú     Member and former counsel, Terrebonne Association for Retarded Citizens;

ú     Member, Terrebonne Historical and Cultural Society;

ú     Member Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne;

ú     Member Arts & Humanities Council of Terrebonne Parish;

ú     Past member and President of St. Francis de Sales School Board and Vandebilt Catholic High   School Board;

ú     Member, Council 1317 of Knights of Columbus;

   ú     Member, St. Francis de Sale Cathedral Parish, Houma, Louisiana.