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| | Address | | 2001 MacArthur Drive, P.O. Box 6118 | | Alexandria, Louisiana 71307-6118 | | (Rapides Parish) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell,
A Professional Law Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Corporate, Estate Planning and Probate, Exempt Organizations, Health Care, Immigration and Naturalization, Labor and Employment Law, Public Law and Legislation, Real Estate and Secured Transactions, Tax, Business Litigation, Employment Litigation, Health Care and Medical Malpractice, Insurance and Public Liability Defense, and Product Liability. | | Year Established: 1980 | Firm Profile:
Since 1950 the Gold Firm has molded solutions for the businesses and the people of the Central South. Vision, strong relationships and commitment to excellence are our hallmarks. As one of the state's largest and most diversified law firms outside New Orleans, Gold Weems has achieved and maintained its preeminent position in the Louisiana legal community through the quality and dedication of its members and staff. Uncompromising standards are reflected in the ability and integrity of these professionals. The approach of the Gold Firm to the practice of law seeks to ensure that each client is served not by a single lawyer, but by firm-wide resources and expertise. The availability of counsel with training and experience in areas of specialization, each committed to analyzing a problem from the client's perspective, assures the efficient achievement of that objective. The Gold Firm's diverse practice breaks generally into two areas: Business Law, in which the focus is on advice, planning, solving problems, document preparation and other transaction-oriented work; and Litigation, in which dispute resolution is the central theme. The firm is organized along these primary lines, with individual concentration in specialty areas. | | Firm Size: 26 | Languages:
English and Spanish. | Representative Clients:
Rapides Regional Medical Center; Roy O. Martin Lumber Company, Inc.; American International Group; LAMMICO; CNA Insurance Company; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company; RSKCo.; Wilson Oil Company, Inc.; Red River Waterway Commission; Martco Limited Partnership; Afco Industries, Inc.; Shelter Insurance Company; Reliant American Group, Inc.; Flint Rock Cattle Company. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| | Charles S. Weems, III (President) born Riverside, California, September 23, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Federal Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Accounting, 1965; J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1966-1968 and Editor-in-Chief, 1967-1968, Louisiana Law Review. Member, Louisiana State Law Institute (Council, 1980—; Vice-President, 2002—). Member, 1991— and Chairman, 1998-2000, Board of Supervisors, Louisiana State University. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State (President, 1996-1997; Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1992, 1995-1998; Member, 1985-1988 and Chairman, 1987-1988, Specialization Board (Taxation); Chair, Section on Trust, Estate, Probate and Immovable Property Law, 1976-1977; Member, Sections on: Corporation and Business Law; Trust, Estate, Probate and Immovable Property Law; Taxation; Lecturer, Commercial Litigation, 1987, Expropriation, 1983, Taxation, 1985, 1994-1995, 2002, Evidence, 1991, Director and Officer Liability, 1991-1992, Business Organizations, 1993, 1996, Estate Planning, 1994, 1995, 2004, for Continuing Legal Education) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; National Conference of Bar Presidents; Southern Conference of Bar Presidents; Crossroads-American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (Master of the Bench). Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1998); American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Taxation; Trusts and Estates. Email: Charles S. Weems, III | | Henry B. Bruser, III (Director) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 29, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University and A. & M. College (B.S., 1965; J.D., 1969). Winner, 1966-1967, Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2000-2005. Law Clerk to E. Gordon West, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1968-1969. Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Gulf South Region, 1991-1997. Adjunct Instructor, Trial Advocacy, Louisiana State University Law Center, 1991-1997. Lecturer, Loyola School of Law, Continuing Legal Education, "Evidence: The Concepts of Relevancy and Foundation and How to Establish Them," 1991, and "The Law of Automobile Accident Reconstruction in the 1990's," 1990. Lecture/Demonstration, Louisiana State University Law Center, Continuing Legal Education, "Cross-Examination of Plaintiff's Neurosurgeon and Economist in a Personal Injury Case," 1989. Member: Alexandria (President, 1983-1984), Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Insurance, Negligence, Compensation and Admiralty Law; Civil Law and Litigation; Environmental Law. Lecturer, "Effective Civil Jury Trial Techniques for the Defense," 1977-1978, and "Judges and Lawyers—Cooperating and Coping," 1988, Program Chair, "Insurance 'Hot Spots'," 1996, "Trying a Case in Louisiana and All That Jazz—Demonstration Cross-Examination of Plaintiff's Doctor," 1998, for the Committee on Continuing Legal Education); Fifth Federal Circuit and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort Trial & Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1997; Board of Directors, 1986-1988; Faculty, Trial Academy, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997); Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Louisiana City Attorney's Association; Crossroads-American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (President, 1993-1994; Master of the Bench). American Bar Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Local Government Law; Construction Litigation; Arbitration; Products Liability Defense. Email: Henry B. Bruser, III | | Eugene J. Sues (Director) born Jackson, Mississippi, November 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University and A. & M. College (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1970). Law Clerk, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit, 1970-1971. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State (Lecturer, "Workers' Compensation: Plaintiff and Defense Viewpoints," 1991, for the Committee on Continuing Legal Education; Member: Section on Insurance, Negligence, Compensation and Admiralty Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Health Law; Tort Trial & Insurance Law) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys of the Louisiana Hospital Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Crossroads-American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (Master of the Bench). Louisiana Bar Foundation. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1970-1974]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice. Email: Eugene J. Sues | | Edward E. Rundell (Director) born Alexandria, Louisiana, January 21, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Texas and U.S. Supreme Court of Texas; 1974, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana College; Louisiana Tech University (B.A., 1965; M.A., 1966); University of Texas (J.D., 1970; Ph.D., 1973). Faculty: Gulf Coast Regional Faculty, New Orleans, LA, 1992-2002; National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1992-2002; National Faculty, Boulder, CO, 1998. Lectures and Publications: Contributing Author: "Opening Statement and Closing Argument," LADC Product Liability Trial Notebook, 1991; "Opening Statement in the Jury Trial," National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1992-1998; "The Essentials of Impeachment," National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1996-1997; "The Use of Documentary Evidence at Trial," Tulane University School of Law, Mastering the Evidence, 4th Trial by Masters, Tulane University School of Law, 1991, 1992; "The Use of Deposition at Trial," National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1992; "Recent Developments in Insurance Law: Summer School for Lawyers," Issues and Trends in Insurance Law, 1992; "Using the Evidence in Opening Statement," Loyola University School of Law, Seventh Annual Evidence Law Conference, 1992-1995; "Setting the Stage for Evidence Through the Opening Statement," Loyola University School of Law, Ninth Annual Evidence Law Conference, 1997; "Opening Statement and Closing Argument," "Back to the Future: A New Look at the Old Principles of Persuasion," LSBA Young Lawyers Section, CLE in Grand Cayman, 1992; Preparation of the Client for a Discovery Deposition," Crossroads American Inn of Court, 1993; "Persuasive Speaking," ABA Young Lawyers Section, Walkin' to New Orleans Delta Conference, 1993; "Armed and Dangerous: Preparing Yourself and Your Client for the Deposition," Depositions from A-Z, LSBA, 1994; "Life on the High Wire - The Duty to Defend in LA," LADC N.O., 1995; "How to Win Friends and Influence People: The Closing Argument in a Jury Trial," LA Department of Justice Litigation Division B.R., Fall Trial Tactics Seminar, 1995; "How to Win Friends and Influence People: The Opening Statement in a Jury Trial," LA Department of Justice Litigation Division B.R., Fall Trial Tactics Seminar, 1997; "Don't Gamble on Opening Statement and Closing Argument," Young Lawyers Section, The Central LA pro Bono Project, 1995; "Bad Faith Penalties Against Insurers," LADC Attorney/Client Seminar, 1999; "Jury Selection," Alexandria Bar Association, 2001; "Hitting the High Notes in Opening and Closing," Louisiana State Bar Association, 2001. Member, "Art of War" article (Stephen Victory Award), The College of the State Bar of Texas, 1994-1998. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State (Member: House of Delegates, 1999-2000; Sections on: Insurance; Negligence; Compensation and Admiralty Law), Federal (Member, Sections on: Tort Trial & Insurance Practice; Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: Health Law; Tort and Insurance Practice; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Product Liability Advisory Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Faculty, Trial Academy, 1991); Crossroads-Inns of Court (Master of Bench, 1993). Practice Areas: Product Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance; Public Liability Defense; Architects and Engineers Defense. Email: Edward E. Rundell | | Robert G. Nida (Director) born Columbus, Ohio, September 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Northwestern State University (B.S., 1969); Louisiana State University and A. & M. College (J.D., 1978). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1976-1978. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Trusts, Estate, Probate; Immovable Property Law) and American (Member, Sections on: General Practice; Litigation) Bar Associations; Louisiana Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Section). Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Commercial Law; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Real Estate; Secured Transactions; Probate; Estate Planning. Email: Robert G. Nida | | Sam N. Poole, Jr. (Director) born Alexandria, Louisiana, February 22, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., 1976); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1979). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute, Inc. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Products Liability. Email: Sam N. Poole, Jr. | | Peggy D. St. John (Director) born Bernice, Louisiana, January 11, 1953; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2001, Maryland. Education: Louisiana College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Louisiana State University and A. & M. College (J.D., 1983). Alpha Chi. Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Semi-Finalist. Recipient: Certificate of Recognition for Academic Excellence; American Jurisprudence Award in Insurance. Listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Member, Trial Academy, 1987. Member: Alexandria (Member, Executive Committee, 1984-1985; Publicity Chair for Law Week, 1984); Louisiana State (Member: Board of Governors, 1984-1986; Budget Committee; Liaison to Committees on the Unauthorized Practice of Law and Client Security Fund; Member, Multi-topic Subcommittee on Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1988-1989; Occasional Speaker for Continuing Legal Education; Representative, Young Lawyers Division, 6th Division, 1985-1987; State Chair: High School Essay Contest, 1984-1985; Award of Achievement, 1985; Delegate to ABA Mid-Year Meeting, 1986; Member, Special Committee on Judicial Electoral Process, 1991; Former Member, Advisory Group for the United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana, Appointed Under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990) and American Bar Associations; Christian Legal Society; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Board of Directors, 2002-2004); Crossroads-American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (President, 1995-1996; Program Chair, 1994-1995; Member, Executive Committee, 1993-1997; Master of the Bench). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Health Care; Medical Malpractice; Litigation. Email: Peggy D. St. John | | Raymond L. Brown, Jr. (Director) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., cum laude, 1980); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1983). Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1981-1983. Author: "Victim Fault," 43 Louisiana Law Review 1392 (1982); "Judicial Review of Conservation Orders," 43 Louisiana Law Review 1201 (1983). Lecturer: "Developing Evidence to be Used in Opening Statements and Handling Objections," Loyola University School of Law, Eleventh Annual Louisiana Evidence Law Conference, 1996; "Direct and Cross-Examination of Experts in Jury Trials," La. Dept. Justice Fall Trial Tactics Seminar, 1995; "Approaching the Deposition," Depositions From A-Z, 1994; "An Insurer's Fiduciary Duty to the Victim," Tenth Annual LADC Attorney-Client Seminar, 1992; "Handling the Expert Witness," LADC North Louisiana Seminar, 1996; First Annual Civil Defense Practice Seminar, LADC, 1997; Moderator-Lecturer, Second Annual LADC, Civil Defense Practice in Louisiana Seminar, 1998; LADC Counsel, 1999, Civil Defense Practice in Louisiana, "Jury Charges and Instructions and Jury Selection"; Moderator-Lecturer, "Post-Trial Remedies in the Trial Court," 4th Annual LADC Civil Defense Practice in Louisiana Seminar, 2000. Faculty: Louisiana State University Law School Trial Advocacy Training Program, 1996, 1998-2001, 2004, 2005, 2006; Tulane Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop, 1997. Attorney Member, 2002-2004, Chair 2004—, Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee. Member: Alexandria (Executive Committee, 1992-1993), Louisiana State (Chair, High School Essay Contest Committee, 1988-1989; Member, Sections on: Insurance, Negligence, Compensation and Admiralty Law; Civil Law and Litigation), Federal and American (Member, Sections on Tort and Insurance Practice; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 2007—); Defense Research Institute, Inc.; Crossroads-American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (Master of the Bench); American College of Barristers (Senior Counsel, 1991—); The College of Master Advocates and Barristers (Senior Counsel); Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel. Fellow: Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by The National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability. Email: Raymond L. Brown, Jr. | | Randall L. Wilmore (Director) born Alexandria, Louisiana, October 26, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Centenary College (B.S., 1984); Louisiana State University and A. & M. College (J.D., 1987). Member, 1985-1987 and Associate Editor, 1986-1987, Louisiana Law Review. Author: "The Right of Passage for the Benefit of Enclosed Estate," 47 Louisiana Law Review 199 (1986). Member, American Bakrtuptcy Institute, Alexandria/Pineville Board of Realtors. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Civil Law; Litigation; Corporate and Business Law; Trusts, Estate, Probate and Immovable Property Law; Consumer Protection; Bankruptcy Law) and American Bar Associations; Crossroads-American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (Barrister). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Litigation; Eminent Domain; Creditors Rights; Real Estate; Probate; Corporate Law. Email: Randall L. Wilmore | | Dorrell J. Brister (Director) born Pipe Creek, Texas, July 7, 1940; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana; 1988, Texas, Supreme Court of Texas, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University and A. & M. College (B.S., 1972; M.S., 1977; J.D., 1987). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Co-Winner, Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition, 1987. Member, Louisiana State University Jessup International Law Moot Court Team—District Winner and Semi-Finalist in National Competition, 1987. Member, Moot Court Board, 1986-1987. Certified Public Accountant, Louisiana, 1980. Lecturer: Louisiana State University Law Center, Continuing Legal Education, "Selected Areas of Finance Under Chapter 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code," 1991; "General Information, Scope and Nature of Secured Transactions, 1989; "Successions Revision of the 1997 Louisiana Legislature—What is its Impact?" 1998; "Opening and Administering the Small Estate," 2002; Southern University Law Center, Continuing Legal Education, "Agricultural and Timber Financing," 1990. Lecturer: Louisiana State Bar Association, "Basic Principles of Louisiana Estate Planning and Estate Taxes," 2000; "How (not) to Screw up on Administration: Non-Probate Assets, Tax Allocation Issues and other Favorites," 2001; "Recent Developments in Successions and Donations, 2003. Member: Alexandria (Member, Nominating Committee, 1991-1992; Chair, Young Lawyers Section Bench Bar Conference Committee, 1989-1990; Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1990-1991; Treasurer, 1994-1996; Vice-President, 1999-2000; President, 2000-2001), Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Corporation and Business Law; Taxation; Trust, Estates, Probate and Immovable Property Law), Fifth Federal Circuit, Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate & Trust Law; Taxation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate, Probate and Trust; Taxation Law); American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants; Alexandria Society of Certified Public Accountants; Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants (Member: Estate and Financial Planning Committee;); Louisiana State Law Institute (Member, Louisiana Commercial Laws Committee); Crossroads-American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (Master of the Bench, Treasurer, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005); The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Fellow, 2002). (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist and Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Trusts and Estates; Taxation. Email: Dorrell J. Brister | | Gregory B. Upton (Director) born Alexandria, Louisiana, June 8, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Military Review and Army Court of Military Review. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., summa cum laude, with honors, Economics, 1982; J.D., cum laude, 1985); George Washington University (LL.M., Taxation, 1991). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to F.A. Little, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1985-1986. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1986-1991]. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Litigation; Contracts; Tax Litigation; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Probate. Email: Gregory B. Upton | | Randall M. Seeser (Director) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 14, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana and Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1987; J.D., 1990). Law Clerk to Justice James L. Dennis, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1990-1991. Member: Alexandria and Louisiana State (Member, High School Essay Contest Committee, 1991-1993; Member, Sections on: Civil Law; Litigation; Insurance, Negligence, Compensation and Admiralty Law; Health Law) and American (Member, Health Law Section) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Law; Insurance Defense; Municipal Law; Governmental Liability. Email: Randall M. Seeser | | Michael J. O'Shee (Director) born Alexandria, Louisiana, March 2, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1979). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Civil Law; Litigation; Insurance); Crossroads-American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (Master of the Bench). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Governmental Liability; Eminent Domain; Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice. Email: Michael J. O'Shee | | J. Graves Theus, Jr. (Director) born Monroe, Louisiana, June 22, 1966; admitted to bar, 1997, Washington; 1999, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1988); Gonzaga University (J.D., cum laude, 1996); Boston University (LL.M., Taxation, 1997). Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State, Washington State and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Health Law; Taxation) Bar Associations. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Tax Law; Commercial Transactions; Business Law; Tax Exempt Organizations; Successions; Commercial Litigation. Email: J. Graves Theus, Jr. | | Brandon A. Sues (Director) born Fort Riley, Kansas, May 5, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1994; J.D., 1997). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Alexandria (Member, Young Lawyers Council, 1999-2001; Treasurer, 2000-2001; Chair-Elect, 2001-2002; Chair, 2002-2003, Past Chair, 2003-2004), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Council; Crossroads/American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Insurance Defense; Governmental Liability; Health Care; Medical Malpractice. Email: Brandon A. Sues | | Lottie L. Bash (Director) born Charlotte, North Carolina, February 14, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana and Supreme Court of Louisiana; 2000, Trial Courts in Georgia; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Coushatta Tribal Court and Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Court. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1996); Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University (J.D., 1999). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1997-1998 and Articles Editor, 1998-1999, Mercer Law Review. Member, 1997-1998 and First Place 1998 Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Team. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Defense Research Institute; Crossroads-American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (Secretary-Treasurer, 2005—); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Insurance Defense; Employment; Native American Law; Products Liability; Public Liability. Email: Lottie L. Bash | | Trevor S. Fry (Director) born Atlanta, Georgia, October 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Auburn University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996); Louisiana State University and A & M College (J.D., 2000). Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section), Federal (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section), and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Crossroads-American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville (Associate); Central Louisiana Society for Human Resource Management. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Employee Benefits; Personal Injury. Email: Trevor S. Fry | | Bradley L. Drell (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1993); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1996). Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1996-1997. Distinguished Past President, Kiwanis Club of Central Louisiana. Young Lawyer's Section Observer to the Louisiana State Law Institute (2003). District Six Representative to the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Council (2005-2006). Member: Alexandria and Louisiana State (Member, Sections on Bankruptcy and Consumer Protection, Civil Law and Litigation, Corporate and Business Law, Anti-Trust and Trade Regulation, Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Barrister, Crossroads American Inn of Court. (Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization) (Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification). Reported Cases: Townsend v. Board of Trustees of Louisiana College, 2005-1283 (La.App. 3 Cir. 4/12/06), 928 So.2d 715, 209 Ed. Law Rep. 576; In re Desselle, 166 Fed.Appx. 134 (5th Cir. 2006); In re Railworks Corp., 325 B.R.709 (Bankr. D. Md. 2005). Fairrow v. Marves, 2003-0169 (La. App. 3 Cir. 12/23/03); 862 So.2d 1234. F. Miller & Sons, Inc. v. Calcaseiu Parish School Bd., 2002-1680 (La. App. 3. Cir. 2/25/03); 838 So.2d 1269. Way v. Andries, 2002-0057 (La.App. 3 Cir. 6/5/02); 819 So.2d 465. In re Sigust, 255 B.R. 822, 45 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 553 (Bankr.W.D.La.2000); affirmed 281 F.3d 1280. Faubion v. Marshall, 246 B.R. 829 (W.D. La. 2000). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy(50%); Commercial Litigation(35%); Insurance Defense(2%); Employment Law(3%); Commercial Transactions(10%). Email: Bradley L. Drell | | Steven M. Oxenhandler (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, October 1, 1954; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida and U.S. Supreme Court; 2003, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.S., cum laude, 1977); Florida Atlantic University (M.P.A., 1985); University of Miami (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Order of the Coif. Member, 2000-2001 and Senior Notes & Comments Editor, 2001, University of Miami Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. F. A. Little, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 2001- 2002. Author: "Taxicab Licenses: In Search of a 5th Amendment, Compensable Property Interest," 27 Transp. L.J. 113, 2000; "The Lady Doth Protest Too Much Methinks: The Use of Figurative Language From Shakespeare's Hamlet in American Case Law," 23 Hamline L.Rev. 370, 2000. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Hebrew and Spanish. Practice Areas: Employment; Public Liability Defense; Immigration and Naturalization; Products Liability. Email: Steven M. Oxenhandler | | Stephen A. LaFleur (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, September 18, 1953; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana and U. S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1975; J.D., 2003). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Order of the Coif. Member (2001-2003) and Editor-in-Chief (2002-2003) Louisiana Law Review. Author: "Kyllo v. United States: Something Old, Nothing New; Mostly Borrowed What to Do?" 62 LA.L.Rev. 929 (2002). Member: Louisiana State and Alexandria Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Stephen A. LaFleur | | Lacey Huffman Edwards (Associate) born Natchez, Mississippi, June 26, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Louisiana at Monroe (B.S.N., magna cum laude, 1999); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2004). Member: Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Lambda Delta. Inactive Registered Nurse, Louisiana. Member: Alexandria and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Crossroads-American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice. Email: Lacey Huffman Edwards | | Heather M. Mathews (Associate) born Alexandria, Louisiana, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: Alexandria and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Defense. Email: Heather M. Mathews | | Sarah Spruill Couvillon (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, May 11, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana College (B.S., 2001); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2005). Member: Alexandria and Louisiana State Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Public Liability Defense. Email: Sarah Spruill Couvillon | | Sara Dantzler (Associate) born Austin, Texas, March 29, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002; J.D., 2005). Alpha Lambda Delta. Law Clerk to Judge Harry F. Randow, Ninth Judicial District Court, Alexandria, Louisiana, 2005-2006. Member: Alexandria and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Employment Law; Workers Compensation. Email: Sara Dantzler | | Amanda Wood Barnett (Associate) born Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, September 13, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Newcomb College of Tulane University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Corporate and Business Law; Mineral Law) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law. | | Deidra L. Godfrey (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Southern University (B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 2003); Southern University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Public Liability Defense; Insurance Defense; Employment and Labor Litigation. Email: Deidra L. Godfrey |
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