Senator, United States Senate, Louisiana, 2017-present

Candidate, United States Senate, Louisiana, 2004, 2008, 2022

Treasurer, State of Louisiana, 2000-2017

Secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue, 1996-1999

Member, Committee on Appropriations

Member, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Member, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Member, Committee on the Budget

Member, Committee on the Judiciary

Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism

Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy

Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

Member, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

Member, Subcommittee on Homeland Security

Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development

Member, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts

Member, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law

Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment

Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Former Member, Constitution Subcommittee, United States Senate

Former Member, Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee, United States Senate

Former Member, Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety

Former Member, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance

Former Partner, Chafee, McCall, Phillips, Toler and Sarpy, Limited Liability Partnership

Substitute Teacher, East Baton Rouge Public Schools

Adjunct Professor, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 2002-2016

Partner, Chaffe McCall Law Firm, 1984-1995

Special Counsel, Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, 1988-1992

Secretary, Louisiana Governor's Cabinet, 1990-1992

Member, Board of Directors, Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation, 1992-present

Founding Member, North Cross United Methodist Church, present

Member, Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity, present

Member, Board of Directors, Council for a Better Louisiana

Member, Friends of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

Member, Governor Roemer's Commission on Medical Malpractice

Vice Chair, Interim Emergency Board

Founding Member, Louisiana Lottery Corporation

Board Chair, Louisiana Old State Capitol

Member, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority

Member, Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Commission

Member, Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority

Southern Regional Vice-President, National Association of State Treasurers

Member, Order of the Coif, University of Virginia School of Law

Chair, Public Retirement System Actuarial Committee

Member, Secretary of State's Commission on Corporations

Chair, State Bond Commission

Former Executive Editor, Virginia Law Review, University of Virginia School of Law

Pets (include names):

2 dogs (Charlie and Jack)

Publications:

The Federal Power Commission, Job Bias, and NAACP v. FPC, 10 Akron Law Review 556, 1977;
Assumption of the Risk, Comparative Fault and Strict Liability After Rozell, 47 Louisiana Law Review 791, 1987;
A Primer on the Louisiana Products Liability Act, 49 Louisiana Law Review 565, 1989;
The Role of the Consumer Expectation Test Under Louisiana's Products Liability Doctrine, 69 Tulane Law Review 117, 1994;
The Dimension of Time in the Louisiana Products Liability Act, 42 Louisiana Bar Journal, 1994;
Louisiana State Constitutional Law, LSU Publications Institute, 2012