S. Daniel Meeks, born Camden, Arkansas, December 16, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana; 1995, Texas; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2000 Northern District of Texas; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court.  Education:  University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S., 1975); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1979).  Loyola University Law Review, 1978-1979.  Law Clerk, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1979.  Member:  Louisiana State, Texas State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; Trucking Industry Defense Association; and Association of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy.  Author:  “Protection of the Reliance Interest in Contract Litigation: A Functional Model for Offer-Acceptance Analysis”, 25 Loyola Law Review 308, 1979.  PRACTICE AREAS: Business Law and Litigation; Civil Litigation; Transportation and Trucking Law and Litigation; Admiralty Law; Maritime Personal Injury; Workers’ Compensation/Employers’ Liability.