NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Orleans District employee and New Orleans native Daryl Glorioso recently won the E. Manning Seltzer Award for his outstanding contributions to the legal services for the Greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS). The award was presented during a legal conference in Denver, Colo.
The Corps Chief Counsel selects recipients of the award based on special contributions to the development of legal theory, legal management innovations or practices, or outstanding performance in solving a legal or management problem. Glorioso was recognized for providing essential legal support on authorities, fiscal, environmental, procurement, real estate and ethics and for balancing the legal challenges associated with the $14.6 billion HSDRRS, the largest civil works project in USACE history.
Glorioso has been serving as the Senior Counsel for Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System works since January 2008. In this role, he formulated protocols to assure coordination and integration of legal services and provided counsel to offices responsible for overseeing and executing the HSDRRS.
Glorioso began his career with the Corps in July 1997. Since joining the agency, he has won more than a dozen awards for outstanding achievement, including the Chief Counsel’s Recognition for Outstanding Service in 2006 and the District Commander’s Achievement Medal for Civilian Service in 2005. Glorioso, who is licensed to practice law in the States of Louisiana and Florida, has also previously been employed in the private sector as an adjunct faculty member at Baton Rouge College, an attorney at private law firms, and an electrical engineer. He received his Juris Doctor, with Law Recognition honours, from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1986, after earning a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1981 and a Master of Business Administration in 1982, both from the University of New Orleans.
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