Admitted
1992, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western District of Louisiana; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., 1992
Law School Graduation Year
1992
College
Tulane University of Louisiana, B.A., magna cum laude, 1989
Memberships
New Orleans, Louisiana State (Chair, Public Service Committee, 1996-1998; First District Representative, 1996-1998; Secretary, 1998-1999; Chair-Elect, 1999-2000; Chair, 2000-2001; Board of Governors, 2000-2001, Young Lawyers' Council; Member, Committees on: Access to Justice; Consumer Fraud and Protection, 2000-2001; House of Delegates, 2003—); Federal (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation ; Tort and Insurance Practice; Committees on: Admiralty and Maritime Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation) Bar Associations; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Distinguished Charter Fellow; Board of Directors, 2000-2001); Louisiana State Law Institute, 2000-2001.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient: Award for Highest Class Standing, Civil Law Seminar; Honors in Trial Advocacy. Managing Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal. Judicial Extern for the Honorable Ronald A. Fonseca, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Author: The Best Repellent for the Class Action Mosquito, ABA Mass Tort Litigation Newsletter, Vol. 1 Issue 1, 2002; Commercial Mayhem on the (Trans-) Orient Express: Trans-Orient Marine Corp. v. Star Trading & Marine, Inc., 16 Tul. Mar. L.J. 203 (1991).