Areas Of Practice:

• Oil & Gas
• Energy Law
• Mediation
• Arbitration

Bar Admissions:

• Louisiana, 1977
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1977
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Law Review: Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1976-1977
• Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana

Published Works:

• Author: Note, 36 Louisiana Law Review 1090
• Comment, 37 Louisiana Law Review 89

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Speaker, 30th, 46th, 53rd, and 56th Annual Louisiana Mineral Law Institutes, (1983, 1999, 2006, and 2009)
• Speaker, 1994 and 2004 AAPL Gulf Coast Land Institutes
• Adjunct Professor, ULL PLRM Program, 1986 - Present
• Numerous AAPL, HAPL, LAPL, and PLANO seminars 

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Louisiana Mineral Law Institute Advisory Council, 1989 - 1992, 2006 - present
• Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association, Director 2002 - present
• American Bar Association, Member
• Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
• Lafayette Parish Bar Association, Member
• Federal Energy Bar Association, Member
• Lafayette Association of Petroleum Landmen, Member
• American Association of Professional Landmen, Member
• Independent Petroleum Association of America, Member

Birth Information:

• November 27, 1953, Donaldsonville