(Main Office)

The firm was founded in 1945 and it represents clients throughout the state of Louisiana. The firm's main focus is Medical and Hospital Defense, Health Care Law, Nursing Home Defense, Insurance Defense, Probate and Wills. The firm's main clients are primarily Insurance Companies and Hospitals.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice. Trials. Probate, Insurance, Products Liability, Medical and Legal Malpractice Defense, Health Care Law, Toxic Torts Defense, Elder Law.

Representative Clients:

Advanced Medical Concepts, Inc.
American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company
American International Insurance Group
Argonaut Insurance Company
Baton Rouge General Health Center
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Behavioral Health, Inc.
Bituminous Casualty Corporation
Bituminous Fire and Marine Insurance Company
BP Chemical, Inc.
Carpenters Local 1098 Fringe Benefits Funds
CNA Insurance Company
Cook Pacemaker Corporation
Doctors Group (The)
ExxonMobil (Louisiana state and local tax matters)
General Health Home Care, Inc.
General Health System
General Health System Foundation
General Living Centers, Inc.
GEICO Indemnity
Government Employees Insurance Company
Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company
Hospital Services of Louisiana, Inc.
Louisiana Hospital Association
Louisiana Hospital Association Trust Funds (Hospital and Physician Malpractice, General Liability, Workers' Compensation)
Louisiana Nursing Home Association Malpractice and General Liability Trust
Medical Protective Company
Michigan Mutual Liability Company
Mid-Continent Group (Mid-Continent Casualty and Mid-Continent Insurance)
Monroe Guaranty Insurance Company
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Republic-Vanguard Insurance companies
Safety Mutual Insurance Company
Safety National Casualty Corporation
Southern Guaranty Insurance Co.
Specialty Plastics, Inc.
Stone and Webster Energy Corporation
Towing Recovery Professionals of Louisiana Trust (Tow Truck Liability)
Underwriters at Lloyds, London
Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center
Willis-Knighton Medical Centers (Hospital and Physician Medical Malpractice, General Liability and Peer Review/Staff Privileges).

Address

505 North Boulevard P.O. Box 2995
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2995, (East Baton Rouge Parish)

Phone

Phone: 225-387-5511
Fax: 225-387-5972

Website

http://www.wbwplaw.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Warren O. Watson (1893-1973).

Fred A. Blanche (1898-1977).

Charles W. Wilson (1910-1981).

Harvey H. Posner (1919-2003).

Robert L. Roland (Member) born San Francisco, California, 1926; admitted to bar, 1949, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1946; J.D., 1949). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1948-1949. Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University Law School, 1951, 1959-1992. Chief Counsel, Louisiana Department of Revenue, 1956-1958. Collector of Revenue, State of Louisiana, 1958-1960. Member: Baton Rouge (President, 1980-1981) and Louisiana State (Member, Board of Governors, 1981-1982) Bar Associations; American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys.

Peter T. Dazzio (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1963; J.D., 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to Hon. E. Gordon West, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1966-1967. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Louisiana State University, 1981-1985. Member: Baton Rouge (Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1984), Louisiana State (Member: House of Delegates, 1978-1979 and 1980-1981; Member, Disciplinary Hearing Committee, First Circuit, 1990-1999; Disciplinary Board, 1999-2004; Vice Chairman, 2004) and Federal (President, Baton Rouge Chapter, 1971-1972) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1983); Louisiana Association of Hospital Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability.

William E. Scott, III (Member) born Lake Providence, Louisiana, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1981). Adjunct Faculty, Health Care Law, University of St. Francis, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2004. Member, Moot Court Board, 1979-1980. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Casualty Insurance Litigation.

Michael M. Remson (Member) born Huntington, West Virginia, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1992, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1998-1999); Louisiana Association of Hospital Attorneys. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care Law; Legal Malpractice Defense.Email: Michael M. Remson

P. Chauvin Wilkinson, Jr. (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1944; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1967; M.A., 1969; J.D., 1985). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care Law; Workers Compensation.

Randall L. Champagne (Member) born Port Barre, Louisiana, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1982). Pi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care Law; Title VII Discrimination.

René J. Pfefferle (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1980); Loyola University (J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; American Health Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care Law.

P. Scott Jolly (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1987; J.D., 1990). Law Clerk to Hon. Henry L. Yelverton, Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1990-1991. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; American Inn of Court; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care Law; Collection Law.

Chris J. LeBlanc (Member) born Orange, Texas, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Lamar University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1991); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1995). Senior Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1994-1995, Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Society of Hospital Attorneys. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care Law; Insurance Defense.

Robert W. Robison, Jr. (Member) born Alexandria, Louisiana, 1963; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1985; M.S., 1986; J.D., 1996). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State (Member, Elder Law Task Force) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care law; Insurance Defense; Business Law; Probate; Elder Law.

Michael P. Wilson (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1991; J.D., 1994). Member, Moot Court Board. Law Clerk, Fourth Judicial District Court of Louisiana, 1995-1998. Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care Law.

ASSOCIATES

Thomas H. Wartelle (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2000; J.D., 2003). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: Thomas H. Wartelle

Adrien Gingles Busekist (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2003, 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.A., Political Science, 2000; J.D., 2003; B.C.L., 2003). Recipient, CALI Award in Appellate Advocacy. Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Legal Association of Women. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense.Email: Adrien Gingles Busekist