Law School
Louisiana State University, J.D., 1971
Law School Graduation Year
1971
College
Louisiana State University, B.A., 1969
Memberships
New Orleans (Member, Intellectual Property Law Committee), Louisiana State and American (Member: Forum Committee on Franchising; Section on: Intellectual Property Law) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1969-1971. General Counsel, Port of South Louisiana, 1983-1988. Author: Fair and Foul Play: What's Unfair in Franchising, Part One: Unfair Competition and Unfair Trade Practices, BUILDING FRANCHISE RELATIONSHIPS , American Bar Association, 1996. Enforceability of Arbitration Provisions in Employee Contracts, New Orleans Intellectual Property Law Reporter, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1996; Sonny's Pizza: New Toppings for Louisiana Franchise Law, New Orleans Intellectual Property Law Reporter, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1993; The Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Law: Twenty-five Questions, Tulane University Law School CLE Program, Dec., 1992; Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements Under Florida Law, ABA Forum Committee on Franchising: MONOGRAPH ON COVENANTS AGAINST COMPETITION IN FRANCHISING, 1992; Contractual Restrictions on the Use or Disclosure of Confidential Information: Some Thoughts on Louisiana Law, New Orleans Intellectual Property Law News, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1992; Franchising in a Mixed-Law Jurisdiction: The Synthesis of Legal Traditions in Louisiana, 10 FRANCHISE LAW JOURNAL 9, Fall 1990; Franchisor Disclosures: Basics for Louisiana Lawyers, 36 Louisiana Bar Journal 97, 1988; Civil Commitment Procedure in Louisiana, 31 LA. L. Rev. 149 1970; Disposition of Witherspoon - Type Cases, 30 LA. L. Rev. 502 1970. Co-Author, Franchising Currents, 13 Franchise Law Journal 49 (Fall 1993); Franchising Currents, 14 Franchise Law Journal 64 (Winter 1995); Franchising Currents, 14 Franchise Law Journal (Fall 1995). Topic and Articles Editor, American Bar Association Franchise Law Journal, 1993-1996. Member, Louisiana Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in American Law, 1999.