Admitted: 1952, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Louisiana State University, LL.B.
Member: Shreveport (President, 2003), Fifth Federal Circuit, Louisiana State (Examiner, 1971-1983; Committee on Codes of Lawyer and Judicial Conduct, 1996), Federal Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Society; Scribes Honor Society; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Louisiana Railroad Association; Defense Research Institute, Inc.; Louisiana State Law Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Historical Society of the United States Supreme Court; National Legal Center For The Public Interest. Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz Chapter, American Inn of Court (Master).
Biography: Phi Delta Phi. Finalist, Robert Lee Storey Moot Court Competition; Winner, Inter Fraternity Moot Court Competition. Member, Moot Court Advisory Board. Author: Legal-Hist Column, Shreveport Bar Review, 1996. Author: "Legal Problems in the Development and Mining of Lignite," 1976 Institute on Mineral Law 39. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White Publications. Member, 1958-1973 and Chairman, 1959-1971, Metropolitan Shreveport Zoning Board of Appeals. Chairman: Board of Trustees, Jesuit High School of Shreveport Corp., 1977-1983; Board of Governors, Loyola Foundation of Shreveport, 1991; Chairman, 1993-1996. Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Schumpert Medical Center, 1974-1985. Member, Board of Trustees, Louisiana State University Law School, 2003. Member: Committee Appointed by Louisiana Supreme Court to Review and Recommend Standards of Judicial Conduct, 1994; Ad Hoc Committee for Preparation of Rules and Regulations for Mining and Reclamation of Lignite in the State of Louisiana, Department of Conservation, 1978-1979; Advisory Council, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, 1982-1986; Alumni Achievement Award, Fordham College, 1995; Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Life Member).
Born: Shreveport, Louisiana, February 19, 1928
MilitaryService: 1st Lt., USAR, 1948-1951
Cases: Carrol v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 708 F.2d 183, 32 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 286 (5th Cir. (La.) 1983); E.E.O.C. v. Southwestern Elec. Power Co., 591 F.Supp. 1128, 35 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 801 (W.D. Ark., 1984); Fry v. Southern Pacific Transp. Co., 715 So.2d 632 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1998), writ den (La. 1998); Gugliuzza v. KCMC, Inc., 593 So.2d 845 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1992), reversed 606 So.2d 790 (La. 1992), 20 Media L. Rep. 1866; Livestock Producers, Inc. v. Littleton, 748 So.2d 537 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1999), writ den (La. 2000); Neloms v. Southwestern Elec. Power Co., 440 F.Supp. 1353, 18 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 1683 (W.D. La. 1977; River Rouge Minerals, Inc. v. Energy Resources of Minnesota, 331 So. 2d 878 (La. App. 2 Cir. 1976) (No. 12879); Parish v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n, 506 F.2d 1028 (5th Cir. (La.) 1975); Pinnick v. Louisiana State University Medical Center, 707 So.2d 1050 (La. App. 2 Cir. 1998); Perot v. Danna, 784 So.2d 34.397, (La. App. 2 Cir. 2001); Reed v. Sisters of Charity of Incarnate Word of Louisiana, Inc., 447 F.Supp. 309, 23 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. 1171 (W.D. La. 1978); Richardson v. Kansas City Southern R. Co., 731 So.2d 1017 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1999), writ den (La. 1999); Antee V. Southern Pacific Transp. Co., 627 So.2d 798 (La. App, 2 Cir. 1993); Baylor v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co., No. 01-30897, (U.S. 5th Cir. 02); Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Little O's Trucking, Inc. No. 02-31158 (U.S. 5th Cir. 02).