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| Practice Areas | Products Liability Litigation; Maritime Law; Toxic Tort Litigation; Employment Litigation; Environmental Law; Business Litigation; Transportation; Trucking Law | | | Education | Tulane University (J.D., 1981; LL.M., Admiralty, with distinction, 1985; LL.M., Energy/Environment, 1992), University of New Orleans, B.A., Psychology, 1978 | | | Admitted | 1981, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court; 2007, Massachusetts | |
| Memberships | New Orleans, Federal (Board Member, 1997-1998), Fifth Circuit, Louisiana State and American (Chair, 1994-1995, Toxic and Hazardous Substances Law Committee; Corporate Law Committee; Vice-Chair, 1992-1994, Trial Techniques Committee; Vice-Chair, 1994-1995, Chair, 1996-1997, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee) Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel (Chair, 1995-1998, Maritime and Energy Committee); National Association of Defense Counsel (Trial Academy Faculty and Board Member); Defense Research Institute; Maritime Law Association; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (SEALI); Product Liability Advisory Council (Sustaining Member); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Trial Academy Faculty and Board Member); National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (Board Member); National Association of Women Lawyers; Association of Transportation Law Professionals. | | | Biography | Order of Barristers. International Society of Barristers. Master of the Bench, 1990— and President, 2008-2010, American Inns of Court, Tulane Inn of Court. Dean's Council, Tulane University School of Law. Associate Professor, 1985-1991 and Professor and Director, 1992—, Tulane University School of Law Trial Advocacy Program. Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1988-1995. Speaker: ABA National Institute on Toxic Torts, 1992; ABA Annual Meeting, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000; Tulane University, Louisiana State University and Loyola University Law Schools Continuing Legal Education programs. Member, 1991-1995, Vice Chair, 1992-1994 and Chair, 1994-1995, Louisiana Judiciary Commission. Role Model, Young Leadership Council New Orleans, 2004. Women of the Year, City Business New Orleans, 2006. Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2007, 2008, 2009. Associate, 1981-1987 and Partner, 1987-1999, Adams & Reese. | | | ISLN | 905321767 | |
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