Admitted
1983, Louisiana; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1996, Texas
Law School
Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., magna cum laude, 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
University of New Orleans, B.G.S., 1979
Memberships
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1989-2000; Executive Committee, 1991-1997; 2000); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Louisiana State Law Institute (Member, Code of Civil Procedure Continuous Revision Committee, 1993—).
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Labor Law Award; Gertler Law Review Award. Member, Board of Student Editors, 1981-1982 and Editor in Chief, 1982-1983, Tulane Law Review. Law Clerk to Judge John R. Brown, U.S. Fifth Circuit, 1983-1984. Author: Chapter, Final Trial Preparation, Louisiana Civil Litigation Series; Seaworker Status, Mar. Law Reporter, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1998; Sieracki Seaman Status, Mar. Law Reporter, Vol. 10, No. 5, 1998. Note, Scindia Steamship v. De Los Santos, 56 Tulane Law Review 1421, 1982; Eleventh Amendment Immunity and State Owned Vessels, 57 Tulane Law Review 1523, 1983. Co-Author: Proof of Third Party's Negligence in Action under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Proof of Facts 2nd, 1986. (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)