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Charlie has focused his practice on representing businesses and individuals
in civil litigation. He tries jury and non-jury cases in state and federal
courts and has represented local and national firms and individuals in
the defense and prosecution of:
- breach of contract claims in a broad variety of situations,
- claims arising under federal and state antitrust and trade regulation
laws,
- claims arising under state and federal laws regulating false advertising,
including the Lanham Act
- claims arising federal and state securities laws,
- construction litigation,
- claims involving the rights and obligations of corporate officers,
directors and shareholders,
- and a broad range of other business and civil cases.
He has served as the Chairman of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section
of the Louisiana State Bar Association and currently serves as a member
of the Council of the Antitrust, Trade Regulation and Business Torts Section,
as it is now known. He has written and lectured on a variety of litigation
topics. He has served as a contributing author, and a co-editor, of the
book, "In Our Own Words: Reflections on Professionalism in the Law," a
publication of the Louisiana Bar Foundation. He has presented numerous
papers on business litigation and competition topics at seminars in the
areas of business and civil litigation. He is a member of the Federal and
American Bar Associations.
He currently serves as a director of the NOCCA (New Orleans Center for
Creative Arts) Institute, the support group for one of the country’s
outstanding arts education programs for high-school students. In prior
years, he has served as a director and as the President of the Louisiana
Children's Museum, as a director of the Louisiana Nature and Science Center,
and as a director, and member of the operating committee, of the New Orleans
Symphony. He is married and the father of three.
He graduated from Tulane University's School of Law in 1969, where he was
a member of Order of the Coif, an Assistant Editor of the Tulane Law Review,
and a recipient of the Ritttenberg Award for excellence for his writings
published in the Tulane Law Review.
Charlie is an amateur astronomer, whose pride and joy is an Astro-Physics
APO refractor that he keeps in a small private observatory located in Franklinton,
Louisiana. He is also an amateur painter and shares a studio in New Orleans
with other amateur and professional artists. On weekends, he operates and
tinkers with a decades-old Massey-Ferguson Model 35 diesel tractor.
Recent Professional Honors:
Representative-elect, House of Delegates, Louisiana State Bar
Association, 2005-
Member, Council of the Section of Antitrust, Trade Regulation
and Business Torts Law, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2004-
Recent Publications:
Author, “Over The Illinois Brick Wall: State Attorneys General
Pursue Equitable Relief for Indirect Purchasers”, The Business
Torts Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Committee on Business Torts Litigation,
ABA Section of Litigation, Winter 2005).
Author, “Identifying Fiduciary Duty Claims”,
published in the Business Torts Journal, Vol. 11, No.1 (Committee on
Business Torts Litigation, ABA section of Litigation, Fall 2003), which
may be found
online.
Author, “Recent Louisiana Antitrust Cases and Comparable Federal
Precedent”, a paper delivered at a seminar held at New Orleans,
LA, June, 2004.
Author, “Louisiana's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection
Law: Selected Issues”, a paper delivered at a seminar held at New
Orleans, LA, April, 2003.
Author, “Some Aspects of Fiduciary Duty Claims in Louisiana”,
a paper delivered at a seminar held at New Orleans, LA, April, 2003.
Contributing
Author and Associate Editor, In Our Own Words: Reflections
on Professionalism In The Law (Louisiana Bar Foundation, New Orleans, La., 1998). |
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