Law School
Loyola University, J.D., cum laude, 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
United States Naval Academy, B.S., with merit, 1966
Memberships
New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American (Member: Committee on Admiralty and Maritime Litigation and Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law and Sub-Committees on Collision Litigation and Limitation of Liability) Bar Associations; Louisiana State Law Institute; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member: Committees on Navigation and Coast Guard Matters, and Limitation of Liability); ISM Study Group; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Average Adjusters Association of the United States; Average Adjusters Association (U.K.); U.S. Court of International Trade
Biographical
Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Editor, Loyola Law Review, 1971-1973. Recipient, U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. Coast Guard) - Distinguished Public Service Award (1993). Author of Article: How to Minimize Your Exposure: Practical Strategies in the Defense of Marine Pollution Claims, Environmental Claims Journal (1993) . Co-Author: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 15 Tulane Maritime Law Journal 1, 1990; Overview of U.S. Law of Shipowners' Limitation of Liability, Maritime Law Association Reports (1991) (Reprinted, Il Diritto Marittimo, Genoa, Italy (1992); The International Safety Management (ISM) Code: A New Level of Uniformity, 73 Tulane Law Review 1585 , 1999; Author: Chapter IX, Vol. 3 Marine Oil Pollution, Benedict on Admiralty, 1995—, Chapter XIV, Desk Reference, Marine Oil Pollution, Benedict on Admiralty, 2000—. Professor of Maritime Law, The Law of Collision, Limitation of Liability, and Oil Pollution, Tulane University School of Law, 1981—. Member, 1987-1990, 2000—, and Chairman, 1990-1994, Navigation Safety Advisory Council (Formerly the Rules of the Road Advisory Council, under appointment from the U.S. Secretary of Transportation). Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation. (Also at London, England Office)
Military
USN-Active Duty (1966-1970), Reserve Duty (1970-1995); Captain, USNR (Ret.)