Law School
Tulane University, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1971; University of Michigan, M.A., 1973
Memberships
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Louisiana State, Federal (Member, Board of Directors, New Orleans Chapter, 2000—) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Maritime Law Advisory Committee, 1989-1990; Secretary, 1996-1997, Second Vice Chair, 1997-1998, First Vice Chair, 1998-1999, Chair, 1999-2000, Immediate Past chair, 2000-2001, Vice Chair, 2001-2002, Admiralty Law Section); Maritime Law Association (Proctor); Tulane Law School American Inn of Court
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, 1983-1985 and Senior Articles Editor, 1984-1985, Tulane Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Peter Hill Beer, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1985-1986. Teaching Fellow, Legal Research and Writing, Tulane University School of Law, 1984-1985. Instructor, University of New Orleans Paralegal Institute, 1987-1990. Adjunct Faculty, Loyola University School of Law, 1990-1995. Adjunct Faculty, Tulane University School of Law, 1994-1995. Advisory Editor, Loyola Maritime Law Journal, 1997—. Author: Note, Constitutional Law—Supreme Court Restricts First Amendment Rights of Public Employees—Connick v. Myers, 58 Tul. L. Rev. 829, 1984; Comment, Admiralty—Conflict of Law on the High Seas: The States and DOHSA, 59 Tul. L. Rev. 1487, 1985; Article, Removal in Civil Rights Cases Under 28 U.S.C. Section 1443(2), 31 Loyola L. Rev. 855, 1986. Chapter, Pleadings, Louisiana Civil Pretrial Procedure (West 1998). Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation.