Stephen is a Board Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist and specializes in Creditors Rights and business reorganizations. He also represents businesses and individuals in commercial transactions and commercial litigation.

Areas Of Practice:

Bankruptcy Law

Business Organizations

Transactions

Business & Commercial Law

Sales & Use Taxes

Litigation & Appeals

Litigation Percentage:

55% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certifications/Specialties:

Board Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1997

Bar Admissions:

Louisiana, 1985

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1985

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1985

U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1985

U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1985

U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1996

Education:

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985

J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana, 1981

B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Honors: Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi

Representative Cases:

Rig Masters, Inc. v. U.S., 42 Fed.Cl. 369 (Fed.Cl. 1999)

Angus Chemical Co. v. IMC Global Operations, Inc., 1997 WL 280740 (W.D.La. 1997)

In Re Dowden, 207 B.R. 514 (W.D.La. 1997)

Matter of Delaney, 97 F.3d 800 (5th Cir. 1996)

Corley v. Delaney, 190 BR 77 (W.D. La. 1995)

Delaney v. Corley, 185 BR 521 (W.D. La. 1995)

Cottonport Bank v. Dicharia, 193 B.R. 798 (W.D.La. 1996)

State v. Soniat Exploration, 665 So.2d 718 (La.App.2nd Cir. 1996)

F.D.I.C. v. Caplan, 874 F.Supp. 741 (W.D.La. 1995)

F.D.I.C. v. Caplan, 838 F.Supp. 1125 (W.D.La. 1993)

Commercial Union Ins. v. Turner, 577 So.2d 1219 (La.App.3rd Cir. 1991)

Smith v. Dept. of Health, 523 So.2d. 815 (La.App. 1988)

Smith v. Dept. of Health, 517 So.2d 1072 (La. App3rd Cir. 1987)

Novak v. Texada, 514 So.2d 524 (La.App 3rd Cir. 1987)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Faculty, Bankruptcy Presentation, Louisiana State Bar Association Summer School Revisited, December, 1997

Faculty, Bankruptcy Presentation, Louisiana State Bar Association Summer School, June, 1997

Faculty Panel, Third Annual Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice Seminar for the Western District of Louisiana, 1999

Faculty Panel, Bankruptcy Law Seminar, Louisiana State University, October, 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Louisiana State Bar Association, 1997 - 1998

Member, Executive Committee, Section of Consumer Bankruptcy

Louisiana Bankers Association, 1996 - 1998

Member, Bank Counsel Committee

LSBA Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission, 1995 - 1998

Alexandria Bar Association, 1989 - 1991

Chairman, Young Lawyers Section

Alexandria Bar Association

Member

Louisiana State Bar

Member

American Bar Association

Member

Louisiana State Young Lawyers Council, 1990 - 1995

Sixth District Representative

Louisiana State Bar Association, 1996 - 2000; 2002 - Present;House of Delegates, 9th District Representative

American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville

Member

Birth Information:

April 21, 1960, West Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

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