Middleberg, Riddle & Gianna focuses upon three distinct areas of practice: Mortgage Banking Services, Litigation Services and Business Services. The Firm includes MRG Document Technologies, a mortgage regulatory practice group that designs and maintains compliant electronic disclosures and closing documents for the mortgage industry nationwide. Litigation Services include the preparation and courtroom defense of major national and international corporations in a variety of legal disciplines. The Firm provides aggressive, creative and economical services to litigation clients. The Firm's client list includes major chemical manufacturers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and numerous international insurers. The Business Services group represents clients with respect to a variety of transactional matters, including health care law, banking and finance, estate planning, taxation, general corporate law, insurance regulation and governmental affairs.

Statement of Practice

Business Law, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense, Real Estate Law.

Representative Clients:

General Business Clients: Fluor Daniel, Inc.
Folger Coffee Co.
The Great American Insurance Corp.
Hartford Insurance Co.
The Procter & Gamble Co.
Union Labor Life Insurance Co.
Reliance Specialty Group
Alastair Thomson & Partners (London)
Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Dryades Savings Bank, FSB
Whitney National Bank
New Orleans International Airport
The General Electric Corporation
Harrah's
Emerson Electric Co.
Gray & Co., Inc.
Employers Mutual Casualties, Co.
Electric Insurance Company
Wausau/EMC Insurance Companies
Travelers/Aetna Insurance Companies
NCMIC
Bayer Corporation
People's Health
Property Insurance Association of Louisiana
Farmer's Insurance Group
Coventry Health
GAF
Institutional Lenders/Mortgage Banking Clients: J.P. Morgan Chase
Hibernia Bank
Mellon Mortgage Co.

Address

Chase Towers, North Tower
450 Laurel Street, Suite 1101
Baton Rouge, LA 70801, (East Baton Rouge Parish)

Phone

Phone: 225-381-7700
Fax: 225-381-7730

Website

http://www.midrid.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS OF FIRM

A.J. Herbert, III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 3, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; 1990, Texas. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1985); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., summa cum laude, 1989); Boston University (LL.M. in American Banking Law, 1990). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Academic Achievement Award in American Banking Law Studies. Notes and Comments Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1988-1989. Member: Louisiana and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Bankers Association (Bank Counsel Section); American Health Lawyers Association; Louisiana Association of Health Plans. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Business Law; Insurance Regulation; Health Care Law.Email: A.J. Herbert, III

Richard A. Sherburne, Jr. (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1979); Paul M. Hebert School of Law, Louisiana State University (J.D., 1983). Notary Public, Louisiana. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State (Member, Federal Bench/Bar Liaison Committee) Bar Associations.

ASSOCIATES

Sonia Mallett (Associate) born 1960; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.C.J., 1982); Loyola University (J.D., 1990).

Jennifer R. Warden (Associate) born Atlanta, Texas, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000; B.M., magna cum laude, 2000; M.B.A., Finance, summa cum laude, 2002; J.D., 2005). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Law Review; Moot Court, National Moot Court Team; National Evidence Team (moot court). Recipient: Peter J. Castano Scholarship; Susan L. Litzau Moot Court Award. Legal Writing and Research Teaching Assistant, 2003. Moot Court Teaching Assistant, 2004. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Care; Corporate Law; Regulatory Law; Insurance.

OF COUNSEL

Julie Fusilier (Of Counsel) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 25, 1965; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Political Science, 1986; J.D., 1989). Member: Louisiana State (Member, Young Lawyers Section), Federal and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.

J. Terry Ryder (Of Counsel) born 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1971); Southern University (M.A., 1973); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1976).