Admitted
1969, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Louisiana State University and A. & M. College, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
Louisiana State University and A. & M. College, B.S., 1965
Memberships
Alexandria (President, 1983-1984), Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Insurance, Negligence, Compensation and Admiralty Law; Civil Law and Litigation; Environmental Law. Lecturer, Effective Civil Jury Trial Techniques for the Defense, 1977-1978, and Judges and Lawyers--Cooperating and Coping, 1988, Program Chair, Insurance 'Hot Spots', 1996, Trying a Case in Louisiana and All That Jazz--Demonstration Cross-Examination of Plaintiff's Doctor, 1998, for the Committee on Continuing Legal Education); Fifth Federal Circuit and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1997; Board of Directors, 1986-1988; Faculty, Trial Academy, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997); Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; Louisiana City Attorney's Association; Crossroads-American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (President, 1993-1994; Master of the Bench)
Biographical
Winner, 1966-1967, Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition. Law Clerk to E. Gordon West, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1968-1969. Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Gulf South Region, 1991-1997. Adjunct Instructor, Trial Advocacy, Louisiana State University Law Center, 1991-1997. Lecturer, Loyola School of Law, Continuing Legal Education, Evidence: The Concepts of Relevancy and Foundation and How to Establish Them, 1991, and The Law of Automobile Accident Reconstruction in the 1990's, 1990. Lecture/Demonstration, Louisiana State University Law Center, Continuing Legal Education, Cross-Examination of Plaintiff's Neurosurgeon and Economist in a Personal Injury Case, 1989. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation.