Admissions
1994, Louisiana
1985, Massachusetts
2004, Texas
1994, Louisiana -Louisiana Supreme Court State - Supreme Court
US Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisiana Eastern Bankruptcy Court
Louisiana Eastern District Court
Louisiana Middle Bankruptcy Court
Louisiana Middle District Court
Louisiana Western Bankruptcy Court
Louisiana Western District Court
Texas Eastern Bankruptcy Court
Texas Eastern District Court
Texas Northern Bankruptcy Court
Texas Northern District Court
Texas Southern District/Bankruptcy Court
Texas Western Bankruptcy Court
Texas Western District Court
Memberships
Honors & Affiliations
•Law Clerk to the Honorable Edith Brown Clement, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993-1995
•American Law Institute, Elected Member, 2011 to present
•Death Penalty Representation Project, American Bar Association - Steering Committee Member, 2013 to present
•The Promise of Justice Initiative - Board of Directors, 2014 to present
•Camille Gravel Pro Bono Award, Federal Bar Association New Orleans Chapter, 2009
•Governing Council of the Antitrust and Business Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas - Secretary-Treasurer, 2008-2009
Chair-Elect, 2009-2010
Chair, 2010-2011
•American Bar Association - Section of Business Law, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Vice-Chair, Partnerships and Limited Liability Entities in Bankruptcy Committee (2012-2014), Chair, Model Form Asset Purchase Agreement Working Group
Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Chair, Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Litigation (2007-2011) & Vice-Chair Subcommittee on Ethics, Professionalism & Civility (2011 to present)
•Congregation Beth Israel - Board of Trustees - 2011 to present
•The Selwyn School (Denton, Texas) - Board of Trustees, 2012 to present
•Tulane Alumni Association - President-Elect, 2014 to present, Vice President, 2013-2014
Law School Representative to the Board of Directors, 2011-2014
•Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification
•Federal Bar Association, National Government Relations Committee, 2010 to present, New Orleans Chapter Board of Directors, 2002-2005
•Louisiana Bar Foundation - fellow, 2002 to present
•Foundation of the Federal Bar Association -- fellow, 2014 to present
•American Bar Foundation -- fellow, 2014 to present
•United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Criminal Justice Act Panel, 1998 to 2007
•Tulane Law Review - Board of Advisory Editors, 2003 to present
•Loyola University, New Orleans, School of Law - Adjunct Faculty, Criminal Procedure, 2005
•Louisiana Supreme Court, Committee on Bar Admissions - Assistant Bar Examiner, Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence, 2003-2009
•Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, World's Championship Bar-B-Que Committee - Committeeman, 2006-2011, Assistant Captain 2012-14, Captain 2014 to present
•Teach for America Greater New Orleans Region - Community Advisory Board Chair 2001 - 2003
Member, 1998 - 2005
•New Orleans Speech and Hearing Center - President, 2001-2003
Board of Directrors, 1997-2005
•Anti-Defamation League - South Central Region Board, 2002-2005
Southwest Region Board, 2008 to 2014
Chair's Council, 2012 to 2014
•Congregation Temple Sinai - Treasurer, 2005
Board of Trustees, 1998-2005
Brotherhood President, 2003-2005
•Leadership Louisiana, Council for a Better Louisiana, 2003
•Young Leadership Council - Board of Directors, 1997-2000
Secretary and Counsel, 1997-1998
•Metropolitan Leadership Forum - 1998