Dennis is a partner in the regional commercial litigation practice group in the Baton Rouge office. His practice focuses on business disputes including business torts and insurance company solvency and regulations. He has represented clients across a wide spectrum of industries including education, state and municipal government and insurance on a regional and national basis. Dennis has extensive trial experience in matters involving corporate governance, having represented clients in directors and officers litigation involving complex claims of business misconduct, fraud, civil RICO, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair trade practices. His business litigation practice has also included handling Louisiana state and local tax disputes. Dennis has further represented several large employers including school boards in wage and hour collective action litigation. Dennis holds the "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standards.

• Emory University School of Law, LL.M. in Litigation, 1992
• Southern University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 1991; Southern University Law Review
• University of Louisiana at Monroe, B.A., cum laude, 1988

• Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, Southern University Law Center
• Barrister, Southern University Law Center Inn of Court
• Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (Assistant Bar Examiner); Baton Rouge Bar Association; American Bar Association; National Bar Association; Louis A. Martinet Legal Society (Past President); Capital Area Legal Services (Past Board Member); Louisiana School Attorneys Association; National Council of School Attorneys; 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge, Ltd. (President); Baton Rouge Area Foundation (Board Member)
• Admitted to Practice: Louisiana, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, and U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Featured in the February 2007 edition of Capital Assets IV: The Power Book of the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report as one of the most influential people in the City of Baton Rouge.
• Featured in a November 2005 insert to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report as a recipient of the Top 40 Under 40 award.

• Representation of a health insurer in a bid protest involving a contract having an estimated value of $25 million.
• Representation of a Fortune 500 industrial construction company in a contract dispute.
• Representation of an automobile dealer in a forensic investigation and complex litigation involving claims of business misconduct and fraud by the former general manager of the dealership.
• Representation of an insurance company liquidator in a directors and officers suit involving allegations of mismanagement and fraud.
• Representation of a self insurance program and a reinsurer in a complex contract dispute involving a claims administrator fraud.
• Representation of several large government employers in defense of wage and hour collective actions.
• Representation of national gaming enterprises in defense of state and local tax disputes.
• Representation of an energy company in litigation concerning the construction of a $1 billion power facility.
• Representation of school districts and other political subdivisions of the State of Louisiana in defense of alleged rights violations.
• Representation of insurers and reinsurers in matters involving insurance regulation and insurance company solvency.