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Thomas K. ("Tom") Watkins |
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PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL
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| DATE OF BIRTH: | January 6, 1966 | ||
| MARITAL STATUS: | Married | ||
| LAW SCHOOL: | Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Juris Doctor Degree--May 1994 | ||
| COLLEGE: | Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, Graduated--May 1988 with Bachelor of Arts Degree; Major--Political Science; SGA Attorney General | ||
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EXPERIENCE: ú Law Firm of Watkins, Walker & Eroche, Houma, Louisiana -January 1995 to present; Partner. Practice includes medical malpractice, personal injury, family law, wills and successions, banking law, collections, real estate. ú Office of Morris A. Lottinger, Jr., Chief Judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal in Houma, Louisiana; Law clerk July 1994 through December 1994. Responsibilities included researching and drafting appellate court opinions on a wide range of issues. ú Law Firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, in Washington, D.C.; Litigation clerk from January 1990 through April 1991. Responsibilities included assisting in the preparation of all documentary evidence to be introduced at trial in intellectual and patent/trade mark law cases. ú Office of United States Senator Dale Bumpers in Washington, D.C.; Assistant January 1989 through December 1989. Assisted in researching various issues of voter concern. Prepared and briefed Senator with weekly issue reports on voter concern. ú Office of United States Congressman William Tauzin in Washington, D.C.; Intern October 1988 through January 1989. ú Office of Speaker Pro Temp. of the Louisiana House of Representatives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Assistant May 1988 through August 1988.
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PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS: ú Past President of the Terrebonne Parish Bar Association ú Louisiana State Bar Association House of Delegates ú Louisiana State Bar Association ú American Bar Association ú St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association.
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CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS:
ú Instructor , course titled American Institute of Banking ú 4th Degree Member and past officer of Council 1317 of the Knights of Columbus ú Member of the Board of Directors for the Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence in Public Education ú Member of the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Health Care and Research, Inc. ú Graduate of Leadership Terrebonne, Class of 1998.
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PUBLIC OFFICES: ú Elected Representative to the Republican State Central Committee ú Commissioner with the Houma Zoning Commission ú Commissioner with the Terrebonne Economic Development District Commission |
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