Practice Areas - Oil and Gas
- Litigation
- Commercial Transactions
| - Administrative Proceedings
- Arbitration Services
- Eminent Domain
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| University | University of Southwestern Louisiana, B.S., 1971 |
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| Law School | Louisiana State University and A. and M. College, J.D., 1973 |
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| Admitted | 1974, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1977, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1986, Texas |
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| Memberships | Lafayette (Member, Board of Directors, 1978-1980; President-Elect, 1991-1992; President, 1992-1993), Fifteenth Judicial District (Vice-President, 1992-1993) and Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1988-1996; Board of Governors, 1996-1997; President-Elect, 1997-1998; President, 1998-1999; Immediate Past President, 1999-2000; Council Member, Section on Mineral Law, 1993-1998; Secretary-Treasurer, 1995-1996; Vice-Chairman, 1996-1997; Chairman, 1997-1998) Bar Associations. |
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| Born | Lake Charles, Louisiana, October 12, 1946 |
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| Biography | Member, Moot Court Board, Louisiana State University, 1972-1973. Author: "The Enforcement of Real Mortgages by Executory Process," 51 La. L. Rev. 87 (1990); "Drilling Contracts," 38th Annual Institute on Mineral Law, Pg. 99 (1991); "A Primer on the Mineral Servitude," 44th Annual Institute on Mineral Law, 1997; "Principles of Contractual Interpretation," 60 La. L. Rev. 765 (2000); "Conventional Unitization in Louisiana," 49th Annual Institute on Mineral Law, 2002; "Production in Paying Quantities - A Fresh Look," 51st Annual Institute on Mineral Law, 2004; "After the Lessee Walks Away -The Rights and Obligations of the Unleased Mineral Owner in a Producing Unit," 55th Annual Institute on Mineral Law, 2008; Neither Fish nor Fowl-The Louisiana Law of Shut-In Gas Wells," 69 La. L. Rev. 43 (2008). Adjunct Professor of Law, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Mineral Rights. City-Parish Attorney, Lafayette Consolidated Government, 2004—. Member: Advisory Council, Mineral Law Institute, 1992-1996; Justice System Funding Commission; Mineral Code Committee, Louisiana Law Institute. Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation (Director, 2004—). |
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| ISLN | 904647295 |
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