Admitted
1976, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Louisiana State University, J.D., 1976; Georgetown University, LL.M., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Louisiana State University, B.S., 1973
Memberships
Lafayette Parish (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1988; Past Member, Lawyers in the Classroom Program), Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Civil Law and Litigation; Insurance; Negligence; Compensation; Admiralty Law; Bench Bar; Member, Committee to re-draft Code of Professional Responsibility Sections dealing with advertising and solicitation, 1991-1993; Lawyer Advertising Advisory Service Committee) and American (Member: Admiralty and Maritime Law Subcommittee; Torts Insurance Practice Section; Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Lifetime Member; Sustaining Member; President, 1990-1991; President-Elect, 1989-1990; Board of Governors, 1986-1989; Executive Committee, 1987-1989; Member, Ethics Committee, 1992-1993; Member, Sections on: Maritime Law; Medical Malpractice; Highway Defects; Auto Torts; Product Liability); Lafayette Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1983-1987; Board of Governors, 1983-1987); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member and M Club; ATLA State Delegate, 1993-1995); National Institute for Trial Advocacy Advocates Association; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation. Civil Justice Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Member, Judicial Liaison Committee, 1999-2000); Roscoe Pound Foundation; American Inns of Court (Acadiana Chapter), 1993-1994.
Biographical
Charter Member, Louisiana State University Law Center Fellowship Program. Member, The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society. Member, The Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Volunteer Probation Monitor, Louisiana Attorney Discipline Board, 1999—.