Admitted
1988, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Law School
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
Nicholls State University, B.S. in Accounting, cum laude, 1985
Memberships
Baton Rouge (Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee), Louisiana State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Section of Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants.
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma; Alpha Lambda Delta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Labor Law. Finalist, Flory Trial Competition, 1988. Nicholls State University Hall of Fame, 1985. Recipient, Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities Scholarship, 1981-1985. Certified Public Accountant, Louisiana, 1989. Contributing Author: The Fair Labor Standards Act (1999), American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law and BNA Books. Co-Author: Walking the Fine Line on Employee Job Reference Information: New Law Provides Statutory Immunity to Encourage Disclosure by Former Employers, 43 Louisiana Bar Journal 457 (1996). Author: Job Reference Information: New Law Protects Employers, The Law Journal (1995). Co-Writer: Non-Summary Judgment Dispositive Motions in Employment Discrimination Litigation, National Employment Law Council Conference, Chicago, IL, 1996; Intersectional Discrimination, National Employment Law Council Conference, Oak Brook, IL, 1997. Special Lecturer: Basic Wage and Hour Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, 2000; Louisiana Payroll Basics, Lorman Educational Services, Baton Rouge, LA, 2000; Family and Medical Leave Act Update 2000, Council on Education in Management, Baton Rouge, LA 2000; Employment Discrimination and Harassment, Nicholls State University, 1999; Louisiana Labor and Employment Law, National Business Institute, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, 1999; Basic Wage and Hour Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, 1998; Recent Developments in Federal and State Employment Law, Louisiana Conference on Human Resources, New Orleans, LA, 1997; Common Mistakes Made by Louisiana Employers in Connection with the Labor and Employment Laws, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1997; Basic Wage and Hour Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, 1997; Louisiana Labor and Employment Law, National Business Institute, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, 1996; Common