Daniel R. Atkinson Jr. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Managing Partner, since
November 4, 1994
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Born October 9, 1961 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Married to Lisa Bethea Atkinson, 7 children.
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Products Liability
- Engineering/Construction law
- Environmental Law
- Civil Trial and Appeals
- Insurance Defense
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Mediation/Arbitration
- Contracts
- Worker's Compensation
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Louisiana, 1987
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
May, 1987
J.D.
- Accepted into L.S.U. graduate M.B.A. program and completed one semester Fall 1983
- Louisiana State University,
1983
B.S. Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Passed EIT exam in fall semester of senior year.
- Catholic High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
1979
- American General Life Ins. Co., Inc. v. Wilkes, et al, NO. CIV. A. 07-222-C (2008 WL 3858456)
(U.S. 5th Circuit 2008)
- Doe v. Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, 2007-1375 (2008 WL 426383)
(Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal 2008)
- McCants vs. Zodiac Development, 2007ca0740 (2007 WL 4465774)
(Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal 2007)
- Halphen v. Borja, 961 So.2d 1201
(La. App. 1st Cir. 2007)
- Victorian v. American Deposit Ins. Co., 923 So.2d 650
(La.App. 1 Cir. 2005)
- Cate Street Inv., LLC v. American Cent. Ins. Co., 897 So.2d 13
(La.App. 1 Cir. 2004)
- Copes v. American Cent. Ins. Co., 85 Fed.Appx. 391
(C.A.5 (La.) 2004)
- American Central Ins, Co. vs. Terex Crane, 861 So,2d 228
(La.App. 1 Cir. 2003)
- Frederic vs. Zodiac Development, 839 So,2d 448
(La.App. 1st Cir. 2003)
- Dodson v. Smith & Core, Inc., 808 So.2d 656
(La.App. 1 Cir. 2001)
- Landry v. Allstate Ins. Co., 768 So.2d 256
(La.App. 1 Cir. 2000)
- Panyanouvong v. T & H Convenience Store, Inc., 734 So.2d 9
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1998)
- Reed v. Recard, 744 So.2d 13
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1998)
- LeJeune v. Brewster, 722 So.2d 74
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1998)
- Iberia Parish School Bd. v. Sandifer & Son Const. Co., Inc., 721 So.2d 1021
(La.App. 3 Cir. 1998)
- Cabellero v. Catholic Mut, Ins. Co,, 718 So,2d 511
(La.App. 1st Cir. 1998)
- Carrier v. Allstate Ins. Co., 702 So.2d 367
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1997)
- Joseph v. Landry, 702 So.2d 374
(La.App. 1st Cir. 1997)
- Cangelosi v. Allstate Ins. Co., 680 So.2d 1358
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1996)
- Green v. Infinity Intern., Inc., 676 So.2d 234
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1996)
- Howard v. Trelles, 669 So.2d 605
(La.App. 1st Cir. 1996)
- Weatherford v. Commercial Union Ins., 650 So.2d 763
(La. 1995)
- Weatherford v. Commercial Union Ins. Co., 637 So.2d 1208
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1994)
- Genusa v. Pointe Coupee Volunteer Fire Dist. No. 4., 644 So.2d 851
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1994)
- Crane v. Exxon Corp., U.S.A., 613 So.2d 214
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1992)
- RoadRunner Motor Rebuilders v. Ryan, 603 So.2d 214
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1992)
- Falcon v. Louisiana Employers Safety Ass'n Self Insurers Fund, 601 So.2d 16
(La.App. 1 Cir. 1992)
- Wiggins v. Exxon Corp,, 590 So.2d 1209
(La.App, 1 Cir. 1991)
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
- Travelers-St.Paul Construction/Complex Litigation Division
- Catholic Mutual Relief Society
- One Beacon Insurance Group
- Allstate Insurance Companies
- American Safety Ins. Company
- Haddad Construction Company
- North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Company
- Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association
- National Honor Society
- Pi Tau Sigma - National Engineering Honor Fraternity junior year.
- Invited each semester to address the graduating Mechanical Engineering design class regarding Product's Liability law and engineering duties and responsibilities.
- Board of Directors of Magnolia Woods Civic Association-Secretary(2009),
January 1, 2008
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December 31, 2012
- Lifetime member, Strathmore's Who's Who,
2005
- Present
- Member of A.M. Best's Recommended Insurance Counsel List,
November 4, 1994
- Present
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rating,
2000
- Present
- Member of Council on Litigation Management(TM) - www.litmgmt.org,
April 20, 2007
- Present
- Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Association
- Member
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)- 25 year member
- Member
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
- Member
- Federal Bar Association
- Member
- Defense Research Institute
- Member
- American Inns of Court
- member
- Dean Henry George McMahon American Inns of Court Chapter
- Master
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit,
April 24, 2007
- Present
- member
- Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Partner,
January 1, 1991
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November 4, 1994
- Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Associate Attorney,
October 9, 1987
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December 30, 1990
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