EDUCATION
Ascension Catholic High School, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 1945.
United States Army, 1945-1946.
Springhill College, Mobile, Alabama.
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
LLB, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January, 1951.
Elected President, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1950-51.
PROFESSIONAL
Admitted to Louisiana State Bar, 1951.
Charter Member and first president of the Assumption Parish Bar Association.
Member and past president of 23rd Judicial District Bar Association.
Member, Louisiana State Bar Association.
Named in Naifeh & Smith’s, The Best Lawyers in America. (First Edition)
Former Chairman of Disciplinary Hearing Committee
Former Guest Lecturer, Louisiana State University Law Center, Trial Advocacy Program.
Former Guest Lecturer, various Continuing Legal Education Programs.
POLITICAL
Former Member, Assumption Parish Democratic Executive Committee.
Served as Louisiana State Representative for 17 years, during the administrations of Governors: Robert F. Kennon, Earl K. Long, Jimmie H. Davis, John J. McKeithen, Edwin W. Edwards.
Chair, House Ways & Means Committee, Louisiana Legislature, 1960-64, 1972-76.
Floor Leader during the administrations of Governor Jimmie H. Davis and Governor Edwin W. Edwards.
Delegate, Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles, California, 1960.
Member, Louisiana Constitutional Convention, 1973.
Former Chairman, Louisiana Indigent Defender Program, appointed by Governor Mike Foster. (Former).
