Biography

Past practice has included significant Nationally litigated cases, also licensed and handles cases throughout Texas and Louisiana and in other states in association with local counsel.

Eulis is a graduate of McNeese State University, where he received a B.A. in Political Science in December, 1977 and then attended Louisiana State University’s, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he graduated with honors in 1981. As a member of the Order of the Coif. Eulis also received an LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law in 1987.

From 1984 through January, 1994, Eulis was a member of the faculty at the L.S.U. Law Center and received tenure in the shortest possible time after joining the faculty.

With an impressive list of courtroom victories and negotiated settlements to his credit, Mr. Simien is highly regarded among his peers within the legal community, having maintained an AV rating (highest Martindale-Hubbell rating) for over 10 years in a row, and a valued leader of our legal team.

Education

Columbia Law School, New York, New York
- LL.M – 1987
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- J.D. – 1981
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: with honors
McNeese State University
- B.A. – 1977
- Major: Political Science

Classes/Seminars

Starting Your Own Practice (Panel Discussion), LSU Law Center, August, 2006
Summary Judgment: It’s Not Just for Defendants Any More, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Last Chance Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana December, 2004
Procedure and Evidence (Louisiana Judicial College, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2000)
Law Center, Recent Developments — Legislation and Jurisprudence (Louisiana Tobacco Litigation and Beyond, December, 1999)
Louisiana State University Summer School For Lawyers, (Jury Selection), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July, 1993
Louisiana Judge’s Conference, Lafayette, Louisiana, April, 1993
Fifteenth Judicial District Public Defender Program, Criminal Litigation Seminar, Lafayette, Louisiana, November, 1992
Louisiana Judicial College, Summer School for Judges, San Destin, Florida, June, 1992 (2 Panels — Criminal Procedure and Avoiding Federal Habeas Relief)
Louisiana Judicial College, Evidence and Procedure, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1992
Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Summer School for Lawyers (Criminal Law and Procedure), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July, 1990
Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Summer School for Lawyers (Criminal Law and Procedure), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July, 1989
Louisiana Trial Lawyers, Criminal Law Seminar (Ethical Conflicts and Criminal Practice), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May, 1989
Presented the address for the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association Law Day Ceremony “Reflections on Access to Justice,” in Lake Charles, Louisiana in May, 1989
Insurance Bad Faith Litigation, Louisiana Judicial College Seminar New Orleans, Louisiana, 2018

Professional Associations

Louisiana Association of Justice, Member
Louisiana State Law Institute, Member & Reporter for multiple committees
Baton Rouge Bar Association
Louis A. Martinet Society (Baton Rouge Chapter)

Current Employment Positions

Partner Attorney

Bar Admissions

Louisiana
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Texas
Texas

Honors

AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Pro-Bono Activities

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Baton Rouge—Parish Council, President
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Baton Rouge—Parish Council, Member
Council of Ministries, Chairperson
Council of Ministries, Member
Sacred Heart St. Vincent DePaul Society Conference, Vice President
St. Jude Catholic Church (past Member),President of the Home and School Association
St. Jude Catholic Church (past Member), Vice President of the Parish Council
St. Jude Catholic Church (Past Member), President of the School Association
Member of the faculty, L.S.U. Law Center
Sacred Heart St. Vincent DePaul Society Conference, President
Sacred Heart St. Vincent DePaul Society Conference, Treasurer
Problem Pregnancy Center, Board of Directors
LSU Tigers Athletic Foundation, Board of Directors
Louisiana State Police Commission, Chairperson
Board Member, Special Works and Pharmacy Boards, St. Vincent de Paul District Counsel,

Published Works

Cases and Materials on Criminal Adjudication (first published in 1987, now in its Seventh Edition)
Criminal Law and Procedure: 1991-1992 in Review, 53 La. L. Rev. 771, 1993
It is a Constitution We are Expounding, 18 Hastings Constitutional Law Quar. 67, 1990
Faculty Symposium, Recent Developments in Search and Seizure, 51 La. L. Rev. 405, 1990
Faculty Symposium, Recent Developments in Criminal Procedure, 50 La. L. Rev. 229, 1989
The Interrelationship of the Scope of the Fourth Amendment and Standing, 41 Ark. L. Rev. 87, 1988
The LSAT as a Barrier to Almost Twenty Years of Affirmative Action, 12 T. Marshall L. J. 359, 1987
The Courts and Inflation, Trial, Vol. 20, No. 7, (Co-authored with James A. George and Dr. W.P. Culbertson), July, 1984
Analysis: Culver v. Slater Boat Co., et al, The Forum, Vol. 15, #1, (Co-authored with James A. George), 1982
Updates to the Louisiana supplement to a national case book, Louisiana Case Supplement For The Police Function (By: Miller, Dawson, Dix and Parnes)