Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.A., Cum Laude, 1967); Tulane University (M.S.W., 1969; J.D., Cum Laude, 1980). Member, Tulane Moot Court Board.

Author/Lecturer: "Seaman Status: What's New", Tulane University's 8th Fall Maritime Law Program, September 1999; "Disagreement and Dispute in the Shipping Industry", Intercem Americas, The Sixth International Conference, 8 October 1999.

Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Texas State, and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Mariners Club of the Port of New Orleans; Association of Women Attorneys. Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, the Louisiana Supreme Court and all courts of Louisiana,the Texas Supreme Court and all courts of Texas.

Practice Areas: Ms. Rogers' practice has focused for the past twenty-one years on all of the major areas of admiralty and maritime law, including claims for cargo damage, charter party disputes, and other freight, demurrage, and defense matters, maritime personal injury and death claims, seaman wage claims,collisions, allisions and wavewash claims, involving not only commercial vessels, but also yachts and personal watercraft. In addition, a substantial portion of her practice has involved representing vessel owners,charterers and their underwriters before various federal administrative and regulatory bodies.