Following
a successful early career in broadcast journalism,
André graduated from the Loyola University
School of Law in 1977. André honed his legal
writing and advocacy skills at Loyola as a member
of the Law Review and the International Moot Court
Team. For almost thirty years, André has been
engaged primarily in a litigation and commercial law
practice. He is admitted to practice before the United
States Supreme Court and all Louisiana state and federal
courts as well as United States Fifth and Sixth Circuit
Courts of Appeals. He has served as lead trial counsel
in state and federal litigation in Louisiana, Mississippi,
Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, New York, Maryland, Ohio,
and California.
André is an active member of the Louisiana
State Bar Association where he serves in its House
of Delegates. He is also a member of the New Orleans
Bar Association, Louisiana Association of Defense
Counsel, Defense Research Institute, New Orleans Board
of Trade, Maritime Law Association of the United States
and the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. André
has published several law review articles and is a
regular legal articles contributor to industry trade
journals. He has also lectured law students in trial
advocacy and has spoken at several general casualty
and maritime seminars around the country.
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