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| | Address | | One American Place, 14th Floor, 301 Main Street | | Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70825 | | (East Baton Rouge Parish) | | | |
| | | McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice in the State and Federal Courts. Admiralty/Maritime Law, Agricultural, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Aviation, Banking and Financial Institutions, Bankruptcy/Reorganization/Creditors' Rights, Business Litigation, Civil Rights Defense, Collection Law, Commercial Finance/Asset-Based Lending, Construction, Consumer Financial Services Law and Regulation, Corporate and General Business, Employee Benefits/ERISA/Executive Compensation, Energy Law and Regulation, Environmental Law and Regulation, Gaming Law and Regulation, General Litigation and Insurance Defense, Governmental Relations and Legislation, Health Care Law and Regulation, Housing and Housing Finance, Insurance Law and Regulation, Intellectual Property, International Law and Business Transactions, Labor and Employment, Managed Care Liability Defense, Products Liability, Professional Liability/Director and Officer Liability, Project and Structured Finance, Public Law and Finance, Public Finance, Public Utilities Law and Regulation, Real Estate, Securities Law and Regulation, Taxation and Tax Litigation, Trusts/Estate Planning and Administration, Voting Rights Defense, Zoning and Land Use Law. | | Year Established: 1974 | Firm Profile:
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC was founded in New Orleans in 1974 and has grown into one of the largest law firms in the southeastern region of the United States. We currently have six offices in five states -- Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Ohio and Texas. Attorneys in these offices work together to maintain a full-service commercial and defense practice in various areas of the law and to provide competent, cost-effective service to our clients. | | Firm Size: 165 | Representative Clients:
A.I. Credit Corporation; Amedisys, Inc.; Bengal Chemicals, Inc.; Boyd Gaming, Inc.; C F Industries; Capital City Press; CIGNA; Continental Airlines, Inc.; Delta Air Lines, Inc.; Ergon, Inc.; Federal Express; Financial Services Corporation; Ford Motor Company; Health Plus of Louisiana, Inc.; Humana, Inc.; International Paper Company; Lamar Advertising Company; le Triomphe Property Group, LLC; Lexington Insurance Co.; Louisiana Companies; Louisiana State Employees Retirement System; Louisiana Board of Elementary & Secondary Education; Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Inc.; Milton Womack, Inc.; The Nature Conservancy; Nicholls Construction, Inc.; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Office of Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Louisiana; Our Lady of the Lake Physician Health Organization; PCA Solutions, Inc.; Rick Hartley, Inc.; State of Louisiana Office of Risk Management; T.& N. Industries, Inc.; Thomas Group, Inc.; United Health Care Corporation; Vey Development; Whitney National Bank. |
FINANCIAL CLIENTS: Campus Federal Credit Union; Citizen's Business Credit; Fleet Finance, Inc.; Hancock Bank; Hibernia National Bank; Louisiana State Credit Union; National Bank of Canada; Pelican State Credit Union; Union Planters Bank; Teacher's Federal Credit Union. |
Other Office Locations of McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Albany, New York, U.S.A.
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Rodolfo J. Aguilar, Jr. (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1979; J.D., 1982). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1981-1982. Author: Note, "Securities Regulation: Nondisclosure of Insider Information, Chiarella v. United States," 41 Louisiana Law Review, 1295, 1981. Selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America." Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Regulation. Email: Rodolfo J. Aguilar, Jr. | | Samuel A. Bacot (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1970; J.D., 1972). Assistant District Attorney, Nineteenth Judicial District. Selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America." Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association; International Right of Way Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning; Land Use; Business Organizations; Business Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: Samuel A. Bacot | | Layna S. Cook (Member) born Alexandria, Louisiana, 1975; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1996); Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D., 1999). Law Review, Louisiana State University Law Center. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys. Practice Areas: Health Care; Insurance Regulation. Email: Layna S. Cook | | Richard A. Curry (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1977). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1977. Author: Louisiana Environmental Handbook, "Lender Liability," (Chapter 25, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing (1992); "A State Sovereignty Limitation on the Commerce Power," 37 Louisiana Law Review 933, 1977; "Oil Rights in the Gulf of Suez," 38 Louisiana Law Review 979, 1978; "Constitutional Limitations on Administrative Inspections Under the Louisiana Environmental Affairs Act," 29 Louisiana Bar Journal 294, 1982. Law Clerk to Justice James L. Dennis, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1978-1979. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Environmental Regulation. Email: Richard A. Curry | | Michael D. Ferachi (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 18, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Accounting, 1986; J.D., 1989). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1987-1989. Barrister, Wex Malone American Inn of Court. Managing Editor of www.cafalawblog.com. First recipient of Judge Keogh Award from the Baton Rouge Bar Association for Outstanding Community Service, 1997. Listed in Top 40 Under 40 by Baton Rouge Business Report, 1999. Recipient, Volunteer Activist Award, 2003. Member: Baton Rouge (Immediate Past President, 2005; President, 2004; President-elect, 2003; Secretary, 2003; Treasurer, 2002; Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2005), Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 2004—); Federal (Baton Rouge Chapter) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 2003-2006; Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Bar Association of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Fellow: Baton Rouge Bar Foundation (President, 2004). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Consumer Financial Services; Class Action Litigation; Business Litigation; Aviation; Insurance Defense; Construction Law; Complex Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Michael D. Ferachi | | Jon Ann H. Giblin (Member) born Haynesville, Louisiana, April 10, 1954; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., in Education, 1976; J.D., 1994). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Collections; Secured Collections; Unsecured Collections; Creditor Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Email: Jon Ann H. Giblin | | Robert Marshall Grodner (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, December 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1990). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Louisiana State University Law Review. Co-author, Rubin and Grodner, "Recent Developments in the Law, 1993: Security Devices," Vol. 53, La. Law Review 969 (1993). Adjunct Instructor of Law, Louisiana State University, 1993-1996. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Bar Association for the Federal Fifth Circuit; International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Practice Areas: Commercial Finance; Commercial Real Estate; Secured Transactions. Email: Robert Marshall Grodner | | M. Brent Hicks (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 3, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1991); Loyola University (J.D., 1995). Member, Loyola Law Review. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Baton Rouge Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Consumer Financial Services; Class Action Litigation. Email: M. Brent Hicks | | Ronnie L. Johnson (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 14, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1986); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1990). Beta Gamma Sigma; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Gamma Beta Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Financial Management Association; Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Symphony; Board of Directors, Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross; Board of Directors, Louisiana Governor's Mansion Foundation; Board of Directors, Goodwill Industries of Southeast Louisiana; Executive Committee, Wex Malone Inns of Court; Federation of Regulatory Counsel; Association of Louisiana Lobbyists; Louisiana Association of Health Plans; Louisiana Hospital Association Society of Hospital Attorneys. Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, 1992-2002. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. | | Mary Terrell Joseph (Member) born Seymour, Indiana, September 30, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Hollins University (B.A., 1966); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1970). Judge Pro Tempore, 19th Judicial District Court, 2005. Selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America." Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Collections; Banking Law; Credit Union Law; Debtor and Creditor. Email: Mary Terrell Joseph | | Errol J. King (Member) born New York, New York, September 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: Nicholls State University (B.S., 1982); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1986). Member, Moot Court Board. Winner, Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition, 1986. Named in "Best Lawyers in America" for Health Care, 1997-2008. Member, National Registry of Who's Who. Author: "Utilization Management and Quality Assurance," Managed Care Contracting Handbook, AHLA, 2001; "Contracting with Managed Care Organizations," Physicians' Management, April 1997; "Managed Care in Louisiana," Baton Rouge Report Law Journal, November 1997; "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act," Baton Rouge Business Report, August 1997. Member: Board of Directors, Louisiana Managed Health Care Advisory Board; Board of Directors, Louisiana HealthCare Alliance; Board of Directors, Louisiana Business Group on Health. Editorial Advisory Board, Managed Care Litigation Reporter. Vice-Chairman, American Health Lawyer's Association, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 1997-1999. Vice-Chairman, American Health Lawyer's Association, Committee on HMOs and Health Plans, 1999-2001. Editor, HMOs and Health Plans Substantive Law Newsletter, 1999-2000. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations; Federation of Regulatory Counsel; American Association of Health Plans; American Health Lawyers Association; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys of AHA; Society of Hospital Attorneys of the Louisiana Hospital Association (Director); Louisiana Association of Health Plans. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Managed Care; Health Insurance; Health Care Regulation. Email: Errol J. King | | Carmen M. Lavergne (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 19, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Political Science, 1997; J.D., 2000). Order of the Coif. Senior Editor, Louisiana Law Review Board of Editors, Volume 60. Law Clerk, Honorable Frank J. Polozola, Chief U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Louisiana. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: Carmen M. Lavergne | | Christine Lipsey (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, April 18, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1982). Adjunct Faculty (Legal Ethics) and Board of Trustees, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Member, Louisiana Supreme Court Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee. Member: Baton Rouge (Past-President), Louisiana State (Member: Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1988-1990; Disciplinary Board, 1990-1992; Board of Governors, 1993-1995; House of Delegates, 1988-1993; Rules of Professional Conduct Committee) and American (Member: Business Torts Committee; Commercial and Business Litigation Committee; Professional Liability Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Consumer Credit Litigation; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Shareholder Litigation; Legal Ethics; Fiduciary Litigation; Corporate Governance and Shareholder Litigation. | | Juston M. O'Brien (Member) born Oceanside, New York, October 22, 1962; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., Nuclear Engineering, 1984); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1999). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. [U.S. Army, 1984-1993, Major]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Litigation. Email: Juston M. O'Brien | | Jean-Paul Perrault (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 24, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, 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., 1991); Loyola University of New Orleans (J.D./M.B.A., cum laude, 1997). Recipient: Joseph V. Bologna Award for Civil Law Property; Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Torts II; Sessions and Fishman Award for Sales and Leases. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1995-1997. Practice Areas: Corporate; Commercial; Contracts; Business Law; Insurance Regulation; Litigation; Regulatory Law; Compliance. Email: Jean-Paul Perrault | | Dawn M. Rawls (Member) born Lafayette, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana; 2008, Ohio and Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1995). Recipient: Wes Malone Inns of Court Scholarship, 1994-1995; Allison R. Kolb Foundation Scholarship, 1993-1994; Lafayette Bar Association & Bar Auxiliary Scholarship, 1993; AmJur Award for Excellent Achievement in Contracts, 1992; Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Scholastic Excellence in Contracts, 1992. Louisiana Law Review, 1993-1995. Member: Louisiana State, Ohio State and American (Member, Real Property, Probate & Trust Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Also at Dallas, Texas Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Wills. Email: Dawn M. Rawls | | Michael H. Rubin (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 13, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1972); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1975). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. President, Southern Conference of Bar, 2001-2002. Member, Anglo-American Real Property Institute, 2002—. Articles Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1974-1975. Recipient: 2007 Distinguished Alumnus, LSU Law School; Burton Foundation National Award for Outstanding Legal Writing, presented at the Library of Congress, 2003; National Gold Medal Award Winner, Foundation for Improvement of Justice, Inc. (Atlanta). Adjunct Professor: Louisiana State University Law School, 1976—; Tulane Law School, 2004—. Selected for inclusion in "Chambers" and "The Best Lawyers in America". Books: Louisiana Secured Transactions, L.S.U. Law School, 14th Edition, 2004. Co-Author, West's Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Pleadings & Judicial Forms Annotated, 1975-1983. Contributing Writer, The Law of Distressed Real Estate, Clark Boardman; the Louisiana Environmental Handbook, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing; Editorial Board and Co-Author: Louisiana Appellate Practice Handbook, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company; Author and co-author of numerous law review articles, including: "The Ethical Negotiator: Ethical Dilemmas, Unhappy Clients, and Angry Third Parties," 26 The Construction Lawyer 12 (2006); "Labor Negotiations: Do Any Rules of Ethics or Professionalism Really Apply?", ALI-ABA, Employment and Labor Relations Law for the Corporate Counsel and The General Practitioner, 2003; "Breaching the Protective Privity Wall: Expanding Notions of Real Estate Lawyers' Liability to Non-Clients," The ACREL Papers, ALI-ABA 2002; "From Screens and Walls to Screams and Walls: A Selective Look at Screening Among The Various Ethics Rules and Cases and A Consideration of Some Unanswered Questions," The Acrel Papers, Fall, 2001, ALI-ABA; "Lease Financings in Louisiana," 59 Louisiana Law Review 1999, Vol. 59, page 846; "Ruminations on the Louisiana Private Works Act," 58 Louisiana Law Review 570, 1998; "Ruminations on Suretyship," 57 Louisiana Law Review 565, 1997; "Better Appellate Brief Writing in Brief," 8 Practical Litigator 65 (1997); "Ruminations on Security Devices," 56 La. Law Rev. 641 (1996); "The Ethics of Negotiations: Are There Any?" 56 La.Law Rev. 447 (1996); "Developments in the Law 1993-1994: A Faculty Symposium, Security Devices," 1994; "Recent Developments in the Law - Security Devices," 53 Louisiana Law Review 969 (1993); "Notice of Seizure in Mortgage Foreclosures and Tax Sale Proceedings: The Ramifications of Mennonite," La.Law Rev. 536 (1988); "Security Devices," 49 La.Law Rev. 495 (1988), 41 LaLaw Rev. 389 (1981), 40 La.Law Rev. 572 (1980); 39 La. Law Rev. 719 (1979) "Security Devices," 39 Louisiana Law 719 (1979). Advisory Committee on the Uniform Local Rules of the Federal District Courts of Louisiana, 1990. Chair, Civil Justice Advisory Committee, Middle District of Louisiana, 1990-1994. Advisory Committee on Restatement of the Law of Property, Mortgages, 1992-1997. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (Past President); Bar Association of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (Past President); American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Past President); American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; American Law Institute; American College of Mortgage Attorneys; American College of Commercial Finance Attorneys; Southern Conference of Bar Presidents (Past President); National Conference of Bar Presidents (Executive Council). Practice Areas: Secured Transactions; Banking Law; Commercial Law; Appellate Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Michael H. Rubin | | S. Jess Sperry (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1985; J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Managing Editor, Louisiana Law Review, Vol. 48, 1987-1988. Author: "Del-Ray Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Henderson Petroleum Corp.: Warranty Owed by Assignors and Sublessors of Mineral Interests," Vol. 47, No. 3, Louisiana Law Review, 1987; "Attempted Monopolization Under Section 2 of the Sherman Act," Vol. 41, No. 1, Louisiana Journal, 1993; "Lease Financing in Louisiana," Louisiana Law Review, 1999. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; International Council of Shopping Centers. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Leasing; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Law. Email: S. Jess Sperry | | Edgar E. Spielman, Jr. (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 3, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Edgar E. Spielman, Jr. | | Stephen P. Strohschein (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 18, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1978; J.D., 1981). Law Clerk to the Hon. LeRoy Smallenberger, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Louisiana, 1981-1982. Selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America." Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Banking Law. Email: Stephen P. Strohschein | | Kenneth A. Weiss (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 16, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana; 1976, District of Columbia. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975); George Washington University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1981). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Student Editors, 1973-1975, Associate Editor, 1974-1975 and Board of Advisory Editors, 1992—, Tulane Law Review. Adjunct Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School, 1987—. Adjunct Professor of Law, Louisiana State University Law School, 2000—. Chair, Tulane Estate Planning Seminar, 1995-2001. Chair, Tulane Estate Planning Institute, 2002—. Author: "Clearing Title in Katrina's Wake," 20 Probate & Property, Sept./Oct. 42 (2006); "Drafting Louisiana Income Spray Trusts After the 1997 Trust Code Amendments," 72 Tulane Law Review 1329, 1998. Co-Author: "Independent Administration of Estates," 49 La. Bar Journal 370, 2002; "Philanthropic Planning Options: Making the Best Use of the Golden Nest Egg to Provide for a Spouse and Charity," 44 La. Bar Journal 524, 1997; "Business Uses of Life Insurance," Matthew Bender, 1986; "Bankers Guide to Establishing, Managing and Operating Common Trust Funds," American Bankers Association, 1986; "Executive Compensation," Matthew Bender, 1990. Selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America," since 1993. Member, Louisiana State Law Institute Successions and Donations and Trust Code Committees. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Louisiana State Bar Association. American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Board Certified Tax Law and Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wills; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Estate and Gift Taxation; Executive Compensation; Tax Exempt Organizations. | | Dan E. West (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Texas Christian University; University of Virginia (B.S., 1971); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Jack M. Gordon, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1974-1976. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal (President, Baton Rouge Chapter, 1980-1981) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; National Health Lawyers Association. [With U.S. Naval Reserve, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Property; Casualty; Product Liability and Insurance Coverage Litigation. Email: Dan E. West | | Paul S. West (Member) born St. Petersburg, Florida, October 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980; M.B.A., 2005). Delta Theta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Named as "1992 Outstanding Young Lawyer of Louisiana" by Young Lawyers Section, Louisiana State Bar Association; named in "Best Lawyers in America". Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1978-1979. Author: "Ten Year Acquisitive Prescription: Good Faith and Interruption (Board of Commissioners of the Caddo Levee District v. S.D. Hunter Foundation)," Louisiana Law Review, Vol. 39, 1979; "Powers of Local Government in Riverboat Project Regulations; A Review of the St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Gaming Case," Passenger Vessel News, Vol. 6, No. 4. Member: Baton Rouge (Director, 1989-1997, President, 1998), Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, Board of Governors Bar Governance and CLE Committee) and American Bar Associations; International Association of Gaming Advisors. Practice Areas: Gaming Law; Commercial Law; Litigation; Consumer Finance Litigation. Email: Paul S. West | | ASSOCIATES | | Jennifer Taylor Chick (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1998); Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D. and B.C.L., 2002). Article Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 2001-2002. Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice Catherine D. Kimball, Louisiana Supreme Court, 2002-2003. Author, Comment, "Ambiguities in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Unnecessary Costs of Fighting Corruption?" La. L.Rev. 861 (2001). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Jennifer Taylor Chick | | Benjamin Durrett (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., cum laude, 2002); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2005; B.C.L., 2005). Recipient, J.S. Sanders Scholarship. Member, Louisiana Law Review. Member: Louisiana State, Federal (Member, Young Lawyers Section) and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Commercial Real Estate. | | Kyle A. Ferachi (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 19, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University at Ruston (B.A., cum laude, 1998); Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (J.D., 2001). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of Omega; Phi Delta Phi (Member, Kappa Alpha Order). Member, Golden Key. Member: Baton Rouge (Chair, Association Committees; Treasurer/Secretary Young Lawyer Council), Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Snyder v. Belmont Homes, Inc., 2004-0445 (La.App. 1 Cir 2/16/05), 899 So.2d 57; Suire v. William A. Helis Co., LLC, 2005-1042 (La. 11/29/05), 915 So.2d 351. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Defense Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law. | | Daniel P. Guillory (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (1994-1998); Warner Southern College (B.A., 2003); Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., BCL, 2007). Chancellor's List. Recipient: William B. Baggett Endowed Scholarship, 2006-2007; James L. Harrison, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, 2006-2007. Member: American Health Lawyers Association; Louisiana Hospital Association. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Care; Medical Malpractice. Email: Daniel P. Guillory | | L'Kenya T. Jackson (Associate) born Las Vegas, Nevada, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana; 2003, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.A., 1998); Southern University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002); Georgetown University (LL.M., 2003). Executive Editor, Southern University Law Review, 2001-2002. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, National and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Law Institute (Junior Honorary Member). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Securities; Corporate Law. | | Kathryn Belanger LaRose (Associate) born Houma, Louisiana, December 8, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2003); Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (J.D./BCL, 2006). Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity; Order of the Coif. Louisiana Law Review, 2005-2006. Recipient: TOPS Honors Award, 1999-2003; Louisiana State University Alumni Association Scholarship, 1999-2003; Louisiana State University Valedictorian Award, 1999. Email: Kathryn Belanger LaRose | | Jamie D. Seymour (Associate) born Biloxi, Mississippi, July 22, 1972; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of South Alabama (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, cum laude, 1994); Auburn University (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 1998); Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (J.D., 2004). Tau Beta Pi; Volunteer, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Constitutional Law; Appellate Practice; Class Action Defense. Email: Jamie D. Seymour | | Edgar Stewart Spielman (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 17, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2000); Tulane Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, 2001). Recipient, The Maritime Law Center Award, Tulane Law School. Senior Articles Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 2001-2003. Author, "Drilling Through the Muddied Waters on the Outer Continental Shelf: An Examination of the Fifth Circuit's Recent Decision in EEMETTE V. FALCON DRILLING," 26 Tul.Mar.L.S. 683 (2002). Member: American Bar Association (Student Member, 2000-2003). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Litigation; Commercial Finance Litigation. Email: Edgar Stewart Spielman | | Amanda S. Stout (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, December 3, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2000; J.D., 2003). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Golden Key. Member, Dean Henry George McMahan American Inn of Court, 2006. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Amanda S. Stout | | Kaye C. Templet (Associate) born Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1999; J.D., 2002). Member, Forum 35. Presentations: "Louisiana Bankers Association Bankruptcy Legislation Seminar," Louisiana Bankers Association, Monroe, Louisiana (September 2005); "UCC and Bills of Lading in Louisiana," National Association of Credit Managers, New Orleans (June 2005); "Basic Louisiana Lien Law," Lafayette, Louisiana (June 2005); "Louisiana Lien Law," National Association of Credit Managers, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (December 2004); "Louisiana Lien Law and Related Topics," National Association of Credit Managers, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (October 2004). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; American Inns of Court, Wex S. Malone Chapter. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Creditors Rights; Bank Collections. Email: Kaye C. Templet | | Jonathan G. Wilbourn (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 5, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2001). Phi Delta Phi; Golden Key; Forum 35. Member: Baton Rouge (Member, Young Lawyers Section, Volunteer Committee), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; General Litigation; Consumer Finance; Class Action Defense. Email: Jonathan G. Wilbourn | | OF COUNSEL | | Willa LeBlanc Smith (Of Counsel) born October 22, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; 2000, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., cum laude, 1995; J.D., 1999). Author: "Texas Employment Law Handbook: A Guider for Employers," Chapter 18; "The Fair Labor Standards Act," T.A.B.C.C. Practice Areas: General Litigation. Email: Willa LeBlanc Smith | | STAFF ATTORNEY | | Juliann L. Keenan (Staff Attorney) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., 1995); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1998). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Telecommunications Law; Utility Regulation; Government Relations; Gaming Law. Email: Juliann L. Keenan | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
New Orleans, Louisiana Office: 12th Floor, 601 Poydras Street, 70130. Telephone: 504-586-1200. Fax: 504-596-2800. TDD: 504-596-2728. Telex: 584327.
Houston, Texas Office: 1001 McKinney, Suite 1500, 77002. Telephone: 713-520-1900. Fax: 713-520-1025.
Dallas, Texas Office: 2711 N. Haskell, Suite 2700 LB25, 75204. Telephone: 214-257-1700. Fax: 214-257-1717.
Jackson, Mississippi Office: City Centre South, Suite 1100, 200 Lamar Street, 39201. Telephone: 601-960-8400. Fax: 601-960-8406.
Monroe, Louisiana Office: 1811 Tower Drive, Suite A, 71201. Telephone: 318-651-0807. Fax: 318-651-0809.
Cleveland, Ohio Office: 25550 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 406, 44122-4640. Telephone: 216-378-9905. Fax: 216-378-9910.
Albany, New York Office: 194 Washington Avenue, 6th Floor, 12210. Telephone: 518-432-1200. Fax: 518-432-8711.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Office: 4703 Bluebonnet Boulevard, 70809. Telephone: 225-291-4600. Fax: 225-291-4606.
| (For biographical data on other personnel, see Professional Biographies at New Orleans and Monroe, Louisiana, Jackson, Mississippi, Cleveland, Ohio, Dallas and Houston, Texas and Albany, New York) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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