Practice Areas - Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Environmental Law
- Class Actions
- Insurance
- Subrogation
- Insurance Coverage
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- Takings and Inverse Condemnation
- Boating Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Personal Injury Defense
- Wrongful Death
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| University | St. Lawrence University, B.A., History, 1977 |
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| Law School | Tulane University Law School (J.D., 1982; L.L.M., Energy/Environmental Law, 1993) |
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| Admitted | 1983, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Association of Average Adjusters of the United States; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Maritime Law Association (Proctor status). |
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| Languages | Russian, Spanish and Latin |
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| Born | Providence, Rhode Island, 1955 |
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| Biography | Speaker: "Louisiana Land Law for Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors-Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law," Takings Update, 2007; "Oyster Rockefellas and Lessons on 'Takings'," Louisiana Legislative Attorneys' CLE, 2006; "Oyster Rockefellas and Louisiana Issues," MLA Marine Insurance Committee, Scottsdale, 2005; "Louisiana Wetlands: Katrina Leaves Behind a Perfect Storm of Taking Issues," CLE, 2005; "Avenal and Related Oyster Cases," LSU Mineral Law Institute, 2005; "Law Science and the Public Interest," Tulane Law School, 1998, 2000; "Employer's Liability Under P&I Forms," Association of Average Adjusters of the United States, 2002; "Unrepaired Damages," Association of Average Adjusters of the United States, 1997; Speaker: "Computer Graphics in Litigation," New York Marine Claims Managers Group, 1996. Member, Mariners Club of New Orleans. |
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| Reported Cases | Avenal v. State, 886 So.2d 1085 (La. 10/19/04); Alonzo v. State, 884 So.2d 634 (La.App. 4th Cir. 9/8/04); Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. v. Tiner Assocs., 288 F.3d 222 (5th Cir. 2002); In re M/V DANIELLE BOUCHARD, 164 F.Supp.2d 794 (E.D. La. 2001); Adams v. Marathon Oil Co., 688 So.2d 75 (La.App. 5th Cir. 1/15/97); Marathon Pipe Line Co. v. LaRoche Indus., 944 F.Supp. 476 (E.D. La. 1996); H.C. Drew Estate v. Reunion Energy Co., 689 So.2d 457 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 2/23/96); New York Marine and General Insurance Company v. Gulf Marine Towing, Inc. and Maitland Bros. Co., 1994 AMC 976 (E.D. La. 1993); Gulf Atlantic Transport Company, et al. v. Offshore Tugs, Inc. and Bruce Brothers Towing Company, Inc., 1992 AMC 2082 (E.D. La. 1992); Deutsche Shell Tanker-Gesellschaft mbH v. Placid Refining Co., 767 F.Supp. 762 (E.D. La. 1991) aff'd 993 F.2d 466 (5th Cir. 1993); Pennzoil Producing Company v. Offshore Express, Inc., 943 F.2d 1465 (5th Cir. 1991); McGehee v. Panama Canal Com., 872 F.2d 1213 (5th Cir. 1989). |
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| ISLN | 902716719 |
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