Resume

EDUCATION

Loyola Law School, New Orleans, J.D. 1982

Moot Court Board, 1981-82

National Moot Court Team, 1980

Teaching Assistant, 1980-81

A.J. Bonamo Research Assistant Scholarship

Academic Scholarships, 1979-82

Loyola Law Alumni Award, 1980

Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City

Certificate in Mexican Legal Studies and

International Law, 1981

University of the State of New York, B.A. 1978

Dual concentration in Political Science

and Fine Arts

Dean’s List

Educational Exchange Program, Soviet Union, 1969

EMPLOYMENT

Instructor, Testmasters, tutoring for MCAT, GMAT, LSAT, GRE 2005-2021

Instructor, Kaplan Educational Services 1982 – 1999

Staff counsel, Citizens Consulting, Inc. September 1993 – 2005

Roles: Director of ALERT, a litigation and training center for nonprofits, 1996 – 2005 and part-time Director of ACORN Fair Housing, and Representation of over 100 nonprofit organizations, providing corporate counsel services.

Executive Director, Louisiana Legal Consortium, a Federally-funded nonprofit program providing training, litigation support, and technical assistance to Legal Services offices in Louisiana. 1990 – 1993

Roles: Supervision of staff, planning of annual budget, design and implementation of continuing legal education seminars, preparation of practice manuals, coordination of statewide task forces, teaching, public speaking, client self-help training, statewide newsletter, paralegal and support staff training, liaison with LSC-funded national and regional support centers.

Staff Attorney, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services May 1985 – 1990

Instructor and coordinator of law programs, Kaplan Educational Center 1982 – 1999:

Associate Attorney, Law office of Michael L. Thiel, Hammond, Louisiana. General civil and criminal practice 1986 – 1988

Solo Law Practice, New Orleans 1982 – 1985

Instructor, Institute for Legal Studies 1983 – 1985

Instructor, Phillips College 1983 – 1984

CLE SEMINARS TAUGHT

Fair Labor Standards Act Update

Wage Claims

Overview of Consumer Law

Basic Lawyer Skills Training

Ethics

Louisiana Landlord-Tenant Law

Bankruptcy Overview

Bankruptcy for Family Law Practitioners

Bankruptcy for Housing Law Practitioners

Student Loan Litigation

Handling an Administrative Hearing

Discovery Techniques

Basics of Medicaid

Louisiana Unemployment Law

Legal Problems of Homeownership

Fair Housing Act

BAR ADMISSIONS

United States Supreme Court.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana; Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; and Western District of Michigan.

United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Circuits.

ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

Gillis W. Long Distinguished Public Service Award, 1993 recipient.

Teacher of the Year Award, Kaplan Educational Services, 1996.

Louisiana for Low Income Housing Today, founding board member and first president.

AIDSLaw of Louisiana, volunteer attorney.

Louisiana Center for Law-Related Education, board member.

Southeast Regional Health Law Training Advisory Group.

Southeast Training Center, board of directors.

LSBA Committee on Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

LSBA Consumer Law Section, board member.

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Private Bar Involvement Program, volunteer attorney.

National Legal Aid and Defenders Association