Ipse Dixit: Ruminations on a Career at Law

Edward J. Walters Jr. has been representing individuals in personal injury cases for over 45 years. He is Board Certified in the field of Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He received a statewide honor being named the “Distinguished Attorney” for 2009 by the Louisiana Bar Foundation and was chosen as the L.S.U. Law Center’s 2015 Distinguished Alumnus of the year. He has served as Adjunct Professor of Law at the L.S.U. Law Center for in excess of 25 years, teaching a trial skills course entitled “Advanced Trial and Evidence,” which he and Baton Rouge attorney Michael Patterson developed. He has been a member of the faculty of the law school’s yearly Trial Advocacy program since its inception 25 years ago. He served as a member of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana from 2017 to 2021. He was the Chair of the Commission for 2020. Mr. Walters was born in New Orleans. He is a graduate of St. Aloysius High School in New Orleans, Louisiana State University (B.S., 1969), and the Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D., 1975) where he is a member of its Hall of Fame.

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