Position: Member
Admitted:
Louisiana, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1985
U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana,
1979
U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana,
1985
U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana,
1987
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1989
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas,
1992
Contact Numbers:
Cellular: (504) 583-9425
Home: (504) 832-0003
Born: December 31, 1954, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Education:
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, New
Orleans, LA, 1979
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Loyola Law Review, 1977 - 1979
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana,
1976
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Major: Business Administration
Published Works:
Fifth Circuit Symposium-Admiralty, Loyola Law Review,
Vol. 33 No. 3, 1987
Representative Cases:
Kersey v. American River Transportation Co., 353
F.Supp.2d 683 (E.D.La. 2004)
Williams v. Williams, 774 So.2d 296 (La.App. 4Cir.
11/14/00)
Tidewater Marine, Inc. v. Sanco Intern., Inc., 113
F.Supp.2d 987 (E.D.La. 2000)
Burchett v. Cargill, Inc., 48 F.3rd 173 (5th Cir.
1995)
Brue v. Riverway Company, 643 So.2d 1312 (La.App.
5 Cir 1994)
Tarver v. Eckstein Marine Service, 633 So.2d 764
(La.App 5 Cir. 1994)
Resler v. Sub Sea International, Inc., 624 So.2d
764 (La.App 4 Cir. 1993)
In re Cooper/T-Smith, et al, 929 F.2nd 1073 (5th
Cir. 1991)
Bourgeois v. Puerto Rican Marine Management, Inc.,
589 So.2d 1226 (La.App 4Cir 1991)
Giroir v. Theriot, 513 So.2d 1166 (La. 1987)
Book v. Nordrill, Inc., 826 F.2d 1457 (5th Cir.
1987)
Wright v. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company,
461 So.2d 1084 (La.App 4 Cir. 1984)
Delatte v. Roome, 432 So.2d 914 (La.App 1 Cir. 1983)
Benjamin v. United States Steel Corp., 396 So.2d
332 (La.App 4 Cir. 1981)
Guedry v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., 392 So.2d
165 (La.App 1 Cir. 1981)
Seminars:
Contractual Liability and Associated Risk, Greater
New Orleans Barge Fleeting Assoc. River & Marine
Ind., Sept., 1985
Recent Court Decisions: An Update on the Maritime
Law, Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Assoc. River
& Marine Ind. Sept., 1989
Seaman Status, Offshore Marine Service Association
Seminar - New Orleans, March, 1994
Employer/Employee Dispute Resolution, Offshore Marine
Service Association Seminar - New Orleans, March,
1995
Investigating the Vessel Sinking, Greater New Orleans
Barge Fleeting Assoc. River & Marine Ind., Sept.,
1995
Affiliations:
Offshore Marine Service Association (Chairman, Legal
Subcommittee 1995-present)
American Bar Association (Member; Vice Chair of
the Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee of the
Torts and Insurance Practice Section)
Louisiana State Bar Association
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
Maritime Law Association of the United States
