Education:
Juris Doctor, Loyola University, School of Law, New Orleans (1992)
Combined Class Rank: 20th in class of 239 graduates, G.P.A. 3.258.
1992 Warren E. Mouledoux Award, Legal Profession
1992 American Jurisprudence Award, for excellence in Legal Profession
1991 Loyola Law Review, Member
1991 American Jurisprudence Award, for excellence in Constitutional
Law II
1990 Teaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing
1989 Moot Court, Intramural Finalist and Staff Member
1989 Bonomo Research Associate, Louisiana Products Liability Act
Master of Arts, Economics, Louisiana State University,
New Orleans (1971)
Major areas: Anti-Trust Law, Public Finance, Industrial Organization, G.P.A.
3.8
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Louisiana State University, New
Orleans (1963)
Major area: Economics, Minor areas: Statistics and Mathematics, G.P.A.
3.3
Recent Professional Development:
1994 Trial Advocacy Skills Program (two week course), National Institute
for Trial Advocacy
1993 Notary Public, Louisiana
1992 Admitted to Louisiana Eastern, Middle, and Western Federal District
Courts
1992 Admitted to Louisiana State Bar, All Louisiana Courts
Experience:
1995 - present Attorney & Counselor at Law, private practice: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Domestic Law, Bankruptcy, Business Law and Civil & Commercial Litigation
1992 - 1995 Attorney, Brook, Morial, Pizza & van Loon, L.L.P.:
Insurance Defense, Governmental Law, and Complex Commercial Litigation
1991 - 1992 Loyola Law Clinic, Student Practitioner: Criminal and
Family Law
1990 - 1991 Summer Associate, Fall/Spring Law Clerk, Brook, Morial,
Cassibry, Pizza, L.L.P.
1989 - present Executive Director, Advocates of Responsible Urban
Policy, a New Orleans based non-profit citizens group, studying and taking
positions on local governmental policy issues
1988 - present Consultant, Economic Analysis, Computer Systems,
and Political Strategies
1985 - 1987 Executive Director, Bureau of Governmental Research:
"An Analysis of Metropolitan Property Tax Assessments," published
in 1988 as a series of articles in the Times-Picayune; Orleans Parish School
Board Members, election by individual districts; Analysis of Impact of
Gaming in Atlantic City, New Jersey; and analysis of various referenda
proposals
1978 - 1985 Chief Economist, City of New Orleans, Mayor's Office:
Tax Analysis, Fiscal Forecasting, and Business Information Analysis Systems
1976 - 1978 Director, Economic Analysis Unit, City of New Orleans:
Fiscal Forecasting and Business Retention Analysis of Warehouse District
1975 - 1976 Project Coordinator, HUD Economic Analysis Demonstration
Grant
1973 - 1974 Health Statistician, New Orleans Health Department:
Computerized Health Information System
1970 - 1972 Instructor, Economics, Valdosta State College, Valdosta,
Georgia Instituted computer generated testing of the Economics Principles
course
Special Projects:
1994 City of New Orleans, Mayor's Charter Revision Advisory Committee,
Budget and Finance Subcommittee
1994 Hon. Marc Morial, Mayor's Transition Team: Task Force for City
Financing, Legal Advisor and Recording Secretary
1989 Analysis of Orleans Parish Population, Employment, and Income Statistics,
1969-89
1988 Assessment Practices, Metropolitan New Orleans, An Assessment/Sales
Ratio Study for the Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation
1986 A District Representation Plan - Orleans Parish School Board
1984 Task Force on Amusement Tax - Mayor's representative, providing
revenue projections/analyses
1983 Lazard Freres Study - Cooperative study providing fiscal analysis
and revenue and expenditure projections for the period 1983-1990
1981 Financial Management Handbook for Mayors - Mayor's representative
to the Finance Committee, U.S. Conference of Mayors
1980 Mayor's Task Force on Revenue Revision - Mayor's representative
to the task force, providing revenue projections, research and analyses
1980 1980 U.S. Census - Technical Coordinator of Local Review Process
1979 Housing and Urban Development Capacity Sharing Grant -
Expert consultant to Econometric Revenue and Expenditure Forecasting Workshops
in Detroit, San Francisco, Dallas and Pittsburgh, sponsored by Public Technology,
Inc.
1978 Multi-year Revenue Forecast User Requirement Committee - Set
criteria for National Science Foundation Grant supervised by the Maxwell
School, Syracuse University
1976 Metropolitan Leadership Forum, presented by Tulane University
and the Metropolitan Area Committee
Honors:
"Certificate of Merit," Mayor's Charter Revision Committee,
1994 by Mayor of the City of New Orleans, Hon. Marc Morial
"New Orleans NAACP Youth Council: Champions of the Cause of
Freedom,"
presented 1994 by the New Orleans Branch of the NAACP to early civil rights
activists
"Technology Transfer Award," for creation of computerized
Economic Development Information System, 1983 by Public Technology Incorporated
"Distinguished Service as Member," Southern Growth
Policies Board, 1980 Commission on the Future of the South, "Task
Force on Southern Cities"
"Certificate of Appreciation for Workshops on Econometric Revenue
& Expenditure Forecasting," presented in 1979 by The Urban
Consortium for Technology Initiatives and Public Technology Incorporated
"Certificate of Appointment, Administrative Assistant for Economic
Analysis," presented 1978 by Mayor of the City of New Orleans,
Hon. Dutch Morial
"Certificate of Merit for Economic Development Policy Planning,"
presented 1978 by Mayor of the City of New Orleans, Hon. Moon Landrieu
Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honors Society, University of New
Orleans, 1975
Publications:
The 1974 Louisiana State Constitution Is Not the Problem, Recent
Problems Financing New Orleans City Government (1992). Historical review
of the development of legal limits on the City's taxing authority and analysis
of recent political responses to various tax measures. Loyola Law Review,
Comment.
Sales Tax, Property Tax, and Economic Development (1986).
An analysis of the interaction between taxes, municipal services, business
climate, and economic development.
An Economic History of New Orleans (1983). Completed in 1983
and later published as a series of articles in Bureau of Governmental Research
and Advocates of Responsible Urban Policy news letters and reports in 1987
and 1988.
A Comparative Revenue Structure Analysis of 50 Major U.S. Cities
(1978). Produced for Mayor Dutch Morial's Revenue Revision Task Force.
An Analysis of Zoning Proposals for the Warehouse District
(1976). Proposed changes shifted permitted uses from heavy and light industrial,
manufacturing, warehouse and commercial uses to residential and service
uses.
New Orleans Mayor's Council of Economic Advisors - Southwestern
Social Science Convention: Papers and Proceedings (1976).
A Computerized Model of New Orleans City Government Revenue and
Expenditure,
Louis E. Madere and Lee R. Thomas, published in Papers and Proceedings
of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Academy of Louisiana Economists
(1975).
Master's Thesis: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Louisiana State University
of New Orleans - 1960-1970 (1972).
Professional Affiliations:
Louisiana State Bar Association
New Orleans Bar Association
Saint Thomas More Society of Loyola Law School
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Orleans Parish Civil Sheriff, Reserve Deputies Association
Other Licenses:
Private Pilot License, Single Engine Land, Night and High Performance
Endorsements, Medical Certificate Third Class.
Personal and professional references are available upon request.
Resume date: November 25, 2003