Admitted: 1967, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1968, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits
Law School: Loyola University - New Orleans, LL.B.
Member: Louisiana State (Member: House of Delegates, 1981-1983, 1987; Board of Governors, 1973-1975), Federal and American Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Member, President's Advisory Council); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, President, 1994); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Court Practice Institute; Institute of Judicial Administration; National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
Biography: Editor-in-Chief, 1966-1967, Loyola Law Review. Author: Book, "Hail to the Dragon Slayer, Pontalba Press," 1998; Book, "Trail Manual for Louisiana Prosecutors," 1981; Note, 12 Loyola Law Review 142, 1965-1966; "Law Schools Find Their Way to CourtAnd Sometimes Win," XX Louisiana Bar Journal 215, 1972. Director, Loyola Law School Clinic, 1971-1979. Magistrate, Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans, 1979. Adjunct Professor, Professor, 1977-1979, Associate Professor, 1973-1977, Loyola University School of Law.
Born: Augusta, Georgia, May 14, 1942