Personal Bio:

 

Born and raised in Louisiana, I have lived in many parts of the U.S., but I returned home to go to school and I have lived here for the last ten years.  

 

I spent more than twenty years in the restaurant business, culminating in managing a premiere steak house, where I was responsible for the 3000 bottle wine list as the sommelier.  I also ran the day-to-day operation of the restaurant, a skill set I hope to put to use in an oversight capacity, as owner of my own restuarant, after some years in the practice of law.

 

I have been married for fourteen years now, to Jeannine Grego Ambeau, we have four children; Matthew Grego (18), Rene (12), Joseph (5), and Isabella (4). My oldest, who is my step-son, will begin college at Louisiana State University this fall.

 

I graduated from Thomas Edison State College while deployed to Kuwait/Iraq in 2004 with a degree in Philosophy. I had studied at Louisiana State University for 3 1/2 years prior to finishing at the on-line university.  My undergraduate thesis at LSU focused on the ethics of Immanuel Kant and a formal logic analysis of his formulations of the moral law, from his famous book Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. 

 

I graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in the spring of 2008, where I was a two time finalist in the Ira S. Flory Moot Court competition, and a member of the 2007-2008 Moot Court Board.

 

I was sworn in to practice law in the State of Louisiana on May 14, 2009, in Kenner, LA. I currently work in the Gonzales, LA office of Dugas, Leblanc & Mire, where I will have a general practice, with a focus on criminal defense and civil litigation. I pracitce with my uncle, Judge Pegram Mire (Ret.), who is both my office-mate and mentor. 

 

Military Bio:

 

I joined the U.S. Military in October of 2001, both in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001; and a desire to join ROTC at LSU. I transferred to the 22nd LSO TDS in December of 2003, to function as a 27D, paralegal, in an environment that would offer the opportunity to learn about the practice of law.

 

In May of 2004, I volunteered to be deployed to Iraq. I was sent to Kuwait where I was the NCOIC of the Kuwait Trial Defense Service office. The attorney for whom I worked was assigned to one of the Abu Ghirab soldiers, and we functioned as her defense team for the duration of my deployment. In addition, we had 5 General Courts Martial, and about 400 Article 15 proceedings, non-judicial punishment in the UCMJ. I redeployed in Jan of 2005, and returned home shortly thereafter.

 

Since my return, I have been a member of the 22nd LSO, Trial Defense Service, Team 15, here in Baton Rouge, LA.