Comment Editor, Loyola Law Review, Loyola University, 1978-1979. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Excellence in Civil Procedure I, Corporations and Louisiana Criminal Procedure. Recognized as Outstanding Labor and Employment Law Practitioner. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1997-1998 and 1999-2000 editions. Recognized as one of the Top Benefits Lawyers in the Country in Category of Litigation Management, The National Law Journal (May 25, 1998). American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, July 2000: Charter Fellow: Member, Initial Board of Directors; Initial Selection Committee. Author: Comment, "First Degree Murder Statutes," 24 Loyola Law Review 709, 1978; Comment, "Quantum Study," 25 Loyola Law Review 117, 1979; Article, "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Federal Jurisdiction and Civil Procedure," 26 Loyola Law Review 927, 1980; Article, "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Labor Law," 27 Loyola Law Review 933, 1981; Article, "ERISA Preemption: To Infinity and Beyond and Back Again? A Historical Review of Supreme Court Jurisprudence," 58 La. Law Rev. 997, 1998; "Duty to Inform and Fiduciary Breaches: The "New Frontier" in ERISA Litigation, 14 The Labor Lawyer 503, Volume 14, No. 3, Winter/Spring 1999. Co-Author Article, "Litigation Issues in Cash Balance Plans," published by the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (1999) in "Cash Balance Pension Plans," published by Glasser Legal Works (1999) and BenefitsLink published at www.benefitslink.com/articles/cashbalance.shtml. Co-Chair, Senior Editor, Contributing Author, "Employee Benefits Law," (ABA Labor and Employment Law Section and First and Second Editions of BNA Books, 1991,2000). President, Loyola University School of Law Alumni Association, 1990-1991.