Education:
- Millsaps College (B.A., 1987)
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (J.D., 1990)
Admissions:
- State courts in Louisiana
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
- United Stated District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
- United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana
- United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals