Practice Areas - Construction Law
- Contract Litigation
- Commercial Real Estate
- Contracts
- Trusts and Estates
- Elder Care
- Wealth Protection
- Personal Injury
| - Arbitration
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Mediation
- Education Law
- Litigation
- Real Estate
- Torts
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| University | Tulane University, B.A., magna cum laude, English, 1993 |
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| Law School | Tulane University, J.D., cum laude, 1996 |
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| Admitted | 1996, Louisiana; 2008, Texas; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas |
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| Memberships | Federal Bar Association (New Orleans Chapter, 1998-2008; charter member of North Louisiana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, 2008-); Lincoln Parish (1999-); DRI construction law section (1999-2004); Louisiana Association of Business and Industry liability council (2003-2007). |
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| Languages | Russian - Basic; Spanish available through Richard Storms |
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| Born | Ruston, Louisiana |
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| Biography | CLE speaker at LSU Law School Construction Law Symposium (Baton Rouge, 2010); CLE speaker on recent developments in Federal Civil Procedure (Monroe, 2008) and Recent Developments in Family Law (Monroe, 2009); CLE employment law speaker for the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (www.ladb.org; Monroe 2004 & Ruston 2005); Tulane Summer School presenter in both Spetses and Rhodos, Greece to discuss comparative labor law issues focusing particularly on US and EU sexual harassment rules (2004); Ruston Rotary Club president (2002-2003); PHI DELTA PHI: legal honors fraternity; admitted pro hac vice in several out-of-state matters; attended Aegean Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law in Rhodos, Greece (1995); Top appellate advocate award, Tulane Law School; SIGMA TAU DELTA: English honors fraternity; Randall Gibson Honor Society and member of Honor Board at Tulane College. Louisiana All-State Speech Team (1988); "top speaker" intermediate cross-ex debate at Isidore-Newman Speech Tournament in New Orleans; awarded full scholarship to Northwestern State University as a high school sophomore in an extemporaneous speaking contest. Fellow: Elected to serve on the Committee to Advise the President of the Louisiana Bar Association to speak on behalf of the association (2010); Representative to the Louisiana Bar Association's House of Delegates for the Third Judicial District (2003-); Lincoln Parish Bar Association: president (2004-2005); president-elect (2003-2004); treasurer (2001-2003; 2007-2011).
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| Reported Cases | Envirotech Services, LLC. v. City of Monroe, C-20092158, 4th JD, highly publicized case in local area involving regional airport construction award with resolution of injunction in favor of client. Mathis v. Vandenberg, 42,973 (La. App. 2cd Cir. 3/19/08), 978 So. 2d 1210, 1213: involved dispute over agreement whereby my client negotiated and obtained a psychiatric hospital. Court described services as "excellent counsel." Irrigation Mart, Inc. v. Gray, 42,442 (La. App. 2cd Cir. 9/19/07), 965 So. 2d 988. Case involving undisclosed corporate agency and corporate piercing. Trial court adopted post trial memorandum for legal authorities, and Court of Appeal affirmed in favor of client. Alice Baker et al. v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company, et al., 36,476, 3rd JDC, Verdict granted in favor of our client in casualty (automobile death) case, which settled prior to appeal. Sanders v. Backus, et al., 38,517 (La. App. 2cd Cir. 7/2/04), 877 So. 2d 1176; acted as first chair for defense in state court. Client was dismissed prior to the matter going before the jury. Lincoln Builders, Inc. v. Raintree Inv. Corp. Thirteen, 38,517 (La. App. 2cd Cir. 1/28/04), 866 So. 2d 326 (writ applied for by Lincoln Builders, Inc. with reversal on appeal); complex commercial case. Client collected approximately seventy percent of claim despite a personal Chapter 11 proceeding entitled In re: Desadier, 02-BK-12237 WDLA. |
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| ISLN | 912042273 |
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| Transactions | Ruston Center, LLC - multiple commercial leases in shopping center & title/closing/refinancing; Sunshine Heights Shopping Center in West Monroe, LA -- multiple commercial leases; Minden Shopping Center -- multiple commercial leases; North Pointe Professional Plaza of Ruston -- multiple commercial leases. |
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