Admitted
1963, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 1991, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Tulane University, LL.B., 1962
Law School Graduation Year
1962
College
Louisiana State University, B.A., 1959
Memberships
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member: President's Advisory Committee; Fund Raising Committee; Executive Raising Committee; Executive Committee; President-Elect, 1988; President, 1989; Vice Chairman, Political Insight Committee, 1989); National Board of Trial Advocacy (Instructor, Torts, 1989-1990 and Lecturer, Torts, 1989-1990; Louisiana State Chairman); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1990); American Board of Trial Advocacy; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Louisiana State Chairman)
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Recipient: President's Award, LTLA, 1987; WarHorse Award, STLA, 1996. Co-Author, Proof of Damages in Louisiana, Claitor Publishing Company, 1990. Author: McKernan's Louisiana Personal Injury Reporter, Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing Company, 1994, 1995; Development and Changes in Public Utilities Laws in Louisiana, Louisiana Motor Transportation Association Journal, 1972-1974; Handling an Automobile Case, Car Wrecks, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, November 1997, Baton Rouge, LA; Handling Trucking Cases, Yours to Choose, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, December 29-30, 1997, Baton Rouge, LA; Summation, Masterworks, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, September, 1998, New Orleans, LA; Summation, Overcoming the big picture, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, October, 1998, New Orleans, LA; Summation, Yours to Choose, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, October, 1998, New Orleans, LA. Co-Author: Laws of Louisiana Affecting Hotels and Motels, Louisiana Hotel/Motel Association, 1982; Lecturer: Defective Household Products, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1984; Proving Damages through Opening Statements, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1988; The Art of Direct Examination, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1987; Effective Voir Dire, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1988; Recent Developments on the Law of Torts, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1989; Damages, Updates and Future Trends, Louisiana Law Seminar, New Orleans, December, 1989; Voir Dire, Trial By Fire Civil Trial Short Course, Lafayette, February, 1990; Medical-Legal Relationships, Louisiana State University Medical School, 1981-1982; Using Employer Fault to Reduce Victim Recovery, Point Clear, Alabama, 1990; Voir Dire, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention, New Orleans, October, 1990; Damages, Updates on Jurisprudence & Legislation, Lafayette, October, 1990; Turning Physical Injuries into Monetary Damages, Jack