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PERSONAL
Henry T. Dart, is a fourth generation lawyer. His firm is the successor to the law firm originally founded by his great-grandfather, Henry P. Dart, in 1878. His grandfather and father were also lawyers. Mr. Dart has been in private practice for over 35 years.
PROFESSIONAL RATINGS
- Martindale-Hubble Rating: AV, (the highest rating possible from the only nationally recognized rating system for lawyers).
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, (an association of attorneys who have achieved one or more judgments for clients in excess of $1,000,000).
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Admitted to the Louisiana State Bar and the West Virginia State Bar, and all courts of those states.
- Admitted to United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the Middle District of Louisiana, the Western District of Louisiana, the Southern District of Texas and the Southern District of West Virginia.
- Admitted to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, and Eleventh Circuit.
- Admitted to the United States Supreme Court
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- American Bar Association
- Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
- American Trial Lawyers Association
- Twenty-Second Judicial District Court Chapter of the American Inns of Court
CLASS ACTION AND MASS TORT EXPERIENCE
- Court-appointed liaison counsel and chairman of the Plaintiff Management Committee in a class action of 8,000 plaintiffs in In Re: New Orleans Tank Car Leakage Fire Litigation, Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, docket number 87-16374-B; class certified, tried to verdict; case settled.
- Plaintiffs' counsel in mass joinder of 2,000 plaintiffs in In Re: New Orleans Truck/Train Collision of 10/22/90, Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, docket no. 90-23265-C; case settled.
- Plaintiffs’ counsel in mass joinder of 220 plaintiffs in In Re: Harold E. Bradley, et al v. CSX Transportation, Inc., A Virginia Corporation, In the Circuit Court of Cabell County, West Virginia, Civil Action No. 97-C-0471; case settled.
- Plaintiffs’ counsel in mass joinder of 4,000 plaintiffs in In Re: In The Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, First Judicial District IN RE: BOGALUSA CHEMICAL RELEASE, docket no. 251-96-000493-CIV ALL CASES. (Mississippi does not have class action procedure) Settlement pending with all defendants.
- Plaintiffs’ counsel in a class action of 450 plaintiffs in In Re: Debra Lynn Henley, et al v. FMC Corporation, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Civil Action No. 2:95-1098; class certified, tried to verdict; case settled after appeal.
- Plaintiffs’ counsel in a mass tort representing 1,718 plaintiffs in In Re: Alicia Tanguis; Donald F. Mankin, Jr.; George A. Barisich; Medric Meyer; and Preston Saltalamacchia on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated In the State of Louisiana v. M/T Westchester; Marine Oil Trader 3 Limited; Ermis Maritime Corporation; and John Doe, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Civil Action No.: 01-0449 c/w 01-1558 A-(5); case settled.
- Court-appointed chairman/liaison counsel for the Plaintiff Management Committee in a class action in In Re: Harvey TERM Litigation, Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, docket number 01-8708 and all consolidated cases; settlement class certification pending.
- Plaintiffs’ counsel in a class action in Suellen Beaulier, et al v. EQ Industrial Services, Inc. et al, United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Case No. 5:06-CV-400-BR; case settled.