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Thomas J. Bethune IV
Associate

 Phone: (504) 599-8236
Fax: (504) 619-4986
Email: Thomas J. Bethune IV
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PRACTICE AREAS
Admiralty & Maritime

EDUCATION
Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2002, J.D., B.C.L.

A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University 1999, M.B.A.

London School of Economics and Political Science, Hansard Scholars Programme, 1997, Diploma

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1996, B.A.

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS
Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Louisiana Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute

LAW CLERK:
 Honorable G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2002-2003


Thomas J. 'Beau' Bethune IV is an associate with the firm's Admiralty & Maritime Practice Group. He represents the interests of domestic and international P&I clubs, marine and employers' liability underwriters, cargo interests, oil companies, offshore drilling contractors, and foreign and domestic vessel owners. Mr. Bethune's practice includes litigation of cargo claims, personal injury claims, charter party disputes, vessel collisions, and toxic tort/environmental pollution matters in both traditional 'blue water' oceangoing steamship trade and 'brown water' inland operations. Beau is also involved in the negotiation and drafting of vessel and barge purchase argreements and contracts.