1966
Receives a Bachelor of Science in pre-medicine from Louisiana State University.
1967
Serves as managing editor of the Loyola Law Review.
1969
Receives a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Loyola University College of Law.
1969
Is admitted to practice in the state of Louisiana and in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western districts.
1970
Is admitted to practice in all federal courts.
1992
Serves on the board of governors of Louisiana Trial Lawyers.
1993
Becomes lecturer of continuing legal education programs for the railroad law section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
1994
Is appointed chairman of the railroad law section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
1994
Contributes “Preparing the Plaintiff for Direct Examination in a FELA Case” to Trial Magazine.
1999
Serves as president of American Rail Labor Attorneys. He is also named among the Best Lawyers of America.
1999
Serves as Chairman of the Designated Legal Counsel of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
2000
Receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Railroad Section of the American Trial Lawyers.
2000
Is named One of the Best Lawyers in New Orleans in the Field of Railroad Law by New Orleans Magazine.
2005
Becomes a board member of the Loyola Law Alumni.
2008
Testifies as an expert for the Federal Employers Liability Act at Lloyd’s of London, England.