Alternate Office(s)
Areas of Practice
Education
- The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands, 1984
- University College, University of London, LL.M., 1981, cum laude
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1980, cum laude; Tulane Law Review, Board of Student Editors, 1978–1980
- United States Merchant Marine Academy, B.S., 1975; President, Midshipman Council
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1980
- Texas, 2004
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1988
- 5th Cir., 1981
- E.D. La., 1981
- M.D. La., 1985
- W.D. La., 1987
- S.D. Tex., 2004
Bob Lemon practices from the firm's Houston and New Orleans offices. With more than 25 years of trial and appellate practice, his litigation practice primarily involves the handling of marine collisions, cargo and charter party disputes, marine pollution, towage, salvage, maritime liens, marine insurance, and pipeline ruptures.
Mr. Lemon's transactional practice involves the drafting of charter party agreements, towage agreements, contracts of affreightment, bills of lading, salvage and wreck removal contracts, terminal agreements, and other maritime contracts.
He represents shipowners, operators, charterers, towboats and barge lines, terminals, shipyards, cargo owners, hull underwriters, and P&I underwriters. In addition, Mr. Lemon represents U.S. flag and foreign flag lash shipowners/operators concerning cargo disputes, including damage to steel, rubber, and grain cargoes, military cargoes, and various break bulk cargoes and concerning collision matters worldwide. He represents various owners and operators of towboats and barges in connection with collision, towage, pollution, and cargo matters, and in connection with the drafting of contracts of affreightment, bills of lading, and towage contracts. Mr. Lemon represents an ocean integrated tug-barge carrier in connection with collision, pollution, cargo salvage and towage matters, and in connection with commercial transactions. He also represents a Mississippi River bulk terminal and storage facility in connection with cargo claims, allisions, and vessel casualties, and in connection with negotiating and drafting various terminal contracts.
Mr. Lemon was an adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law from 1992–2005, where he taught a course entitled "Law of Marine Insurance."
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Maritime Law (listed annually since 2005)
- Listed in the 2009 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Transportation/Maritime Law (listed annually since 2007)
News
- Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Jones Walker to Sponsor Admiralty Law Institute Program
- Forty-Seven Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in the 2007 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers; One In Top Ten, Four In Top Fifty, Two In Top Twenty-Five Women
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
Presentations
- Tulane Admiralty Law Institute, March 14, 2007
Publications
- "Allocation of Marine Risks: An Overview of the Marine Insurance Package"
81 Tulane Law Review 1467, 2007 - "U.S. Fifth Circuit Symposium on Admiralty Law"
46 Loyola Law Review 867, January 1, 2000
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Society of International Law
- Association of Average Adjusters of the United States
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Federal Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- The Mariners Club of the Port of New Orleans
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- New Orleans Bar Association
- Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
- State Bar of Texas
- The Supreme Court Historical Society
