Admitted
1988, Louisiana; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Louisiana State University, M.L.S., 1976; Tulane University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
Louisiana Tech University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1969
Memberships
New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; New Orleans Estate Planning Council; St. Thomas More American Inn of Court.
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Phi Mu; Order of the Coif. Member, 1986-1987 and Senior Managing Editor, 1987-1988, Tulane Law Review. Recipient: John Minor Wisdom Award. Rittenberg-Weinstein Law Review Award for Outstanding Contribution. Author: Comment, The Louisiana Constitution's Declaration of Rights: Post 'Hardwick' Protection for Sexual Privacy? 62 Tulane Law Review 767, 1988; Law Clerk to Chief Justice John A. Dixon, Jr., Louisiana Supreme Court, 1988-1989. Member, Board of Directors, ACLU of Louisiana, 1990-1992; AIDSLAW of Louisiana, Inc., 1989-1995.