Admitted
1949, Louisiana, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits; 1960, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Law School
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, LL.B., 1949
Law School Graduation Year
1949
College
Centenary College, B.S., 1946
Memberships
Shreveport (President, 1971), Louisiana State (Member: House of Delegates, 1958-1959; Board of Governors, 1968-1970, 1973-1977; President, 1974-1975) Federal and American (Member, 1976-1983 and Chair, 1980-1983, Standing Committee on Membership; Member, House of Delegates, 1976-1982; 1984-1992) Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit (President, 1985-1987); American Law Institute; The Best Lawyers in America (Business Litigation). Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court (President, 1993-1994). Fellow-at-Large, American Bar Foundation.
Biographical
Gamma Eta Gamma. Order of the Coif (Honorary Member, 1993). Author: Juvenile Laws of Louisiana—Their History and Development, 1957; Supplement, 1962. Recipient: American Inns of Court Professionalism Award in the Fifth Circuit, 1998; The 1990 Louisiana Bar Foundation Distinguished Attorney Award. Delegate, Louisiana Constitutional Convention, 1973-1974. Member, 1974-1990 and Chair, 1981-1983, Board of Regents, State of Louisiana. Commissioner and Life Member, Board of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States, 1976—. Special Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana, 1973—. Member of Council, Louisiana State Law Institute, 1974; 1978-1982; 1984-1993. Member, Executive Council, 1976-1983, Treasurer, 1978-1979, Secretary, 1979-1980, President-Elect, 1980-1981 and President, 1981-1982, National Conference of Bar Presidents. Chair, Louisiana Indigent Defender Board, 1976-1978. Delegate, Fifth Circuit Conference, 1978-1979; 1984—. President, Louisiana State University Law School Alumni Association, 1977. Member, Board Certified Tax Attorney, Louisiana State Bar Association Specialization Board (Taxation), 1985-1989. Vice President, Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society. National Alumni Board, LSU Law Center.