Partner
Location
New Orleans, LA
Practice Areas
- Appellate
- Aviation
- Civil Litigation
- Class Actions
- Commercial Litigation
- Expropriation
- Fidelity and Surety Law
- General Casualty Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Professional Liability
- Securities Litigation
- Toxic Tort & Environmental
- Transportation
Jurisdictions
- Louisiana
Mr. Cherry is a partner in the firm whose practice philosophy is to bring, through focused personal attention, a customized approach for each case, designed to maximize winning and achieving the client’s goals at an acceptable cost. He has broad litigation experience, embraces new challenges, and specializes in development of new law favorable to his client’s position or reversing existing unfavorable precedents. Mr. Cherry's tort litigation experience includes serious personal injury, property damage and wrongful death claims arising from aviation (both commercial and general), products liability, oil and gas exploration activities, admiralty, chemical exposures (latent and acute exposure toxic torts), professional malpractice (legal, insurance broker, accounting). He also handles insurance coverage litigation involving aviation and CGL coverages, as well as business and contractual disputes. He maintains an active appellate practice in the above areas of law, and has experience in the administration of complex litigation.
Aviation/Wrongful Death and Personal Injury:
For twenty-three years, Mr. Cherry has represented and defended commercial air carriers such as American, Delta and Southwest, against myriad passenger claims. Such claims included boarding and disembarkation accidents, overhead bins, baggage or cargo loss and theft, abusive passenger arrests, clear air turbulence injuries, denied boarding, Air Carrier Access Act Claims, and Warsaw “accident,” claims such as vascular incidents. He recently successfully extricated a helicopter repair facility with no-pay dismissals from a 10 death S-76A crash offshore, involving avionics repair and design claims. In 2005 he successfully defended the insurer by a pilot who crashed his Beech Baron in New Hampshire, killing all six passengers and himself.
Mr. Cherry has also defended numerous personal injury suits arising from alleged errors of aerial applicators, Part 135 and Part 91, fixed wing and rotorcraft operators, fixed base operators, and repair facilities.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Cherry was primary associate trial counsel in multi-district wrongful death/personal injury/property damage litigation arising from crash of Pan Am 759 into a suburban neighborhood near New Orleans in 1982. That litigation involved approximately 200 injury and wrongful death suits and was litigated from 1982 through 1985. He conducted discovery in and prepared over sixty wrongful death suits for trial. He participated in over twenty-five Pan Am jury trials, including twelve wrongful death suits, a burn case involving 85% burns to mother and 8 year old daughter, psychic injury claims of neighborhood residents, personal injury claims (e.g.,back injury, knee injury, severe burns of children and adults) and numerous house damage claims involving extensive engineering investigation and testimony. See, e.g., Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, 789 F.2d 1092 (5th Cir. 1986), 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir. 1987) (en banc), reversed in favor of Pan Am on Warsaw Convention issue, 109 S.Ct. 1928 (U.S. 1989), on remand, 883 F.2d 17 (5th Cir. 1989); Tudela v. Pan American World Airways, 764 F.2d 1082 (5th Cir. 1985); Turgeau v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 764 F.2d 1084 (5th Cir. 1985); Leconte v. Pan American World Airways, 736 F.2d 1019 (5th Cir. 1984); Giancontieri v. Pan American World Airways, 767 F.2d 1151 (5th Cir. 1985); Brun-Jacobo v. Pan American World Airways, 847 F.2d 242, 11 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 585 (5th Cir. 1988); Bode v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 786 F.2d 669 (5th Cir. 1986); Savoie v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 742 F.2d 1451 (5th Cir. 1984); Eymard v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 795 F.2d 1230 (5th Cir. 1986).
He has extensively litigated numerous Warsaw Convention issues, including notice issues and damages, and wrote virtually all of the Pan Am appeal briefs.
He successfully handled the off-runway 737-300 incident for TACA, including the FAA and NTSB investigation proceedings, resulting in vindication of the airline and its pilots.
Mr. Cherry has defended against significant personal injury suits of "psychic injury" claims in a variety of settings, particularly in connection with mass disasters. In addition to Pan Am psychic injury litigation, was trial counsel handling the consolidated personal injury claims of 250 miners arising out of the 1980 inundation of the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, Jefferson Island, Louisiana. Diamond Crystal, et al. v. Texaco, Inc., C.A. No. 80-1800 (W.D. La.); consolidated with C.A. No. 48-824 (16th JDC).
An example of tenacity in litigation includes a two week jury trial in New Orleans Civil District Court defending a boarding ramp accident claim and resulting in complete exoneration of the airline. During the trial, Mr. Cherry, in a unique wrinkle in Louisiana jurisprudence, was able to salvage the jury (after blistering the plaintiff on cross-examination) by obtaining a reversal of a mistrial order via an emergency supervisory writ. Ghanaee v. American Airlines, 656 So.2d 303 (La. App. 4th Cir., 1995).
Airport Regulation and Federal Preemption:
Obtained in U.S. Fifth Circuit first precedent in the United States affording a federal venue under federal question jurisdiction to pursue in federal court a declaratory judgment action on behalf of local airport authority against adjoining municipality who sought to interfere with airfield construction projects. City of New Orleans v. City of Kenner, 974 F.2d 748 (5th Cir. 1992).
Admiralty:
Mr. Cherry prevailed in the District Court and then in the U.S. Fifth Circuit on November 18, 2004 in Scarborough v. Clemco, 391 F.3d 660 (5th Cir. 2004) 2004 WL 2615742 in (1) having products used by a seaman for his core functions fall within maritime jurisdiction; and (2) having the Court apply the pecuniary damage limitation of the Jones Act to a non-employer maker of equipment that injured a seaman, saving $2 million. Miles v. Apex, 498 U.S. 19 (1990) was successfully advocated to require a uniform general maritime remedy where seaman are involved. A summary judgment dismissing wrongful death claims for loss of love and affection was affirmed, eliminating several million dollars of liability.
Obtained U.S. Fifth Circuit precedent applying the Gilbert forum non conveniens criteria to admiralty cases. Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, 789 F.2d 1092 (5th Cir. 1986), 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir. 1987) (en banc). Obtained similar precedent under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act requiring the law of the adjoining state to be applied to a rig accident precluding imposition of punitive damages under a depecage "choice of law" theory. Wooton v. Pumpkin Air, Inc., 889 F.2d 848 (5th Cir. 1989).
Products Liability, General Tort:
Mr. Cherry has defended trucking concerns involving accidents with other vehicles, the last being in 2002 where claims totaling $3.5 million for prospective blindness and back injuries of two women were resolved at no cost to his client after developing evidence that illegal drug use was the cause of the eye damage and that prior accidents caused the disc bulges. Bourque v. Woodgrain, (W.D.La).
In 2004, Mr. Cherry obtained a complete dismissal of director and officer claims by ex-shareholder, which was upheld by the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Rhodes v. Quicksilver Brokers. This ended protracted litigation begun several years before Mr. Cherry was retained.
His experience also includes professional malpractice defense for accountants, insurance brokers and lawyers, as well as several sex and age discrimination claims brought against employers.
Mr. Cherry is called in to handle unusual claims with potential precedential value. For example, in Perniciaro v. Martin Marietta, 613 So.2d 775 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1993) (workers’ comp) Mr. Cherry successfully defended Martin Marietta against tort and workers' compensation claims filed by the widow and son of an employee who committed suicide because he could not hack it at work. Finding that the exclusive remedy provisions of the comp act applied, and finding no intentional tort the federal judge granted summary judgment. 1991 WL 68313 (E.D.La. 1993) Cherry then tried the workers’ compensation death benefits claim in state district court and obtained a defense judgment. A similar result was obtained in Crawford v. Martin Marietta, C.A. 95-1596 (E.D.La. 1995); aff’d per curiam (5th Cir. 11/15/96).
Toxic Tort/Environmental:
Mr. Cherry was brought in as chief trial counsel for Combustion, Inc. in January 1996 to defend a county-wide toxic tort class action and CERCLA third party claims filed by a group of PRPs in the face of a September 3, 1996 trial date. Complex procedural issues were litigated simultaneously with expedited discovery and motion practice involving virtually every aspect of CERCLA: statute of limitations, §107 recovery action versus §113 contribution action being available to PRPs; necessity and reasonableness of costs; proportionate share versus pro tanto liability apportionment and settlement credit; joint and several versus several liability; phantom share determination and apportionment; burden of proof; Keytronic costs recovery; PCB and TDI differential clean-up cost apportionment; in situ stabilization as cheaper and appropriate clean-up modality versus dig and haul offsite. Case trial preparation proceeded until eve of trial when stay was entered and case settled.
Mr. Cherry has acted as local counsel for major defendant a four thousand member plaintiff suit for damages allegedly resulting from exposure to dibromochloropropane (“DBCP”) by thousands of banana workers in Central and South America.
Toxic tort and environmental experience also includes a week long jury trial defending against the $1.5MM claims brought by a hazardous waste worker for compensatory and punitive damages for lung injury due to being overcome by H2S and SO2 exposure. Obtained jury verdict in favor of defendant. Involved RCRA and CERCLA issues along with state law claims. Farias v. Morton Thiokol, C.A. 89-3845 (E.D. La. 1991).
Since 1997, Mr. Cherry has handled silicosis litigation subgroups at the firm for a protective gear manufacturer. These cases were filed and pend throughout Louisiana. Earliest work in the field involved Burbank v. Ford Motor Company, 703 F.2d 865 (5th Cir. 1983).
Securities Fraud:
Has directed and participated in all aspects of substantial securities fraud actions. Defended syndicator of real estate limited partnerships against six suits totaling $40MM in claims for alleged fraud and RICO which involved complex evidentiary issues and numerous federal and state claims against syndicator, lenders and guarantors, and resulted in a defense verdict in the first case tried, and favorable settlements within limited insurance limits.
Expropriation and Constitutional Issues:
Obtained reversal of 100 years of contrary Louisiana precedent by requiring a valuation date in "regular" expropriations no earlier than as of the date of trial based upon federal and state constitutional guarantees, thus allowing recovery of tremendous appreciation in value occurring after the suit was filed. As a result, the landowner client received a jury valuation of approximately $9 million greater than the $4 million the expropriating agency sought to pay. NOEHA v. Missouri Pacific, 625 So.2d 1070 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1993), writ denied (La. 1994). In February of 1996, tried claim for attorney's fees and costs and received $3.36 million additional recovery for clients, and establishing a new constitutional measure for recovery of costs and fees for landowners.
In 2000, represented property owners in Shreveport against expropriation for a convention center/hotel. Established broader right to recover replacement value and loss of use. Five day jury trial resulted in over doubling recovery of landowners. In 2001, Mr. Cherry briefed and argued the constitutional challenge to the attempted taking for partial commercial purposes before the Second Circuit. The verdict was and taking affirmed, and a large award to compensate for attorney’s fees incurred in the unsuccessful challenging of public use was allowed as a matter of public policy. Subsequently, in 2006, public purpose was narrowed by a constitutional amendment consistent with the client’s asserted position.
Appellate:
Mr. Cherry normally handles his own appellate work, including brief writing to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Fifth Circuit, Louisiana Supreme Court, and all Louisiana circuit appellate courts. His extensive appellate experience in addition to the topics set forth above, includes complex legal issues, including Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Warsaw Convention (Carriage by Air), personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, admiralty jurisdiction, federal inherent power (one involving $416 million award, 1995), federal preemption in numerous contexts, choice of law, forum non-conveniens, multi-district litigation, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, enforceability of Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act, arbitration awards, nuances of the attorney-client privilege, including crime-fraud exception, limits of mental injury recovery, exclusion of expert opinions, securities fraud under federal and state laws, expropriation and constitutional due process rights, Unfair Trade Practices Act, numerous procedural issues such as new trial, remittitur, directed verdict, jury charges, as well as evidentiary issues of all kinds. He also taught various topics at seminars, including federal jurisdiction, preemption, products liability, economic damages and trial/litigation techniques.
Professional Activities and Honors:
Louisiana State Association (Member, House of Delegates 1999-2001)
Federal Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
New Orleans Bar Association
American Bar Association (Antitrust and Business Law, Torts and Insurance, Litigation Sections; Aviation Law and Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committees)
AV Rated
Education
J.D., summa cum laude, Tulane University, 1979
Order of the Coif., 1979
Tulane Law Review, 1978-1979
B.S., Economics, Tulane University, 1976
Aviation/Wrongful Death and Personal Injury:
For twenty-three years, Mr. Cherry has represented and defended commercial air carriers such as American, Delta and Southwest, against myriad passenger claims. Such claims included boarding and disembarkation accidents, overhead bins, baggage or cargo loss and theft, abusive passenger arrests, clear air turbulence injuries, denied boarding, Air Carrier Access Act Claims, and Warsaw “accident,” claims such as vascular incidents. He recently successfully extricated a helicopter repair facility with no-pay dismissals from a 10 death S-76A crash offshore, involving avionics repair and design claims. In 2005 he successfully defended the insurer by a pilot who crashed his Beech Baron in New Hampshire, killing all six passengers and himself.
Mr. Cherry has also defended numerous personal injury suits arising from alleged errors of aerial applicators, Part 135 and Part 91, fixed wing and rotorcraft operators, fixed base operators, and repair facilities.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Cherry was primary associate trial counsel in multi-district wrongful death/personal injury/property damage litigation arising from crash of Pan Am 759 into a suburban neighborhood near New Orleans in 1982. That litigation involved approximately 200 injury and wrongful death suits and was litigated from 1982 through 1985. He conducted discovery in and prepared over sixty wrongful death suits for trial. He participated in over twenty-five Pan Am jury trials, including twelve wrongful death suits, a burn case involving 85% burns to mother and 8 year old daughter, psychic injury claims of neighborhood residents, personal injury claims (e.g.,back injury, knee injury, severe burns of children and adults) and numerous house damage claims involving extensive engineering investigation and testimony. See, e.g., Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, 789 F.2d 1092 (5th Cir. 1986), 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir. 1987) (en banc), reversed in favor of Pan Am on Warsaw Convention issue, 109 S.Ct. 1928 (U.S. 1989), on remand, 883 F.2d 17 (5th Cir. 1989); Tudela v. Pan American World Airways, 764 F.2d 1082 (5th Cir. 1985); Turgeau v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 764 F.2d 1084 (5th Cir. 1985); Leconte v. Pan American World Airways, 736 F.2d 1019 (5th Cir. 1984); Giancontieri v. Pan American World Airways, 767 F.2d 1151 (5th Cir. 1985); Brun-Jacobo v. Pan American World Airways, 847 F.2d 242, 11 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 585 (5th Cir. 1988); Bode v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 786 F.2d 669 (5th Cir. 1986); Savoie v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 742 F.2d 1451 (5th Cir. 1984); Eymard v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 795 F.2d 1230 (5th Cir. 1986).
He has extensively litigated numerous Warsaw Convention issues, including notice issues and damages, and wrote virtually all of the Pan Am appeal briefs.
He successfully handled the off-runway 737-300 incident for TACA, including the FAA and NTSB investigation proceedings, resulting in vindication of the airline and its pilots.
Mr. Cherry has defended against significant personal injury suits of "psychic injury" claims in a variety of settings, particularly in connection with mass disasters. In addition to Pan Am psychic injury litigation, was trial counsel handling the consolidated personal injury claims of 250 miners arising out of the 1980 inundation of the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, Jefferson Island, Louisiana. Diamond Crystal, et al. v. Texaco, Inc., C.A. No. 80-1800 (W.D. La.); consolidated with C.A. No. 48-824 (16th JDC).
An example of tenacity in litigation includes a two week jury trial in New Orleans Civil District Court defending a boarding ramp accident claim and resulting in complete exoneration of the airline. During the trial, Mr. Cherry, in a unique wrinkle in Louisiana jurisprudence, was able to salvage the jury (after blistering the plaintiff on cross-examination) by obtaining a reversal of a mistrial order via an emergency supervisory writ. Ghanaee v. American Airlines, 656 So.2d 303 (La. App. 4th Cir., 1995).
Airport Regulation and Federal Preemption:
Obtained in U.S. Fifth Circuit first precedent in the United States affording a federal venue under federal question jurisdiction to pursue in federal court a declaratory judgment action on behalf of local airport authority against adjoining municipality who sought to interfere with airfield construction projects. City of New Orleans v. City of Kenner, 974 F.2d 748 (5th Cir. 1992).
Admiralty:
Mr. Cherry prevailed in the District Court and then in the U.S. Fifth Circuit on November 18, 2004 in Scarborough v. Clemco, 391 F.3d 660 (5th Cir. 2004) 2004 WL 2615742 in (1) having products used by a seaman for his core functions fall within maritime jurisdiction; and (2) having the Court apply the pecuniary damage limitation of the Jones Act to a non-employer maker of equipment that injured a seaman, saving $2 million. Miles v. Apex, 498 U.S. 19 (1990) was successfully advocated to require a uniform general maritime remedy where seaman are involved. A summary judgment dismissing wrongful death claims for loss of love and affection was affirmed, eliminating several million dollars of liability.
Obtained U.S. Fifth Circuit precedent applying the Gilbert forum non conveniens criteria to admiralty cases. Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, 789 F.2d 1092 (5th Cir. 1986), 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir. 1987) (en banc). Obtained similar precedent under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act requiring the law of the adjoining state to be applied to a rig accident precluding imposition of punitive damages under a depecage "choice of law" theory. Wooton v. Pumpkin Air, Inc., 889 F.2d 848 (5th Cir. 1989).
Products Liability, General Tort:
Mr. Cherry has defended trucking concerns involving accidents with other vehicles, the last being in 2002 where claims totaling $3.5 million for prospective blindness and back injuries of two women were resolved at no cost to his client after developing evidence that illegal drug use was the cause of the eye damage and that prior accidents caused the disc bulges. Bourque v. Woodgrain, (W.D.La).
In 2004, Mr. Cherry obtained a complete dismissal of director and officer claims by ex-shareholder, which was upheld by the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Rhodes v. Quicksilver Brokers. This ended protracted litigation begun several years before Mr. Cherry was retained.
His experience also includes professional malpractice defense for accountants, insurance brokers and lawyers, as well as several sex and age discrimination claims brought against employers.
Mr. Cherry is called in to handle unusual claims with potential precedential value. For example, in Perniciaro v. Martin Marietta, 613 So.2d 775 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1993) (workers’ comp) Mr. Cherry successfully defended Martin Marietta against tort and workers' compensation claims filed by the widow and son of an employee who committed suicide because he could not hack it at work. Finding that the exclusive remedy provisions of the comp act applied, and finding no intentional tort the federal judge granted summary judgment. 1991 WL 68313 (E.D.La. 1993) Cherry then tried the workers’ compensation death benefits claim in state district court and obtained a defense judgment. A similar result was obtained in Crawford v. Martin Marietta, C.A. 95-1596 (E.D.La. 1995); aff’d per curiam (5th Cir. 11/15/96).
Toxic Tort/Environmental:
Mr. Cherry was brought in as chief trial counsel for Combustion, Inc. in January 1996 to defend a county-wide toxic tort class action and CERCLA third party claims filed by a group of PRPs in the face of a September 3, 1996 trial date. Complex procedural issues were litigated simultaneously with expedited discovery and motion practice involving virtually every aspect of CERCLA: statute of limitations, §107 recovery action versus §113 contribution action being available to PRPs; necessity and reasonableness of costs; proportionate share versus pro tanto liability apportionment and settlement credit; joint and several versus several liability; phantom share determination and apportionment; burden of proof; Keytronic costs recovery; PCB and TDI differential clean-up cost apportionment; in situ stabilization as cheaper and appropriate clean-up modality versus dig and haul offsite. Case trial preparation proceeded until eve of trial when stay was entered and case settled.
Mr. Cherry has acted as local counsel for major defendant a four thousand member plaintiff suit for damages allegedly resulting from exposure to dibromochloropropane (“DBCP”) by thousands of banana workers in Central and South America.
Toxic tort and environmental experience also includes a week long jury trial defending against the $1.5MM claims brought by a hazardous waste worker for compensatory and punitive damages for lung injury due to being overcome by H2S and SO2 exposure. Obtained jury verdict in favor of defendant. Involved RCRA and CERCLA issues along with state law claims. Farias v. Morton Thiokol, C.A. 89-3845 (E.D. La. 1991).
Since 1997, Mr. Cherry has handled silicosis litigation subgroups at the firm for a protective gear manufacturer. These cases were filed and pend throughout Louisiana. Earliest work in the field involved Burbank v. Ford Motor Company, 703 F.2d 865 (5th Cir. 1983).
Securities Fraud:
Has directed and participated in all aspects of substantial securities fraud actions. Defended syndicator of real estate limited partnerships against six suits totaling $40MM in claims for alleged fraud and RICO which involved complex evidentiary issues and numerous federal and state claims against syndicator, lenders and guarantors, and resulted in a defense verdict in the first case tried, and favorable settlements within limited insurance limits.
Expropriation and Constitutional Issues:
Obtained reversal of 100 years of contrary Louisiana precedent by requiring a valuation date in "regular" expropriations no earlier than as of the date of trial based upon federal and state constitutional guarantees, thus allowing recovery of tremendous appreciation in value occurring after the suit was filed. As a result, the landowner client received a jury valuation of approximately $9 million greater than the $4 million the expropriating agency sought to pay. NOEHA v. Missouri Pacific, 625 So.2d 1070 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1993), writ denied (La. 1994). In February of 1996, tried claim for attorney's fees and costs and received $3.36 million additional recovery for clients, and establishing a new constitutional measure for recovery of costs and fees for landowners.
In 2000, represented property owners in Shreveport against expropriation for a convention center/hotel. Established broader right to recover replacement value and loss of use. Five day jury trial resulted in over doubling recovery of landowners. In 2001, Mr. Cherry briefed and argued the constitutional challenge to the attempted taking for partial commercial purposes before the Second Circuit. The verdict was and taking affirmed, and a large award to compensate for attorney’s fees incurred in the unsuccessful challenging of public use was allowed as a matter of public policy. Subsequently, in 2006, public purpose was narrowed by a constitutional amendment consistent with the client’s asserted position.
Appellate:
Mr. Cherry normally handles his own appellate work, including brief writing to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Fifth Circuit, Louisiana Supreme Court, and all Louisiana circuit appellate courts. His extensive appellate experience in addition to the topics set forth above, includes complex legal issues, including Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Warsaw Convention (Carriage by Air), personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, admiralty jurisdiction, federal inherent power (one involving $416 million award, 1995), federal preemption in numerous contexts, choice of law, forum non-conveniens, multi-district litigation, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, enforceability of Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act, arbitration awards, nuances of the attorney-client privilege, including crime-fraud exception, limits of mental injury recovery, exclusion of expert opinions, securities fraud under federal and state laws, expropriation and constitutional due process rights, Unfair Trade Practices Act, numerous procedural issues such as new trial, remittitur, directed verdict, jury charges, as well as evidentiary issues of all kinds. He also taught various topics at seminars, including federal jurisdiction, preemption, products liability, economic damages and trial/litigation techniques.
Professional Activities and Honors:
Louisiana State Association (Member, House of Delegates 1999-2001)
Federal Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
New Orleans Bar Association
American Bar Association (Antitrust and Business Law, Torts and Insurance, Litigation Sections; Aviation Law and Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committees)
AV Rated
Education
J.D., summa cum laude, Tulane University, 1979
Order of the Coif., 1979
Tulane Law Review, 1978-1979
B.S., Economics, Tulane University, 1976
