Roedel Parsons Koch Blache
Balhoff & McCollister

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Law Firm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 
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8440 Jefferson Highway
Suite 301
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
(East Baton Rouge Parish)
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Phone: 225-929-7033  
Telecopier: 225-928-4925
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Roedel Parsons Koch Blache
Balhoff & McCollister practices in the following areas of law:

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Construction Law, Estate Planning, General Civil Practice, Governmental Relations, Health Care Law, Insurance Defense Litigation, Oil and Gas, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Public Utility Law, Real Estate, State and Federal Regulatory Practice.
Year Established: 1988
Firm Size: 27
Clients:
ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY REPRESENTATION: All American Telephone Company, Inc.; Atmos Energy Corp.; Calpine Central, L.P.; Calpine Corporation; Cameron LNG, L.L.C.; CII Carbon, L.L.C.; Cottonwood Energy Company, L.P.; Energy America, L.L.C.; Energy Transfer Group, L.L.C.; Louisiana Gas Services, Co.; Louisiana Press Association, Inc.; Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp.; LWC Management Utility; Nextel South, Corp. ; Occidental Chemical; Occidental Energy Marketing, Inc.; Paloma Enterprises, Inc.; Petrocom, L.L.C.; Sempra Energy Resources; Sempra Generation; Sprint Nextel Corporation; Times-Picayune Newspaper; Trans Louisiana Gas Co.; TransLouisiana Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Transvac, L.L.C.; Vacco Marine, Inc.

CASUALTY AND INSURANCE DEFENSE REPRESENTATION: Acadian Ambulance & Air-Med Service; American Insurance Group; AIG; Canal Insurance Co.; Carolina Casualty Insurance Company; Casualty Reciprocal Exchange (LIGA); Colony National Insurance Company; First Financial Insurance Company; Great River Insurance Company; Hartford Insurance Co.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; Midland Risk; Met Life Auto & Home; Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company; Penske Truck Leasing, L.P.; Safeco Insurance Company; Saia Motor Freight Line, Inc.; Southern United Fire Insurance Co.; Travelers Insurance Co.; Western World Insurance Co.

CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATION: Acadian Builders; ANCO Industries, Inc.; Avondale Industries; Basic Industries, Inc.; Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.; Lakewood Construction; Milton Womack Contractors, Inc.; Risdon Wood; Sandy Creek. L.L.C.; Schlumberger, Inc.; Turner Industries Group. L.L.C.; Wampold Companies.

FINANCIAL-CREDITORS/COLLECTIONS REPRESENTATION: Bancorp South; Business First Bank; Peterbilt of Louisiana-Leasing, L.L.C.; Regions Bank.

GENERAL CORPORATE AND LITIGATION REPRESENTATION: 6444 Associates, L.L.C.; AFLAC, Inc.; A-I Transport; Al Jones Architect, A.I.A., L.L.C.; Alberty Associates; Bancorp South; Bengal Transportation Services, Inc.; Business First Bank; Besselman Agency, Inc.; Cenac Towing, Inc.; C-K & Associates, Inc.; Celco Brokerage, Inc.; Chemtech Chemical Services, LLC; Coffee Call, Inc.; Corporate Mechanical Contractors, Inc.; DMJ Development, Inc.; Daily Star; Day Motors, L.L.C.; Emery Equipment Sales & Rental, Inc.; Energy Transfer Group, L.L.C.; Firestop International, LLC; GE Life & Annuity Assurance Company; Gerry Lane Enterprises; Gulf States Health Service, Inc.; Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi; Highland Road Smoothie, L.L.C.; Horizon Consultants, Inc.; Huey Stockstill, Inc.; JE Merit Constructors, Inc.; JTS Interests; KMG Bernuth, Inc.; Lamar-Dixon Expo Center; Louisiana Business, Inc. d/b/a Business Report; Louisiana Sports Fitness Center, Inc.; Lowe's Home Center; LSU Foundation; McDonald's of Baton Rouge; Mid South Contractors, L.L.C.; Milton J. Womack, Inc.; Mobile Locomotive Services, Inc.; Payne & Keller, Inc.; Pennzoil Co.; Penske Truck Leasing; Personnel Management, Inc.; Peterbilt of Louisiana, L.L.C.; Peterbilt of Louisiana-Leasing, L.L.C.; Safety Council of the Louisiana Capital Area; Saia Motor Freight; Snelling Personnel Services; Southern Comfort Shelters, Inc.; Spectrum Fitness Club, Inc.; SLC Capital, L.L.C.; Tiger Athletic Foundation; Thornton, Musso, & Bellemin, Inc.; Toxicological & Environmental Associates, Inc.; Turner Industries Group. L.L.C.; United Industries, Inc.

GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS REPRESENTATION: Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.; ACS; AFLAC, Inc.; American Insurance Association; Associated Branch Pilots; Atmos Energy Corp.; Bellsouth Corporation; Business Council of New Orleans; Cameron Parish; Chevron Texaco Corp.; City of New Orleans; Coastal Conservation Association; CNA Delta Launch Services, L.L.C.; Direct Air Holdings, L.L.C.; Greater New Orleans, Inc.; HCA Healthcare Corp.; ING Aetna; Jefferson Business Council; Lehman Brothers, Inc.; Louisiana Assisted Living Association; Louisiana Association of Textile Services; Louisiana Automobile Association; Louisiana Chiefs of Police Association; Louisiana Court Reporters Association; Louisiana Dental Association; Louisiana Employer's Safety Association; Louisiana HomeCare Association; Louisiana Independent Pharmacy Association; Louisiana Manufacturer's Political Action Comm.; Louisiana Occupational Therapists Association; Louisiana Podiatry Medical Association; Louisiana Press Association, Inc.; Louisiana Psychological Association; New Orleans Aviation Board; New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau; New Orleans International Airport; Nextel Communications; Nokia Sugarbowl; North American Solutions; Peninsula Gaming / Evangeline Downs; Port of New Orleans; R.J. Reynolds; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Westmont and Associates.

HEALTH CARE AND MEDICAL REPRESENTATION: Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.; American Medical Security; Bayou Village Nursing Home Partnership, Limited; Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.; Louisiana Association of Nurse Anesthetists; Louisiana Dental Association; Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund; Oakwood Village, L.L.C.; Professional Dental Plans, Inc.; Prostate Foundation; Renal Associates of Baton Rouge, L.L.C. ; Sallie A. Burdine Breast Foundation; Sherwood Living Center Partnership, Ltd.; Trinity Court Nursing Home Partnership, Limited; West Feliciana Parish Hospital.

MORTGAGE LENDING AND REAL ESTATE REPRESENTATION: American Gateway Bank; AmSouth Bank; Bancorp South; Business First Bank; Bernhard, Bernhard, & Bernhard L.L.C.; Brocato Companies, Inc.; Capital One Bank; Cedar Park Development, L.L.C.; Citizens Bank & Trust Co.; Country Club Development, L.L.C.; DDB Enterprises, L.L.C.; Diversified Healthcare Developments, L.L.C.; Donnie Jarreau Real Estate, Inc.; Estates at Myrtle Hill, L.L.C.; FaKouri Construction Company, Inc.; Fels Hotel Group; Fidelity Bank & Trust Co.; First American Title Insurance Co.; First Bank; Garry Lewis Properties; General American Life Insurance Co.; Hancock Bank of Louisiana; Healing Place Church; Iberia Bank; Jerry del Rio Real Estate, Inc.; Jerry E. Fakouri, Jr., Inc.; Joffrion Construction, Inc.; Kunstler Newton GMAC Real Estate; LaMont Properties; Lewco Specialty Products, Inc.; Lewis Companies; Long Range Investments, L.L.C.; Louisiana Investment Corporation; Mc.B.R. Management Company, Inc.; Maestri-Murrell, Inc.; Millennium Investment Holdings, L.L.C.; National Independent Trust Company; Oak Grove Properties, L.L.C.; Padial Real Estate; Peek-Howe Real Estate, Inc.; Property Management Services of Baton Rouge, Inc.; RW Construction, Inc.; Regions Bank; Richard H. Cappo Construction, Inc.; Rickochet Billiards of Louisiana, L.L.C.; Rotenberg Holdings, L.L.C.; Sealy & Falgoust Real Estate, L.L.C.; South Sherwood Square, L.L.C.; Southern Key Investments, Inc.; Spectrum Properties, L.L.C.; Stewart Title Guaranty Company; Superstar Investments, Inc.; Thornton, Harvison & Rhodes Real Estate; Tom W. Cook; Tower Capital Corporation; Watco Construction, Inc.; Whitney National Bank; Wiel, L.L.C.

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATION: Central Community School Board; City of Central; City of Zachary; Denham Springs Economic Development Corporation; East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court; East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority; Louisiana Dept. of Natural Resources; Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries; Louisiana Office of Risk Management; Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board; Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District; Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (LASERS); Zachary Community School Board.

PRO BONO AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION: Baton Rouge Community College; Baton Rouge Soccer Association; Catholic High School; Chapel on the Campus; Dunham School; Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Governor's Prayer Breakfast Steering Committee; Healing Place Church; Highland Lakes Civic Association, Inc.; Young Life; YMCA.

Other Office Locations of Roedel Parsons Koch Blache
Balhoff & McCollister

New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Judith R. Atkinson (Member) born Daytona Beach, Florida, September 26, 1949; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (J.D., 1972). Phi Alpha Theta; Mu Sigma Rho. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Toxic Tort; Professional Liability. Email: Judith R. Atkinson
Thomas E. Balhoff (Member) born Howell, Michigan, July 23, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S.Ch.E., 1970); Georgetown University (J.D., 1976). Tau Beta Pi. Editor, Law and Policy in International Business, 1975-1976. Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1972-1976. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Toxic Tort; Trade Secrets; Patents; Professional Liability; Antitrust. Email: Thomas E. Balhoff
Cecil J. Blache (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 31, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: LeMoyne College (B.S., B.A., 1974); Loyola University (J.D., 1979). Alpha Sigma Nu. Louisiana Counsel, American Insurance Association. Former, Counsel, House Labor Committee, Louisiana State Legislature. Former Assistant Secretary of Labor, Louisiana Department of Labor. Former Director, Small Business Development, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Former Member, Board of Directors: Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce; Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies. Member, Board of Trustees, Louisiana Nature Conservancy. Member, Board of Directors: Black Economic Development Council; Samaritan House; 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Government; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law. Email: Cecil J. Blache
Corinne M. Blache (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of South Alabama (B.A., 1998); University of Alabama (J.D., 2002). Delta Sigma Theta. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, American, National and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense; Regulatory Law. Email: Corinne M. Blache
André G. Bourgeois (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, April 24, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana and U.S. District Court. Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1985; J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Tullis Moot Court Board. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Media Committee, Young Lawyers Section); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Industrial Casualty Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury. Email: André G. Bourgeois
Brent J. Bourgeois (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 14, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1994). Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law. Email: Brent J. Bourgeois
Ryan R. Brown (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 5, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., ISDS, 2003; J.D. 2007). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Transactions; Successions. Email: Ryan R. Brown
Kevin E. Cunningham (Member) born Wurzberg, Germany, July 13, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana and Louisiana Supreme Court. Education: Old Dominion University (B.S., 1982); Southern University (J.D., 1985). Member, Moot Court Board. Practice Areas: Government; Regulatory Law. Email: Kevin E. Cunningham
Terry T. Dunlevy (Member) born Uniontown, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana; 1989, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; United States Supreme Court. Education: California University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1979); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1986). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Constitutional Law. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, and Pennsylvania State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Trucking and Transportation Law; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Email: Terry T. Dunlevy
David H. Hardy (Member) born Chapel Hill, North Carolina, April 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1986, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1982); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1985). Author: Publication, "Developments In The Law-Bankruptcy," Louisiana Law Review, 1983. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Industrial Casualty Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: David H. Hardy
C. Kevin Hayes (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, July 7, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana and U.S District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. & M. College (B.A., 1987); Southern University (J.D., 1991). Member: Baton Rouge (Member, Board of Directors, 2001; President 2008; Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1999; Young Lawyers Sections Council, 1995-1998) and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Litigation; Government; Regulatory Law. Email: C. Kevin Hayes
Benjamin R. Hunter (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 6, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana; U.S. District Courts, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana. Education: Samford University (B.A., Spanish and International Relations, 2003); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2007). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Regulatory Law; Administrative Law. Email: Benjamin R. Hunter
Carlton Jones, III (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 2, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1998). Member, Moot Court Board, 1997-1998. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Toxic Tort. Email: Carlton Jones, III
Gayle Thomasson Kellner (Member) born Port Arthur, Texas, February 18, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia and Virginia Supreme Court; 1991, Louisiana and Louisiana Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1980); Oklahoma City University (J.D., 1986). Member: Virginia, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. [LCDR, Judge Advocate Generals Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1987-1997]. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Regulatory Law. Email: Gayle Thomasson Kellner
John D. Koch (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 28, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1971; J.D., 1976). Omicron Delta Kappa. Co-Author: "Workers' Compensation Deskbook," Treatise, Louisiana Workers' Compensation Reform Act, 1983. Assistant District Attorney, East Baton Rouge Parish, 1976-1977. Staff Attorney, Louisiana Department of Justice, 1978-1979. Member: Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, 1980-1983; Office of the Employment Security Advisory Council, 1980-1983. Chairman, Governors Special Study Committee on Workers' Compensation Reform, 1982. [With USAR, 1976-1978]. Practice Areas: Government; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law. Email: John D. Koch
Stephen G. McCollister (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 11, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: Eastern Nazarene College; Louisiana State University (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1983). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Probate; Commercial Law; Leases and Leasing. Email: Stephen G. McCollister
Sheri Marcus Morris (Member) born Metairie, Louisiana, June 23, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1988; J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court Board, Vice President, 1990-1991. Law Clerk for Third Circuit Court of Appeal, 1991-1992. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Public Law; Election Law; Administrative Law; Employment Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Sheri Marcus Morris
J. Kenton Parsons (Member) born Augusta, Georgia, May 25, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Nicholls State University; Louisiana State University (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Energy; Natural Resources; Litigation. Email: J. Kenton Parsons
Christina B. Peck (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 31, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Senior Associate Editor, Volume 44, Louisiana Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to Justice James L. Dennis, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1984-1985. Author: "Civil Code Article 543 and the Problem of Partition by Licitation of Property Subject to a Usufruct," 43 Louisiana Law Review 787, 1983. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Election; Campaign; Political Law; Litigation. Email: Christina B. Peck
Luke F. Piontek (Member) born Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 19, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Litigation; Regulatory Law. Email: Luke F. Piontek
Larry M. Roedel (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, July 16, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1973; J.D., 1977). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Moot Court Board. Arbitrator: National Association of Securities Dealers. Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Construction Law; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Litigation. Email: Larry M. Roedel
David A. Woolridge, Jr. (Member) born Decatur, Illinois, January 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S.I.E., 1980); Louisiana State University (M.B.A., 1983; J.D., 1990). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Health Care; Medical Malpractice. Email: David A. Woolridge, Jr.
Joshua B. Zelden (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 22, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: Thomas More College (B.A., Literature, 1997); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2000). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Corporate Law. Email: Joshua B. Zelden
OF COUNSEL
Don R. Schneider (Of Counsel) born Natchitoches, Louisiana, August 25, 1947; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana; 1983, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S.C.E., 1969; J.D., 1982 ); University of Pittsburgh (M.S.C.E.; M.P.W., with honors, 1971). Chi Epsilon. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Construction, Contracting and Administration, Louisiana State University Construction Department, 1983—. Professional Civil Engineer, Louisiana, 1973—. Author: "How to Use Employee Fringe Benefits in Estate Planning," Published in Prentice Hall's Successful Estate Planning Ideas, 1988. Member, Louisiana Engineering Society, 1976—. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts and Estates; Wills.
Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices


New Orleans, Louisiana Office: 1515 Poydras Street. Telephone: 504-525-7086. Telecopier: 504-525-4991.

Lafayette, Louisiana Office: 406 Audubon Street, Suite A. Telephone: 337-233-6207. Telecopier: 337-233-6521.

Maintains an office in more than one location.


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