Hoy Robert Hughes, Esq. Address: 211 Rue Landry, St.

Rose, Louisiana 70087 Telephone: (504)452-5856 E-Mail: hh11bb4cc@westpost.net Personal: Born: September 23, 1969, Birmingham, Alabama Education: 1999 Juris Doctor, Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana 1991 Bachelor of Science, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama Admitted to Practice: State of Louisiana; United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana; United States District Court Middle District of Louisiana; United States Distric t Court Western District of Louisiana, United States Court of Appeals for the Fi fth Circuit Memberships: Louisiana State Bar Association; Federal Bar Association Legal Experience: 2010 - Present Member; The Hughes Law Firm, L.L.C., New Orleans, Louisiana Practice Areas: General Practice 2008 - 2010 Associate; The Law Office of Paul C. Miniclier, PLC, New Orleans, Louisiana Practice Areas: Plaintiff Practice (Katrina Related Litigation) Duties: Handling of all aspects of cases from inception up to trial; deposition s; preparation for trial; appeals 2006 - 2008 Associate; Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana Practice Areas: Insurance Defense (Katrina Related Litigation) Duties: Handling of all aspects of cases from inception up to trial; deposition s; preparation for trial; appeals 2006 Staff Attorney; Irwin Fritchie, Urquhart & Moore, New Orleans, Louisiana Practice Areas: Document Review 2000 - 2005 Associate; Trinchard & Trinchard, New Orleans, Louisiana Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Premises Liability Defense; Worker=s Compens ation; Domestic; Oil & Gas Servitude Disputes; Oyster Litigation Duties: Handling of all aspects of cases from inception up to trial; strong mot ion practice; depositions; preparation for trial; second chair trial; appeals; m ediations Other Legal Experience: 1996 - 2000 Law Clerk/Research & Writing Asst., ; Frank P. Tranchina/Dutel & Tranchina, Metairie, Louisiana

Duties: Research; pleadings, supervisory writs, appeals, discovery; research an d writing assistant for Domestic Law Handbook and monthly magazine 1996 (summer) Law Clerk Extern; Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Hon. Charles R. Jon es Duties: Research; authored opinion 1992 - 1993 Clerk; London, Yancey, Elliot & Burgess, Birmingham, Alabama Duties: File clerk; runner; process server Other Work Experience: 1995 Database Manager, Walter Clark for United States Senate, Birmingham, Alabama Duties: Created and managed database for United States Senate campaign 1994 Database Manager, Bill Armistead for Alabama State Senate, Alabaster, Alabama Duties: Created and managed database for Alabama State Senate campaign Computer Skills: Proficient with: Westlaw; Lexis; Practice Manager; Microsoft Word; Microsoft A ccess; WordPerfect; World Wide Web Research

References: Professional: Paul C. Miniclier Law Offices of Paul C. Miniclier 1305 Dublin Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 (504) 864-1276 Marta-Ann Schnabel OBryon & Schnabel, P.L.C 1515 Poydras Street, Suite 830 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 (504)799-4200 Paul R. Wegmann, Esq. Irwin, Fritchie, Urquhart & Moore 400 Poydras Street, Suite 2700 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504)524-7727 Clare W. Trinchard, Esq. Trinchard & Trinchard 858 Camp Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504)523-1986 James Trinchard, Esq. Trinchard & Trinchard 858 Camp Street

New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504)523-1986 Frank P. Tranchina, Jr., Esq. Dutel & Tranchina 517 N. Columbia Street Covington, Louisiana 70433 (985)892-6474

Character: Bryan DeTray, Esq. Staff Attorney United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 600 Camp Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504)589-6554 Michele Gaudin, Esq. 858 Camp Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504)524-7727 Francis R. White, Esq. 205 East Lockwood Street Covington, Louisiana 70433 (985)898-2124