Honors and Awards: Negotiated “Shreveport Plan” Contract, credited with preserving Catholic secondary education in Shreveport; Chairman of Board of Trustees; Jesuit High School of Shreveport, (1978 – 1985); Chairman, Loyola Foundation of Shreveport; Hall of Honor, Jesuit High School of Shreveport (1993); Hall of Fame, The New Mexico Military Institute (1994); Alumni Achievement Award, Fordham University (1995); President:  Shreveport Bar Association, 1993-94;  Author of monthly Legal Hist column in Shreveport Bar Review, since 1990.

Special Licenses/Certifications: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (1978); Woodard White’s Best Lawyer in America since 1995; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (1956).

Bar/Professional Activity: Arthur Carmody is a member of the Louisiana State and Federal Fifth Circuit Bar Associations. He is a former president of the Shreveport Bar Association, a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, the Louisiana State Law Institute, and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. He is a master in the Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court and has served on the board of trustees for the Louisiana State University Law Center.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Author: Legal-Hist Column, Shreveport Bar Review, 1996-. Author: "Legal Problems in the Development and Mining of Lignite," 1976 Institute on Mineral Law 39.

Transactions: Carrol v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 708 F.2d 183, 32 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 286 (5th Cir.(La.) 1983); E.E.O.C. v. Southwestern Elec. Power Co., 591 F. Supp. 1128, 35 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 801 (W.D. Ark., 1984); Fry v. Southern Pacific Transp: Co., 715 So.2d 632 (La.App.2 Cir.1998), writ den (La. 1998); Gugliuzza v. KCMC, Inc., 593 So.2d 845 (La.App.2 Cir. 1992), reversed 606 So.2d 790 (La. 1992), 20 Media L. Rep. 1866; Livestock Producers, Inc. v. Littleton. 748 So.2d 537 (La.App.2 Cir. 1999), writ den (La.2000);Neloms v. Southwestern Elec. Power Co., 440 F.Supp.1353, 18 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 1683 (W.D.La. 1977; River Rouge Minerals, Inc. v. Energy Resources of Minnesota, 331 So.2d 878 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1976) (o. 12879); Parish v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n, 506 F.2d 1028 (5th Cir.(La.) 1975); Pinnick v. Louisiana State University Medical Center, 707 So.2d 1050 (La.App.2 Cir. 1998); Perot v. Danna, 784 So.2d 34.397, (La.App.2 Cir. 2001); Reed v. Sisters of Charity of Incarnate Word of Louisiana, Inc., 447 F.Supp.309, 23 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 1171 (W.D. La. 197 8); Richardson v. Kansas City Southern R.Co., 731 So.2d 1017 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1999), writ den (La. 1999); Antee v. Southern Pacific Trtansp. Co., 627 So.2d 798 (La.App.2 Cir. 1993); Baylor v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co., No. 01-30897, (U.S. 5th Cir. 02); Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Little O’s Trucking, Inc. No. 02-31158 (U.S. 5th Cir.02).  Email:   acarmody@wcglawfirm.com

Other Outstanding Achievements: Phi Delta Phi. Finalist, Robert Lee Storey Moot Court Competition; Winner, Inter Fraternity Moot Court Competition. Member, Moot Court Advisory Board.

Educational Background: College: New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico; Fordham University, B.A., 1949