Admitted
1972, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1975, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1984
Law School
Louisiana State University, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
Louisiana State University at New Orleans, B.A., 1969
Memberships
Baton Rouge (Chairman, Inter-Professional Cooperation Committee, 1984-1987), Louisiana State (Delegate, House of Delegates, 1984-1985; Co-Chair, Committee on Professionalism, 1988-1990) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1987-1988); Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocates; Albert Tate, Jr. Memorial Foundation; Roscoe Pound Foundation.
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1971-1972. Editor, Workers Compensation Section, LTLA, The Trial Brief, 1983-1988, Products Liability Section, 1988-1990. Adjunct Professor, LSU Law School, 1986-1997. Contributor, Chapter on Exhibits, 9.1 Demonstrative Evidence, LA Civil Trial Procedure Practice Guide, 1997. Author: Wrongful Death and Survival Actions Under the General Maritime Law: Pre-Harrisburg Through Post-Moragne, 4 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 1, 1972; The Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act: An Expositive Review, 32 Louisiana Law Review 56, 1972; Maritime Wrongful Death Action Under Moragne Held Not Precluded By Judgment Obtained By Injured Seaman During His Life, 4 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 329, 1973; Stimulation with Electrosurgical Current, Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine (1990) Vol. 13, No. 2. Member: Democratic State Central Committee, 2000; Louisiana State Law Institute Committee for Products Liability, 1980-1985; Evidence Code Committee, 1988; Louisiana Workers Compensation Advisory Council, 1985-1986. (Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)