Stetson Law -- Faculty Home Page, Professor Graves

Richard B. Graves
Assistant Professor of Legal Skills

B.A., Washington & Lee University
J.D., Tulane Law School
LL.M., Stetson (Int'l Law & Business)
LL.M., Houston (Intellectual Property)

t Tulane, Professor Graves served as a Notes and Comments editor of the Tulane Law Review and was named best writer of his 2L Review class. He was extensively involved in Tulane's advocacy competition programs, winning all intraschool competitions for individuals as well as many interscholastic moot court awards.

After graduation, Professor Graves served as a judicial law clerk to federal district court Judge Henry A. Mentz, Jr. in New Orleans. His litigation practice in Houston, Texas emphasized products liability, insured-insurer actions, intellectual property, and appellate work. He served with the University of Houston Law Foundation as a CLE instructor and author of course materials. His substantial work with the State Bar of Texas included serving as editor-in-chief of the third edition of the Bar's treatise on ethics, malpractice, and disciplinary procedure.

Professor Graves has served as a Master of the Judge John M. Scheb Inn of Court, and is a Continuing Legal Education instructor for the National Law Foundation

graves@law.stetson.edu

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Publications

Globalization, Treaty Powers, and the Limits of the Intellectual Property Clause,

      50 J. Copyright Society 199 (2003) (winner of the Charles B. Seton Award)

Private Rights, Public Uses, and the Future of the Copyright Clause,

      80 Nebraska Law Review 64 (2001)

Texas Lawyers' Professional Ethics,

      (State Bar of Texas/TYLA 1997) (Editor-in-Chief)

Texas Litigation After Tort Reform '95,

      (University of Houston Law Foundation CLE 1996)

The Hearsay Rules In Texas Civil Litigation,

      (University of Houston Law Foundation CLE 1995)

Insurance Claims And Litigation After Tort Reform '95,

      (University of Houston Law Foundation CLE 1995)

New Directions In Texas Insurance Bad Faith Law,

      Declarations, Winter 1994-95 (co-author)

Elements Of Liability Under The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act,

      (University of Houston Law Foundation CLE 1994) (co-author)

Bad Faith, Punitive Damages, and Vicarious Liability,

      65 Tul. L. Rev. 395 (1990)

The At-Will Doctrine in Admiralty,

      64 Tul. L. Rev. 949 (1990)

[ Faculty List ]

Globalization, Treaty Powers, and the Limits of the Intellectual Property Clause,
	50 J. Copyright Society 199 (2003) (winner of the Charles B. Seton Award)
Private Rights, Public Uses, and the Future of the Copyright Clause,
	80 Nebraska Law Review 64 (2001)
Texas Lawyers' Professional Ethics,
	(State Bar of Texas/TYLA 1997) (Editor-in-Chief)
Texas Litigation After Tort Reform '95,
	(University of Houston Law Foundation CLE 1996)
The Hearsay Rules In Texas Civil Litigation,
	(University of Houston Law Foundation CLE 1995)
Insurance Claims And Litigation After Tort Reform '95,
	(University of Houston Law Foundation CLE 1995)
New Directions In Texas Insurance Bad Faith Law,
	Declarations, Winter 1994-95 (co-author)
Elements Of Liability Under The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act,
	(University of Houston Law Foundation CLE 1994) (co-author)
Bad Faith, Punitive Damages, and Vicarious Liability,
	65 Tul. L. Rev. 395 (1990)
The At-Will Doctrine in Admiralty,
	64 Tul. L. Rev. 949 (1990)