Law School
Tulane University, J.D., 1953
Law School Graduation Year
1953
College
Tulane University, B.B.A., 1951
Memberships
New Orleans Bar Association (Elected Distinguished Maritime Lawyer, 1996; Recipient, Presidents Award, 2002); Louisiana Bar Foundation; Louisiana State Bar Association (Recipient, Curtis Boisfontaine Award for Excellence in Trial Practice, 2002); Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association (Chairman, Standing Committee on Admiralty and Maritime Law, 1979-1983; Chairman, 1983-1984 and Vice Chair, 1984—, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section); Association of Average Adjusters of the United States (Chairman, 1992-1993); American Bar Foundation; Maritime Law Association of U.S.(Member, Executive Committee, 1981-1984)
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1952-1953. Chairman, Advisory Editors, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1972—. Editor, Damages Recoverable in Maritime Matters, ABA Press, 1984. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1979—. Elected Distinguished Maritime Lawyer, New Orleans Bar Association, 1996; Named Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, Tulane University Alumni Association, 2003. Author: Casebook Admiralty: Personal Injury and Death Tulane Press, 4th Ed., 1993; Casebook, Collision and Limitation of Liability , 1997. Lecturer, Louisiana State Law School, 1985-1988. Adjunct Professor of Law, Tulane University, 1969—. Member, Board of Administrators, Tulane Educational Fund. Permanent Member, 1965 and Chairman, 1991—, Advisory Board, Tulane Admiralty Law Institute. Member, Fifth Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee, 1984-1986. President, Navy League of U.S., New Orleans Council, 1987-1989, 1992-1995. State President, Navy League of the U.S., 1996-1999. Chairman, Archbishops Community Appeal, 1992. Member, Tulane University Alumni Association. Decorated Knight Grand Cross, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Named Lieutenant of the Southeastern Lieutenancy by Cardinal Furno; Named Knight of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II. President, Tulane University Alumni Association, 1990-1992. President, 1992-1995 and State President 1996-1999, Navy League of U.S., New Orleans Chapter. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1978-1980).