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Areas of Practice:

• General Civil Litigation
• Tort Litigation
• Toxic Tort Litigation
• Property Litigation
• Railroad Litigation
• Business and Commercial Litigation
• Products Liability Litigation
• Employment Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• Louisiana, 2001
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
• United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Education:

• Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, J.D., Cum Laude, 2001
• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, B.S., Political Science, B.A., European Studies, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• American Bar Association
  • General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, Young Lawyer Fellow, 2006-2007
  • Disaster Legal Services Program for the State of Louisiana, assisted in the coordination of pro bono legal services in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005-2007
  • Young Lawyers Division, Council Member and Representative for Louisiana, 2004-2007
  • Young Lawyers Division Public Service Project "We the Jury," coordinated the implementation of the project in the State of Louisiana, 2004-2005
• Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Board of Governors, First Board District Representative, 2007-2010
  • Louisiana Bar Journal, Editorial Board Member, 2006-2007
  • Access to Justice Committee, Committee Member, 2006-2007
  • Disaster Legal Services Program for the State of Louisiana, assisted in the coordination of pro bono legal services in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005-2007
  • Young Lawyers Section, Council Member and American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Representative, 2004-2007
  • Louisiana State Law Institute, Council Member, Observer for the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, 2004-2005
  • Leadership Program, Class of 2003-2004
• New Orleans Bar Association
  • Member
• Louisiana Bar Foundation
  • Fellow
  • Annual Gala Committee, Co-Chair, 2007-2008
  • Annual Gala Committee, Committee Member, 2006-2007
• American Bar Foundation
  • Fellow

Presentations:

• "Louisiana Disaster Legal Services" - South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division: Disaster Relief and Preparedness Seminar, March 9, 2007
• "Louisiana Disaster Legal Services" - Indiana State Bar Association: Disaster Relief Program, Spring Meeting, April 21, 2006
• "Louisiana Disaster Legal Services" - American Bar Association Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice: Equity for Racial & Ethnic Victims of Katrina, American Bar Association Mid Year Meeting, February 10, 2006

Publications:

• "Report and Analysis of the Provision of Disaster Civil Legal Services in Louisiana Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita" - Louisiana Bar Foundation and Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation: Recipient of Grant for the Collection & Analysis of Data Project, June 2007
• "Lessons Learned (the Hard Way) by Lawyers During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita" - by Michael H. Rubin and Beth E. Abramson, Probate & Property Vol. 20, No. 5, September/October 2006

Awards and Recognitions:

• "2006 Up and Coming Lawyers" - Lawyers USA, September 25, 2006
• Pat B. Sullivan, Jr. Chair's Award - Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, June 2006
• Star of the Quarter - American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, October 2005

Past Employment Positions:

• McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2005-2007
  
• Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002-2005
  
• Louisiana Supreme Court, New Orleans, Louisiana, Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Catherine Kimball, 2001-2002