James E. Boren

Bar / Professional Activity

• U.S. District Court for the District of Louisiana
• Member, Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1994 - 1995
• Louisiana State Bar Association, Chairman, Committee on Ethical Standards for Criminal Practice, 1985 - 1988
• Criminal Justice Summit Planning Committee, Louisiana State Bar Association
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
• Board Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1992 - 1995
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1977
• Co-Chair, Death Penalty Committee, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1994 - 1997
• President, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1990 - 1991
• Louisiana Capital Defense Project, Member, Board of Directors, 1987 - 1989
• Chairman, Professional Responsibility Committee, Baton Rouge Bar Association, 1986 - 1987
• Louisiana State Bar Association, Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1985 - 1986
• District 5, Board of Governors, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2008 - 2011
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975
• Member, Baton Rouge Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1976
• Co-Chairman, Indigent Defense Committee, 1990 - 1994
• Charter Member, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Vice-Chairman, Professional Responsibility Committee, Baton Rouge Bar Association, 1984 - 1986
• Member, NORML Legal Committee, 1984 - Present
• Louisiana State Bar Association, House of Delegates
• Chair, Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1995 - 2000
• Louisiana, 1975
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1975
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1998 - 2000
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
• Board of Directors, Louisiana Justice Coalition, 2011 - Present
• Member, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1985 - Present
• American Civil Liberties Union, Member, Civil Liberties Union, 1988 - 1992

Representative Clients

• State v. Edmondson, 714 So.2d 1233 (La. 1998)
• State v. Brown, 326 So. 2d 839 (La. 1975)
• State v. Peart, 621 So.2d 780 (La. 1993)
• Delaune v. U.S., 143 F.3d 995, 82 A.F.T.R. 2d 98 (5th Cir. (La.) 1998)
• State v. Shoemaker, 569 So.2d 169 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1990)
• In re Newchurch, 807 F.2d 404, 55 USLW 2398, 90 A.L.R. Fed. 889 (5th Cir. (La.) 1986)
• State v. Pearaa, 403 So.2d 1194 (La. 1981)
• U.S. v. Lewis, 621 F.2d 1382 (5th Cir. (La.) 1980)
• State v. Jones, 808 So.2d 609 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2001)
• State v. Forrest, 356 So.2d 945 (La. 1978)
• State v. Fugler, 721 So.2d 1 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1998)
• State v. Lott, 325 So. 2d 576 (La. 1976)
• State v. Edmondson, 699 So.2d 882 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1997)
• In re Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Co., 214 F.3d 586, 47 Fed.R.Serv.3d 611 (5th Cir. (La.) 2000)
• Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Guidry, 571 So.2d 161 (La. 1990)
• U.S. v. Comeaux, 954 F.2d 255 (5th Cir. (La.) 1992)
• State v. Giordano, 489 So.2d. 487 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1986)
• U.S. v. Ackal, 706 F.2d 523, 13 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 409 (5th Cir. (La.) 1983)
• In re Hunter, 823 So.2d.325 (La. 2002)
• Wayne v. Green, 389 So.2d 104 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1980)
• State v. Fugler, 737 So.2d 894 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1999)
• Johnson v. Capital City Press, Inc., 346 So.2d 819, 2 Media L. Rep. 2255 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1977)
• State v. Young, 712 So.2d 273 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1998)
• State v. Carter, 326 So.2d 848 (La. 1975)
• State ex rel. Mitchell v. State, 580 So.2d 906 (La. 1991)
• U.S. v. Terry, 5 F.3d 874 (5th Cir. (Miss.) 1993)
• State v. Dupre, 500 So. 2d. 873 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1986)
• U.S. v. Dozier, 707 F.2d 862 (5th Cir. (La.) 1983)
• Wayne v. Green, 389 So. 2d. 102 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1980)
• State v. Lee, 788 So.2d 452 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2001)
• State v. Davis, 351 So. 2d 771 (La. 1977)

Pro bono / Community Service

• Louisiana Supreme Court Task Force on Advanced Payment of Attorney's Fees, Member, 1990 - 1991
• Member, Governor's Task Force on Prison Overcrowding, 1986 - 1987
• Louisiana Supreme Court, Cameras in the Courtroom Task Force, 1993 - 1995
• Member, Louisiana Sentencing Commission, 1986 - 1987
• Member, Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board, 1998 - 2003
• Member, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, 1985 - 1988
• Member, Advisory Committee, Joint Legislative Committee to Study Certification of Louisiana Evidentiary Rules, 1986 - Present
• Louisiana Public Defender Board, Capital Certification Advisory Committee
• Louisiana Legislature, Indigent Defense Task Force, 1996 - 1997
• Louisiana Sentencing Commission, Member, 1986 - 1987
• Louisiana Supreme Court Committee to Study Post Conviction Procedure, 2009 - 2010
• Member, Louisiana Law Institute Code of Criminal Procedure Advisory Committee, 1987 - Present
• Louisiana Public Defender Board, Louisiana State Bar Association Representative, 2008 - 2011
• Board Member, East Baton Rouge Indigent Defense Board, 1988 - 2007
• Louisiana Public Defender Board, Capital Certification Advisory Committee, Member

Educational Background

• Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, B.A., Major: History, Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa, 1971

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Louisiana State University Law Review, Member, 1974 - 1975
• Louisiana Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Act, 34 Louisiana Law Review 634
• The New Code of Professional Responsibility, Around the Bar, February, 1987
• The Body Count in the Government War on Lawyers, Around the Bar, November, 1986
• Constitutional Considerations of Federal and State Testimonial Immunity Legislation, 36 Louisiana Law Review 214, 1976
• Lecturer, C.L.E. Programs
• Adjunct Professor, Paul M. Hebert School of Law, Louisiana State University, 2002 - Present
• Fear of a Paper Tiger: Enforcing Louisiana’s Procedural and Statutory Rules in the Wake of Harmless Error Analysis, 64 Louisiana Law Review 1, Fall, 2003

Honors

• Class of 1950, Scholarship, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Spring 1974
• AV Preeminent* peer-review rating through Martindale-Hubbell
• National Directory of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Flory Criminal Trial Competition, Finalist, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 1975
• First in Class, Order of the Coif, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
• Best Lawyers
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Justice Albert Tate, Jr., 2000 - Present
• Recipient, Flory Trial Competition, 1st Place, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 1973, 1974
• Phi Kappa Phi, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
• Martindale Hubbell, Who's Who
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2009 - Present

Awards

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AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.