Practice Areas:

• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Business, Commercial, and Corporate Law
• Civil Rights and Constitutional Law
• Consumer and Collections Law
• Family Law
• Franchise and Franchising Law
• Insurance and Insurance Defense Law
• Personal Injury and Products Liability Law
• Trusts, Estates and Estate Planning

Bar Admissions:

• Louisiana, 1986
• District of Columbia, 1992
• Texas, 1993

Education:

• Tulane University, B.S.M., 1983
• Loyola University, J.D., 1986

Judicial Clerkships, Honors, and Awards

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana,
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• Extern Law Clerk for the Honorable A. J. McNamara, 1985-1986.

Professional Associations:

• The State Bar of Texas, 1993
• The Bar of the District of Columbia, 1992
• International Bar Association, 1988
• American Judicature Society, 1988
• The Maritime Law Association of the United States, 1987
• Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 1987
• American Bar Association, 1986
• Federal Bar Association, 1986
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1986
• New Orleans Bar Association, 1986
• The Louisiana State Bar Association, 1986
• Phi Delta Phi, National Legal Fraternity, 1985