ADMISSIONS:
Illinois state courts, 2000
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Louisiana state courts, 2005
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
EDUCATION:
Boston University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2000
Boston University Public Interest Law Journal
Edward F. Hennessey Scholar
Tulane University, Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude in English, 1996
Thesis: “Identity Play: Post-Modern Reality and Shakespearean Comedy”
Senior Scholar Award in English
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOGNITION:
Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (LACDL)
LACDL Amicus Committee (Co-Chair 2011-Present)
LACDL Death Penalty Committee
Sam Dalton Capital Defense Advocacy Award, 2019
Louisiana Super Lawyer in Criminal Law (Appeals), 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Criminal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure Committee, Louisiana Law Institute (2024 – )
PUBLICATIONS:
Author, Note: “Dying for the Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel in State Post-Conviction Proceedings: State Statutes and Due Process in Capital Cases,” The Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Fall 1999).
Contributor, “United States Supreme Court Review of Criminal and Habeas Cases: 1999-2000 Term,” The California Western Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Spring 2000).
Contributor, “The Illinois Death Penalty: What Went Wrong?” The John Marshall Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Winter 2001).