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Address
Two United Plaza, Suite 200
8550 United Plaza Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 (East Baton Rouge Parish)
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4.7
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 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) Seale, Smith, Zuber & Barnette had its origin in the solo practice of its founder, A. G. Seale, who began practice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1938. Through the years, the firm has concentrated in general civil litigation with insurance defense work being heavily emphasized. Today the firm consists of 18 lawyers and in addition to the traditional insurance defense practice, with special expertise in the fields of medical and health care defense, products liability defense and insurance agents errors and omissions defense, now emphasizes the business and commercial aspects of the practice of law. The firm serves a number of corporate clients in the general business field, in the health care field, environmental law, mortgage bankers and servicers, and in representation of creditors in bankruptcy litigation. Statement of PracticeCasualty Defense, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Business Law, Health Law, Real Estate, Professional Liability Defense including Medical and Legal Malpractice, Products Liability, Environmental Law, Bankruptcy, Commercial Law, Lender Liability and Business Re-organization. Year Established: 1938
Firm Size: 18
Representative Clients:Acceptance Insurance Company
Albertsons
American Modern Home Insurance Company
Baton Rouge Water Company
Chase Home Finance, LLC
CNA Insurance Companies
Citifinancial Mortgage
Colonial Penn Insurance Co.
Columbia/HCA
Commonwealth Land & Title Insurance Co.
Countrywide
Cumis Insurance Society, Inc.
Eastern Savings Bank
EMC Insurance Companies
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Farmers Insurance Group
Fidelity National Title Insurance
Fireman's Fun Insurance Co.
First Specialty Insurance Corp.
First Tenessee Bank, N.A.
FNF Capital, Inc.
Foremost Insurance Company
General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC)
Guaranty National Insurance Company
Harleysville Insurance co.
Hartford Insurance Company
Health Care Indemnity, Inc.
Horace Mann Insurance Co.
Houston General Insurance Co.
Interstate Insurance Group
Jefferson Insurance Company of New York
John Deere Insurance Co.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Kinder-Care Learning Centers
Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association
Markel Insurance Company
Medical Protective Company
National General Insurance Co.
National Medical Care, Inc.
National Tea Company
Nationwide Insurance Co.
New South Federal Savings Bank
Northland Insurance Companies
Nuvell Credit Company, LLC
Ohio Casualty Company
Old Republic Insurance Company
Physicians Mutual Insurance Co.
Preferred Panel Counsel for Coregis Insurance Company
Risk Management Claims Service, Inc.
Ryder Truck Rental
St. Paul Travelers Cos.
Safeco Insurance Co. of America
Select Insurance Company
Shelter Insurance Companies
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Stupp Corporation
Swiss Reinsurance America Company
Teachers Insurance Company
Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
Twin City Fire Insurance Company
Underwriters at Lloyd's, London
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
United General Title Insurance Company
URS Corp.
Ward North America
Western World Insurance Company
Westfield Group
Westport Insurance Company
Westport Insurance Corporation
Zurich Insurance Companies. References: JPMorgan Chase Bank., Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Rate InformationFixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
AddressTwo United Plaza, Suite 200
8550 United Plaza Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70809, (East Baton Rouge Parish)
PhonePhone: 225-924-1600
Telecopier: 225-924-6100
Website
http://www.sszblaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Armbrust Gordon Seale (1913-1989).
Robert W. Smith (1922-1989).
William C. Kaufman III (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, March 30, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1967). Law Clerk to Honorable E. Gordon West, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1969-1971. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. [Col., Ret., USAR]. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Environmental Law.Email: William C. Kaufman III
John W. L. Swanner (Member) born Ruston, Louisiana, January 7, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., 1963); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1967). Law Clerk to Hon. H.W. Ayres, Presiding Judge, Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, State of Louisiana, 1971-1972. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. [Capt., USAF, 1967-1971]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: John W. L. Swanner
James H. Morgan III (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 12, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., 1969); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Premium Finance Company vs. Employers Reinsurance Corporation, 979 F.2d 1091 (5th Cir. 1992). Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Defense of Insurance Agents Errors and Omissions; Bad Faith Coverage Litigation; Probate.Email: James H. Morgan III
Charles K. Watts (Member) born Franklinton, Louisiana, August 19, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: Centenary College (B.A., 1973); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1976). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Bankers Association; Louisiana Land Title Association; Conference on Consumer Finance Law. Practice Areas: Secured Transactions; Title Insurance; Lender Liability; Successions; Creditor's Rights.Email: Charles K. Watts
Brent E. Kinchen (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 3, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1975; J.D., 1979). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: General Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice Defense; Commercial Litigation.Email: Brent E. Kinchen
Myron A. Walker, Jr. (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 11, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1973); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1976). Delta Theta Phi. Law Clerk to Honorable E. Gordon West, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1976-1978. Certified Mediator, Louisiana, 2000. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Inns of Court, American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Defense; Employer Liability; General Insurance Defense; Mediation; Arbitration.Email: Myron A. Walker, Jr.
Daniel A. Reed (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1979; J.D., 1982). Law Clerk to Honorable Frank J. Polozola, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1982-1983. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage.Email: Daniel A. Reed
Frank A. Fertitta (Member) born Alexandria, Louisiana, September 26, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1964; J.D., 1967). Phi Alpha Delta. Adjunct Associate Professor, Louisiana State University Law School, 1978. Mediator, Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc., 2000. Member: Baton Rouge (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1986; Treasurer, 1986-1987; Secretary, 1987-1988; President-Elect, 1988-1989; President, 1989-1990), Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1976-1991; 1993 Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1993; Member, Nominating Committee, 1993; 1994, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1994); Dean Henry G. McMahon Inn of Court (Membership Chairman, 1995-1999; Member, Nominating Committee, 2005-2009). [Capt., USAR, 1968-1974]. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense Law; Products Liability; Personal Injury Litigation; Mediation; Arbitration; Environmental Defense Law.Email: Frank A. Fertitta
Lawrence R. Anderson, Jr. (Member) born Minden, Louisiana, October 30, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Bus. Admin., 1967; J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1969-1970. Co-Author: "Highlights of the 1978 Bankruptcy Code," 27 Louisiana Bar Journal 151, 1979; "The Construction Industry Looks at the New Bankruptcy Code," 1 The Construction Lawyer, No. 3, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, ABA 1, 1981. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Commercial Law League of America; American Bankruptcy Institute; Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Reorganizations; Business Formation; Construction Law; Title Insurance Litigation; Commercial Law; Wills; Successions.Email: Lawrence R. Anderson, Jr.
Anthony J. Russo, Jr. (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 26, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1985; J.D., 1988). Beta Alpha Psi. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Insurance Defense; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Anthony J. Russo, Jr.
Richard T. Reed (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 26, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.Email: Richard T. Reed
Michael P. Bienvenu (Member) born Lafayette, Louisiana, June 1, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana and U.S. District Court of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1989); Loyola University (J.D., 1993). Member: Loyola and Louisiana State University National Moot Court Teams; Mortar Board. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 2002). Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Errors and Omissions.Email: Michael P. Bienvenu
Willie G. Johnson, Jr. (Associate) born Hammond, Louisiana, January 23, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1997); Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 2003; B.C.L., 2003). Member: American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Dean Henry G. McMahon Inn of Court. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Toxic Tort Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Legal Malpractice Defense; Commercial Litigation.Email: Willie G. Johnson, Jr.
Valerie B. Bargas (Associate) born Stuttgart, Germany, February 29, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Smith College (A.B., cum laude, 1998); Tulane University (J.D., 2001). Recipient, Merit Scholarship, Tulane University. Member, Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee, 2000-2004. Member: Louisiana State (Member, Young Lawyers Council; District 1 Representative, 2003-2005; District 5 Representative, 2005-2006; Continuing Legal Education Program Committee, 2004-2005), American and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Suskind v. Shervington, 2003-0037, 846 So.2d 93 (La.App. 4 Cir. 5/16/04); Paul Hyde, Inc. v. Richard, 2003-1413, 854 So.2d 1000 (La.App. 4 Cir. 9/10/03); Richmond v. USAA Cas. Ins. Co., 2003-0708, 860 So.2d 1170 (La.App. 4 Cir. 11/5/03); Quinn v. Riso Investments, Inc., 869 So.2d 922 (La.App. 4 Cir. 3/3/04); Bennett v. Hughes, 876 So.2d 862 (La.App. 4 Cir. 5/26/04); Joseph v. Houston, 886 So.2d 1133 (La.App. 5 Cir. 10/12/04); Philibert v. Ethicon, Inc., 2004 WL 1922032 (E.D. La. 8/25/04). Practice Areas: Casualty Insurance Defense; Insurance Defense; Corporate Law; Successions.Email: Valerie B. Bargas
Cathy S. Landry (Associate) born Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, November 10, 1955; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (B.A., 1976; B.C.L., J.D., 2006). Member, Trial Advocacy Board. Certified General Real Estate Appraiser. MAI/SRA Member, Appraisal Institute, 1979. Practice Areas: Real Estate Closings; Title Review; Successions; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Cathy S. Landry
William H. Burris (Associate) born Franklinton, Louisiana, October 20, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2003); Southern University Law Center (J.D., 2007). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Title Insurance Defense; Bankruptcy; General Insurance Defense; Collections.Email: William H. Burris
Jennifer Gaubert Aertker (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 29, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Finance, 2002; B.C.L., 2006; J.D., 2006); Loyola University, New Orleans (M.B.A., Finance, 2003). Member, American Inns of Court (Dean Henry George McMahon Inn of Court). Member: Baton Rouge (Member, Committees on: Volunteer, 2007; Bench Bar, 2007; Publications, 2007-2008; Chair, Law Expo, 2007; Member, Young Lawyers Council, 2008), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Contract; Family Law; Wills; Successions.Email: Jennifer Gaubert Aertker
OF COUNSELDonald S. Zuber (Of Counsel) born Donaldsonville, Louisiana, August 27, 1936; admitted to bar, 1960, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1959; LL.B., 1960). Gamma Eta Gamma. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Legal Malpractice Defense; Health Care Law.Email: Donald S. Zuber
Kenneth E. Barnette (Of Counsel) born Plain Dealing, Louisiana, February 21, 1925; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1949; M.B.A., 1949; J.D., 1969). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.
William H. Brown (Of Counsel) born Wagoner, Oklahoma, January 30, 1935; admitted to bar, 1962, Louisiana. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.S., 1958); Louisiana State University Law Center (LL.B., 1962). Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University, 1973-1974. Trial Judge, 1977-1996. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. [Oklahoma National Guard, 1949-1950; Army Reserves, 1954-1956; Active Service Lt., 1958].
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