Admitted: 1971, Louisiana; 1990, Colorado; 1992, Texas
Law School: Louisiana State University, J.D.
Member: Louisiana State and Colorado Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member: Executive Committee, 1991-1994; Chairman, Committee on International Law of the Sea, 1991-1995; Chairman, Subcommittee on Offshore Exploration and Development, 1985-1988; Vice-Chairman, Committee on International Law of the Sea, 1989-1991; Nominating Committee, 1995-1997; Membership Secretary, 1998-2002); New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Average Adjusters Association of the United States; Average Adjusters Association (U.K.); Defense Research Institute; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.
Biography: Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1969-1970 and Associate Editor, 1970-1971, Louisiana Law Review. Private Sector Legal Advisor to U.S. Delegation to 73d Session of IMO Legal Committee, 1995; U.S. Representative to the "50th Anniversary of the U.N. & International Law," Sponsored by Natl. Committee of the Russian Federation and Russian Association of Intl. Law (Moscow, 1995); U.S. Delegate to CMI International Subcommittee Offshore Units and on Structures (1992-2002).
Born: Shreveport, Louisiana, February 22, 1946
Languages: Spanish