Qualifications

Education
• John F. Kennedy High School, 1978
• Loyola University, B.A., 1982
• Loyola University School of Law, J.D, 1985

Memberships & Affiliations

• National Bar Association
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Loyola Institute of Politics, Fellow
• Community Access Corporation, Treasurer
• New Orleans Committee for Judicial Reform, Chairman
• Louis A. Martinet Society
• Treme Improvement Political Society, Treasurer
• Louisiana Democratic Central Committee, 1984-1988
• Star of Bethlehem #168

Awards

• Alliance for Good Government Legislator of the Year
• New Orleans Chamber Businessman Champion
• Louisiana Municipal Association
• Louisiana Education Association
• Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN)

Experience
• Louisiana House of Representatives
  District 96 Representative, 1992 to present
• Appropriations
• Labor & Industry
• Legislative Audit Advisory Council
• Joint Budget Committee
• HIV AIDS Commission
• Murray, Darnell & Associates, L.L.C., Attorney-at-law
• New Orleans City Youth Employment Program, Director
• Captain, US Army Reserve, Military Police

Louisiana Legislature Committee Involvement
• Appropriations
• House & Governmental Affairs
• Labor & Industry
• State Bond Commission
• Legislative Audit Advisory Council, Chair
• HIV/AIDS Commission
• Obesity Commission
• Joint Homeland Security Commission
• Joint Budget Committee