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| Practice Areas | Environmental Law; Environmental Criminal Law; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); Environmental Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Class Actions | | | Education | Louisiana State University, J.D., 1991, Louisiana State University (B.S., Civil Engineering, 1986; M.S., Environmental Engineering, 1988) | | | Admitted | 1991, Louisiana | |
| Memberships | Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Past Chair, Environmental Law Section Council Member, Treasurer, Secretary, Vice Chairman) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. | | | Languages | Spanish | | | Born | Miami, Florida | | | Biography | Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Author: "Reliability Is the Gauge: Recent Daubert Challenges to Experts in Environmental Litigation," Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 22, No. 4, Spring 2008; "In the Wake of Katrina: The 'Act of God' Defense Under Select Environmental Programs Applicable in Louisiana," "Toxics Law Reporter," BNA, Inc., Vol. 20, No. 47, December 2005; "Use of Toxicology in Tort Litigation in Louisiana," "The Use of Toxicology in Tort Litigation, A Survey of Federal and State Jurisdictions," published by the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Products Liability Committee, December 2004; "Interview with Judge Burrel Carter," Baton Rouge Bar Association, "Around the Bar," December 1999; "Harmon Industries, Inc. v. Browner: Federal Courts Limit EPA Overfiling under RCRA," La. Bar Journal's "The Environmental Lawyer," Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 1999; "Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws: The Basics of What Your Business Should Know," "The Baton Rouge Business Report," September 1999; "Louisiana Insurance Law Update - The Absolute Pollution Exclusion," Baton Rouge Bar Association's "Around the Bar," No. 126, April 1998; "Recent Developments in Environmental Law," 42 La. Bar J. 296. Co-author: "Alternative Fee Arrangements: Time For Consideration," 43 La. Bar J. 466; "Evaluation of the Leaching Properties of Solidified Heavy Metal Wastes," 27 Journal of Environmental Science and Health, 4; "Immobilization Mechanisms in Solidification/Stabilization of Cd and Pb Salts Using Portland Cement Fixing Agents," 24 Environmental Science and Technology, 6. Lecturer: "Review of Select Environmental Issues Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita," Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Continuing Legal Education, November 22, 2005; "Release Reporting and Spill Response," Kean Miller Seminar, February 2005; Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws," Louisiana Water Environment Association Seminar, April 2001. | | | ISLN | 901424561 | |
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