Practice Areas - Insurance Law
- Admiralty/Maritime Law
- Products Liability
- LHWCA
- Casualty
- Premises Liability
| - Toxic Torts
- Asbestos
- Silicosis
- Insurance Coverage
- Litigation
- Insurance
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| University | Tulane University, B.A., cum laude, 1985; University of Madrid, Spain |
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| Law School | Tulane University School of Law, J.D., 1988 |
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| Admitted | 1988, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1995, Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas |
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| Memberships | New Orleans (Member, Board of Directors, 2005—; Chairman, Maritime and International Law Committee, 2002— Member, President's Pacesetters Committee 2003), Louisiana State (Treasurer, International Law Section, 1994-2000), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Environmental, Litigation, Tort, Insurance and International Law) Bar Associations; American Inns of Court; Defense Research Institute; Houston Mariners Club; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Louisiana Bar Foundation; Council for International Visitors of New Orleans; Association of Average Adjusters of the United States; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member, Hull and P&I Insurance Subcommittee of the Marine Insurance and General Average Committee, Offshore Industries Committee and Recreational Boating Committee); Inter-American Bar Association; Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Marítimo. |
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| Special Agencies | Certified Elections Commissioner, Orleans Parish. |
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| Languages | Spanish |
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| Born | San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 17, 1963 |
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| Biography | Mediator, Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc. (MAPS). Author: Insurance Coverage for Business Interruption Claims in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 53 La. B.J. 368 (2006); Co-Author: "Direct Action Statutes and P&I Insurance," in Marine Protection & Indemnity Policy Annotations Project, MLA 2001. |
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| Reported Cases | Robichaux v. Randolph, 563 So.2d 26 (La. 1990); Waever v. Kitchens, 556 So.2d 120 (La. App. 5th Cir. 1990); Energy Catering Services, Inc. v. Burrow, 911 F.Supp. 221 (E.D. La. 1995); Moses v. Universal Ogden Services, 16 F.Supp.2d 68- (E.D. La. 1998); Baza v. Chevron Oil Service Co., 972 F.Supp.375, 1997 A.M.C. 216 (E.D. La. 1996); Morris v. T.E. Marine Corp., 2000 WL 1099654 (E.D., La. 2000). |
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| ISLN | 908170683 |
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