Law School
Tulane University, LL.B., 1950
Law School Graduation Year
1950
College
Tulane University, A.B., 1948
Memberships
New Orleans (Member, Executive Committee, 1975-1978; Second Vice-President, 1980-1981, 1986-1987; First Vice President, 1988-1989; President Elect, 1989-1990); President, 1990-1991; Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1975-1979; Chairman, Selection of Judicial Candidate Committee, 1980-1982; Chairman, Task Force to Study Selection/Election of Judges, 1987-1989; Chairman, Section on Composition and Administration of the Judiciary, 1987-1991; Chairman, Special Committee on Judicial Process, 1991-1993; Member, Advisory Board, Louisiana Center for Law Related Education, 1991-1996; Board, President-Elect, 1996-1997; President, 1997-1998) , Federal and American Bar Associations (Member, House of Delegates, 1992-1993); Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit (Board of Directors, U.S. District Court Historical Society, 1997—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Chairman, Environmental Law Section, 1970-1973); Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1972-1976; Emeritus, 1993-1997); Texas Trial Lawyers Association; American Judicature Society; Maritime Law Association of the United States
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Member: Advisory Board, Maritime Law Center, 1987—; Dean's Advisory Board, Tulane Law School, 1987-1996; Tulane Law School Development Committee, 1987—; Secretary-Treasurer, Tulane Law School American Inn of Court, 1988—; Board of Directors, Tulane Alumni Association, 1989-1990; Board of Directors, Emeritus Club, Tulane Alumni Association, 1997—. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1955-1957. Board, 1987—, President, 1996-1999, Louisiana Organization for Judicial Excellence, President, Judicial Excellence Foundation, 2000—. Lifetime Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Inn of Court Foundation.