Admitted: 1997, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2010, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Law School: Loyola University - New Orleans, J.D.
Member: Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association.
Biography: Recipient: Legion of Merit; Bronze Star; Meritorious Service Medal; Navy Commendation Medals; Navy Achievement Medals, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal and the Joint Meritorious Unit Citation. Fellow: National Employment and Labor Association (NELA); Reserve Officers Association (ROA).
Born: Jacksonville, North Carolina
MilitaryService: Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, 1980; Infantry, Reconnaissance Officer: Operation Sharp Edge, 1990; Operation Provide Comfort, 1991; Operation Desert Storm, 1991; Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2005; Chief of Staff, The Pacific Seabees, 2006; Deputy Inspector-General Marine Forces Reserve, 2007-2010; Assistant Chief of Staff, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, 2011.
Languages: French
Cases: Duarte v. Agilent Technologies Inc., 366 F. Supp.2d 1039 (D. Colo 2005); In the matter of Arbitration Proceedings between Joseph M. Ernest and Lockheed Martin Corporation (Award entered in favor of Plaintiff Ernest and against Defendant Lockheed Martin Corp., Dec. 29, 2009) (See U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 07-cv-02038-WYD-KLM). June 02, 2009-Won Summary Judgement in a USERRA Reemployment Rights Case: Wiese v. Centex Homes, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 08-cv-00377-ZLW-MEH.