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Practice Areas
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Environmental Law
- Asbestos & Mesothelioma
Additional Practice Areas
- forest products industry
- Toxic Tort Litigation
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Louisiana
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- 5th Circuit
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- United States District Courts for the Western Districts of Louisiana
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- United States District Courts for the Eastern Districts of Louisiana
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- United States District Courts for the Middle Districts of Louisiana
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Languages
- English
Professional Experience
- Partner
- Kean Miller LLP
- Current
Education
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
- J.D. | Law
- Activities: Member of the Moot Court Board from 1998 to 1999.
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- Virginia Tech
- M.B.A.
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- Virginia Tech
- M.S. | Forest Management and Economics
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- University of Kentucky
- B.S. | Forestry
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Awards
- Best Lawyers in America - Timber Law
- Best Lawyers
- Awarded from 2007-2014
Professional Associations
- Federal Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Southwest Louisiana Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Southwest Louisiana Defense Counsel
- Member
- Current
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- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Albert Tate Chapter of American Inns of Court
- Member
- Current
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- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Louisiana Forestry Association
- Member
- Current
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- Volunteer Center of Southwest Louisiana
- Past Board Member
- Current
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- Beauregard Parish Chapter of the Louisiana Council on Child Abuse
- Past Vice-President
- Current
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- Crimestoppers of Lake Charles, Inc.
- Past Board Member
- Current
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- Imperial Calcasieu Human Resource Managers Association
- Board Member
- Current
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- CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
- Volunteer
- Current
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- LCIA (Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance)
- Past Board Member
- Current
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- The Rogue Co-Owner: Cutting and Selling Timber from a Co-Owned Tract
- Forests and People, Louisiana Forestry Association
Speaking Engagements
- Recent Developments in Employment Law, McNeese State University
- McNeese Small Business Development and the Chamber/Southwest Louisiana
- FMLA and Recent Revisions to Implementing Regulations, Labor and Employment Law Seminar, White Oak Plantation, Baton Rouge, LA
- Kean Miller LLP
- Recent Developments in Employment Law, VCC Spring Conference, Galveston, TX
- Presented with Mike Garrard, 2009.
- Assessing Liability with Boundary Tree Damage, Forests and People
- Louisiana Forestry Association
- November 2013
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