America's Leading Lawyers for Business

 Chambers USA - The Client's Guide

 In category of Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions

 

The Best Lawyers in America®

        (Listed in the categories of Corporate Law and Employment Law - Management)


Corporate Counsel - Best Lawyers

        February 2011


Board of Commissioners of the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Authority

 2008-2009

 

U.S. Small Business Administration's National Advisory Council

 2006-2008

 

Chair, Committee on Revision of Articles of Incorporation, New Orleans Bar Association

1991-1992

 

Louisiana State Bar, Examiner in Corporations, Securities, and Negotiable Instruments (Louisiana Supreme Court appointment)

1982-1984 (Responsible for writing questions and grading State of Louisiana Bar Examination in Corporations, Securities, and Negotiable Instruments)

 

Chair, Section on Corporation and Business Law, Louisiana State Bar Association

1984

 

Hearing Officer, Commercial Real Estate Property Tax Appeals, Board of Review, City of New Orleans

October 2007

 

Tax, Limited Liability, and Management Issues in New Entity Formation: Comparison of L.L.C.s, Partnerships, and Corporations

LSU Masters of Public Health Program, April  2003

 

Dealing with Liabilities of Professionals in the Context of Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships

City Club of Baton Rouge Seminar, August 1992

 

Tax Executives Institute: Executive Tax Planning

New Orleans Chapter, September 1986

 

Planning For the Payment of Federal Estate Tax After the Tax Reform Act of 1976

Article published in the Louisiana Revised Statutes 1978

Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, pocket part (West Publishing Co.)

 

Developments in Section 269 of the Internal Revenue Code

American Bar Association Journal, August 1973

(Cited in Bittker and Eustice, Federal Income Taxation of Corporations.)

 

Planning For the Payment of Federal Estate Taxes After the Tax Reform Act of 1976

Lecture delivered to the Estate Planning Council of New Orleans, January 1978

 

Recent Developments in the Type 'F' Reorganization of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code 1976

Louisiana Bar Association, Section on Taxation


Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating

Since 1981  (link to LexisNexis Martindale.com Lawyer Profile)




Corporate and Business Law

   "Known and respected by commentators as a ‘conscientious, intelligent and detail-oriented professional’ who has been a senior figure in the Louisiana legal community for decades, he is often called upon to proffer his sage advice on transactions of upwards of eight figures."

CHAMBERS USA 2007:

America's Leading Lawyers for Business,

The Client's Guide