Presenter: "Direct Action Statutes and Defense Implications," National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues (FETTI), October 1-2, 2009; "Emerging Trends in U.S. Claims Handling," London Underwriting Centre and Lloyd's, Annually since 2005; "Bad Faith - Is the Captive and Risk Retention Market Immune?" Captive Insurance Companies Association and National Risk Retention Association Joint Annual Meetings, March 2001. Assistant Bar Examiner, Louisiana (retired). Clerk to Chief Justice John A. Dixon, Jr., Louisiana Supreme Court, 1983-84. Author: "Beware! The Commodatum Lurks," 58 Tul. L. Rev. 342 (1983). Index Editor, 1981-82 and Index and Production Editor, 1982-83, Tulane Law Review.