Practice Areas: Admiralty Law, Aviation Law, Class Action Law, Construction Law, Consumer Protection Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Motor Vehicle Law, Premises Liability Law, Products Liability Law, Professional Negligence Law, Railroad Law Admitted: 1968, Louisiana; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit Law School: Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., 1968. College: University of New Orleans, B.A., 1967. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member: Law Reform Committee, Section of Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law, 1982--; House of Delegates, 1983-1984; Chairman, Clients' Security Fund Committee, 1980-1981) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Criminal Justice) Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1973--; President, 1977-1978); New Orleans Criminal Bar Association (President, 1971-1972); Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1981 and 1983-1988; Co-Chairman, Aviation Advisory Committee, 1990-1991); American Judicature Society; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1996). Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy Biography: Assistant District Attorney, Parish of Orleans, 1968-1969. Assistant City Attorney, Chief Criminal Division, New Orleans, 1970-1978. Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Tulane University School of Law, 1977-1988. Faculty, Louisiana State University School of Law Trial Advocacy Program, 1994. Member, Board of Advisors, Louisiana State University Law Center, 1978-1979. Member, 1987-1988, and Chairman, 1988-1990, New Orleans Aviation Board. Member, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Complex Litigation, 1995--. Fellow, International Society of Barristers. Born: Atlanta, Georgia, August 25, 1941.