Admitted
1996, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Law School
Tulane University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1996
Law School Graduation Year
1996
College
Louisiana State University, B.A., 1992
Memberships
Louisiana State and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Recipient, Gertler Law Review Award for Outstanding Casenote in Volume 70, Tulane Law Review. Member, Tulane Law Review, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to the Hon. James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1996-1997. Co-Author: Interpreting the Term Created in Policy Exclusion, A Practicing Law Institute, Real Estate Law and Practice Court Handbook Series, November 1998. Author: The New Forced Heirship Law, Its Implementing Legislation and Major Substantive Policy Changes of the Louisiana State Law Institute's Proposed Comprehensive Revision of the Successions and Donations Laws, 71 Tulane L. Rev. 223, 1996; Cajun Electric Power Cooperative v. Central Louisiana Electric Company: The Fifth Circuit Establishes Sound Precedent in an Appointment-of-a-Trustee-in-Bankruptcy Case, 70 Tulane L. Rev. 164; Some Practical Considerations for Defending and Settling Products Liability and Consumer Class Actions, 74 Tulane L. Rev., 2125; The Use of Class Actions in Genetically Modified Agricultural Products Cases and Other User-Specific Products Cases, Legal Backgrounder, a publication of the Washington Legal Foundation, 2000; The Rigorous Analysis Test at Work, Class Action Report, Bureau of National Affairs, 2000.