Admitted
1980, Louisiana, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana
Law School
Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Centenary College of Louisiana, B.A., 1970; University College Dublin, National University of Irelan
Memberships
Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State (Member, Committee on Bar Admissions, 1994-1996) and American Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; L'Association Henri Capitant
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Student Editors, 1978-1979, and Articles Editor, 1979-1980, Tulane Law Review. Author: Litigation Preclusion in Louisiana: Welch v. Crown Zellerbach Corp. and the Death of Collateral Estoppel, 53 Tulane Law Review 875, 1979; LASH Carriage Under COGSA—Defining the Maritime Kangaroo, 53 Tulane Law Review 1500, 1979. Co-Author with Shael Herman: Perspectives on Code Structure: Historical Experience, Modern Formats and Policy Considerations, 54 Tulane Law Review 987, 1980. Law Clerk to the Honorable Albert Tate, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1980-1981. Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Military
U.S. Army, 1967-1969 (Republic of Viet Nam)