Paul Balanon's post-admission experience includes commercial litigation in such areas as marine insurance, contractual indemnity, products liability, toxic torts, regulatory and administrative law, Defense Base Act matters, and environmental law. In addition, he has handled immigration and nationality cases (including investment-based and treaty visas), contract drafting and transactional matters, and international trade issues.

Mr. Balanon received a B.A. cum laude in Political Science with a specialization in International Relations from UCLA (1999), a J.D. from American University (2003), and a Master of Laws in Admiralty with distinction from Tulane University Law School (2004).

While taking a full-time course of law study at the Washington College of Law at American University, Mr. Balanon worked for Judge David S. Tatel (U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit) and for the Washington Lawyers Committee. He was also a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, competed in the Delaware corporations moot court, and served as a student attorney for American University’s legal clinic. To pursue more intensive studies in one of his areas of interest — shipping — Mr. Balanon enrolled as a Henry F. Stiles Scholar at Tulane Law School where he was a member of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal, which published his case note. He is the recipient of the Edward A. Dodd Prize for graduating first in the class in his year.

Mr. Balanon is admitted to practice in Louisiana, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

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