Herbert V. Larson,
Jr.
Direct Phone: 504-680-6061
EDUCATION:
M.Phil., Criminology, University of Cambridge, England, 1989. Thesis title: "Ensuring the Effective Assistance of Defence Counsel in Criminal Cases: A Comparative Analysis of the English and American Criminal Justice Systems."
J.D., Civil Law, Loyola University of New Orleans, 1980. Academic scholarship, all years; award for excellence, administrative law.
B.A., cum laude, English Literature, Tulane University, 1974. Honors: Tulane University Scholar; Dean's List, every semester; Junior Year Abroad, University of Paris-Sorbonne, 1972/73.
EMPLOYMENT:
Tulane University School of Law, January 1, 2007 to present. Executive
Director of International Legal Programs
Schonekas, Winsberg, Evans & McGoey, Attorneys at Law. Of counsel, January 1, 2007 to present.
Private practice, as a sole practitioner, August 1989 to December 31, 2006.
Associate Attorney, Michael S. Fawer, PLC, New Orleans, Louisiana, July, 1985 to October, 1988.
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 1982 to June, 1985. Responsibilities included the representation of clients at all levels of the federal system. Numerous jury trials and extensive appellate work.
Associate Attorney, Fawer and Greenbaum, PLC, New Orleans, Louisiana, May, 1980 to February, 1982.
PUBLICATIONS:
Larson, H.
Criminal Law and Procedure,
32 Loy.L.Rev. 727 (1986).
Fawer, M. & Larson, H.
Criminal Law and Procedure,
31 Loy.L.Rev. 691 (1985).
Larson, H.
Book review in The Champion, The Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Vol.8, No.3, April, 1984.
OTHER:
President, Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, 1993-1998.
The Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center is a not-for-profit organization which is devoted to providing trained and experienced counsel for indigent defendants charged with capital crimes. The Center was created in 1993 to address the absence of a state-wide indigent defender system in Louisiana.
Representative, National Conference of Criminal Justice Act Attorneys, 1995 - present. Representative for the Criminal Justice Act panel attorneys for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The National Conference was created in 1995 to ensure that CJA panel attorneys, who represent approximately 80% of all indigent defendants in the federal courts, have representation, and have a mechanism for making their needs, and wishes known to the Federal Judiciary, the Congress, and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
Member - Defender Services Advisory Group, June 1, 1999 - March 1, 2004. The Defender Services Advisory Group advises the Defender Services Committee of the United States Judicial Conference on all issues facing the Defender Services Program of the United States Courts.
Member & Chairman, Board of Directors, The Capital Appeals Project, a Louisiana non-profit law office affiliated with the Louisiana Appellate Project. August 2001- February, 2007.
BAR MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Supreme Court of Louisiana 1980
U.S.D.C., E.D. of Louisiana 1980
U.S.C.A., Fifth Circuit 1981
U.S.C.A., Eleventh Circuit 1981
United States Tax Court 1981
U.S.D.C., W.D. of Louisiana 1987
United States Supreme Court 1988
U.S.C.A., Second Circuit 1992
U.S.D.C., M.D. of Louisiana 1993
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ADC-ICTY) 2000
U.S.C.A., Fourth Circuit 2005
Member, Louisiana Bar Association
Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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