Tulane University Law School

Juris Doctorate, May 1989 Southern Methodist University

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology; Teaching Certificate, May 1985

Pajares & Schexnaydre*, Mandeville, Louisiana

August 1997-February 2001; July 2002-present

Litigation Associate and special counsel involved in corporate, products liability, medical device, medical malpractice, OTC drug product, environmental class actions, coverage actions, and insurance defense litigation.

Luker, Sibal, & McMurtray, New Orleans, Louisiana

February 2001-June 2002

Special Litigation Counsel involved in the defense of toxic tort claims, product liability claims, worker’s compensation claims, asbestos claims, and insurance defense.

Plauche, Maselli & Landry, New Orleans Louisiana

1995-August 1997

Litigation Associate involved in the defense of breast implant, orthopedic bone screw, products liability, medical device, food products claims, premises liability, and insurance defense litigation.

Adams and Reese, New Orleans, Louisiana 1989-1995

Litigation Associate in the defense of toxic tort claims, environmental claims, asbestos litigation, and insurance defense litigation.

Admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, all Tennessee state courts, United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana.

Member of the American, Louisiana, and Covington Bar Associations

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel Association for Women Attorneys (President, 1996-1997)

Defense Research Institute Speaker

Tulane Trial Advocacy Faculty

Tulane CLE Faculty

ABA Conference Speaker (1994)

Louisiana Depositions Strategies

Tactics and Mechanic Speaker in Lafayette (2001)

Contributing Author to the Practical Litigator, and Court Appointed Special Advocate for the Juvenile Court & Family Court.

* In March, 2003, Aubert & Pajares was dissolved and Pajares & Schexnaydre was initiated.