Brian C. Colomb - Lafayette, LA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1998
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1995
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Representative Cases

• Warren v. Teleflex amicus brief, Louisiana Association for Justice & American Association for Justice
• McBride v. Estis Well Service, LLC: The Seaman’s Case for Punitive Damages Under His Unseaworthiness Claim and How the U.S. Fifth Circuit Got it Wrong, Again, Loyola Maritime Law Journal
• Haleigh McBride, et al v. Estis Well Service and Related Punitive Damages Issues, 12th Annual Judge Alvin B. Rubin Conference on Maritime Personal Injury Law
• Punitive Damages after Haleigh McBride, et al v. Estis Well Service (en banc), 13th Annual Judge Alvin B. Rubin Conference on Maritime Personal Injury Law

Published Works

Articles

• Maximizing Seamen’s Death Damages, Louisiana Advocates
  
• In Rem: In Vogue, Again?, High Stakes on the High Seas Maritime Law Conference
  

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana, 1998
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2003
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 2001
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 2001
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Louisiana
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2014
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2015

Other Affiliations

• Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Lafayette Parish Bar Association (Member)
• Louisiana State Bar Association (Member)
• Louisiana Bar Association (Member)
• Louisiana Association for Justice (Member)
• Louisiana Association for Justice, Board of Governors
• Louisiana Association for Justice, Maritime Law Section Committee (Chair)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Million Dollar Advocates (Member)