Law School
Tulane University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of North Carolina, B.A., with honors, 1972
Memberships
New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1997—; Chairman, Youth Education Committee, 1985-1986; Secretary-Treasurer, Civil Law and Litigation Section, 1988-1993), American (Vice Chair, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1999—) and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Lifetime Member, President's Advisory Council, 1987-1989); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor); Tulane Law School American Inn of Court
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Instructor, Trial Advocacy Course, Tulane Law School, 1981. Tulane Law School Continuing Legal Education General Advisory Board, 1988-1989. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1977-1978. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1980 (Special Commendation, 1979). Member, Federal Public Defender Panel, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1981—. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)