Practice Areas - Mineral Law
- General Commercial Litigation
- Property Law
- Maritime Personal Injury
| - Railroad Law
- FELA Litigation
- Products Liability Litigation
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| University | McNeese State University, B.A., 1974; Louisiana State University, M.A., 1978 |
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| Law School | Tulane University, J.D., 1985 |
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| Admitted | 1985, Louisiana |
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| Memberships | Southwest Louisiana (Committee on Ethics and Grievances, 1989-1993, Chairman, 1991-1993); Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Secretary-Treasurer, 1986-1987); Louisiana Bar Foundation |
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| Born | Lake Charles, Louisiana, November 10, 1952 |
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| Biography | Listed in Naifeh and Smith's Best Lawyers in America for Oil and Gas Law, 2007. Order of the Coif. Member, 1983-1984 and Managing Editor, 1984-1985, Tulane Law Review. Author: Comment, "Revision of the Civil Code Provisions on Liberative Prescription," 60 Tulane Law Review 379, 1985. President, Calcasieu Kiwanis Club, 1998-1999, 2008-2009.
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| Reported Cases | Amoco Production Company v. Texaco, Inc., et al, 838 So. 2d 821 (La. App. 3d Cir. 2003); In Re: Westlake Petrochemicals Corporation Ethylene Plant, 769 So.2d 1278 (La.App. 1st Cir. 2000); Amoco Production Company v. Texas Meridian Resources Exploration, Inc., 180 F.3d 664 (5th Cir. 1999); Manuel v. Cameron Offshore Boats, Inc., 103 F.3d 31 (5th Cir. 1997); Lyons v. Fisher, 847 F.2d 1158 (5th Cir. 1988), appeal after remand, 888 F.2d 1071 (5th Cir. 1989); Hines v. Remington Arms Co., 648 So.2d 331 (La. 1995); Godeau v. Picheloup Const. Co., 567 So.2d 697 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1990); American Security Bank v. Farmers Drier & Storage Co., Inc., 544 So.2d 1346 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1989). |
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| ISLN | 907223427 |
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