Loyola University Law School

Juris Doctorate, May 1985

University of New Orleans

Bachelor of Arts, May 1978

Pajares & Schexnaydre*, Mandeville, Louisiana

May 1995-present

Corporate and insurance defense litigation, specializing in products liability, insurance bad faith, property, medical malpractice, medical device claims, director and officer liability, architect and engineers liability, and pharmaceutical defense litigation. Appointed and served as National Coordinating Counsel in the Multi-District Orthopedic Bone Screw Litigation and was Defense Counsel in the National Breast Implant Class Action Litigation. Also served in a national role in the PPA Litigation.

Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, Louisiana

October 1990-May 1995

Partner in the Tort and Insurance Litigation section.

Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey & Barlow, Shreveport, Louisiana

December 1985-October 1990

Insurance and corporate defense in general casualty, products liability, and commercial litigation.

Contracts Administrator and Negotiator for
Martin Marietta Aerospace in the Space Shuttle Program, 1980-1985.

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

Member of the American Bar Association

Louisiana State Bar Association

Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association

New Orleans Bar Association

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

Defense Research Institute

Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel

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