Dishbak, Donna R.

Stevan C. Dittman, born Hampshire, Illinois, December 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Preparatory education, University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1971); University of Michigan (M.A., 1973; Ph.D. Candidate 1976); legal education, Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1985). Honor Societies: Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Editorial Board, Tulane Law Review, 1983-85; Senior Articles Editor, 1984-85.

Teaching Fellow, Legal Research and Writing, Tulane University School of Law, 1984-85. Law Clerk to Hon. Peter Hill Beer, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1985-86. Instructor, University of New Orleans Paralegal Institute, 1987-90. Adjunct Faculty: Loyola University School of Law, 1990-95; Tulane University School of Law, 1994-95, 2010-2013.

Member: Louisiana State, American and Federal (Board of Directors, New Orleans Chapter, 2000-2011, President 2009-2010). Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Louisiana Association for Justice, (Board of Governors, 2002-2010); The American Association for Justice, (Maritime Law Advisory Committee,1989-90; Admiralty Section Officer, 1996-02; Chair, 1999-00); Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor); Fellow:  American Bar Foundation, Federal Bar Foundation; American Inns of Court (Tulane Inn of Court) Treasurer 2010-2012; President-Elect, 2012-2014. Charter Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation. The National Trial Lawyers Association, "Top One Hundred Trial Lawyers," 2011, 2012, 2013.