About the IAPP

Steve Herman is a past president of the Louisiana Association for Justice, a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a member of the American Law Institute, a former president of the National Civil Justice Institute, and the Immediate Past President of the New Orleans Bar Association. The author of America and the Law: Challenges for the 21st Century, Mr. Herman teaches an advanced torts seminar on class actions at Loyola Law School and an advanced civil procedure course in complex litigation at Tulane. Mr. Herman served for six years as a Lawyer Chair for one of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board Hearing Committees, and currently serves on the Louisiana State Bar Association Rules of Professional Conduct Committee. He was, among other things, one of two Court-appointed Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs in the BP Oil Spill / Deepwater Horizon Litigation, and currently serves as the Chair of the American Association for Justice AI Task Force.