Areas of Practice
- Admiralty & Maritime
- Commercial Litigation
- Personal Injury
- General Corporate Practice
Litigation Percentage
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1978
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1978
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1978
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1978
- Texas, 1993
- Southern District of Texas
Education
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana – 1978
- University of Oklahoma
- B.B.A. – 1975
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Louisiana Bar Association
- New Orleans Bar Association
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- Southeastern Admiralty Law Association
- Tulane University Law School Trial Skills Faculty
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- Association of Diving Contractors, member
Past Employment Positions
- Superior Offshore International, Inc., General Counsel and Senior V.P., 2006 – 2008
- Spyridon, Koch, Palermo and Dornan, LLC, Partner, 1995 – 2005
- Hoffman, Sutterfield and Ensenat, Partner, 1982 – 1994
- Terriberry, Caroll, Yancey and Farrell, Associate attorney, 1978 – 1981