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Chase Tower South, 8th Floor
451 Florida Street, P.O. Box 2471
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821 (East Baton Rouge Parish)
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(Main Office) Taylor Porter is the oldest law firm in the City of Baton Rouge, having been founded in 1912 by B. B. Taylor and C. V. Porter and the firm continues to represent many of its original clients. It now stands as one of the most respected firms in Louisiana, providing comprehensive legal services to a broad spectrum of individual, commercial and corporate clients located throughout Louisiana, North America and abroad. The firm is comprised of attorneys with distinguished academic and professional training and proven ability in substantially every area of civil law. A source of pride to the firm is the extensive involvement of its members in academic pursuits and community service. Taylor Porter serves its clients from its Baton Rouge office. With 80 attorneys and an equal number of support staff, the firm is large enough to handle the most complex litigation, but still serves its clients' needs on a person to person basis. It is uniquely qualified to manage and support major litigation by virtue of its experience in handling complex litigation involving hundreds of thousands of documents and in maintaining and operating several computer databases. Taylor Porter is dedicated to providing legal services in a manner that is prompt, affordable and effective to assure clients of exceptional representation. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice, Administrative, Admiralty, Agriculture, Antitrust, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganizations, Business and Estate Planning, Constitutional, Corporate and Commercial Transactions, Corporations and Partnership, Education, Energy, Entertainment, Environmental and Toxic Tort, Gaming, Health Care, Health and Casualty Insurance Defense, Insurance, Intellectual Property and Technology, Labor and Employment and Benefits, Legislation and Public Policy, Litigation and Appellate Practice, Media and First Amendment, Medical Malpractice, Mineral (including Title, and Oil and Gas Litigation), Patent, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Public Utility, Real Estate and Land Use, Regulatory, and Taxation. Year Established: 1912
Firm Size: 77
Representative Clients:Agricultural Ins. Co.
Albemarle Corporation
Alma Plantation
American Electric Power
Amoco Chemical Co.
Amoco Production Co.
ApproSystems, Inc.
Aristech Chemical Co.
Baton Rouge Printing
Baton Rouge Water Works Company
Baxter Healthcare
Bechtel Corp.
BlueCross BlueShield
Boy Scouts of America
Caddo-Bossier Port Commission
Chemical Waste Management, Inc.
Chesapeake Operating, Inc.
Chevron USA Products Co.
Clarendon National Insurance Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Company
Constitution State Service Co.
Crosstex LIG
CVS Pharmacy Inc.
Ethyl Corporation
Exide Corporation
Federal Insurance Co.
Firestone Tire & Rubber
Fresenius Medical Care
GMFS LLC
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Greater Baton Rouge Rehabilitation Hospital
Greater Baton Rouge Surgical Hospital
Grove Worldwide, LLC
Hallwood Energy Companies
Head & Engquist Equipment, Inc.
Highlands Insurance Co.
Hollingsworth-Richards Automobile Group
Hunt Petroleum Corporation
International House of Pancakes
Jacobs Engineering
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Kemper National Ins. Co.
Legends Gaming, LLC
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
LOGA Development, L.L.C.
Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc.
Louisiana Home Builders Self Insurers Fund
Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund
Louisiana State University Systems
Louisiana Workers Compensation Corporation
Manitowoc, Inc.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
Mercedes-Benz of N.A., Inc.
Moody-Price, Inc.
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
Motorola, Inc.
New Holland North America, Inc.
New Market Corporation
North Oaks Health System
Ohio Casualty Group
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Inc.
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Party Time Ice Co., Inc.
Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation
Pennington Oil, Inc.
PetroUnited Terminals, Inc.
PPG, Inc.
Plaquemine Bank & Trust Co.
Regions Bank
Republic Insurance Company
Rite-Aid Pharmacy Inc.
Royal Indemnity Co.
Sabine River Authority
Safe-Guard Products International
Schwarz Pharma, Inc.
Southern University System Foundation
Spiral Metals Corp.
State of Louisiana
St. Paul/ Travelers Companies
Superior Ford, Inc.
Tembec, Inc.
Tenneco Pipeline
The Dow Chemical Company
The Newtron Group, Inc.
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
Union Carbide Corporation
U.S. Comex Corp.
WMX Technologies
Waste Management of Louisiana, L.L.C.
Yamaha Motor Corporation USA
Zurich-American Insurance Group.
AddressChase Tower South, 8th Floor
451 Florida Street P.O. Box 2471
Baton Rouge, LA 70821, (East Baton Rouge Parish)
PhonePhone: 225-387-3221
Facsimile: 225-346-8049
Websitehttp://www.taylorporter.com
Benjamin Brown Taylor (1885-1959).
Charles Vernon Porter (1885-1962).
Laurance Waddill Brooks (1900-1971).
Charles Worsham Phillips (1911-1995).
John R. Tharp (1941-2007).
G. Michael Pharis (1945-2008).
Edwin W. Fleshman (1956-2008).
John L. Glover (Admission pending). (1926-2009).
W. Shelby McKenzie (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 14, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, Louisiana. Education: Princeton University (B.S.E., 1961); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1964). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Louisiana Law Review, 1963-1964. Co-Author: "Louisiana Civil Law Treatise, Insurance Law and Practice," McKenzie and Johnson, West (1986), Second Edition (1996). Adjunct Professor of Law, Insurance Law, Louisiana State University Law School, 1970-2005. LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center Alumni Board of Trustees (Chairman, 2003-2005). LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center's 2005 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. Member: Baton Rouge (President, 1983-1984), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (President, 2001-2002); National Association of College and University Attorneys. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Insurance; Higher Education; Litigation.Email: W. Shelby McKenzie
John S. Campbell, Jr. (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, December 8, 1937; admitted to bar, 1961, Louisiana. Education: Centenary College; Louisiana State University (LL.B., 1961). Phi Delta Phi. Student Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1960-1961. Clerk, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1961-1962. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association. Fellow: American College of Mortgage Attorneys. [Capt., JAGD, USAF, 1962-1965]. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Transactions; Financial Transactions; Banking Law; Gaming Law; Agricultural Law.Email: John S. Campbell, Jr.
W. Luther Wilson (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, July 13, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1968). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Louisiana Law Review. Vice Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates; Louisiana Bar Foundation. Special Agencies: Vice Chancellor Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Drug Liability; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; First Amendment.Email: W. Luther Wilson
J. Clayton Johnson (Partner) born Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 15, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Geology, 1965; J.D. 1969). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1968-1969. Author: "Maintenance of Mineral Interests in Louisiana," 26th Institute on Mineral Law 1979; "The Top Lease - No Longer a Stranger in the Lease Block," 34th Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation 1983; "Liability for Blow-outs and Similar Accidents," 32nd Institute on Mineral Law 1985. Presenter, Oil and Gas Law for a New Century: Precedent as Prologue, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1997. Member, Board of Editors, Oil and Gas Reporter, Matthew Bender & Co., 1987-2005; Recipient as Board Member, John Rogers Award, 1999. Master, Dean Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court. Member: Mineral Code Committee, Louisiana State Law Institute, 1992; Advisory Committee, Middle District of Louisiana, Civil Justice Reform Act, 1995-1997 (Chairman, 1996-1997); Hearing Committee, Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, 1997-1999. Special Mineral Counsel, Parish of East Baton Rouge and Louisiana State University. Listed in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law. Certified Mediator, Attorney-Mediator Institute. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1986-1990; Council Member, Mineral Law Section, 1986-1993, Chairman, 1992-1993) Bar Associations. [U.S. Army Reserves, 1969-1975]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Law; Environmental Law.Email: J. Clayton Johnson
Eugene R. Groves (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1967; J.D., 1970). Phi Alpha Delta. Winner, Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition, 1969-1970. Faculty, Adjunct Professor of Law, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 1985. Hall of Fame, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 1987. Delegate, Louisiana State Citizens Summit on Justice Reform, 1997. Author of numerous articles and speaker at numerous Continuing Legal Education Seminars. Author: Chapter, Louisiana Civil Trial Procedure Practice Guide, American Inns of Court Series, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing (1997) (Post Trial Motions). Member: Baton Rouge (Board of Directors, 1985-1998; President, 1997-1998; Pro Bono Panel) and Louisiana State (Board of Governors, 1998-1999; State Nominating Committee, 1997-1998; Chairman, Local Bar Liaison Committee, 1993-1995; House of Delegates, 1990-1999; Chairman, House of Delegates Liaison Committee to Board of Governors, 1993-1994; Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and Procedure, 1997-1998) Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Master, Wex S. Malone American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation (Federal and State); Corporate Law; Insurance Law; Construction Law; Regulatory Law; Administrative Law.Email: Eugene R. Groves
A. Michael Dufilho (Partner) born Opelousas, Louisiana, July 15, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, 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., Accounting, cum laude, 1969; J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1971-1972. Certified Public Accountant. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Baton Rouge Property Lawyers Group; Louisiana Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Section). [U.S.A.R., Officer]. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Banking Law; Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Title Examination; Title Insurance; Secured Financing Transactions; Consumer Finance Law; Commercial Collections and Workouts; Public Finance.Email: A. Michael Dufilho
W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr. (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, April 21, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1973, New Jersey. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Trustees, Louisiana State University Law Center. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Louisiana Bar Foundation. [Brig. Gen., Army National Guard (Ret.)]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Toxic Torts; Class Actions; Product Liability; Insurance Defense.Email: W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr.
Fredrick R. Tulley (Partner) born Columbus, Ohio, May 23, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1970); University of Virginia (J.D., 1973). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma. Lecturer: "Civil RICO," Baton Rouge Bar Association; "What Every Defense Counsel Should Know About RICO," Louisiana and Mississippi Associations of Defense Counsel; "Complex Litigation in Federal Courts," Baton Rouge Bar Association Bench Bar Conference. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction; Antitrust; RICO; Commercial Bankruptcy; Insurance Insolvency; Securities Litigation; Accounting Malpractice; Legal Malpractice.Email: Fredrick R. Tulley
Vernon P. Middleton (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 2, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana. Education: New Mexico State University; Louisiana State University (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. (Administrative Partner).Email: Vernon P. Middleton
James L. Ellis (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, December 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, District of Columbia. Education: Southwestern at Memphis; Louisiana State University (B.A., 1971); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Trial Attorney, Federal Power Commission, 1974-1975. Chief Counsel for Gas & Electric Litigation, Regulatory Law Division, General Services Administration, 1975-1978. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; United States Supreme Court Bar. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Energy Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Regulatory Law; Business Transactions.Email: James L. Ellis
John Michael Parker (Partner) born Lawton, Oklahoma, November 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1974; J.D., 1978). Delta Theta Phi. Presentations: "Exposure to Toxic Chemicals" presented through mock trial at the American Chemical Society National Meeting; "Insurance Coverage Law in Louisiana" National Business Institute; "Adjusting the Automobile Injury Claim in Louisiana," National Business Institute; "Recent Developments in Legislation and Jurisprudence," LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Member: Baton Rouge, Fifth Federal Circuit, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute, Inc.; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Inc.; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. [1st Lieutenant, USAR, 1974-1982]. Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Class Action; Toxic Torts; Insurance Law; Admiralty Law; Maritime Law; Products Liability.Email: John Michael Parker
Nancy C. Dougherty (Partner) born Nashville, Tennessee, February 4, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1979). Member, Order of the Coif. Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; National Association of College and University Attorneys; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Higher Education Law; Health Care Law; Debt Issuances for Institutions of Higher Education; Public Finance.Email: Nancy C. Dougherty
J. Ashley Moore (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 22, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, American, Fifth Federal Circuit and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Banking; Transactional Law; Lender Liability; Insurance Regulatory Law; Health Care Law.Email: J. Ashley Moore
Vicki M. Crochet (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 11, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., cum laude, 1977; J.D., 1980). Clerk: 19th Judicial District Court, 1980-1981; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1981-1982. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Higher Education Law.Email: Vicki M. Crochet
Harry J. "Skip" Philips, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 1950; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1972; J.D., 1983). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Louisiana Law Review, Volume 43 (1982-1983). Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University Law School, 1990. Lecturer in Professional Responsibility and Ethics: State Bar Association; Baton Rouge Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Attorney General's Office; Louisiana State University Paralegal Studies Institute. Member: Former Committee on Bar Admissions; Louisiana Supreme Court (Director of Character and Fitness, 1999-2004). Member: Baton Rouge Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1996-1998; Legislative Vice-President, 2001); Louisiana Bankers Association; Louisiana Hospital Association; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Member, Grants Committee). [Major General, U.S. Army Reserve]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Lender Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice Law; Insurance Defense Law; Probate Law; Business Organizations Law; Corporate Law.Email: Harry J. "Skip" Philips, Jr.
Lloyd J. Lunceford (Partner) born Ft. Brooks, Puerto Rico, March 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1983). Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Kappa Phi. Co-Author: "Libel and Privacy Law and Practice in Louisiana," (co-author) National Business Institute (1998). General Editor: "A Guide to Church Property: Theological, Constitutional and Practical Considerations," (2006). Member, Chancellor's Council, LSU Law Center. Arbitrator, Baton Rouge City Court. Moreau-Lislet Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; American Inns of Court; Christian Legal Society. Practice Areas: Higher Education; Media Law; Health Care; Litigation.Email: Lloyd J. Lunceford
Thomas R. Peak (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 16, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Higher Education Law; Immigration; ERISA; Workers Compensation.Email: Thomas R. Peak
C. Michael Hart (Partner) born Ft. Bliss, Texas, May 5, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Texas A & M University; United States Military Academy (B.S., 1975); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1984). Managing Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1983-1984. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. [Captain, U.S. Army, 1975-1981; Major, U.S. Army Reserve, 1981-1992]. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Casualty Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Aviation Law.Email: C. Michael Hart
John F. McDermott (Partner) born Natchitoches, Louisiana, November 30, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (J.D., 1978; B.S., 1980); Georgetown University (LL.M., 1986). Certified Public Accountant, Louisiana, 1984. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association; The Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Business Planning; Estate Planning; Successions; Probate.Email: John F. McDermott
Paul O. Dicharry (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 20, 1947; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1981); University of Arizona (M.A., 1971). Environmental Protection Specialist, Eighth U.S. Coast Guard District, New Orleans. Assistant Dean and Director of Information Systems for Admissions and Records, Loyola University. Frequent lecturer and writer on environmental topics. Former Assistant Professor, Tulane Law School. Council Member, 1989-1995 and Chairman, 1994-1995, Louisiana State Bar Association Environmental Law Section. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Environmental Law). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Transactions: Appeared before Louisiana Federal and State Courts, United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Louisiana Departments of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources, the Texas Council on Environmental Quality, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. Led numerous teams for the combined defense in litigation arising out of superfund and state remediation sites. Lead counsel in permit acquisition for complex industrial facilities. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law.Email: Paul O. Dicharry
Brett P. Furr (Partner) born Ponchatoula, Louisiana, December 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1983; J.D., 1986). Publications/Lecturer, Louisiana Bankers Association Tax Force for Drafting ATM Security Legislation (1995-1996). Lecturer, 2000, Louisiana State Bar Association Bankruptcy Seminar, 2000 Bank Counsel Conferences and 1997 Louisiana Bankers Association Security Conference, ATM Security; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Premises Liability and ATM Security (1996). Member: Baton Rouge (Committee Chair, 1994) and Louisiana State Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association (Chair, Banking Law Committee, 1998); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Lender Liability; Bankruptcy; Oil and Gas; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions.Email: Brett P. Furr
M. Lenore Feeney (Partner) born Crowley, Louisiana, August 4, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1983; J.D., 1987). Mu Sigma Rho; Kappa Delta Epsilon. Member, Moot Court Board (Vice Chairman, 1986-1987). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Higher Education Law; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Civil Service.Email: M. Lenore Feeney
Marc S. Whitfield (Partner) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 24, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana; 1988, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1984; J.D., 1987); Southern Methodist University (LL.M., Taxation, 1988). Lecturer: "Intellectual Property Law," Louisiana State Bar Association, 19th Annual Summer Meeting; "Ethics in Cyberspace," Intellectual Property Law Institute, International Legal Seminars; "Federal Copyright and Trademark Laws," Louisiana Journalism Symposium; "Computer Software Distribution and Licensing Agreements," Continuing Legal Education, Louisiana State Bar Association; Franchising Law, Practicing Law Institute; Federal and State Trademark Laws, Louisiana Association of Business Managers Symposium. Member, New Orleans Intellectual Property Law Committee. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Bar Admissions); State Bar of Texas; American Inns of Court; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; American Intellectual Property Law Association; National Association of College and University Attorneys. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Intellectual Property Law; Copyrights and Trademarks; Employment Law; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Litigation.Email: Marc S. Whitfield
John H. Runnels (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, January 15, 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1986, New York; 1989, registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1985); California Institute of Technology (M.S., 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Chemical Society; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Association of University Technology Managers; National Association of College and University Attorneys. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; Patent Licensing.Email: John H. Runnels
Margaret L. Tooke (Partner) born Lafayette, Louisiana, October 27, 1957; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana. Education: University of Houston (B.S., 1979); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1989). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense.Email: Margaret L. Tooke
Deborah E. Lamb (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Converse College; Louisiana State University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1988). Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph F. Keogh, Nineteenth Judicial District Court, 1988-1989. Member: Baton Rouge, Fifth Federal Circuit, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation (Federal and State).Email: Deborah E. Lamb
T. MacDougall Womack (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 18, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1976; J.D., 1979). Law Clerk: to the Honorable Lewis S. Doherty, III, Nineteenth Judicial District Court, 1981-1982 and to the Honorable Steve A. Alford, First Circuit Court of Appeals, 1982-1984. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: T. MacDougall Womack
David M. Bienvenu, Jr. (Partner) born Lafayette, Louisiana, July 27, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1991). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Author: "Subsequent Remedial Measures and Louisiana Code of Evidence: Some Thoughts on Interpretation," 51 Louisiana Law Review 1069 (1991). Instructor, Appellate Advocacy, Louisiana State University Law School, 1993. Law Clerk to Frank J. Polozola, Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1991-1992. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Civil Rights Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Litigation.Email: David M. Bienvenu, Jr.
Robert L. Coco (Partner) born Alexandria, Louisiana, August 31, 1957; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana; 1990, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1979; M.S., Nuclear Engineering, 1982; J.D., 1988).Email: Robert L. Coco
David J. Shelby, II (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 22, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.G.S., 1989; J.D., 1993). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; National Association of College and University Attorneys. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Collections; Premises Liability; Higher Education Law.Email: David J. Shelby, II
Erick Y. "Hiko" Miyagi (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 29, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1990; J.D., 1993). Phi Kappa Phi. Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1992-1993. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Hospital Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Defense; Medical Device Defense; Insurance Defense.Email: Erick Y. "Hiko" Miyagi
Robert W. Barton (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 11, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1990); University of Georgia (M.B.A., 1994; J.D., cum laude, 1994). Phi Delta Phi. Capital Area United Way: Board Member (2005), Secretary (2007), Chairman - Bylaws and Governance Committee (2007-2008), Chairman - Professional Section (2002-2004), Commercial Unit (2005). Named to Top 40 Under 40, Baton Rouge Business Report. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Sports Lawyers Association; Louisiana Bankers Association; Louisiana Hospital Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Insurance Litigation; Business Law; Corporate Law; Medical Malpractice.Email: Robert W. Barton
Preston J. Castille, Jr. (Partner) born Opelousas, Louisiana, April 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Southern University (B.S., 1990); Tulane University (J.D., 1994). Student Member, Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education, 1987-1988. President, Student Government Association, 1987-1988. Order of the Barristers. Adjunct Professor of Law: Pretrial Litigation, Louisiana State University Law School (2002); Louisiana Civil Procedure I and II, Southern University Law School (2003). Member and Committee Chairman, Tulane Moot Court Board, 1993-1994. Winner, Tulane Moot Court Appellate Competition. Member, Tulane National Environmental Law Moot Court Team, 1992-1993. Graduate, Leadership Baton Rouge, 1997; Named to Top 40-Under-40, Baton Rouge Business Report; Member, Louisiana Hospital Association. Member: Baton Rouge (Board of Directors, 2003) and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; American Inns of Court; Louis A. Martinet Society (Baton Rouge Chapter; President, 1998-2000; Foundation Chairman, Board of Directors, 2003). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation (Federal and State); Civil Rights Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Products Liability; Insurance Law; Construction Law.Email: Preston J. Castille, Jr.
John Stewart Tharp (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 21, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi; 1996, Louisiana. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1990); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1994). Law Clerk to the Honorable John V. Parker, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1994-1995. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Louisiana Association of Defense Council; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Insurance Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Products Liability.Email: John Stewart Tharp
John Stone Campbell, III (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Millsaps College (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1992); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma; Hall of Fame, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 1995. Law Clerk to the Honorable John M. Shaw, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1995-1996. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Litigation; Tort and Insurance Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Liens and Privileges; Collections; Construction Law; Business Entities.Email: John Stone Campbell, III
John P. Murrill (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 14, 1963; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: University of Mississippi (B.S., cum laude, 1986); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1995). Phi Kappa Phi; Tau Beta Pi; Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1994-1995. Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Polozola, Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1995-1996. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Environmental Law; Education Law.Email: John P. Murrill
Bonnie "Jeanne" Davis (Partner) born Lubbock, Texas, May 17, 1946; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1968); University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Ph.D., 1974); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif. Executive Senior Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1994-1995. Author: "Admissibility of Expert Testimony after Daubert and Foret: A Wider Gate, A More Vigilant Gatekeeper," Louisiana Law Review, Vol. 54, 1994. Law Clerk to the Honorable W. Eugene Davis, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1995-1996. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Association of University Technology Managers. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Prosecution; Civil Litigation.Email: Bonnie "Jeanne" Davis
Andree Matherne Cullens (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 7, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1989); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1994). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Banking; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law.Email: Andree Matherne Cullens
Amy Groves Lowe (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1992; M.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Phi Alpha Delta. Tullis Moot Court Winner. Hall of Fame, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 1997. Listed in Baton Rouge Business Report's 40 Under 40. Speaker: "Winning Strategies for July Selection," 2004, 2006; "The Experienced Practitioner's Guide to Achieving Favorable Personal Injury Settlements," 2005. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Balseiro v. Castaneda-Zuniga and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 916 So.2d 1149 (La. App. 4 Cir. 8/17/05); La. Ind. for the Disabled, Inc. v. Premier Bank, NA, 807 So.2d 1190 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2/15/02). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Tort and Insurance Litigation; Employment Law.Email: Amy Groves Lowe
Timothy J. Poché (Partner) born Gonzales, Louisiana, January 21, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Geology, 1988; J.D., 1992). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Council Member, Environmental Law Section), Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Litigation.Email: Timothy J. Poché
Michael A. Crawford (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, January 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Business Administration, 1984; J.D., 1993); Louisiana Tech University (M.B.A., 1988). Law Clerk to the Honorable Gerald H. Schiff, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette-Opelousas Division, 1993-1994. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Commercial Litigation.Email: Michael A. Crawford
Phillip E. Foco (Partner) born Jeanerette, Louisiana, December 20, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., magna cum laude, Psychology, 1995; J.D., 1998). Member: Baton Rouge and American Bar Associations Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; Manufactured Housing Law; Workers Compensation.Email: Phillip E. Foco
Todd S. Manuel (Partner) born New Iberia, Louisiana, August 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1995); Southern University (J.D., 1998). Managing Editor, Southern University Law Review 1997-1998; Moot Court. Treasurer, Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, 2004-2005. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Wex S. Malone American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Toxic Torts; Labor and Employment.Email: Todd S. Manuel
John Allain Viator (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1995; J.D., 1998). Associate, Louisiana State University Law Review. Author: Comment, "What You Earn is Yours, But You Are Jointly and Severally Liable for His: A Proportionate Liability Proposal for Federal Income Taxes," 58 La. L.R. 309, 1997. Law Clerk for the Honorable Richard T. Haik, Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1998-1999. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Class Actions; Maritime; Insurance.Email: John Allain Viator
Mary C. Hester (Partner) born Daytona Beach, Florida, 1954; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Jacksonville University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Louisiana State University (M.A., 1981; J.D., 1994). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Senior Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1993-1994. Member: Charitable Trust Law Revision Subcommittee, Louisiana Law Institute; Association of Employee Benefit Planners; National Committee on Planned Giving, Greater New Orleans Council. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; New Orleans Estate Planning Council. (Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization).Email: Mary C. Hester
Patrick D. Seiter (Partner) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 21, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama; 1993, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.A., 1982); University of Minnesota School of Law (J.D., 1985); University of Alabama at Birmingham (M.P.H., 1992). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American (Member, Health Law Section) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care Law.Email: Patrick D. Seiter
Ann M. Halphen (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Member: Louisiana State (Member, Medical/Legal Interprofessional Committee) and American (Member, Health Law Section) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors); International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Insurance Defense; Premises Liability; Health Care Litigation; Pharmaceutical Products Liability.Email: Ann M. Halphen
Amy C. Lambert (Partner) born October 4, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1996). Order of the Coif. Editor-In-Chief, Louisiana Law Review, Volume 56. Clerk, Chief Judge Frank J. Polozola, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Member: Louisiana State University Law Center Hall of Fame; Executive Committee, Wex Malone, American Inns of Court. Member: Baton Rouge (Elected Officer; Past President, Young Lawyers Council), Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Toxic Tort; Class Action; Federal Practice; Commercial Litigation.Email: Amy C. Lambert
Edward J. "Ted" Laperouse, II (Partner) born Houma, Louisiana, September 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; 2004, Louisiana. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1995); Loyola University (J.D., 1998). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association.Email: Edward J. "Ted" Laperouse, II
Jennifer M. Sigler (Partner) born Dalton, Georgia, April 6, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., 1996); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2000). Moot Court Board, 1999-2000. Moot Court Semifinalist, 1999-2000. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and Fifth Circuit Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Jennifer M. Sigler
Anne J. Crochet (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 1, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1983). Contributing Author, "Louisiana Environmental Compliance," Thomson/West, 2005. Associate Editor, Louisiana Environmental Handbook, West Group, 2000. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Past Chair of Environmental Law Council) and American (Member: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Litigation.Email: Anne J. Crochet
Dawn D. Bonnecaze (Partner) born 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana and Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Accounting, 1993; J.D., 1997); Boston University (LL.M., Taxation, 1998). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Taxation.Email: Dawn D. Bonnecaze
Tommy D. Gildersleeve (Partner) born Boonville, Missouri, May 28, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana; 2003, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1996; J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Environmental.Email: Tommy D. Gildersleeve
M. Michelle Marney (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, July 8, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1994; J.D., 2000). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Toxic Torts.Email: M. Michelle Marney
——————————Edward D. Hughes (Associate) born Waterbury, Connecticut, July 22, 1970; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.A., 1994); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2003). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. [With USAR, 1990-1994]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Workers Compensation; Toxic Torts.Email: Edward D. Hughes
Matthew L. "Matt" Mullins (Associate) born December 1, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2002); Tulane University (J.D., 2005). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Banks and Banking; Insurance; Real Estate.Email: Matthew L. "Matt" Mullins
William H.L. Kaufman (Associate) born Abbeville, Louisiana, October 9, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2002; J.D., 2005; B.C.L., 2005). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Health Care; Construction Law.Email: William H.L. Kaufman
Kathryn C. Goodson (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, November 13, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., cum laude, 2002; J.D., 2005; B.C.L., 2005). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; Health Care; College and University Law.Email: Kathryn C. Goodson
Tom S. Easterly (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., Finance, 2002); Louisiana State University (M.B.A., 2005; J.D., 2006). Member: Baton Rouge Bar Association Louisiana Bar Association Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Toxic Torts; Construction Law; Bankruptcy.Email: Tom S. Easterly
Tam Catherine Bourgeois (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A. 1999; J.D. 2006). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense.Email: Tam Catherine Bourgeois
Robin Price Toups (Associate) born Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (Chemical Engineering, 2002; J.D., 2006).Email: Robin Price Toups
Margaret G. Patton (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: College of Charleston (B.A., cum laude, 2002); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2006; B.C.L., 2006). Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Environmental Law.Email: Margaret G. Patton
Lexi T. Holinga (Associate) born Lafayette, Louisiana, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002, J.D., 2005). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Junior League. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Federalist Society. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Litigation.Email: Lexi T. Holinga
Jon N. "Blue" Loupe (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina; 2007, Louisiana. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., Business Administration, 2002); University of Alabama (J.D., 2005). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar.Email: Jon N. "Blue" Loupe
Kari A. "Kiki" Bergeron (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Sam Houston State University (B.S., Criminal Justice, 1997); Southern University (J.D., 2007). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law.Email: Kari A. "Kiki" Bergeron
Cindy M. Amedee (Associate) born March 6, 1960; admitted to bar, 2008, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2001); Southern University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Torts; Insurance Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Health Care.Email: Cindy M. Amedee
Katia Desrouleaux (Associate) born October 16, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Louisiana. Education: Southern University and A&M College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2005); Southern University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Torts.Email: Katia Desrouleaux
D. Nelson Daniel (Associate) born Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1967; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia; 2009, Louisiana. Education: College of William & Mary (B.S., 1990); Indiana University (M.S., 1997); University of Richmond, T.C., Williams School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar.Email: D. Nelson Daniel
Brian M. Chustz (Associate) born Hammond, Louisiana, 1979; admitted to bar, 2009, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2004; J.D., 2009). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. [With U.S. Navy, 1997-2001].Email: Brian M. Chustz
John M. Parker, Jr. (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1984; admitted to bar, 2009, Louisiana. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., cum laude, 2006); Louisiana State University (J.D., cum laude, 2009). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations.Email: John M. Parker, Jr.
L. Adam Thames (Associate) born Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1984; admitted to bar, 2009, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2006; J.D., magna cum laude, 2009). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations.Email: L. Adam Thames
SPECIAL COUNSELH. Evans Scobee (Special Counsel) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 2, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: University of North Carolina; Louisiana State University (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975). Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1974-1975. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Litigation.Email: H. Evans Scobee
Erinn Neyrey (Special Counsel) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., Psychology, 1992); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1995); Vermont Law School (Master of Studies, Environmental Law, 1996).Email: Erinn Neyrey
OF COUNSELFrank M. Coates, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Little Rock, Arkansas, November 3, 1929; admitted to bar, 1956, New York; 1959, Louisiana. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1952); Harvard University (LL.B., 1955). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, New York State and American Bar Associations.
William H. McClendon, III (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 19, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, Louisiana. Education: The Leys, Cambridge, England; Tulane University (B.A., 1956; LL.B., 1958). Professor of Law, Adjunct Faculty, Louisiana State University Law Center, Law Office Practice, Legal Negotiation and Professionalism, 1983. Faculty of Professional Education Group, 2000. Baton Rouge panel of Moderators, Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc., 1999. Member: Baton Rouge (Member, Title Standards Committee), Louisiana State (Past Chairman, Trust, Probate and Immovable Property Law) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Section); Attorney-Mediators Institute. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1955-1968]. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Alternative Dispute Resolution.
William A. Norfolk (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., August 14, 1927; admitted to bar, 1961, Louisiana. Education: University of Miami (B.B.A., 1952); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (LL.B., 1961). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel.Email: William A. Norfolk
Robert H. Hodges (Of Counsel) born Calhoun City, Mississippi, November 30, 1931; admitted to bar, 1953, Mississippi; 1956, Louisiana. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1953; J.D., 1953); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1956). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Eta Sigma Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Tau Kappa Alpha. Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1952-1953. Recipient, Fellowship to Complutense University Law School, Madrid, Spain, granted by the Institute of International Education, 1956-1957. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar; American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Fellow, 1974; Member, Board of Regents, 1974-1980; President, 1980-1981). [Lt. JAGD, USAF, 1953-1955]. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Mortgage Law; International Transactions; International Litigation; Litigation.
Gerald L. Walter, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Opelousas, Louisiana, September 10, 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1958; J.D., 1962). Phi Delta Phi. Managing Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1961-1962. Lecturer, Workmen's Compensation Law, Louisiana State University Law School, 1973-1982. Member: Baton Rouge (President, 1977-1978), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Litigation.Email: Gerald L. Walter, Jr.
Mary E. Tharp (Of Counsel) born Yonkers, New York, March 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1968; M.A., 1973; J.D., 1980). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Instructor, Real Estate Law, Paralegal Studies Program, LSU, 1992-1999. Lecturer: "Ethics of the Notary," Louisiana Notary Association, November 1996, 1997, 1998; "Current Issues in Zoning and Land Uses," 14th Institute on Real Estate Law, LSU April 1998; "Limiting Lease Liability" and "Ethics in Negotiation," January, 2000. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Member, Secretary/ Treasurer, Governmental and Public Law Section) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Banking Law; Corporate Law; Property Law; Mineral Rights; Public Law.Email: Mary E. Tharp
Cyrus J. Greco (Of Counsel) born Tickfaw, Louisiana, June 24, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1964, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southeastern Louisiana College (B.A., 1962); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Moot Court II, Louisiana State University Law Center, 1977-1979. Adjunct Professor, Advanced Litigation Seminar, Paul N. Herbert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 1979-2004. Assistant District Attorney, East Baton Rouge Parish, 1967-1970. Assistant Executive Counsel, 1982-1983 and Executive Counsel, 1983, for Gov. David C. Treen. Member: Baton Rouge (Member, Board of Directors, 1985-1993; President, 1991-1992), 21st Judicial District, Louisiana State (Member: House of Delegates, 1972-1974, 1977-1980, 1992-1993; Board of Governors, 1985-1987, 1989-1991, 1993-1995; Nominating Committee, 1990-1992; Member, 1980-1999 and Chairman, 1996-1999, East Baton Rouge Indigent Defender Board) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana State Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1996-1998; President, 1996-1999); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; American Judicature Society. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. [U.S. Army, 1956-1957].Email: Cyrus J. Greco
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4.4 out of 5Michael A. Crawford - BV® Distinguished™
4.4 out of 5Timothy J. Poché - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Erick Y. "Hiko" Miyagi - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5David J. Shelby, II - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Patrick D. Seiter - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5David M. Bienvenu, Jr. - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5John H. Runnels - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5J. Ashley Moore - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Brett P. Furr - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5T. MacDougall Womack - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5W. Luther Wilson - BV® Distinguished™
4.4 out of 5Marc S. Whitfield - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Gerald L. Walter, Jr. - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Fredrick R. Tulley - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Margaret L. Tooke - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Mary E. Tharp - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5H. Evans Scobee - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5William A. Norfolk - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Harry J. "Skip" Philips, Jr. - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Thomas R. Peak - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5John Michael Parker - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Vernon P. Middleton - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5W. Shelby McKenzie - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5John F. McDermott - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5William H. McClendon, III - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Lloyd J. Lunceford - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Deborah E. Lamb - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5J. Clayton Johnson - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Robert H. Hodges - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5C. Michael Hart - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Ann M. Halphen - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Eugene R. Groves - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Cyrus J. Greco - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5M. Lenore Feeney - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5James L. Ellis - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5A. Michael Dufilho - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Nancy C. Dougherty - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Paul O. Dicharry - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Vicki M. Crochet - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Anne J. Crochet - BV® Distinguished™
4.4 out of 5Robert L. Coco - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Frank M. Coates, Jr. - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5John S. Campbell, Jr. - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr. - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Mary C. Hester - BV® Distinguished™
4.4 out of 5Andree Matherne Cullens - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Robert W. Barton - BV® Distinguished™
4.4 out of 5Preston J. Castille, Jr. - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5John Stewart Tharp - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5Bonnie "Jeanne" Davis - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5John P. Murrill - AV® Preeminent™
5.0 out of 5John Stone Campbell, III - AV® Preeminent™
4.5 out of 5Amy C. Lambert - BV® Distinguished™
4.4 out of 5Amy Groves Lowe - BV® Distinguished™
4.4 out of 5Phillip E. Foco - BV® Distinguished™
4.4 out of 5John Allain Viator - Rated
2.9 out of 5Jennifer M. Sigler
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