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James R. Sutterfield

James R. Sutterfield

Sutterfield & Webb, LLC

Products Liability, Business, Environmental Law, Admiralty & Maritime, Insurance

Experience: 48 years
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About James

JAMES R. SUTTERFIELD; Senior Member of Sutterfield and Webb, L.L.C., New Orleans, Louisiana; DID (504) 596-2440; email: jsutterfield@swslaw.com   Practice: Emphasis on first party/third party insurance/reinsurance, maritime law, product liability, professional liability and case management.  Member, House of Representative, State of Louisiana, 1970-1972.  Born Houston, Texas , August 6, 1942.  Education: Tulane University; University of Texas; Loyola University (LL.B., 1967); Tulane University (LL.M. in Admiralty, with distinction, 1981).  Admitted:  Louisiana (1967), District of Columbia (1977); United States Supreme Court (1977); Texas (1993).  Member: Louisiana Bar; District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association [Section of Litigation (Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee)]; [Section of Torts and Insurance Practice (Standing Committee on Professionalism, 1994-95), (Excess Surplus Lines & Reinsurance Committee, Chair 1993-94), (Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee; Chair, Ocean Marine Insurance Sub-Committee 1990-92)]; Maritime Law Association of the U.S. [Maritime Product Liability Committee (Chair 1996-2000]; International Association of Defense Counsel [Class Actions and Mass Torts Committee, Chair 1995- 1998], [Maritime and Energy Law Committee (Chair 1993-95)]; Lawyers for Civil Justice (Member, Strategy Group on Mass Torts and Class Actions); Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances; Defense Research Institute (Insurance Law Committee); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.  Author: In Personam Jurisdiction: How Long is the Long Arm' in Products Liability? 691 Ins. L.J. 447 (1981); Marine Insurance: Express Warranties and the Wilburn Boat Case, 48 Ins. Counsel J. 76 (1981); Personal Injury and Death Aboard Racing Yachts, 12 J. Mar. L. & Com. 233 (1981); Foreign Offshore Workers Injuries in Foreign Waters - Why a United States Forum? 48 Ins. Counsel J. 472 (1981); Relationships Between Excess and Primary Insurers - The Excess Judgment Problem, 52 Ins. Counsel J. 638 (1985); Breach of a Liability Insurance Policy, Commercial Damages (Matthew Bender & Co., 1989); Class Actions in a Single Event Occurrences, Declarations, Excess/Surplus Lines Claims Association, Winter, 1995-96.  Mr. Sutterfield has been listed in every annual edition of Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers, and The International Who's Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers, since their inceptions, and serves as Honorary Consul General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.  Mr. Sutterfield, a registered mediator, remains an active trial lawyer in the defense of civil litigation and has handled a number of high profile case, over 60 of which have been reported.  He also serves as an expert witness in litigation involving insurance and reinsurance.  In January, 2001, he completed a two-year term as President of The Harmonie Group, an affiliation of law firms throughout the United States whose practices concern the defense of insurers, insureds and self-insureds in civil litigation, and remains a member of its board. He also serves as an expert witness in insurance and admiralty matters.

Admission

Verified District of Columbia

1977

Education

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

LL.B.

Sutterfield & Webb, LLC Highlights

Personal Injury, Insurance, Litigation, Entertainment, Government

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