Appointments, Honors, and Public Service

• Board of Examinations: The Charter Institute of Arbitrators – a global organization headquartered in the United Kingdom, 2011 – present (ongoing).
• Board of Directors: College of William & Mary New York Alumni Chapter, 2012.
• Board of Directors, McNeese State University Banners Series, 2002 – 2004.  Board of Directors, Samaritan Counseling Center, Community Relations Chair, 2001 to 2004.
• Professionalism and Quality of Life Committee, Louisiana Bar Association, lecturer and trainer, 1998 – 2004.
• Recognized as a “Woman in History” during “National Women in History Month,” featured on NBC/KPLC-TV as First Woman Elected Judge, from her 5 Parish District, in Louisiana’s history, 2003.
• Judicial Liaison Committee, Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2003.
• Board of Governors, Louisiana Judicial College, 1995 – 2002.
• The Education Committee, Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2002.
• Louisiana’s Third Circuit Court of Appeal Outreach Director, 2000.
• John C. Stennis Center for Women in Public Service, honored as “Pacesetter – proven leaders from across the South who…serve as examples to others who aspire to public service careers,” 1999 and 2000.
• Gender Fairness, International Outreach, Judicial-Academic Network, and Resolutions Committees: National Association of Women Judges, 2000.
• Media Advisory Committee, Campaign for the Children, 1998.
• Judicial Relations Committee, National American Inns of Court, 1998.
• Judge Albert Tate, Jr., American Inn of Court (an organization designed to promote ethics, professionalism, and civility in the legal community), Founder and President, 1994 – 1998.
• Keynote Speaker, Louisiana Women’s Conference, 1997.
• Appellate Court Performance Standards Commission, 1996.
• Self Magazine, featured for accomplishments, 1986.

Papers and Publications

• ARBITRATION – A CASE FOR JUDGES TO BE HEARD, New York State Bar Association’s The Insider, 2016.
• ?Louisiana Civil Trial Procedure, Practice Series, a lead Author, Thomson Reuters West Publishing, 1995 (ongoing).
• You & The Law, Author, book on Civil Law for the lay person, published 1993.
• Lagniappe, Author of Newspaper Column on Civil Law, 1994 – 1995.
• The Appearance of Impropriety – A Critical Review, Author, article on Ethics in Louisiana, 1998.