AREAS OF PRACTICE

Products Liability, Insurance Defense, Insurance Coverage, Environmental Law, Appellate Advocacy, Construction Law

BACKGROUND

John Carroll University, B.A., 1991
Tulane University School of Law, J.D., 1996

BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to Bar, 1996, Louisiana
Admitted to Bar, 2009, New York
United States Distict Courts:  Eastern (2001), Middle (2006), Western (2006)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2006)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Louisiana State Bar Association
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
New Orleans Bar Association
Former Law Clerk to the Honorable H. Charles Gaudin, Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
Former Judicial Extern to the Honorable Steven R. Plotkin, Judge of Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
Former Law Clerk to the Honorable Charles McManus, Judge of Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

League of Women Voters of New Orleans, Second Vice President
League of Women Voters of Louisiana, Secretary
2008 Metropolitan Leadership Forum, Committee for a Better New Orleans
Former Co-Project Chair of Government Affairs Committee, Young Leadership Council
Former Co-Project Chair of Economic Development Initiative, Young Leadership Council

AWARDS

2010 New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law Award

LANGUAGES

Fluent Italian
Conversational Spanish