Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P. is composed of 63 attorneys in New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and Houston.

The attorneys at Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.P. possess a wide range of backgrounds and legal skills and are drawn from every region of the United States. The firm's attorneys include former law clerks at the state and federal court levels, chairmen and members of numerous bar association committees and governing bodies, teachers at various law schools, authors and lecturers. Most of our lawyers served in editorial positions on law review or were active in Moot Court programs in law school, and a number graduated first in their law school classes.

Members of the firm are active in the community and serve on a wide variety of charitable boards, and the firm has been recognized as a leading supporter of various pro bono projects that provide free civil legal services to the underprivileged.

Statement of Practice

Administrative, Admiralty and Maritime, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business, Class Actions, Commercial, Commercial Real Estate, Communications and Media, Construction, Corporate, Criminal, Election, Campaign and Political, Energy, Environmental, Franchises and Franchising, General Practice, Government, Health Care, Hospital, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation Medical Malpractice, Natural Resources, Privacy, Products Liability, Real Estate, Regulatory, Securities, Taxation, Trust and Estates, Toxic Tort, Utility and Wills.

Representative Clients:

AFC Enterprises, Inc.
Apache Corp.
Bank of America
Bayou Steel Corp.
BHP Billiton Petroleum
Capitol One, N.A.
Castex Energy, Inc.
Century Exploration
Charles Schwab & Company
Cobalt International Energy, L.P.
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.
ConocoPhillips Co.
Cox Communications
EnCana Corp.
Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited
ENI Petroleum Co.
Entergy Corp.
EOG Resources, Inc.
ExxonMobil Corp.
GE Capital Corp.
Goodrich Petroleum Co.
Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP
Hilcorp Energy Co.
Hunt Oil Co.
Itochu Corp.
JAS Construction, Inc.
Konica Minolta
Leed Petroleum LLC
Lion Copolymer, LLC
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Lonza Group Ltd.
Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Louisiana Oil and Gas Assn.
National Oilwell Varco
Northrop Grumman Corp.
OMNI Energy Services Corp.
Orleans Levee District
Pan American Life Insurance Co.
Petsec Energy Inc.
Procter & Gamble Co.
Sizeler Co.
Southpark Community Hospital
Spectra Energy Corp.
SpeeDee Oil Change, Inc.
St. James Parish Hospital
Swift Energy Co.
The Shaw Group Inc.
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS)
Woodside Energy (USA), Inc.

Address

One American Place
301 Main Street, Suite 1600
Baton Rouge, LA 70801-1916, (East Baton Rouge Parish)

Phone

Phone: 225-381-9643
Fax: 225-336-9763

Website

http://www.gordonarata.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, See Professional Biographies New Orleans, Louisiana)

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Louis M. Phillips (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, May 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1976); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1980). Former Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1988-2002. Contributing Editor, Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice, 2nd Edition. Author: "Fifth Circuit Symposium: Bankruptcy," 35 Loy. L. Rev. 715 (1989); "Developments in the Law: Bankruptcy," 54 La. L. Rev. 599 (1994); "Ruminations on Property of the Estate: Does Anyone Know Why a Debtor's Postpetition Earnings, Generated by Her Own Earning Capacity, Are Not Property of the Bankruptcy Estate?," 58 La. L. Rev. 623 (1998). Frequent speaker and writer for legal education seminars, including seminars presented by or in conjunction with Stetson University College of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Texas Tech School of Law, Norton Institutes on Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, American Bar Association, the bar associations of Louisiana, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin, numerous federal district bar associations, National Association of Attorneys General, States' Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, and Visa International. Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University Law School. Chair, Bankruptcy Law Seminar, LSU Center for Continuing Professional Development. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. (Resident). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation.Email: Louis M. Phillips

Peter A. Kopfinger (Member) born Many, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1986; J.D., 1991); Tulane University of Louisiana (LL.M., Corporate and Commercial Law, 1998). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Debtor and Creditor Rights; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate.Email: Peter A. Kopfinger

ASSOCIATES

Ashley S. Green (Associate) born Cecilia, Louisiana, April 21, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana, U. S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.S., 2001); Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (J.D., 2004; B.C.L., 2004). Member, Order of the Coif, 2004. Junior Associate, 2002-2003 and Senior Associate 2003-2004, Louisiana Law Review. Author: "Board of Education v. Earls," 64 La. L. Rev. 197 (2003). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation.Email: Ashley S. Green

Stephanie Chiasson Toups (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, April 7, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University at Alexandria (B.S., 2003); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Member, Loyola Law Review, 2004-2006. Author: "Still a Pile of Cans of Worms: The Law of Accession in Relation to Immovables," Loyola Law Review, Fall, 2005. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation.

Kate Bailey Labue (Associate) born Houston, Texas, May 31, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2000; J.D./ B.C.L., 2004). Law Clerk to the Honorable James J. Brady, U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Louisiana, 2004-2005. Member: Baton Rouge, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Lafayette Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Oil and Gas Transactions; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Oil and Gas Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Kate Bailey Labue

Ryan J. Richmond (Associate) born San Pablo, California, June 23, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: University of California School of Law, Davis (B.A., 2001); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2006; B.L.L., 2006). Member, Chancellor's List, University of California, Davis. Member, Tullis Moot Court Board, Louisiana State University Law Center. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.Email: Ryan J. Richmond