Louisiana State Bar Association - President-Elect  (2009-2010), House of Delegates 1978-1982 - Committee on Bar Admissions (Assistant Grader 1978-1990, Bar Examiner 1990-1994, Secretary/Director of Character and Fitness 1992 - 1997; Chairman 1997 - 2000) - Section on Bench and Bar (Secretary/Treasury 1989-1991, Vice Chairman 1991-1993, Chairman 1993-1994) - Board of Governors 1987-1989; served as liaison to Lawyers for Arts Committee, Public Information Committee, Public Relations Committee, Bar Observer to Louisiana Organization for Judicial Excellence; Task Force Election/Selection of Judges - Multi-Topic CLE Committee 1990 - 1995 - Louisiana Bar Foundation, Fellow, Board of Directors 1997 - 2000 (IOLTA Grants Committee 1992 - ); IOLTA Administrative Committee; Vice Chair 1996, Chairman 1997) - Bar Governance Committee, Chair 1997 - 1999 - 1999 Louisiana State Bar Association President’s Award - Louisiana Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Establishment of a Mandatory Internship Program, 2000-2004 - Legislative Committee, Chair 2003 - 2005 Baton Rouge Bar Association - Director, Secretary,Treasurer, President Elect, President (1984-1985) - During tenure as President, obtained $15,000.00 grant from the American Bar Association to establish the first pro-bono plan in Louisiana and hired first full time executive director - Lawyer of the Year 1989 - Served as an original Director of Baton Rouge Lawyer Referral Service, the first referral service in the state, Board member and officer for five years - Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (served as Chairman) - BBB/Baton Rouge Bar Consumer Arbitration Panel (served as Chairman) - Law School Liaison and Civil Courts Committee (served as Chairman) - Baton Rouge Bar Foundation, Lifetime Fellow, Chairman of Board of Trustees 1991-1992.

Other Memberships and Activities .......................................... - American Bar Association; Section on Litigation, Subcommittee on State Evidence Rules - Bar of the United States Supreme Court - Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals - Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and 11th Circuit - Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit - American Inns of Court - Louisiana Association for Justice - Court Annexed Mediator, United States District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1995 - AAA- Arbitration and Mediation Panel

 Adjunct Faculty, Louisiana State University Law Center (Advanced Trial Advocacy and Evidence); Adjunct Faculty, College of Business, Southeastern Louisiana University (1987-1988)

Inmates Law School 1991; Baton Rouge Bar Association, Evidence Update, 1992; LSBA, Sandestin Summer School; Ethics Presentation, 1993 ; LSBA, Sandestin Summer School Attorney/Client Sex: The Final Boundary Action - video and interactive program presented with Edward J. Walters, 1994; Baton Rouge Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference, Sexual Harassment Seminar, 1995; LSBA, Depositions from A-Z, 1996; LSBA, Multi-Topic Seminar, Through the Looking Glass, The Keys to the Daubert Gate, 199; LSBA, Evidence and Procedure Seminar, The Illusionists: Courtroom Magic--Presumptions to Post-Trial, 1999; ATLA Annual Convention, Attorney/Client Sex: The Final Boundary Action - video and interactive program presented with Edward J. Walters, July 1999; BRBA 1999 Evidence Update; Baton Rouge Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference, Ethical Standards of the Advocate in a Mediation: Are There Any?, 2001; LTLA, Spring Break CLE, Negotiating and Mediating Troubled Business Transactions, March 2002 ; Baton Rouge Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference, Surviving the Deposition Minefield, 2002.; LSBA, 18^th Summer School for Lawyers, She can’t do that...or can she? A Video Expose’ of Ethical Enigmas in the Courtroom, presented with Edward J. Walters, Jr., June 2002.; LSBA, 20^th Annual Summer School for Lawyers, Mr. Gambini, that is a lucid, intelligent, well-thoughtout hearsay objection . . . OVERRULED!" - Why Can’t I Get These Hearsay Objections Right?: An Interactive Video Explanation, presented with Edward J. Walters, Jr., and Scott Fruge’, June 2004.;; Baton Rouge Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference, Compete for Top Gun – Evidence Competition, presented with Scott Fruge’, Frank Holthaus, and Edward J. Walters, Jr., April 2006;; LSBA, 22^nd Annual Summer School for Lawyers, What’s with THAT Character?: Demystifying Character and Habit Evidence - The Reality Show, presented with Scott Fruge’, Frank Holthaus, and Edward J. Walters, Jr., June 2006;; LSBA 24^th Annual Summer School for Lawyers, The Privilege is All Yours: The Exercise, Defense, and Waiver of Testimonial Privileges in State and Federal Court, June 2008.; LSU Law Center CLE, Supreme Court Rule 19: How it Works and What You Need to Know,October 2009; LSBA, New York Multi Topic Seminar, The Intersection of Ethics and Malpractice, presented with Christine Lipsey, November 2009

Co-author: The Burden of Proof in a Civil Circumstantial Evidence Case: More Probable Than Not?", Vol. 23 Louisiana Bar Journal 263, 1976; Discharged Counsel: The Dilemma Solved?, Vol. 27, Louisiana Bar Journal No. 4, 177, 1981. ; Author: Contingent Fee Contracts: The Dilemma of the Discharged Attorney, 24 Louisiana Bar Journal 107, 1976; ; Recent Trends in UM Litigation, The Forum IX, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1979. ; Eye on Evidence (monthly column dealing with current issues of trial evidence.); Evaluating the Louisiana Department of Insurance’s Hurricane Katrina Homeowners Mediation Program, Dispute Resolution Journal, August-October, 2007.; Chapter Author: Woodard, et al., Louisiana Trial Procedure, Chapter 8, Hearsay, §8-1 through 8-17.; Co-author: Attorney-client sex: too close for comfort?, TRIAL, August 1999.