Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Recipient, Flory Trial Competition, 1st Place, 1973 and 1974. Adjunct Professor: Paul M. Hebert School of Law, Louisiana State University, 2002—. Member, Louisiana State University Law Review, 1974-1975. Adjunct Professor, LSU Law School, 2003—. Author: "Constitutional Considerations of Federal and State Testimonial Immunity Legislation," 36 Louisiana Law Review 214, 1976. Assistant District Attorney, 1975-1976 and Chief of Appellate Section, 1976, East Baton Rouge Parish. Member, NORML Legal Committee, 1984-1992. Member: Louisiana Law Institute, Evidence Code Advisory Committee, 1982—; Member: Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, 1985-1988; Governor's Task Force on Prison Overcrowding, 1986-1987. Member: Advisory Committee to the Joint Legislative Committee to Study Certification of Louisiana Evidentiary Rules, 1986. Member, Louisiana Sentencing Commission, 1987-1994; Member, Louisiana Supreme Court Task Force on Advanced Payment of Attorney's Fees, 1990-1991. Task Force: Cameras in the Courtroom, 1993-1995; Indigent Defense, 1996-1997 and 2004-2008;. Member, Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board, 1998-2003, 2008—. Board of Directors, Louisiana Capital Defense Project, 1987-1989. Member, American Civil Liberties Union (Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1992). Board Member, East Baton Rouge Indigent Defense, 1998-2007.