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Here are some cases I am handling now or in the past:

• Death case where a patient died during performance of an elective mastectomy;
• Death case where an 18 wheeler sideswiped a van killing two passengers;
• Loss of a leg where a nursing home resident eloped and suffered from exposure;
• Death case resulting from massive infections following surgery;
• Brain damage case where pediatrician failed to timely diagnose meningitis in newborn baby;
• Death case where a minor child was permitted to operate a piece of logging equipment, crushing to death a worker;
• Death case where hospital workers failed to monitor a patient who dislodged a tracheotomy tube;
• Broken hip case where emergency rooms failed to keep bedrails in "up position" for weakened patient, causing a fall to the floor;
• Birth trauma case where doctor failed to handle an emergency during delivery (shoulder distocia) in accord with the standard of care;
  
• Arm fracture case where surgeon used wrong sized metal plates and screws for internal fixation of fractures, causing non-union of fracture;
  
• Serious burn injuries to a young child caused by negligence of foster parent;
• Death case arising from extraction of a failed heart pacemaker lead;
• Burn injury to member of crew of drilling barge engulfed by fire;
• Death case where a hearing impaired nursing home resident choked to death on food;
• Neck injury to seaman that occurred when vessel's hatch cover dislodged and struck his head;
• Age discrimination case for several older workers against a major manufacturer that laid off these older workers during a reduction in force. while retaining younger workers;
• Facial scarring case where a dog attacked and scarred a young girl attending a picnic;
• Death case against vehicle manufacturer where airbag in pickup truck failed to deploy in a head-on collision;
• Death case against vehicle manufacturer where airbag deployment killed a front seat passenger;
• Death case against aircraft manufacturer resulting from a plane crash;
• Brain damage case where four-wheeler flipped over on a grade and gravely injured the operator;
• Sexual harassment case against school board where one student harassed another student;
  
• Highway defect case where an S-curve on a state highway could not be safely traversed by 18-wheelers.
  

    I have spoken many times at a continuing legal education seminars sponsored by the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and other bar associations.  These seminars where I have spoken have been approved by the Louisiana State Bar Association for CLE credit for lawyers and judges. My seminar topics have included: "Taming the Opposition Expert", Recent Developments, Premises Liability, Mediation Techniques, and many others.
    I am actively involved in legislative efforts at both the state and federal level.
    On the personal side, I'm married to another lawyer and we have two girls (18 and 16) and a boy (14).  My oldest daughter is entering Georgetown University (Washington D.C.) in the fall of 2005. My two younger kids attend a public high school, as I did.
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