Senator, Louisiana State Senate, District 4, 2005-2016

Representative, 1991-2004

Former Member, House Appropriations Committee

Former Member, House Executive Committee

Former Member, House Labor and Industrial Relations Committee

Former Chair, House Legislative Audit Advisory Council

Former Member, House and Governmental Affairs

Chair, New Orleans Committee for Judicial Reform

Former Member, State Bond Commission

Member, State Democratic Central Committee, 1984-1988

Partner, Murray, Darnell and Associates Limited Liability Company

Summer Youth Employment Program Coordinator, 1982-1985

Member, Alpha Phi Omega Incorporated

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Black Law Student Association

Former Treasurer, Community Access Corporation

Member, Faubourg and Saint John Neighborhood Association

Fellow, Food for Seniors

Member, Friends of the Health Department

Member, JUGGS Social Aid and Pleasure Club

Member, Louis A. Martinet Legal Society

Member, Louisiana State Bar Association

Member, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association

Member, Loyola Institute of Politics

Student Practitioner, Loyola Law Clinic

Member, Moot Court Team

Life Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, National Bar Association

Member, National Black Conference of State Legislators

Member, National Conference of Insurance Legislators

Member, National Conference of State Legislators

Member, Student Bar Association

Member, Treme Improvement Political Society, Treme Tips

Member, Urban League of Greater New Orleans Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club

Awards:

Legislator of the Year, 1999, 1998, 1997; Who's Who in American Politics, 19th Edition; Honored, Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity; Floor Leader, City of New Orleans; Dean's Honor List; Two Year Scholarship Recipient