• Health Care
• Taxation

Bar Admissions:

• Louisiana, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1991
• U.S. Federal Court, 1988
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
• U.S. Tax Court, 1993
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Education:

• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1987
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Law Review: Member, Louisiana State University Law Review
• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1988
  LL.M. Tax, Master of Law(s) in Taxation
• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1998
  LL.M. in Health Law
• Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana, 1976
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma
• Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana, 1985
  M.B.A., Master of Business Administration

• The Louisiana Tax Credit for Rehabilitation of Historic Structures: A Policy Recommendation, State Tax Notes (March 28, 2005)
• The Louisiana Tax Credit for Rehabilitation of Historic Structures, Journal of Multistate Taxation (May 2004) (with Douglas Bible, Ph.D. and Stanley Hays, D.B.A.)
• Tax Policy and the Blood Supply, Tax Notes (August 18, 2003) (with William J. Winslade, J.D., Ph.D.)
• Income Taxation of Inflation-Indexed Debt Instruments, The Tax Adviser (July 2003) (with Timothy J. Vines, Ph.D.)
• Organ Procurement and Tax Policy, Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy (Spring 2002) (with William J. Winslade, J.D., Ph.D. and Charles J. Paine, M.D.)
• Taxation and the Human Body: An Analysis of Transactions Involving Kidneys, Journal of Taxation (June 2001)
• Employers, Ethics and Managed Care, Employee Benefit Plan Review (February 2005) (with Lisa A. Burke, Ph.D.)
• Life Insurance, Living Benefits and Physician-Assisted Death, Behavioral Sciences & the Law (June 2004), (with Harvey Rubin, Ph.D. and William Winslade, Ph.D., J.D.)
• Contemplating Employer Funding for Faith-Based Addiction Recovery Treatment, Journal of Healthcare Quality (May 2004) (with Lisa A. Burke, Ph.D.)
• Louisiana Income Tax Credits for Motion Picture and Television Productions, Journal of Multistate Taxation (March 2007) (with Douglas Bible, Ph.D. and Stanley Hays, D.B.A.)
• Law, Public Policy and the Economics of Crime Rooted in Psychopathic Disorders (The International Handbook of Psychopathic Disorders and the Law, Wiley & Sons, publisher and Alan Felthous, M.D., Ph.D., editor)(lead author, with Harvey W. Rubin, Ph.D., Timothy Shaughnessy, Ph.D., and Ian Hollenshead, Ph.D.) (June 2007)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
• Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants, Member
• Louisiana State Board of Legal Specialization, Tax Law Advisory Commission
  Past Chairman
• Louisiana State Medical Center, Member, Ethics Committee
• Center for Bioethics and Health Law, Member,
  Board of Directors
• American Health Lawyers Association, Member
• Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Member
• Louisiana State University, Shreveport
  Professor (Taxation, Health Care Law, Ethics)
• Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport
  Clinical Professor of Medicine (Health Care Law, Ethics)

Birth Information:

• August 26, 1953, Bogalusa, Louisiana