Education:
Spring Hill College
Tulane University of Louisiana - J.D., 1968
Experience:
Admitted to the bar 1968, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court.
Assistant District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans - 1968 through 1969.
United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Chief of the Criminal Division, 1970 through 1974, prosecuted white collar criminal cases, such as political corruption issues, rico, mail and wire frauds and interstate transportation of pornography.
Adjunct Professor, Tulane Law School Trial Advocacy Program.
Returned to Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office as Chief of Trials in all sections of court - 1974 through 1975.
Membership:
New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana State, Federal Fifth Federal Circuit and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Corporations; Criminal Justice) Bar Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1981-1983; Advisory Council, 1984-1985).
Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, Board of the Federal Bar Association in the Eastern District of Louisiana, formerly Secretary, Vice-President and President
Member, National Board of the Federal Bar Association
Life Fellow, Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
Accolades:
Phi Delta Phil Finalist, Moot Court Competition, 1968. Robinson Memorial Award Recipient.
Recipient of the highest ranking awarded by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (AV).
Strathmore's 2001 Edition of Who's Who in the United States.
Men of Achievement, International Biographical Centre, 15th Edition.
Recipient of the 2005 Leadership Law Award.
Named Louisiana Super Lawyers in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
