Honors

• The Best Lawyers in America® © by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C., selected
  for inclusion 
  in the 2007 - 2022 editions
• Louisiana Super Lawyers® list, part of Thomson Reuters, 2017 - 2022
• Listed as one of the top lawyers in the Shreveport-Bossier Ares in SB Magazine's "Top Lawyers" issue (2004 - 2022)

Memberships

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Former Master Member of the
  Harry V. Booth and Henry A. Politz Chapter of the American Inns of Court
  , a group of select judges and lawyers dedicated to improving the skills, professionalism, and ethics of the bench and bar. (1998-2012)
   

Admissions

• Louisiana State Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
   

Positions

• Delegate with Louisiana State Bar Association, House of Delegates, for the First Judicial District Court which encompasses all of Caddo Parish, serving 9th term (Terms: '02-'04, '04-'06, '06-'08, '08-'10, '10-'12, '12-'14, '14-'16, '16-'18, '18-'20 & '22-'24) which is the policy making body of the Louisiana State Bar Association.  
• Previously chaired the Criminal Law Committee of the Shreveport Bar Association
• Previously chaired the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Shreveport Bar Association which handled grievances by clients against their attorneys

Teaching

• Instructor, "Expungements," Legal Services of N. La., Inc. Recent Developments CLE, November 2015
• Instructor, "Expungements," Legal Services of N. La., Inc. Recent Developments CLE, October 2014
• Instructor, "DWI Seminar," Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, October 2011
• Instructor, "Art of Criminal Law," Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, October 2010
• Instructor, "Criminal Law," Shreveport Bar Association CLE, December 2007
• Instructor, "Criminal Law," Shreveport Bar Association CLE, December 2006
• Instructor, "Criminal Law," Shreveport Bar Association CLE, December 2003
• Instructor/Author, "Expungements," Shreveport Bench-Bar Conference 2000
• Instructor, "Paralegal of Criminal Litigation," Louisiana State University - Shreveport, Fall of 2010 - 2019, 2021

Education

• Juris Doctor, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 1993
• Bachelor of Science (Finance), Louisiana State University-Shreveport in 1990

Community

• St. Joseph's Parish Finance Council, served as Vice-president and as council member
• Past board member of the Young Lawyer's Section of the Shreveport Bar Association
• Volunteered as a Teen Court Judge and Advisor, Caddo Juvenile Court
• Judged area high school mock trial competitions