Areas Of Practice:

• Insurance Law
• Property & Casualty
• Environmental Law
• Admiralty & Maritime Law
• Products Liability Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Employment Law -- Employer

Voted:  Louisiana Super Lawyer for 2007, 2008 and 2009

Bar Admissions:

• Louisiana, 1961
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit

Education:

• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1961
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  
• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1959
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Lafayette Parish Bar Association, Member
• Fifteenth Judicial District Bar Association, Member, (President, 1975-1976)
• Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Member
• Federation of Insurance Counsel, Member
• International Association of Defense Counsel, Member
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Member (Louisiana State Committee, Member, 2004-2005)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
• Louisiana State University Law Center, 1999 - 2001
  National Alumni Board, Founding Member

Fraternities/Sororities:

• Gamma Eta Gamma

Birth Information:

• December 23, 1937, New Orleans, Louisiana