Loyola Law School

Juris Doctorate, May 1988

American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Evidence

Certificate of Award for Excellence in Louisiana Probate

Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society

St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas

Bachelor of Arts, English, Secondary Education, 1977 (summa cum laude)

Pajares & Schexnaydre*, Mandeville, Louisiana

February 1998-May 2004 and June 2006-present

Litigation associate involved in corporate, products liability, medical device, and insurance defense litigation.

Degan, Blanchard, & Nash

May 2004-June 2006

Associate in all aspects of insurance defense, worker’s compensation, and collections.

Album, Stovall, Radecker & Giordano, Metairie, Louisiana

September 1997-January 1998

Associate in all aspects of insurance defense, personal injury, property damage claims in both state and federal courts; contract litigation; landlord-tenant disputes; rescission claims; incorporation and formation of limited liability companies; successions; wills; state and federal appeals.

Abbott, Simses, Album & Knister, New Orleans, Louisiana

May 1988-August 1997

Associate in all aspects of insurance defense, personal injury, property damage claims in both state and federal courts; contract litigation; landlord-tenant disputes; rescission claims; incorporations and formations of limited liability companies; successions; wills; state and federal appeals

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

Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association.

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