Attorney Profiles

Through the years, I have been asked why I chose to be a lawyer. My answer is always the same and is one some really do not comprehend. It is because I asked God to tell me what He wanted me to do when I was yet in high school. Well, He told me very clearly on two separate occasions that I was to be a lawyer and I have never looked back.

Through my profession, I am able to help people who have been injured or who have lost loved ones through the negligence of others or through defective products.  I am able to help workers who have been harmed when made to work in chemically dangerous environments without adequate protection.  I am able to help those with problems with manufactured homes or automobiles which they have bought and which are defective. I am able to assist Native Americans who have been unjustly disenrolled from their Tribe.  I am able to help families settle estates and go on with their lives after losing a loved one. I am able to counsel and give guidance to some who simply need someone to listen. I am able to share my faith in Christ Jesus as Lord.

God has told me to be a lawyer and to honor Him with everything I do. That is my goal and sole ambition . . . and that is why I do that which I do.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Successions, Probate and Wills
• Real Estate - Sales and Loan Closings
• Products Liability Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Toxic Torts
• Wrongful Death
• Offshore/Maritime Injuries

Litigation Percentage

• 75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana, 1978
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1998
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1979
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1978
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1980
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2004
• Louisiana Coushatta Tribal Court, 2006

Education

• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1978
  J.D.
  
  
• University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1974
  B.A.
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Instructor, Business Law, LSU-E, 1979 - 1989

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Louisiana State Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• St. Landry Parish Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• American Association for Justice
  Member
  
  
• Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
  Member
  
  
• First Baptist Church, Eunice, La., 1978 - Present
  Member
  
  
• First Baptist Church, Eunice, La., 2001 - Present
  Worship Leader
  
  
• Acadian Baptist Center, Eunice, La.
  Vice-President
  
  
• Acadian Baptist Center, Eunice, La.
  Board of Directors
  
  
• Gideon's International, 1979 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Eunice Men's Tennis League, 1994 - Present
  Chairman
  
  
• Eunice Train Derailment Litigation, USDC-WDLA
  Member, Plaintiffs' Liaison Committee
  
  
• Eunice Train Derailment Litigation, USDC-WDLA
  Co-Chairman, Plaintiffs' Liaison Committee
  
  
• Eunice Attorney Group, LLC
  Chairman
  
  
• Eunice Attorney Group, LLC
  Co-Lead Counsel
  
  
• Louisiana Baptist Convention, 2007 - 2008
  Executive Board Member
  
  
• Louisiana Baptist Convention, 2006 - 2008
  Parliamentarian
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• M. Terrance Hoychick, APLC
• Hoychick & Aguillard, L.L.P, Partner, 2005 - 2008
• Young, Hoychick & Aguillard, LLP, Partner, 1987 - 2005
• Young, Burson, Ortego, Hoychick & Aguillard, Partner, 1984 - 1987
• Young & Burson, Associate, 1978 - 1984

Pro Bono Activities

• Eunice Men's Tennis League, Chairman, 1994 - Present
• Eunice Girl's Softball Coach, 1987 - 1988
• Eunice Boys' Baseball Coach, 1979 - 1980
• La.-Miss.-W. Tenn. District of Kiwanis International, Division 7 , Lieutenant Governor, 1986 - 1987

Birth Information

• December 8, 1952, Basile, Louisiana, United States of America