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| | Address | | City Plaza, 445 North Boulevard, Suite 701, P.O. Box 4412 | | Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4412 | | (East Baton Rouge Parish) | | | |
| | | Reviser of the Louisiana Law Digest for this Directory. | Phelps Dunbar LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Admiralty; Appellate Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Biotechnology; Business and Finance; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate and Securities; Employee Benefits; Energy and Minerals; Environmental; Gaming; Health Care; Insurance and Reinsurance; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Legislative and Governmental Relations; Municipal Finance; Oil and Gas; Products Liability; Public Utilities and Electric Power; Railroad; Real Estate; Regulatory and Governmental Matters; Tax; Tort Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Trusts and Estates; and White Collar Criminal Defense. | | Year Established: 1853 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1853 in New Orleans, Phelps Dunbar LLP is one of the oldest law firms in the South. At the same time, the progressive partnership has taken initiatives to transform the firm into a regional law firm with a practice that is international in scope. As a result of this transformation, Phelps Dunbar now has offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and London, England. Through a network of regional offices, clients have access to more than 250 attorneys representing an extensive and diverse range of talent and experience. No matter how intricate a client's legal needs, Phelps Dunbar's professional depth and experience allow the firm to provide accessible, cost-effective, prompt service to all clients. We are proud of the legal abilities and the personal qualities of our attorneys. Among past and present members, we count a United States Ambassador, a Chief of Protocol of the United States, two Judges of the United States District Court, a United States Attorney, three Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court, a Louisiana Appellate Court Judge, a Presiding Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, two Associate Justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court, a City Attorney, a President of the American Bar Association, two Presidents of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, four Presidents of the Louisiana State Bar Association, two Presidents of The Mississippi Bar, three university board Presidents, and a law school Chancellor. | | Firm Size: 260 | Representative Clients:
AmSouth Bancorporation; BancorpSouth Bank; Bank of America; The Britannia Steamship Insurance Assn., Ltd.; Capital One Financial Corporation; Center Point Energy; Cleco Corporation; Credit Suisse First Boston; Dillard Department Stores; Dow Chemical USA; Edison Chouest Offshore; Entergy Louisiana, Inc.; Fairfield Industries, Inc.; Farmers Insurance Exchange; Frito-Lay, Inc.; GATX Corp.; General Motors Corporation; Georgia Pacific Corporation; GlaxoSmithKline; Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.; J.P. Morgan Chase & Company; Kmart Corporation; Laitram Corporation; Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company; Louisiana Lottery Corporation; Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation; Lundy Enterprises, Inc.; North Mississippi Health Services, Inc. (and affiliated entities); L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace; Rolls-Royce North America; Rubicon Inc.; Scottsdale Insurance Company; Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company; Steamship Mutual Underwriting Assn., Ltd.; Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd.; Surgical Specialty Hospital; T.J. Moran Enterprises; Tenet Healthcare Corporation; Thibodaux Regional Medical Center; The Tribune Company; Trustmark National Bank; Underwriters at Lloyd's London; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Viking Range Corporation; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Zurich Reinsurance (London), Ltd. |
Other Office Locations of Phelps Dunbar LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
London, England
| | PARTNERS | | Jeffrey M. Barbin (Partner) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1992; J.D., 1998). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Practice Areas: Gaming; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Jeffrey M. Barbin | | Jane H. Barney (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 11, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1986; J.D., 1993). Editor-in-Chief, Louisiana Law Review, 1992-1993. Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to The Hon. Edith Brown Clement, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993-1994. President, 2002-2003, and National Delegate, 2003-2004, Federal Bar Association, Baton Rouge Chapter. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Louisiana State Law Institute (Junior Honorary Member). Practice Areas: Commercial and General Litigation; Products Liability; Mass Torts; Insurance Coverage; Appellate; Antitrust; Contract Disputes. Email: Jane H. Barney | | Jonathan C. Benda (Partner) born South Bend, Indiana, March 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 1987, U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1982); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1986). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1985-1986. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Contract Negotiation and Preparation; Commercial Loans; Commercial Real Estate Transactions; Corporate. Email: Jonathan C. Benda | | Shelton Dennis Blunt (Partner) born Monroe, Louisiana, February 10, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.A., cum laude, 1988); Southern University (J.D., cum laude, 1991); Emory University (LL.M. in Litigation, 1992). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment; Insurance Regulatory; Civil Litigation. Email: Shelton Dennis Blunt | | Allen D. Darden (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 16, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1984). Tau Beta Pi; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1982-1984. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Construction. Email: Allen D. Darden | | Kelsey Kornick Funes (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 27, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: Kelsey Kornick Funes | | Susan W. Furr (Partner) born Alexandria, Virginia, October 26, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., cum laude, 1986; J.D., 1989). Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Lambda Delta. Member, Moot Court Board, 1988-1989. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American (Member, EEO Committee of Labor Law Section) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; National Association of Women Lawyers; Executive Women International. Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America. Practice Areas: Employment; Employment Litigation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: Susan W. Furr | | Karleen J. Green (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1994; J.D., 1997). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment; Taxation; Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation. Email: Karleen J. Green | | Paul F. Guarisco (Partner) born Morgan City, Louisiana, February 16, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1984); Loyola University (J.D., 1992). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Telecommunications Regulation; Electric Utility Regulation; Gas Utility Regulation; Commercial Transactions; Civil Litigation; Contracts. Email: Paul F. Guarisco | | J. Alan Harrell (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Community Partnership Panel, Louisiana Bar Foundation. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American (Co-Chair, Website Subcommittee, Mass Torts Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; Dean Henry McMahon Chapter, American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Environmental; Civil Litigation. Email: J. Alan Harrell | | Michael D. Hunt (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 11, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Theta. Law Clerk to The Hon. Ben C. Dawkins, Jr., Senior District Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1977-1978. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction. Email: Michael D. Hunt | | H. Alston Johnson III (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 31, 1946; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., cum laude, 1967); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1970). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Senior Associate Editor, Louisiana State University Law Review, 1969-1970. Faculty Member, 1972-1984, Assistant Professor, 1972-1975, Associate Professor, 1975-1978, Professor, 1978-1984, and Adjunct Professor of Law, 1985—, Louisiana State University Law Center. Author: "Louisiana Civil Jury Instructions," Law Center Publications Institute, 1980; 2nd Edition, West Publishing Company, 2001; "Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law & Practice," West Publishing Company, 4th Edition, 2002; Co-Author: "Louisiana Insurance Law and Practice," West Publishing Company, 3rd Edition, 2006. Member, Board of Governors, 1975-1976, and Consultant, Law Reform Committee, 1973-1975, Louisiana State Bar Association. Chairman, Governor's Advisory Committee on Tort, Workers' Compensation and Insurance Reform, 1988. President, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, 1995-1996. Recipient: Boisfontaine Trial Advocacy Award, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2005; Distinguished Attorney Award, Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2005. Member: Baton Rouge, Shreveport and Louisiana State Bar Associations; American Law Institute. Fellow: American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Complex Litigation; Appellate. Email: H. Alston Johnson III | | F. Scott Kaiser (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 20, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Order of the Coif. Finalist, Flory Trials, 1984. Participating Lecturer, Tort and Law Office Practice, Baton Rouge Paralegal Association. Judge, Moot Court Competition, and Volunteer Faculty, Trial Advocacy Program, Louisiana State University Law Center. Member: Baton Rouge (Member, Lawyers and Classroom Program), Fifth Circuit, Louisiana State, American and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; ERISA; Life, Health and Accident Insurance. Email: F. Scott Kaiser | | Thomas H. Kiggans (Partner) born East Liverpool, Ohio, December 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana; 1985, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; 2008, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1984). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Louisiana Law Review, 1983-1984. Member: Louisiana State and American (Member, EEO Committee of Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified in Labor Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor (Management); Employment; ERISA. Email: Thomas H. Kiggans | | Jeffrey W. Koonce (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 20, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1990; J.D., 1994); Boston University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1995). Adjunct Professor, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University. Past-President, Baton Rouge Society of CPA's. Past-Chairman, Louisiana State Tax Commission. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. (Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration and Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Corporate; Trusts and Estates. Email: Jeffrey W. Koonce | | Steven J. Levine (Partner) born Washington, D.C., June 26, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., 1974); Louisiana State University (M.S., 1977; J.D., 1984). Managing Editor, Louisiana Coastal Law Journal, 1983-1984. Author: "Strategies for Success Both Now and in Days Ahead," Inside the Minds: Environmental and Land Use Laws, Aspatore Books, 2006. Law Clerk to the Hon. John V. Parker, Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1984-1985. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental; Commercial Litigation. Email: Steven J. Levine | | Richard E. Matheny (Partner) born Vivian, Louisiana, July 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1968); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1979). Certified Public Accountant (Inactive), Louisiana, 1970. Author: "Taxation of Public Utilities," Matthew Bender & Co., 2007. Member, Tax Advisory Committee, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. Member: Louisiana State (Chairman, Tax Section, 1996-1997) and American Bar Associations; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Public Utility Committee, 1996-1999); Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants. [USAF, 1968-1972]. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Taxation; Public Utility Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Richard E. Matheny | | Marshall M. Redmon (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 12, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1984); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1987). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Louisiana State University Hall of Fame. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. (Also at London, England Office). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability; Insurance Defense. Email: Marshall M. Redmon | | Patrick Ragan Richard (Partner) born Donaldsonville, Louisiana, March 4, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana; 1994, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1990); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1993). Tau Beta Pi. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Land Title Association. Practice Areas: Business; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Patrick Ragan Richard | | Randy P. Roussel (Partner) born Fort Bragg, North Carolina, June 14, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1984). Beta Alpha Psi; Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1984-1985. Recipient, Louisiana Bar Association Civil Law Award. Law Clerk to The Hon. E. Grady Jolly, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1984-1985. Certified Public Accountant, Louisiana, 1978. Adjunct Professor of Law, Louisiana State University; Adjunct Professor of Law, Southern University Law Center. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Association; Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate; Banking. Email: Randy P. Roussel | | John O. Shirley (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 28, 1952; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western District of Louisiana. Education: Southeastern Louisiana College (B.S., 1976); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1986). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Immediate Past Chairman, Public Utilities Section), Federal and American (Board Member, Energy Council) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Electric Utility Regulation; Gas Utility Regulation; Telecommunications Regulation; Automobile Insurance Litigation; Property and Casualty Insurance Litigation; Legislative Affairs; Governmental Relations. Email: John O. Shirley | | Virginia Yoder Trainor (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1993; J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Nursing Home Association; Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Torts; Health Care Litigation. Email: Virginia Yoder Trainor | | COUNSEL | | Patrick O'Hara (Counsel) born Falls Church, Virginia, August 15, 1952; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1974); Louisiana State University (M.A., 1976; J.D., 1992). Vice-Chair, Moot Court Board, 1991-1992. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Environmental Regulatory. Email: Patrick O'Hara | | Jane A. Robert (Counsel) born Donaldsonville, Louisiana, January 13, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1982; J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana State University Law Review, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to The Hon. James L. Dennis, Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1988-1989. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation. Email: Jane A. Robert | | ASSOCIATES | | Rebecca D. Barham (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., cum laude, 2001; J.D., 2004). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business. | | Hunter R. Bertrand (Staff Attorney) admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2002; J.D., 2005; B.C.L., 2005). Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance and Reinsurance. | | Karen J. Blakemore (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.S., 1987); Louisiana State University (M.S., 1992; J.D., 2007; B.C.L., 2007). Member, Moot Court. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | Taylor S. Carroll (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2003, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1998); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2001). Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review. Member: Dallas, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Taylor S. Carroll | | Jessica L. Coco (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2002; J.D., 2006; B.C.L., 2006). Order of the Coif. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law. | | James d'Entremont (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1994); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1998). Member: Baton Rouge (Member, Appellate Section) and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Litigation Insurance; Professional Liability; Products Liability; Environmental; Toxic Tort Defense. Email: James d'Entremont | | Anderson O. Dotson III (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1996); Southern University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Executive Editor, Southern University Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Council of Louisiana Law Institute (2000-2001; 2004-2006); Southern University Law Center Inn, American Inns of Court (Associate Member); Louis A. Martinet Legal Society (President, 2007-2009). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Labor and Employment. Email: Anderson O. Dotson III | | Heather S. Duplantis (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; 2006, Louisiana. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.A., summa cum laude, 1997); University of Texas (J.D., 2000). Order of the Coif; Chancellors. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Business Litigation; Class Actions; Insurance Defense. | | Gwen P. Harmon (Attorney) admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1988; J.D., 1992). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Regulatory; First Party Insurance Coverage; Homeowners and Commercial Disputes. Email: Gwen P. Harmon | | Edwin L. Hightower (Associate) admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana; 2007, Texas. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1985); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1993); Louisiana State University (M.B.A., 2005). President, West Point Society of Mid-Gulf. Member: Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class; American Veterinary Medical Law Association. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1985-1990]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Practice; Trials; Insurance; Corporate Law; Oil and Gas Law; International Law; International Conflict of Laws; Animal Law. | | Rebecca M. Hinton (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2003); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2006). Order of the Coif. Production Editor, Law Review. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business. | | Lucie R. Kantrow (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1999); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2007). Member, Louisiana Law Review. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business. | | Kimberly LaHaye (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southeastern Louisiana College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2003); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2006; B.C.L., 2006). Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | A. Paul LeBlanc, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana; 1997, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1994). Order of the Coif. Louisiana Law Review. Member: State Bar of Texas; Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: A. Paul LeBlanc, Jr. | | Kyle C. Marionneaux (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1998, 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.G.S., 1990); Tulane University (J.D., 1998). Member: Baton Rouge Bar Association; 18th Judicial District Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association (Secretary/Treasurer, Public Utilities Section, 2007-2008); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Administrative and Regulatory Law; Public Utility Law; Energy; Electric Utility Regulation; Gas Utility Regulation; Transportation; Common Carrier Law; River Port Pilot Regulation; Telecommunications Regulation; Governmental Relations; Municipal Law; Commercial Transactions. Email: Kyle C. Marionneaux | | Alexander J. Mijalis (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2003); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2007; B.C.L., 2007). Member, Order of the Coif, 2007. Managing Editor, Louisiana Law Review, Volume 67, 2006-2007. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | Laranda L. Moffett (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2007; B.C.L., 2007). Member, National Moot Court Team, 2005-2007. President, LSU Trial Advocacy Board, 2006-2007. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | Annette N. Peltier (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1996). Member, Moot Court Board. Semi-Finalist, Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to The Hon. Henry Yelverton, Judge, Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal, 1996-1997. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Civil Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense. Email: Annette N. Peltier | | Stephen R. Perrault (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Spring Hill College (B.A., 1990); Louisiana State University (M.A., 1996); Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 2005; Bc.L., 2005). Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review. Practice Areas: Corporate Transactions; Successions; Estate Planning. | | Erik Piazza (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 2000); Louisiana State University (J.D., B.C.L,. 2004). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business; Real Estate; Corporate Law; Finance. Email: Erik Piazza | | Mimi Flowers Plauché (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 2000). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Alpha Lambda Delta. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Mimi Flowers Plauché | | John B. Shortess (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1991); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, Certificate in Environmental Law, 1999). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Tulane Environmental Law Journal, 1997-1998. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental; Regulatory Compliance; Toxic Tort Litigation. Email: John B. Shortess | | Brett M. Sides (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1993; J.D., 2007). Member, Order of the Coif. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business. | | Gregory T. Stevens (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1999; J.D., B.C.L., 2004); University of Virginia (M.A., 2001). Order of the Coif. Senior Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 2003-2004. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Gregory T. Stevens | | Jeffrey E. Tomlinson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., cum laude, 1997; J.D., B.C.L., 2003). Senior Associate, Louisiana Law Review, 2002-2003. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business. Email: Jeffrey E. Tomlinson | | Betty Burke Uzee (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2000; J.D., B.C.L., 2004). Phi Kappa Phi. Senior Associate, Louisiana Law Review, 2003-2004. Order of the Coif, 2004. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment. Email: Betty Burke Uzee | | Cherish D. van Mullem (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1994; J.D., 1998); New York University (LL.M., 1999). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Estate Planning. | | Jeremy F. Werfal (Associate) admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.A., 1991); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1994). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate; Business. Email: Jeremy F. Werfal | | Erin J. Wilder-Doomes (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., 1995); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1999). Representative, Tax Moot Court. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: Erin J. Wilder-Doomes | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
New Orleans, Louisiana Office: Canal Place, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000. Telephone: 504-566-1311. Telecopier: 504-568-9130.
Jackson, Mississippi Office: 111 East Capitol Street, Suite 600, P.O. Box 23066. Telephone: 601-352-2300. Telecopier: 601-360-9777.
Tupelo, Mississippi Office: One Mississippi Plaza, 201 South Spring Street, Seventh Floor, P.O. Box 1220. Telephone: 662-842-7907. Telecopier: 662-842-3873.
Gulfport, Mississippi Office: NorthCourt One, 2304 19th Street, Suite 300. Telephone: 228-679-1130. Telecopier: 228-679-1131.
Houston, Texas Office: Bank of America Center, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 2600. Telephone: 713-626-1386. Telecopier: 713-626-1388.
Tampa, Florida Office: 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 1900. Telephone: 813-472-7550. Telecopier: 813-472-7570.
London, England Office: Lloyd's, 1 Lime Street, Suite 725, Level 7, London EC3M 7DQ England. Telephone: 011-44-207-929-4765. Telecopier: 011-44-207-929-0046.
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