The Bartlett Blawg is devoted to covering opinions and court happenings at the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Louisiana Supreme Court. The Blawg is maintained by Harvey S. (“Tad”) Bartlett III, and was originally developed as a component of The Bartlett Law Firm, APLC, a practice devoted to appellate practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Louisiana Supreme Court and intermediate appellate courts. After developing the appellate practice within the confines of The Bartlett Law Firm, Tad Bartlett accepted the invitation to move the appellate practice to the New Orleans firm of Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C.

Tad Bartlett is licensed to practice in front of the United States Supreme Court, and all federal and state courts in Louisiana.

Education

Tulane University Law School, J.D., Certificate in Environmental Law (2000)

Magna Cum Laude; Order of the Coif (top 10%); Tulane Law Review, Managing Editor; Tulane Environmental Law Journal, Editorial Staff; Research Assistant to Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court, and Hon James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, Tulane Law School Abroad program

Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL), B.A. (1994)

Magna Cum Laude; National Merit Scholar

Attorney experience

Judicial clerk, Hon. James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, New Orleans
August 2000 - August 2001

Associate, Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C., New Orleans
July 2009 - present

Sole Member, The Bartlett Law Firm, APLC, New Orleans
April 2008 - July 2009

Of Counsel/Associate, Krebs, Farley & Pelleteri, PLLC, New Orleans
September 2004 - June 2009

Associate, Liskow & Lewis, PLC, New Orleans
August 2001 - September 2004

Student Attorney, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, New Orleans
August 1999 - May 2000

Professional Associations/Honors

Louisiana State Bar Association (Bar No. 26795)
2007 Pro Bono Publico Award

American Bar Association

Louisiana Association for Justice

New Orleans Bar Association
YLS Board of Directors (2002-2008)

Pro Bono Project of New Orleans
2006 Distinguished Service Award
2007 Distinguished Service Award

Federal Bar Association - New Orleans Chapter

Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit

Significant Appellate Decisions

Santa Fe Snyder Corp. v. Norton, 385 F.3d 884 (5th Cir. 2004)

Whitehead v. Foodmax of Mississippi, Inc., 332 F.3d 796 (5th Cir. 2003) (en banc)

Avenal v. State, 886 So. 2d 1085 (La. 2004) (amicus)

State ex rel. Williams v. State, 888 So. 2d 792 (La. 2004)

Publications

Not Dead Yet: The Imposition of Arbitration Awards Against Non-Party Sureties (co-authored with David J. Krebs), Surety Claims Institute Newsletter (January 2007)

Recent Developments: Court to Decide Crucial Coastal Restoration Issues, Louisiana Bar Journal (August 2004)

Leaving Communities Behind: The Evolving World of Environmental Justice (co-authored with Robert E. Holden, Esq.), Louisiana Bar Journal (August 2003)

Latest Chapter in Shintech Story: Addis Site Selection Survives IT Analysis, 7.3 Louisiana Environmental Lawyer 15 (2002)

The Small Business Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act: New Hope for New Orleans Brownfields?, Briefly Speaking (March 2002)

Plan Ahead for Disaster Recovery, Briefly Speaking (November 2001)

Determining Whether a Title VII Plaintiff Class’s “Aim is True”: The Legacy of Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp. for Employment Discrimination Class Certification Under FRCP 23(b)(2), 74 Tulane Law Review 2163 (2000)

Is NEPA Substantive Review Extinct, or Merely Hibernating? Resurrecting NEPA Section 102(1), 13 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 411 (2000)

“The Swamp’s a Hell of a Place to Die, Ain’t It?”: How Objective Reasonableness Has Stagnated the Flow of Fourth Amendment Deadly Force Law at Its Juncture with the Qualified Immunity Defense, 74 Tulane Law Review 301 (1999)

Lectures

Dealing With Information Overload, Learning to Lawyer, Loyola CLE Seminar, New Orleans, LA (November 5, 2008)

Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act Developments on the OCS, Current Regulatory Issues Affecting the Offshore E&P Industry, Liskow & Lewis seminar, Houston, TX (May 26, 2004)

Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, Advanced Real Estate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institutes, New Orleans, LA (October 1, 2003)

Environmental Concerns for Barge Cleaning Operations (co-presented with Chad Mollere, Esq.), Pollution, Environment, and Homeland Security in Today’s Marine Industry, Liskow & Lewis seminar, New Orleans, LA (May 6, 2003)

Environmental Concerns for Developers, Land Use: Current Issues in Subdivision Annexation and Zoning Laws in Louisiana, National Business Institutes, New Orleans, LA (March 27, 2003)

Ethical Obligations in Real Estate, Advanced Real Estate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institutes, New Orleans, LA (December 5, 2002)

Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, Advanced Real Estate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institutes, New Orleans (December 5, 2002)

Personal

Mr. Bartlett was born in 1972 in Ankara, Turkey, where his parents lived while his father was stationed overseas with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Bartlett grew up in Alabama, then moved to New Orleans with his wife, Nicole, a native New Orleanian, in 1997. They currently reside in and enjoy the New Orleans area with their two sons, Eli and Max.