Admitted
1974, Louisiana; 1995, Texas; 1996, Colorado; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Oklahoma and Louisiana State University, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
University of Oklahoma and Louisiana State University, B.A., 1971
Memberships
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Colorado and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1992-1993; Member: Board of Governors, 1984—; Executive Committee, 1990-1993; Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1989-1993; Chairman, Medical Malpractice Section, 1997-1998; Chairman, Ethics Committee, 2000—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1993-1996); American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Louisiana Chapter, 1997-1998; Treasurer, 1995-1996; National Board of Directors, 1999-2001).
Biographical
Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Order of the Coif. Fulbright Scholar (International Maritime Law/The American Judicial System; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Law, Thessaloniki, Greece 2001-2002). Moot Court Board. Winner, First Place, Flory Trial Competition, Fall, 1973. Co-Editor: Maritime Torts: The Law of Seamen, Tulane University Law School Summer Session, Rhodes, Greece. Co-Author: Toxic Torts, Louisiana Environmental Law Handbook, West Publishing Co., 1992. Co-Lead Author: Louisiana Civil Trial Practice, West Publishing Co., 1997. Author: Harbor Tug and Barge Company: Another Turn in the Labyrinth, University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1998; The Use of Statistical Sampling in the Aid of Jury Selection, 13 The Forum 1, 1980. Member, Adjunct Faculty: Pretrial Litigation and Maritime Law, Louisiana State University Law School; Maritime Law, Tulane University Law School, Summer Session, Rhodes, Greece. Member: Louisiana Medical Disclosure Panel, 1991-1993; Advisory Council, Louisiana State University Paralegal Studies Program, 1986-1987. (Certified as a Specialist in Civil Trial Litigation by National Board of Trial Advocacy)