Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Toxic Torts

Litigation Percentage

• 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana, 1989
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1989
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1989
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1989
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1997

Education

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1989
  J.D.
  Honors: McBaine Moot Court Honors Competition
  Honors: ; Chairman, American Indian Law Students Association
  
  
• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  Attended, 1987-1988
  Honors: Moot Court Board
  Law Review: Louisiana Law Review
  
  
• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1985
  B.A.
  Honors: Chancellor's Freshman Honor Award, Gertrude Bott Saucier Mem. Scholarship
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Published Works

• Tort Liability for Wrongful Discharge in Louisiana, Louisiana Bar Journal, 45:3 Oct. 1997 p. 254-257, 1997

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Graduate Instructor - Weekly Seminars in Creative Writing and Literature, University of California at Berkeley
• Employee Handbooks in Louisiana: Drafting and Enforcing Sound Procedures and Policies, National Business Institute
• Counseling the Small Business Client in Louisiana, National Business Institute
• Fundamental Issues in Human Resources Law, National Business Institute
• Employee Privacy Rights in the Louisiana Workplace, National Business Institute
• Basic Wage and Hour Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute
• Selecting and Terminating Employees in Louisiana, National Business Institute

Honors and Awards

• American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Law System
• American Indian Fellowship

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Louisiana State Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Baton Rouge Bar Association
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere, and Denegre, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Associate, 1989 - 1992

Birth Information

• January 14, 1963, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States of America