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James  Viator

Email: viatorj@wlu.edu
Office: 452A Sydney Lewis Hall
Phone: 540-458-8139
Fax: 540-458-8488

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James  E.  Viator

Visiting Professor of Law

J.D., Louisiana State University, 1985; B.A., University of New Orleans, 1971


Biography

James Viator is the Adams & Reese Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University College of Law.  Prior to attending law school, Professor Viator worked as a professional musician and also as a foreman on livestock farms in California and his native Louisiana. He was the Executive Editor of the Louisiana Law Review and graduated from LSU Law School with membership in the Order of the Coif. In 1985-1986 he clerked for Judge Henry A. Politz on the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Professor Viator regularly teaches courses in contracts, Louisiana obligations, Louisiana torts, American constitutional law and history, common-law property, and constitutional criminal procedure.


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