Position: Member
Admitted:
Louisiana, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1985
U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana,
1984
U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana,
1986
U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana,
1986
Contact Numbers:
Cellular: (504)494-7651
Home: (504)488-2875
Born: October 27, 1960, Worcester, Massachusetts
Education:
Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LA, 1984
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Finalist, Senior Moot Court Appellate Competition
1984
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1982
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Dean's List
Major: History
Published Works:
The Longshore Textbook, Fifth Edition (Chapter titled:
Disability), Lawyer's & Judges Publishing Co.,
2005
Representative Cases:
Fine v. Regional Transit Authority, 676 So.2d 1134
(La.App.4th Cir. 1996)
Gilds v. Cooper/T.Smith Stevedoring Company, Inc.,
31 BRBS 93 (ALJ 1996)
Crisman v. Odeco, Inc., 932 F.2d 413 (5th Cir. 1991)
Griffin v. T. Smith & Son, Inc., 25 BRBS 196
(1991)
Dunbar v. American Commercial Barge Lines Co., 771
F. Supp. 151 (M.D.La 1991)
Mills v. Director, OWCP, 877 F.2d 356 (5th Cir.
1989)
Seminars:
Annual Longshore Conference, Loyola Law School,
1990-1994, 1996 - Present
Advanced Workers' Compensation, National Business
Institute, 1995 - Present
Louisiana Labor and Employment Law, National Business
Institute, 1998 - Present
River and Marine Industry Seminar (various presentations),
Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association,
1991-1992, 1994 - Present
The Forum (Moderator, various topics), Greater New
Orleans Barge Fleeting Association, 1993 - Present
Handling Medicare Set Asides, The American Longshore
Mutual Association, Nevis 2005
Defending Longshore Claims, The American Longshore
Mutual Association, Grand Cayman Island 1998
Dealing With The IME Physician and Vocational Specialist
(Summer School for Lawyers & Summer School Revisited),
Louisiana State Bar Association, 1998
Employment and Personnel Issues Facing Waterfront
Employers, Risk and Insurance Management Society,
Inc., 1994
Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law, Loyola Law
School, 1991, 1994 - 1995
Ethics in Motion Practice, Loyola Law School, 1996
Affiliations:
Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association,
Inc. (Member, Advisory Board and General Counsel
1994 - Present, Member, Seminar Committee 1990 -
Present)
Loyola University School of Law, Annual Longshore
Conference (Chairman, Advisory Committee and Seminar
Moderator 1998 - Present)
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity (Southern Division President
1999 - 2002, Secretary 2002 - 2004, International
Second Vice President 2004 - Present)
St. Martin’s Episcopal School (Vice Chairman,
Board of Trustees 2005 - Present)
American Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association
Louisiana Bar Foundation
New Orleans Bar Association
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel
Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor
Member)
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
