T. Kenneth Watkins CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL:
DATE OF BIRTH: July 4, 1930
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED
LAW SCHOOL LOYOLA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, NEW ORLEANS
JURIS DOCTOR, 1953. RANKED THIRD IN CLASS.
ACTIVITIES: DELTA THETA PHI LEGAL FRATERNITY
COLLEGE:
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE; 1947 – 1951
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE - POLITICAL SCIENCE
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
WATKINS, WALKER & EROCHE - Houma, Louisiana, 1995 to Present. Partner in
private civil practice with experience in both litigation and
transactions, including real estate, corporate formation, mergers and
acquisitions, representation of public bodies,
WATKINS & WALKER, Houma, Louisiana. 1965- 1995
Partner in private civil law practice.
WATKINS & TALBOT, Houma, Louisiana, 1956 – 1964
Partner in private civil law practice.
A. D. O’Neil, Houma, Louisiana, 1955 – 1956
Associate in private civil practice.
MONTGOMERY BARNETT BROWN & SESSIONS, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1953 -1955
Associate in private civil practice.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
•Terrebonne Parish Bar Association
•Louisiana State Bar Association
•American Bar Association
•St. Thomas Moore Catholic Lawyers Guild
•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.
•Member, Loyola Law Review
•President Loyola Law Student Body
•Member, Law School Visiting Committee, Advisory Board to Loyola
University of New Orleans.
CIVIC INOLVEMENT:
Elected Positions:
•Terrebonne Parish Policy Jury, the governing body of the Parish of
Terrebonne, State of Louisiana, 1972 – 1976;
•Former Chairman, Terrebonne Parish Democratic Executive Committee.
Civic Activities:
•Past Chairman, Terrebonne Parish Charter Commission, a body charged
with drafting the 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);
•Past Chairman, Louisiana Coastal Commission, consortium of South
Louisiana parishes charged with drafting legislation with respect to
governance of wetlands;
•Charter President and member, Houma-Terrebonne Rotary Club;
•Member and past President of Terrebonne Parish Bar Association;
•Member and past President, Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce;
•Member, American Legion, Lenox Hotard Post No. 31;
•Member, Louisiana Nature Conservancy;
•Member and former counsel, Terrebonne Association for Retarded
Citizens;
•Member, Terrebonne Historical and Cultural Society;
•Member La Petit Theatre de Terrebonne;
•Member Arts & Humanities Council of Terrebonne Parish;
•Past member and President of St. Francis de Sales School Board and past
member and President of Vandebilt Catholic High School Board;
•Member, Council 1317 of Knights of Columbus;
•Member, St. Francis de Sale Cathedral Parish, Houma,
Louisiana.
MILITARY:
United States Army, 1953 – 1955: Honorably
discharged.