President, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, 2010-present

Candidate, Louisiana State Public Service Commission, District 1, 2026

Council Member, Jefferson Parish Council, 2004-2010

Council Chair, Jefferson Parish Council, 2004-2007

Chair, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, 2012-present

Appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal, Board Member, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board, present

Appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal, Member, I-49 South Feasibility and Funding Task Force, present

Former President, Parishes Against Coastal Erosion (PACE)

Chair, Governor's Vehicular Homicide- Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Task Force, 2001-2004

Member, New Orleans Area Political Action Council (NOAPAC), 1996-2000

District Attorney, Parish of Jefferson, 1997-2004

President, Jefferson Bar Association, 2012-present

Executive Board Member, Police Jury Association of Louisiana- Region II, 2007-present

Member, Coastal Conservation Association, present

Member, Ducks Unlimited, present

Member, Louisiana Bar Association, present

Member, National Bar Association, present

Member, National Rifle Association, present

Member, French-American Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana Chapter

Board of Directors Member, Saint Thomas Moore Catholic Lawyers

Vice Chair, Public Policy Committee, New Orleans Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1999-2001

Board of Directors Member, New 01·leans Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1998-2000

Chair, E.J. Council of the New Orleans Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1998-1999

Chair, Governmental Affairs Committee, E.J. Council Executive Committee, 1996-1997

Fellow, Jefferson Chamber Leadership Institute, 1995

Fellow, Loyola University Institute of Politics, 1991

Awards:

Recipient, Gambit Weekly's "Best Jefferson Parish Council Member Award", 2006;
Recipient, Alliance For Good Government "Legislator of the Year Award", 2004;
Recipient, Crimefighters "Outstanding Prosecutor Award", 2003;
Recipient, Victims and Citizens Against Crime "Outstanding Prosecutor Award" 1998, 2001

Publications:

Co-Author Admiralty, Fifth Circuit Symposium, 34 Loyola Law Review 699, 1989;
Author, The Seaman-Handling the Everyday Problems Before Litigation, 1988 River;
Industry Seminar