H.S. (“Tad”) Bartlett III, Associate

Harvey S. Bartlett III (“Tad”) is an associate with Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C. Mr. Bartlett has been practicing in the fields of complex commercial litigation, environmental regulatory and tort litigation, surety litigation, and appellate advocacy since 2001.

Mr. Bartlett graduated magna cum laude from Tulane Law School in 2000, earning Order of the Coif honors, where he was a student attorney with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic and served on the Tulane Law Review and the Tulane Environmental Law Journal. Prior to that, Mr. Bartlett completed his undergraduate degree at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, in 1994. Mr. Bartlett began his legal career as a judicial clerk for the Hon. James L. Dennis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He then practiced in the New Orleans office of the law firm of Liskow & Lewis, working on appeals of complex civil and administrative disputes and environmental regulatory matters; and then in the surety litigation boutique firm of Krebs, Farley & Pelleteri. Prior to joining Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison in 2009, Mr. Bartlett operated a solo appellate practice, focusing on appeals in large land-damage cases, complex commercial disputes, First Amendment claims, and antitrust violations.

EDUCATION

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LA, 2000, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL, 1994, B.A., magna cum laude

ADMITTED

Louisiana, State Courts of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

AFFILIATIONS

Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
Member, Louisiana Association for Justice
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit

HONORS

Pro Bono Publico Award, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2007
Distinguished Service Award, Pro Bono Project, 2007, 2006
Perfect 10.0 rating from Avvo.com
Appointed research assistant to Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court, and Hon. James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Tulane Law School Abroad Program, 1998

LECTURES & PUBLICATIONS

• “Putting the ‘Profess’ Back in Professionalism: Social Media Traps and the ‘Business’ of Law,” New Orleans Bar Association Procrastinators’ Program, December 28, 2011
• “Information Overload, Learning to Lawyer,” Loyola Law School CLE Programs, New Orleans, LA, November 5, 2008
• “Not Dead Yet: The Imposition of Arbitration Awards Against Non-Party Sureties,” Co-Authored with David J. Krebs, Surety Claims Institute Newsletter, January 2007
• “Recent Developments: Court to Decide Crucial Coastal Restoration Issues,” Louisiana Bar Journal, August 2004
• “Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act Developments on the OCS, Current Regulatory Issues Affecting the Offshore E&P Industry,” Liskow & Lewis Seminar, Houston, TX, May 26, 2004
• “Leaving Communities Behind: The Evolving World of Environmental Justice,” Co-Authored with Robert E. Holden, Louisiana Bar Journal, August 2003
• “Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions,” Advanced Real Estate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institutes, New Orleans, LA, October 1, 2003
• “Environmental Concerns for Barge Cleaning Operations,” (co-presented with Chad Mollere), Pollution, Environment, and Homeland Security in Today’s Marine Industry, Liskow & Lewis Seminar, New Orleans, LA, May 6, 2003
• “Environmental Concerns for Developers,” Land Use: Current Issues in Subdivision Annexation and Zoning Laws in Louisiana, National Business Institutes, New Orleans, LA, March 27, 2003
• “Ethical Obligations in Real Estate,” Advanced Real Estate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institutes, New Orleans, LA, December 5, 2002
• “Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions,” Advanced Real Estate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institutes, New Orleans, December 5, 2002
• “Latest Chapter in Shintech Story: Addis Site Selection Survives IT Analysis,” 7.3 Louisiana Environmental Lawyer 15, 2002
• “The Small Business Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act: New Hope for New Orleans Brownfields?,” Briefly Speaking, March 2002
• “Plan Ahead for Disaster Recovery,” Briefly Speaking, November 2001
• “Determining Whether a Title VII Plaintiff Class’ ‘Aim is True’: The Legacy of Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp. for Employment Discrimination Class Certification Under FRCP 23(b)(2),” 74 Tulane Law Review 2163 (2000)
• “Is NEPA Substantive Review Extinct, or Merely Hibernating? Resurrecting NEPA Section 102(1),” 13 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 411 (2000)
• “‘The Swamp’s a Hell of a Place to Die, Ain’t It?’: How Objective Reasonableness Has Stagnated the Flow of Fourth Amendment Deadly Force Law at Its Juncture with the Qualified Immunity Defense,” 74 Tulane Law Review 301 (1999)