Frank Aulenta

504.556.4045

Involvement

  • Association for Women Attorneys, New Orleans Chapter, Board Member
  • The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2025 Pathfinder Program Participant
  • Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter
  • New Orleans Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers® "One to Watch," Transportation Law, 2026
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, "Rising Star," Transportation/Maritime, 2026
  • Liskow's "Pro Bono Award," 2025
  • Tulane Clinical Legal Education Outstanding Student/Team Award, 2020
  • CALI Excellence Award, Admiralty II, 2019
  • Class of 2020 Pro Bono Krewe
  • Tulane Law Dean’s Honor Scholarship and the William A. Lovett Law Endowed Scholarship

Credentials

Education

  • Tulane University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2020)
    • Tulane Law Review, Senior Articles Editor
    • Tulane Maritime Law Society, President
    • Maritime Certificate
    • Tulane Civil Rights and Federal Practice Clinic
    • Tulane University Legal Assistance Program
  • Emory University (B.A. in Political Science and Economics, 2013)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2020

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Louisiana, 2021
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District, Louisiana, 2021
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Louisiana, 2021
  • U.S. District Court, Western District, Louisiana, 2021

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2022 – 2023
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Eldon E. Fallon, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2020 – 2021

Presentations

  • "Ethics in Maritime Law: 30 Years of Ethics at Sea," Loyola Maritime Law Journal's Sixth Annual Symposium, November 14, 2025, New Orleans, LA
  • "Ethics in Maritime Law: 30 Years of Ethics at Sea," LSBA Admiralty Symposium, September 12, 2025, New Orleans, LA
  • "Recent Developments - Maritime Case Law Update," Liskow Maritime Seminar, October 15, 2024, Houston, Texas
  • “Perspectives from Federal Judicial Law Clerks,” Federal Bar Association’s Morning at the Courthouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 20, 2023

Publications

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