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Bob Acomb handles maritime and litigation matters as well as attorney malpractice litigation. Mr. Acomb is a decorated Knight Grand Cross Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and was named Lieutenant of the Southeastern Lieutenancy by His Eminence Cardinal Carlo Furno, Grand Master. He was named Knight of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II; elected Distinguished Maritime Lawyer for 1996 by the New Orleans Bar Association; and was awarded Order of St. Louis by the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Mr. Acomb also received the 2002 New Orleans Bar Association Presidents’ Award and the 2002 Louisiana Bar Foundation Award.

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Legal Malpractice Law, Maritime Law, and Personal Injury Litigation (listed annually since 2003)
• Listed in 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Transportation/Maritime (also listed in 2007)
• AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.
• Boisfontaine Trial Advocacy Award (Louisiana State Bar Association, 1992)
• Selected as one of the top 50 attorneys in New Orleans by New Orleans CityBusiness (2005)
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in American Education
• Who's Who in American Law
• Who's Who in the World (Marquis Who's Who, 2005–2007)

News

• Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
• Acomb Featured in Tulane Lawyer
• 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
• Acomb and Broders Co-Author Chapter in Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts – Second Edition

Publications

• Case Book Admiralty: Personal Injury and Death
  Tulane Press, 4th ed., 2007
• Moore’s Federal Practice
  Vol. 29, 3rd ed., Chapter 707, 1999
• "Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts"
  Admiralty and Maritime Law, West Group, Vol. 4, Chapter 67, 1998
• Case Book: Collision and Limitation of Liability
  1997

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Chairman, Standing Committee on Admiralty and Maritime Law, 1979–1983; Chairman, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, 1982; Chairman, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 1982)
• American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow; State Chairman, 1978–1980)
• Archbishop's Community Appeal (Chairman, 1992)
• Association of Average Adjusters of the United States (Chairman, 1992–1993)
• Attorneys Liability Assurance Society Ltd., Hamilton Bermuda (Board of Directors, 1979–2001)
• Benedict's Maritime Bulletin (Editorial Board, 2003 to date)
• Bethlehem University Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2003 to date)
• Christian Brothers Foundation, Inc. (President, Board of Directors, 1976–1978; Director, 1975 to date)
• Christian Brother Retirement Trust (Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1988 to date)
• Federal and American Bar Associations (Member)
• Fifth Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee (Member, 1984–1986)
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor Member and Member, Executive Committee, 1981–1984)
• Military Order of Foreign Wars (Comdr. Louisiana Commandery, 2005–2007)
• Navy League of the United States (State President, 1992–1995)
• Navy League of the United States, New Orleans Council (President, 1987–1989; State President, 1990–1994; Board of Directors, 1987 to date)
• Tulane Admiralty Law Institute (Permanent Member, 1965 to date; Chairman, 1991; Advisory Board)
• Tulane Educational Fund (Member, Board of Administrators, 1996–2000) 
• Tulane Maritime Law Center (Chairman; Advisory Board;  1987 to date)
• Tulane Maritime Law Journal (Chairman; Advisory Editors; 1972 to date)
• Tulane University (Adjunct Professor of Law, 1969 to date)
• Tulane University Alumni Association (President, 1989–1990)
• Tulane University Associates Board (President, 1990–1992)
• Tulane University Emeritus Clus (Chairman, 2006–2007)