Law School
Tulane University, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
Brown University, A.B., cum laude, 1968
Memberships
New Orleans, Louisiana State (Secretary-Treasurer, Corporation and Business Law Section, 1981-1982; Vice-Chairman, 1982-1983; Chairman, 1983-1984) and American (Member, Subcommittees on Executory Contracts and Leases and Secured Creditors of Business Bankruptcy Committee, Section of Business Law) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; International Council of Shopping Centers (Louisiana State Government Affairs Committee Chairman, 1989-1995 and 1997-2002; Member: Law Committee; Bankruptcy Task Force); Products Liability Advisory Council (Sustaining Member, 1991-1996).
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge Alvin B. Rubin, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1973. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy, 1995-2003. Member, Attorneys' Advisory Rules Committee to Enact Local Bankruptcy Rules for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1986-1987 and 1993-1997. Chairman on Subcommittee on Chapter 11 and Debtors' Responsibilities, 1986-1987. Member, Libel Defense Resource Center, 1999-2003 and Co-Author, Survey of Louisiana Libel Law. Contributing Author, Wiley Bankruptcy Law Update, 1998-1999.