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• Writing Books, Cabot House, Harvard College, 4.9.12
• Haven Noah DuClos, 2.27.12 5.56am 8lbs 21"
• In Memoriam David J. Bederman, Ministry of Defense of Iran v. Elahi

• About

  About
  • Justin DuClos JD EdM

    
    

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    // Primary Law Practice

    
    

    Appellate Advocacy . Oral Argument . Research . Written and Multimedia Deliverables

    
    

    // Selected Practice Areas

    
    

    Constitutional . Historical . Education . Environmental . International . Admiralty . Government . Labor . Nonprofit . Tax . Estate

    
    

    // Jurisdictional Licenses

    
    

    New York . Massachusetts . Connecticut . Rhode Island . Louisiana (Civil Law)

    
    

    // Selected Representative Matters

    
    

    Environmental and maritime actions in post-Katrina New Orleans.*

    
    

    Environmental action by natural resource proxy against maritime and oil interests for collective liability.

    
    

    Multi-billion dollar Hurricane Katrina related complex maritime and admiralty levee, canal and dredging liability litigation and environmental compliance.*

    
    

    Disposition of school property proceeds due on losses caused by Hurricane Katrina.

    
    

    Solar industry action vis-à-vis trade union exclusivity.

    
    

    Extensive bulk carrier cargo officer and crew casualty in the North Atlantic.

    
    

    Coverage guidance and related civil prosecutions of multi-million dollar cargo losses through subrogation.

    
    

    Multi-million dollar oil and gas joint venture action regarding the valuation of an ongoing operational error vis-à-vis bankruptcy auction of venture interests, including damage reduction models.

    
    

    Enforcement of international commercial arbitration award.

    
    

    International law firm malpractice defense.

    
    

    Commercial litigation concerning disputed terms of expansive franchise agreement.

    
    

    Federal administrative and regulatory compliance actions related to insurance carriers, captive insurers, reinsurers, and retrocessionaires under federal workers’ compensation schemes, including federal appellate action.*

    
    

    Appellate review of environmental catastrophe response, and federal administrative procedure for reimbursement from a federal pollution fund.

    
    

    Successful prosecution on behalf of an estate and administrator of complicit conversion of significant private estate assets in Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, Massachusetts.

    
    

    Designed and drafted trust reformations resolving tax and overlapping federal benefit programs for corporate and private fiduciaries.

    
    

    Obtained from a department of revenue a two-year backdate of homestead exemption that had been forfeited by implementation of an inter vivos revocable trust.

    
    

    Structured a non-cash charitable conservation restriction.

    
    

    Pro bono architect of a non-profit entity based in New Orleans holding and marketing the theatrical rights to an Academy Award winning film commenting on capital punishment.

    
    

    Architect of a multi-denominational religious non-profit entity managing community development in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

    
    

    General representation of a federally funded public housing authority.

    
    

    Representation of school district in labor appropriation and expenditure dispute wherein constitutional controversies predominated.

    
    

    Federal declaratory relief from imposition of ERISA liabilities on a municipal fisc for alleged shortfalls in its decades of pension funding.

    
    

    Counseling public and private schools on matters from non-profit tax to constitutional compliance.

    
    

    State and federal constitutional analyses of school policy.

    
    

    Drafting the reformation of public employment legislation, including the presentation of actuarial analyses of projected costs to a legislative finance committee.

    
    

    // Community

    
    

    Rural South African Pre-School Projects (2) . Community Partner*

    
    

    Brookline Arts Center .  Finance and Development Committees Advisor

    
    

    // Academics

    
    

    Harvard Kennedy School of Government . Fellow . Cambridge . Massachusetts . State and Local Government

    
    

    Harvard Law School . Fellow . Cambridge . Massachusetts . Environmental Law and Policy

    
    

    Harvard Graduate School of Education . Fellow . Cambridge . Massachusetts . Public Leadership

    
    

    Harvard University . Master's in Education . Cambridge . Massachusetts . Education Policy and Management

    
    

    Emory University . Juris Doctor . Atlanta . Georgia . Admiralty . International . First Amendment

    
    

    Providence College . Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with Distinction . Providence . Rhode Island . Ancient and Medieval Ontology
• Cases

  Cases
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    // Published Citations

    
    

    Northern Ins. Co. of New York v. Chatham County, Ga., 126 S.Ct 1689 (U.S. 2006) (whether sovereign immunity shelters counties from in personem admiralty actions)*

    
    

    Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Lines, Ltd., 125 S.Ct. 2169 (U.S. 2005) (whether the ADA applies to foreign flagged ships calling on domestic ports)

    
    

    R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel, 435 F.3d 521 (4th Cir. 2006) (resolution of title to artifacts salvaged from shipwreck Titanic)*

    
    

    Scheffler v. Adams and Reese LLP, 950 So.2d 641 (La. 2007) (whether cooperating lawyers owe each other fiduciary duties)*
• Articles

  Articles
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    // Technical Publications

    
    

    The Etiology of a Malfunction in Democratic Processes . Arizona State Law Journal . Vol. __, No. __, 2013*

    
    

    The Interpretation of Surface Easements in Severance Deeds as a Limit on Hydraulic Fracturing Practices . Buffalo Environmental Law Journal . Vol. __, No. __, 2012

    
    

    Liability for Losses Caused by Inherently Dangerous Goods Shipped by Sea . University of San Francisco School of Law Maritime Law Journal . Vol. 20, No. 1, 2008*

    
    

    A Conceptual Wreck: Salvaging the Law of Finds . Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce . Vol. 38, No.1, 2007*

    
    

    Vicarious Liability, Solidary Obligations and Modern Preclusion Under Louisiana Civil Law . Forthcoming
• Speaking

  Speaking
  • // Lectures and Presentations

    
    

    Modern Leadership Methods . Samsung Sisain LG Hanwha and SK Telecom . Seoul . Republic of Korea

    
    

    The Trajectory of Distributed Leadership . Samsung Sisain and SK Telecom . Seoul . Republic of Korea

    
    

    First Amendment Civil Disobedience in the Occupy Movement . Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Cambridge . Massachusetts

    
    

    Neuroplasticity in Practice: Educational Programming in Developing Nations . Harvard School of Public Health . Boston . Massachusetts
• Teaching

  Teaching
  • // Instructional Appointments

    
    

    Harvard Law School . Environmental Law and Policy

    
    

    Harvard College . Cabot House Resident . Law . Education . Writing

    
    

    Phillips Academy Andover . American Law
• Read

  Read
  • // Selected Work Product

    
    

    U.S. Supreme Court Re Eleventh Amendment

    
    

    U.S. Court of Appeals Re Shipwreck Titanic

    
    

    U.S. District Court Re New Orleans Post-Katrina

    
    

    U.S. Agency Re Retrocession

    
    

    Louisiana Supreme Court Re Lawyer Duties

    
    

    Education Policy Re School Finance

    
    

    Public Unions and Democracy

    
    

    Ownership of Shipwreck Titanic Artifacts

    
    

    Shipment of Dangerous Goods By Sea

    
    

    Landowner Fracking Lease Guide

    
    

    Rural South African Pre-School Project (Audio)

    
    

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• Contact

  Contact
  • // Tele and Mails

    
    

    +1 617 600 8787

    
    

    justin_duclos@mail.harvard.edu

    
    

    Harvard University

    562 Cabot Mail Center

    Cambridge MA 02138

    USA

    
    

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