PHILIP R. RIEGEL, JR. received the decree of Juris Doctor from the Louisiana State University Law School in 1969 where he was a member of the Louisiana Law Review. Mr. Riegel is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist and has been in private practice since 1969. He is a member of the Marriage/Persons Committee of the Louisiana State Law Institute and a member of the Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since its first publication, and is a past-Chairman of the Family Law Section of the LSBA (1983-84). For many years he has been a regular speaker at Continuing Legal Education programs. He is a sole practitioner in the field of Family Law in Metairie, Louisiana.