Background
Carleton, Michael David was born on October 15, 1957 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. Son of Milton Lee and Betty Ann (Dahlgren) Carleton.
Carleton, Michael David was born on October 15, 1957 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. Son of Milton Lee and Betty Ann (Dahlgren) Carleton.
Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1979. Juris Doctor, 1982). Pi Sigma Alpha. Law Clerk, Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal.
Member, Petroleum Landmen’s Association of New Orleans, 1984 Member, American Association of Petroleum Landmen, 1984-1986.
Worked at Lundy & Davis, Limited liability partnership (Lake Charles, Los Angeles) specializing in Real Estate, Commercial, Successions Law, Oil and Gas Law, General Civil. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Louisiana. 1989, United States. District Court, Western District of Louisiana.
Pi Sigma Alpha.
Law Clerk, Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 1982-1983. Author: "Thoughts on Will Drafting," Trust and Estate Law Report Volume(s).1, Number.1. "Avoiding Title Problems in Probate," Trust and Estate Law Report, Volume(s).2, Number.1.
Louisiana.
Certified Real Estate Instructor, 1990. Instructor: Real Property, McNeese State University Paralegal Program, 1992-1994. Guest Lecturer, Gulf South Real Estate Institute, 1991.
Member: Petroleum Landmen"s Association of New Orleans, 1984-1986.
American Association of Petroleum Landmen, 1984-1986. Mediator, United States.
Arbitration and Mediation, Gulf South. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State (Member, Uniform Title Standards Committee, 1991) and American (Member, Trusts, Estates, Real Property Section) Bar Associations.
Member, board directors, lay reader, co-chairman Haiti mission project Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Lake Charles, since 1993. Affiliate member Greater Calcasieu Board Realtors, Lake Charles, since 1990. Member of advisory board Episcopal Day School.
Member American Bar Association (Young Lawyers division Executive Committee probate and trust/real property 1992-1996), Louisiana Bar Association (uniform title Studies. committee since 1992, probate and trust/real property 1992-1996), S.W. Louisiana Bar Association, Young Men's Bus.Club Lake Charles (board directors 1987-1989, vice president 1989, Outstanding Member 1989), South Lake Charles Kiwanis Club (board directors president since 1990, Committee Chairman of Year 1993), Pi Sigma Alpha.
Married Jacqueline Leigh McCarty, July 11, 1987. Children: Laura, Rebecca, Ellen.