Managing Partner
Mr. Eaves concentrates his practice in the areas of
admiralty and maritime law, appellate work, insurance defense
litigation, litigation, personal injury, and toxic tort
litigation.
meaves@calvert-eaves.com
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Areas of Practice:
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Appellate Practice
Automobile Litigation
Collections
Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation
Insurance Litigation and Counseling
Intellectual Property Litigation
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Litigation
Personal Injury, Products Liability and Premises Liability Defense
Education:
Lamar University
- Beaumont, Texas, B.B.A. with a concentration in
Industrial Engineering, 1990 (honors)
- Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society
- Sigma Iota Epsilon Honorary Management Fraternity
- Blue Key National Honor Society
- Who's Who Among Students in American
Colleges and Universities
- Outstanding Member of the Graduating Class of 1990
- Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity
- American Society of Industrial Technology
(Secretary, 1987-1989)
South Texas College of Law
- Houston, Texas, J.D., 1993
- Dean's List (Spring 1991; Fall 1992)
- Order of the Lytae
- American Jurisprudence Award, Secured Transactions
Admitted to Practice:
State Bar of Texas, 1993
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 1994
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1995
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1995
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1995
Professional Associations:
State Bar of Texas
Texas Bar Foundation (Fellow)
Jefferson County Bar Association
- Board Member, 2007-2009, 2011-2012
- Secretary, 2010-2011
Jefferson County Bar Association Foundation
- Secretary, 2009-2010, 2011-2012
- Treasurer, 2010-2011
Michelle M. Mehaffy Inn of Court (Associate Member)
St. Thomas Moore Society
- Red Mass Committee Member, 2007-Present
College of the State Bar of Texas, 1993-1998, 2003
The Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor Member)
- Young Lawyers Committee Member, 2000-Present
- Maritime Personnel Committee Member, 2000-Present
United States Propeller Club, Port of the Sabine
- Board Member, 1994-2007
- Vice-President, 1995-1997
- President, 1997-1999
- Special Advisor, 2007-Present
Civic Involvement:
Port Arthur International Seafarers' Center
- Board Member, 1997-Present
- First Vice-President, 2001-Present
- Nominations Committee Member, 1997-Present
- New Building Committee Chairman, 2002-Present
Graduate of Leadership Beaumont, 1998
Diocese of Beaumont
- Retirement Committee Member, 2007-2010
Professional Honors:
Listed, Texas Super Lawyers, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Listed, Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, Sept. 2009
Published Works and Papers Presented:
"The Current State of Mediation in Texas," The Baltic, March 1998
"SARS, The Law of Quarantine and the Possible Effects Upon Marine P&I Policies," presented at Spring 2003 Meeting of the Maritime Law Association of the United States
"P&I Coverage for Quarantine Expenses Relating to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome," 2 Benedict's Mar. Bull.1 (First Quarter 2004)
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