Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Ltd.

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Law Firm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 
Address
701 Main Street (70802), P.O. Box 1151 (70821)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821
(East Baton Rouge Parish)
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Contact Information
Phone: 225-383-3796  
Fax: 225-343-9612
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Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Ltd. practices in the following areas of law:
Professional Malpractice Defense (Legal, Architect/Engineer, Agent E&O, Medical and Dental, etc.), Products Liability, General Liability, Premises Liability, Land Based Casualty Claims, Insurance Defense, Automobile Liability and Uninsured Motorist Coverage, Workers' Compensation, Admiralty, Subrogation, Mediation, Insurance Regulatory and Legislative Representation, Labor and Employment Relations, Insurance Coverage Analysis, Environmental Litigation, Criminal Defense.
Year Established: 1969
Firm Size: 23
Representative Clients:
Admiral Insurance Co.; Allstate Insurance Co.; American Honda Finance Corp.; American Mutual Insurance Co.; American Specialty Insurance Co.; Amica Mutual Inc. Co.; Armco Insurance Co.; Association Risk Management Service Co.; Avis Rent-A-Car; Black & Decker; Calvert Insurance Co.; Centra, Inc.; Central Regional Claims Corp.; Central State Health & Life Company of Omaha; Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.; Cigna Insurance Cos.; Clarendon National Insurance Co.; CNA Insurance Cos.; Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; Encompass Insurance Companies; Executive Risk Consultants, Inc.; Farmers Mutual Ins. Co. of Nebraska; Federated Mutual Insurance Co.; Fleetwood Enterprises; Frank B. Hall & Co. of California; General Star Indemnity Co.; Hanover Insurance Co.; Home Insurance Co.; INAPRO; Indiana Lumberman's Mutual Insurance Co.; Insured Lloyd's Insurance Co.; Jacobs Engineering Group; Jersey International; Lancer Insurance Co.; Liberty Bell Agency; Insurance Company of North America; Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Assn.; Louisiana Network; Martin-Marietta Manned Space Program; Mason & Dixon Truck Lines; May Department Stores; Medical Personnel Pool; MHI Group; Med Marc; Natchitoches Diagnostic Labs, Inc.; National American Insurance Co.; National Interstate Insurance Co.; Nautilus Insurance Co.; Nobel Insurance Co.; Northwestern National Insurance Co.; Old Republic Insurance Co.; Overnite Transportation Co.; Pathology Associates of Southern Louisiana; Progressive Insurance Company; Ranger Insurance Co.; Republic Vanguard Insurance Co.; Rheem Manufacturing; Risk Enterprise Management, Ltd.; SCIBEL Insurance Group; Scott Wetzel Services, Inc.; Scottsdale Insurance Co.; Seneca Insurance Co.; SHRM Catering Services, Inc.; Southeast Biological Labs; Southern Camera, Inc.; Spine Diagnostics, Inc.; Trinity Universal Insurance Cos.; Underwriters at Lloyd's of London; University Plasma Centers; U.S. Home Corporation; Viking Insurance Co.; Western Heritage Insurance Co.; W.R. Grace & Co.; York International; Zurich-American Ins. Co.; Zurich U.S. Insurance Group.
Office Hours:
Monday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Stephen R. Wilson (Member) born Monroe, Louisiana, August 7, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana; 1979, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.A., 1972); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1976). Assistant Parish Attorney, City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge, 1977-1999. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice (Legal Architect/Engineer Dental); Products Liability; General Insurance Defense. Email: Stephen R. Wilson
John P. Wolff, III (Member) born Wiesbaden, Germany, June 22, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1995, Texas. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1984). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board, 1983-1984. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Agency and Partnership. Recipient, Robert Lee Tullis Semi-Finalist, 1983-1984. Winner, Flory Trial Competition. Member: Lafayette, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Member, Bench and Bar Section; AD HOC Judiciary Committee) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Rayne State Bank & Trust Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company, 483 So. 2d 987 (La. 1986); Tate v. Charles Aquillard Insurance & Real Estate, Inc. 508 So.2d 1371 (La., 1987); Hoyt v. Woodchip, 651 So.2d 1344; Bonin v. Cournoyer-Buick-Pontiac, Inc., 05-0171 (La. App. 1 Cir. 12/22/05), 922 So.2d 608, writ denied, 06-0654 (La. 5/26/06), So.2d, 2006 WL 1663384. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Class Actions; Product and Professional Liability; Life Sciences; Medical Device Litigation; Admiralty; General Liability; Environmental Litigation; Excess Liability; Insurance Coverage; Labor and Employment; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Business Litigation. Email: John P. Wolff, III
Steven C. Judice (Member) born Lafayette, Louisiana, February 22, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S., 1979); North Texas State University (M.S., 1980); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1983). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Winner, Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition. Author: "Avoiding Perceptions of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace," An E-Book, Published By Concept Keys, Inc. Member: East Baton Rouge Parish and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 2005—). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Professional Liability; Employment; Litigation. Email: Steven C. Judice
Andrew Blanchfield (Member) born Paterson, New Jersey, July 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1981); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1985). Law Clerk to the Hon. Marcel Livaudais, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1985-1987. Member: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; Health Care; Nursing Home Litigation; Litigation. Email: Andrew Blanchfield
Edward F. Stauss III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 29, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1983); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1986). Member, Moot Court Board. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Evidence. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Premises Liability; Automobile Liability; Workers Compensation; Employment Law; Subrogation. Email: Edward F. Stauss III
Kirk L. Landry (Member) born New York, N.Y., November 8, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1996, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Finance, 1987; J.D., 1990; M.A.H., 1997). Phi Delta Phi. Instructor, Constitutional Law, Louisiana State University, 2007-2008. Member: Baton Rouge Bar (Chair, Workers Compensation Section, 1999-2001); Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Dean Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court; Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers. Practice Areas: Litigation; Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Defense; Insurance Defense; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Kirk L. Landry
Gracella Simmons (Member) born Elizabethtown, Kentucky, October 18, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1976). Member, Moot Court Board. Law Clerk to the Honorable Douglas Gonzales, 19th Judicial District Court. Law Clerk to the Honorable Earl Vernon, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates (Past President, Louisiana Chapter; National Board Member); Dean Henry George McMahon Inn of Court; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Workers' Compensation Defense; General Liability; Professional Liability. Email: Gracella Simmons
Nancy B. Gilbert (Member) born Muncie, Indiana, March 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Earlham College (B.A., 1977); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1994). Phi Kappa Phi. Order of the Coif. Inducted in Paul M. Hebert Law Center Hall of Fame. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Appellate Practice, Torts, Federal Courts, Evidence, Trusts (Successions), Bankruptcy and Family Law. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Bonin v. Cournoyer-Buick-Pontiac, Inc., 05-0171 (La. App. 1 Cir. 12/22/05), 922 So.2d 608, writ denied, 06-0654 (La. 5/26/06), So.2d , 2006 WL 1663384. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Liability; Products Liability; General Liability Defense; Appellate Practice. Email: Nancy B. Gilbert
Collin J. LeBlanc (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana; 1997, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993; J.D., 1996). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Chairman, Student Ethics Committee, 1995-1996. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Constitutional Law and Torts; Corpus Juris Secundum Award in Torts; CALI Awards in Conflicts of Law and U.C.C. Sales. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Liability; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Employment Law; Appellate Practice; Subrogation. Email: Collin J. LeBlanc
Chad A. Sullivan (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, January 18, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: McNeese State University (B.S.N., 1997) Sigma Theta Tau; Paul M. Hebert, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (J.D., 2001) Chancellors List. Recipient, Copyright, Trademark and Intellectual Property, CALI Award. 2000-2001. Registered Nurse, Louisiana, 1997—. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; The American Association of Nurse Attorneys. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Litigation; Nursing Law; LPN and RN Disciplinary Defense; Medical Device Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Professional Liability. Email: Chad A. Sullivan
Christopher K. Jones (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 2, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S., 1998); Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (J.D., 2002). Officer, Student Bar Association, 2001-2002. Recipient: Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors Scholarship; Tulane University Legislative Scholarship; Presidents Award, Baton Rouge Association, 2007; Young Lawyers Section Pro Bono Award, 2008. Member: Baton Rouge (Council Member, Young Lawyers Section) Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Accounting Outsourcing v. Verizon Wireless, 329 F.Supp2d 789 (M.D.La. 2004); Mouton v. Thomas, 924 So.2d 394 (La. App 3rd Cir. 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation; Class Actions; Mass Torts; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Consumer Law. Email: Christopher K. Jones
Mary Anne Wolf (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 16, 1961; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S.E.E., cum laude, 1983; J.D., 1999). Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society. Managing Editor, Louisiana Law Review. Member, Louisiana Engineering Society, 2005. Professional Engineer, Louisiana, 1988. Author, Louisiana's Equal Protection Guarantee 58 La.L.Rev. (Summer 1998). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Products Liability; Construction Law. Email: Mary Anne Wolf
Stephen M. Whitlow (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1992). Assistant, State Attorney General, 1992-1996. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Workers Compensation; Products Liability; General Liability Defense. Email: Stephen M. Whitlow
Tori S. Bowling (Associate) born January 15, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, 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.A., Mass Communication and Business Administration, 2002; J.D./B.C.L., 2005). Dean's List. Vice President, Moot Court Board, 2004. Finalist: 2004 Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition; 2004 Pace University Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. Member: Baton Rouge, Lafayette Parish and Louisiana State Bar Associations; John M. Duhe Inns of Court; Legal Association of Women. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Tori S. Bowling
Michael M. Thompson (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, May 2, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 2003; J.D., 2006). Law clerk to Honorable Judge John V. Parker, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Michael M. Thompson
Virginia McLin (Associate) born Rayville, Louisiana, August 06, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2004); Paul N. Herbert Law Center (J.D., 2007). Order of the Coif. Chancellor's List, Paul M. Herbert Law Center, 2005-2007. Recipient: Awards for Excellence, Income Taxation; "Best Individual Oralist," National Tax Moot Court Competition. Formerly with Sher, Garner Cahill, Ritcher, Klein and Hilbert, LLC. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Advocacy; Class Actions; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation. Email: Virginia McLin
Tiffany N. Thornton (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, October 11, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 2000); Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 2005). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Advocacy; Insurance Defense; Employment Law. Email: Tiffany N. Thornton
Rebecca H. Klar (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, August 3, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., French, 2004); Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D., Civil Law, 2007). Executive Senior Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 2006-2007. Author: 67 LA. L. REV. 599, 2007. Member: Baton Rogue and Louisiana Bar Associations; American Inns of Court, Wex S. Malone Chapter (Member). Practice Areas: General Litigation(50%); Appellate Advocacy(25%); Insurance Defense(25%).
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Andrew J. Hodges, IV (Special Counsel) born Shreveport, Louisiana, September 17, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana; 2002, U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.C.J., 1991); Southern University Law Center (J.D., 1995). Judicial Law Clerk, 19th Judicial District, 1995-1996. Court Arbitrator and Judge Pro Tempore, Baton Rouge City. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Baton Rouge Bar of Criminal Justice (Vice-President, 2000; President, 2001, 2002, 2003); Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Personal Injury; General Liability; Insurance Defense; Entertainment Law. Email: Andrew J. Hodges, IV
OF COUNSEL
John R. (Reggie) Keogh (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 10, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., Psychology and History, 1965; J.D., 1969). Phi Alpha Delta. Adjunct Professor, LSU Paralegal Studies. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State (5th District Representative, Young Lawyers Council, 1975-1976) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member of the Board of Directors). [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1969-1973; Lieut. Colonel JAGC, U.S. Army Reserves]. Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; Products Liability; General Insurance Defense. Email: John R. (Reggie) Keogh
John E. Cox (Of Counsel) born Campti, Louisiana, July 17, 1923; admitted to bar, 1958, Louisiana; 1959, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1974, Illinois; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Centenary College (B.A., 1951); University of Kansas City. President, Baton Rouge Opera, 1985-1986. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Member, Insurance and Negligence Section), Illinois State (Member, Negligence Section) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations. [Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps, 1941-1946]. Languages: French, German and Italian.

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