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Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division, Council Member and Representative for Louisiana, 2004-2007
- Disaster Legal Services Program for the State of Louisiana, assisted in the coordination of pro bono legal services in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005-2007
- General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division, Young Lawyer Fellow, 2006-2007
- Young Lawyers Division Public Service Project “We the Jury,” coordinated the implementation of the project in the State of Louisiana, 2004-2005
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Board of Governors, First Board District Representative, 2007-2010
- Louisiana Bar Journal, Editorial Board Member, 2006-2007
- Access to Justice Committee, Committee Member, 2006-2007
- Disaster Legal Services Program for the State of Louisiana, assisted in the coordination of pro bono legal services in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005-2007
- Young Lawyers Section, Council Member and American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Representative, 2004-2007.
- Louisiana State Law Institute, Council Member, Observer for the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, 2004-2005
- Leadership Program, Class of 2003-2004
- American Association of Justice
- Member, Admiralty Section
- Louisiana Association of Justice
- Member, Admiralty Section
- Chair, Women’s Caucus 2019
- New Orleans Bar Association
- Member
- New Orleans Bar Association Inn of Court
- Member
- Louisiana Bar Foundation
- Fellow
- Annual Gala Committee, Co-Chair, 2007-2008
- Annual Gala Committee, Committee Member, 2006-2007
- American Bar Foundation
- Fellow
- American Bar Association
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Presentations and Publications
- “Louisiana Disaster Legal Services” – South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division: Disaster Relief and Preparedness Seminar, March 2007, 2008, 2009
- “Louisiana Disaster Legal Services” – Indiana State Bar Association: Disaster Relief Program, Spring Meeting, April 2006
- “Louisiana Disaster Legal Services” – American Bar Association Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice: Equity for Racial & Ethnic Victims of Katrina, American Bar Association Mid Year Meeting, February 2006
PUBLICATIONS:
- “Report and Analysis of the Provision of Disaster Civil Legal Services in Louisiana Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita” – Louisiana Bar Foundation and Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation: Recipient of Grant for the Collection & Analysis of Data Project, June 2007 “
- Lessons Learned (the Hard Way) by Lawyers During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita” – by Michael H. Rubin and Beth E. Abramson, Probate & Property Vol. 20, No. 5, September/October 2006
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Professional Acknowledgements
- Clerk for Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Catherine “Kitty” Kimball
- “2006 Up and Coming Lawyers” – Lawyers USA, September 25, 2006
- Pat B. Sullivan, Jr. Chair’s Award – Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, June 2006
- Star of the Quarter – American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, October 2005
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Community Involvement
- More for the 504
- Founding member
- Steering Committee member, 2016 – present
- The Roots of Music
- Chairman of the Board, 2013-2015
- 610 Stompers, 610 Split
- Ball Crawl Co-Chair, 2012
- More for the 504