Professional Experience
Brown & Mary, LLC
PartnerCovington, LA
May 2006 to PresentGeneral practice including both civil and criminal representation of individuals and corporations. Practice is litigation centered and includes insurance defense, plaintiff personal injury, criminal defense, domestic relations, business disputes, construction claims, and land use before State and Federal Courts.
Creighton, Higdon, Richards and Reeves
Associate AttorneyCovington, LA
February 2005 to May 2006General practice including both civil and criminal representation of individuals and corporations.
Office of the District Attorney, Jefferson Parish
Assistant District Attorney, Felony DivisionGretna, LA
March 2000 to February 2005Solely responsible for the management of a Felony Division’s criminal caseload. Lead trial attorney in over one hundred jury trials ranging from misdemeanors to capital cases.
Abbott, Simses, Knister & Kuchler
Associate AttorneyNew Orleans, Louisiana
July 1998 to February 2000Assisted in the defense of clients involved in multiparty, complex litigation; attended & participated in depositions; drafted pleadings; argued before State and Federal Courts; assisted in trial preparation multiparty trial regarding the Gaylord Chemical Company.
Office of the District Attorney, Jefferson Parish
Assistant District Attorney, Felony DivisionGretna, LA
March 2000 to February 2005Responsible for a Felony Division’s docket from their allotment until disposition. Researched and prepared pretrial pleadings and supporting memoranda and conducted all evidentiary hearings on the same.
Criminal District Court, Section “D”
Minute/Law ClerkNew Orleans, Louisiana
February 1993 to October 1997Responsibilities included the preparation and keeping the minutes of all court proceedings; assisted the Court in jury selection and researching questions of procedural and substantive criminal law.