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Practice Areas:
Estate planning, probate, tax, wealth preservation, corporate and mineral law
Professional Achievements:
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Fellow, International Academy of Estate and Trust Law Board; Certified in Taxation and in Estate Planning and Administration by the Louisiana State Bar Association Specialization Board; Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Associate Editor, Louisiana Law Review; Adjunct Professor of Law, Security Devices (Secured Transactions) Law, 1975-79, and Estate and Gift Taxation, 1983-1998 (Louisiana State University Law Center); frequent lecturer at continuing legal education programs in estate planning (Tulane Tax Institute, Louisiana State Bar Association, Louisiana State University Law School, Tulane Law School, Louisiana Society of CPA's, and other groups); Louisiana Law Institute Successions and Donations Committee, Trust Code Revision Committee and Ad Hoc Successions Committee; Commissioner on Advisory Committee for Certification of Attorneys in Estate Planning and Administration, Louisiana State Bar Association Specialization Board (1995-1997); Best Lawyers in America (in first and all subsequent additions); Who's Who in American Law; Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Estate and Business Planning Council of Baton Rouge (former President)
Education:
Duke University, Louisiana State University Law Center. | 