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Attorneys >> W. P. Wray Jr. (Bill)

W. P. Wray  

W. P. Wray, Jr. (Bill)
Of Counsel
Email: wpwray@wraylaw.com

Practice Areas: Construction Law; Contract Law.

Admitted: 1958, Louisiana; 1970, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western District of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College, J.D., 1958.

College: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College, B.S., 1953.

Biography: Phi Delta Phi.

Born: Camden, Arkansas, October 22, 1928.

ISLN: 902615296



Former partner, W. P. Wray, Jr., now of counsel to the firm, was born in Camden, Arkansas on October 22, 1928.  Bill came to Louisiana in 1947 to attend Louisiana  State University on a football scholarship.  He earned an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting.  Before attending law school, Bill was appointed and served as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  Since obtaining his Juris Doctorate in 1958, Bill has been actively engaged in practice in Baton Rouge.  He worked with Kantrow, Spaht, West & Kleinpeter after graduation until he began a solo practice in 1962.  Bill started his own firm in 1965, Wray & Simmons.  A Wray firm has continuously provided legal services since that time.

 

Current Employment Positions:

          Of counsel

Areas Of Practice:

Contracts

Litigation and Appeals

Probate/Estate Administration

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Mediation

Construction Contracts

Construction Law

Construction Liens

Litigation Percentage:

60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Louisiana, 1958

U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1959

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1959

U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1959

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1961

U.S. Tax Court, 1970

U.S. Supreme Court, 1970

Education:

Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1958

J.D.

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

B.S.

Major: Accounting

Published Works:

"Did You Attend the Pre-Bid Conference?", Louisiana AGC Action News, January, 1995

"A Voice for Competitive Bidding", Louisiana AGC Action News, February, 1995

"The Fate of Contractual Remedies and the Court's Docket", Louisiana AGC Action News, April, 1995

"A Voice for Competitive Bidding", Louisiana AGC Action News, May, 1995

"The Conduit Clause", Louisiana AGC Action News, June/July, 1995

"Good Intentions", Louisiana AGC Action News, November, 1995

"The Duration of the Duty to Warn", Louisiana AGC action News, December, 1995

"Differing Site Conditions Clauses", Louisiana AGC Action News, January, 1996

"Diligence - A Requisite", Louisiana AGC Action News, March, 1996

"LAGC v. Calcasieu Parish School Board", Louisiana AGC Action News, April/May, 1996

"Arbitration Awards Zero Evidence", Louisiana AGC Action News, May/June, 1996

"Prescription", Louisiana AGC Action News, July, 1996

"A Proper Measure of Damages", Louisiana AGC Action News, Aug./Sept., 1996

"The Preservation of Public Competitive Bidding", Louisiana AGC Action News, Oct./Nov.

"Cost Distributions", Louisiana AGC Action News, December, 1996

"These Things Considered", Louisiana AGC Action News, January, 1997

"Prescription/Peremption: A Not So Safe Harbor", Louisiana AGC Action News, March/April, 1997

"These Things Considered: A Legal Immunity", Louisiana AGC Action News, May, 1997

"These Things Considered: To Be Remembered", Louisiana AGC Action News, August, 1997

"These Things Considered: The Inevitable Change", Louisiana AGC Action News, October, 1997

"These Things Considered and Reconsidered: Prescription-Peremption", Louisiana AGC Action News, December, 1997

"These Things Considered: Public Entity Force Account Construction", Louisiana AGC Action News, December, 1997

"These Things Considered: Contract Changes/Change Orders", Louisiana AGC Action News, January, 1998

"Damages for Delay, Disruption and Acceleration", Louisiana AGC Action News, February, 1998

"These Things Considered: Extra Work", Louisiana AGC Action News, March, 1998

"These Things Considered Part II: Contract Damages; Cost-Effective Services", Louisiana AGC Action News, April/May, 1998

"Imagine Construction, Inc.", Louisiana AGC Action News, June, 1998

"The Finishing", Louisiana AGC Action News, August, 1998

"Take Care in Modifying Construction Industry Form Contracts", Louisiana AGC Action News, March, 1999

"Equal Protection", Louisiana AGC Action News, April, 1999

"Legal Column: These Things Considered", Louisiana AGC Action News, May, 1999

"Contractor's Responsibility for Substitution of Specified Materials", Louisiana AGC Action News, June/July, 1999

"Bid Disputes and Damages:, Louisiana AGC Action News, September, 1999

Representative Cases:

Louisiana Associated General Contractors, Inc. v. New Orleans Aviation Board, 99-0025 (La. 7/7/99), 764 So.2d 31

Louisiana Associated General Contractors, Inc. v. State Through Division of Administration, 95-2105; 669 So.2d 1185 (La. 1996)

Louisiana Associated General Contractors, Inc. v. Calcasieu Parish School Board, 572 So.2d 623 (1990)

Louisiana Associated General Contractors, Inc. v. Calcasieu Parish School Board (affirmed & remanded), 586 So. 2d 1354 (1991)

Pittman Construction Company, Inc. v. Parish of East Baton Rouge, 493 So.2d 178 (La. App. 1986)

Budd Construction Company, Inc. v. City of Alexandria, 410 S.2d 1070 (La. App. 1981)

Charles C. Cloy, General Contractors, Inc. v. Divincenti Brothers, Inc., 308 s.2d 495 (La. App. 1975)

Town of Winnsboro v. Barnard & Burk, Inc., 294 S.2d 867 (La. App. 1974)

Associated General Contractors of America v. Police Jury of Pointe Coupee, 225 S.2d 300 (La. App. 1969)

Representative Clients:

Louisiana Associated General Contractors, Inc.

Williams Brothers Construction Company, Inc.

Thomas H. Heard General Contractor, Inc.

Boh Bros. Construction Co., L.L.C.

Louisiana Stone & Aggregates, Inc.

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Louisiana's Public Bid Law: The Design Professional's Perspective, Consulting Engineers Council of Louisiana, 1996

Construction Contracting for Public Entities, Lorman, 1997 - 1998

Construction - Just a Roll of the Dice, Louisiana Associated General Contractors, Inc., 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association

Member

Louisiana State Bar Association

Member

Baton Rouge Bar Association

Member

Federal Bar Association

Member

Former F.B.I. Association

Red Stick Kiwanis, 1963

President

Louisiana Good Roads & Transportation Association, Inc.

President, Charter Member

Past Employment Positions:

Law Firms/Wray, 1965 - Present

W.P. Wray, Jr., Attorney at Law, 1962 - 1965

Kantrow, Spaht, West, Kleinpeter, 1958 - 1962

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Delta Phi

Birth Information:

1928, Camden, Arkansas, United States of America

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