Law School
Tulane University of Louisiana, LL.B., 1966
Law School Graduation Year
1966
College
Tulane University of Louisiana, B.A., 1963
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Winner, Tulane University Moot Court Competition; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award, 1967. Listed in: Who's Who in American Law (all years); Naifeth & Smith, Best Lawyers in America (all years). Author: Courtroom Perswasion: Art, Drama & Science, 443 pages, West Group (1998); Videotape CLE Series - ATLA Press, 1992; The Art of Courtroom Persuasion: Courtroom Environment; Telling the Story; Jury Selection (Volumes I and II); Opening Statement; Closing Argument; Co-Authored with Melville Z. Wolfson, Ph.D., Louisiana Damages, For the Plaintiff: Determining and Proving Damages; For the Defense: Limiting Damages, 240 pages published by National Business Institute, Inc., December 12, 1985; Medical Malpractice in Louisiana, Published by NBI, 263 pages, July 31, 1987; Trial Magazine, Use of Video-Tape and Other Techniques in the Preparation and Settlement of Substantial Cases, January 1987; The Trial Practice Newsletter, Settlement Negotiations and the Use of Videotape Settlement Brochures, Volume 2, Number 4, January 1988; Trial Magazine, Direct Examination of Lay Witnesses, February 1988; The National Law Journal, Secrecy, Discovery Abuse Breed Unethical Conduct, August 1, 1988; Trial Magazine, Jury Selection in Civil Litigation: Using Voir Dire as a Foundation to Win Your Case, January 1989; I The National Law Journal, Rule 11 Is Prejudicial to Plaintiff, July 24, 1989; Trial Magazine, The Trial Lawyer and the Next 25 Years, July 1989. Trial Magazine, The Opening Statement-Using It to Maximum Advantage, August 1989; Expert Evidence Reporter, Proving Hedonic Damages, October 1989; Successful Trial Techniques of Expert Practitioners, Opening Statement, 1990 Supplement; The National Law Journal, Allowing the Jurors to Decide, July 30, 1990; The Brief, No Fault Auto Insurance: A Debate, 'All Innocent Victims Should Have the Right to Sue,' Fall 1990; Personal Injury Review-1990, Preparing the Difficult Medical Causati