Admitted
1972, Louisiana; 1973, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1999, Colorado
Law School
Louisiana State University, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
University of Southwestern Louisiana, B.S., 1969
Memberships
Lafayette Parish (President, 1980-1982; Secretary and Treasurer, 1976-1978), Fifteenth Judicial District, Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1976-1980, 1982, 1984; Chairman, Conference of Local Bar Presidents, 1981-1982) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1982); 5th Circuit Bar Association; Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Biographical
Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1971-1972. Law Clerk, Hon. Albert Tate, Jr., Louisiana Supreme Court, 1972-1973. Lecturer: Continuing Legal Education Program, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1976-1997; Trial Tactics Seminar, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1979-1997; Continuing Legal Education Program, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, 1979-1980. Co-Author: Vol. 32, La. L. Rev. 56, 1970; Co-Authored with Honorable Albert Tate, Jr., 48 Tul. L. R. 185, 1972; Author: Vol. 22, No. 4, Page 255, Louisiana Bar Journal; 26 La. Bar J. 22; 25 La. Bar J. 105, Louisiana Bar Journal. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Louisiana, 1988—. Chair, Mealey's National Breast Implant Conference, 1998. Chair, Mealey's National Complex Litigation Conference, 1999. Chair, Louisiana Breast Implant Class Action PSC, 1992-2000. Chairman, Louisiana Breast Implant Class Action Plaintiffs Steering Committee.