Thomas J. Madigan II - New Orleans, LA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Law Review: Tulane Law Review, 2000 - 2002

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    B.A.
    Honors: Dean's List
    Major: History

Current Employment Position(s)

• Member

Past Positions

• Hon. John M. Roper, Chief United States Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Law Clerk, 2002 - 2003

Classes and Seminars

• Jury Trials Revisited Seminar: Voir Dire: The Art and Strategy of Jury Selection, October 31, 2025
  
• New York, New York: A Multi-Topic CLE Seminar, “Jury Selection and Mock Trials - The Processes and the Law, Parts I & II,” Louisiana State Bar Association, November 23-26, 2019
  
• Evaluation of the Profession: LJC / LSBA Joint Summer School & 2019 LSBA Annual Meeting, “Learning to Grasp the Big Picture – Depositions: What You Always Wanted to Know, But Didn’t have Time to Research,” Louisiana State Bar Association, June 2-7, 2019
  
• New York, New York: A Multi-Topic CLE Seminar, “A Goldilocks Problem: Motions In Limine - Judges Wishes?,” and “Effective Mediation and Settlement Techniques,” Louisiana State Bar Association, November 17-20, 2018
  
• Voodoo CLE: “A Jury Trial Haunting”; a Presentation on “Enchanting Incantations – Persuasive Opening Statements”, Louisiana State Bar Association, October 26, 2018
  
• LJC/LSBA Joint Summer School & 2018 LSBA Annual Meeting, “Blowing In the Wind” The Perils of Arbitration, Louisiana State Bar Association, June 4, 2018
  
• New York, New York: A Multi-Topic CLE Seminar, “Experts: Practice Points & Legal Issues,” Louisiana State Bar Association, November 18, 2017 - November 21, 2017
  
• Voodoo CLE: “Anatomy of a Jury Trial”; a Presentation on “Hocus Pocus: Closing Statements that Convince the Jury”, Louisiana State Bar Association, October 27, 2017
  
• New York, New York: A Multi-Topic CLE Seminar, “Issues with Arbitration Clauses,” and “Choice of Law vs. Forum Selection”, Louisiana State Bar Association, November 19-21, 2016
  
• Voodoo CLE: "Ghoulish Trial Skills," a Presentation on Cross-Examination, Louisiana State Bar Association, October 28, 2016
  
• New York, New York: A Multi-Topic CLE Seminar, "The Traditions, Evolution and Pros & Cons of the Jury Trial," and "Juries-To What Extent Has the Role of the Jury Been Eroded?", Louisiana State Bar Association, November 21-23, 2015
  
• Loyola University, College of Business - Delivered three-hour semester opening seminar to MBA students, providing an overview of the litigation process with a focus on depositions, including preparing for and sitting for mock depositions, August 2015
  
• LSBA Summer School: Arbitration: The Pitfalls, Problems, and Shortcomings: When Can/Should a Court Step In?, Louisiana State Bar Association, June 8, 2015
  
• Louisiana State Bar Convention 2014: The Brand New Louisiana Business Corporations Act - Delivered CLE presentation and prepared materials at Louisiana State Bar Convention in Sandestin, Florida, with repeat presentation in New Orleans, December 2014
  
• New York, New York: A Multi-Topic CLE Seminar, What is "Spoliation"? Once found, what are the consequences? - Louisiana State Bar Association, November 22-24, 2014
  
• LSBA Uncorked: Are there Unveiled UM Waivers Anymore? - Louisiana State Bar Association, March 24, 2014
  
• Landlord-Tenant Law Seminar - Intersection of Lease and Bankruptcy Law, Sterling Educational Services, Inc., December 12, 2013
  
• Voodoo Festival Seminar - Jury Mock Trial, Louisiana State Bar Association, November 1, 2013
  
• Moderated panels of appellate Judges and counsel regarding expert witnesses, recusal, and writ practice, New York LSBA CLE, November, 2013
  
• Moderated panels of appellate Judges and counsel regarding expert witnesses, recusal, and writ practice, New York LSBA CLE, November, 2012
  
• Louisiana Water Laws and Regulations, Half Moon Seminars, June 13, 2012

Representative Cases

• Greenfield Commercial Credit, L.L.C. v. Catlettsburg Refining, L.L.C.,, 03-3391, 2007 WL 97068, 2007, E.D. La. Jan. 9
• Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. v. Patriot Asphalt, LLC, 06-0456, 2009 WL 455600, 2009, S.D. Ala. Feb. 20
• Rain CII Carbon LLC v. ConocoPhillips Co.,, 09-4169, 2011 WL 2565345, 2011, E.D. La., Jun. 27
• Houck v. Creditors Fin. Group.,, 10-1268, 2011 WL 4703056, 2011, W.D. La., Oct. 4
• Great American Ins. Co. of New York v. CIMA Companies, Inc.,, 04-1363, 2011 WL 6180030, 2011, E.D. La., Dec 12
• Rain CII Carbon, LLC v. ConocoPhillips Co., 674 F.3d 469, 2012, 5th Cir.

Published Works

Articles

• Co-authored The Brand New Louisiana Business Corporations Act: Driving Into Act 328, 62 Louisiana Bar Journal 356-359, Feb./Mar., 2015
  

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana, 2002
• Mississippi, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2009
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 2003
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 2003
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 2003
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 2003
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2003