Joseph Jerry McKernan - Baton Rouge, LA

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1962
    LL.B.

• Non Legal Education

  • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1959
    B.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

Published Works

Articles

• 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
  

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

Specialties and Certifications

• Civil Trial Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy
• Civil Trial Law, American Board of Trial Advocacy

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