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| | Address | | Second Floor, Magnolia Life Building, P.O. Drawer 3004 | | Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602-3004 | | (Calcasieu Parish) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Bergstedt & Mount practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice, Trials, Admiralty, Toxic Tort Litigation, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Business and Banking. | | Year Established: 1989 | Firm Profile:
Bergstedt & Mount was formed in 1989 by former senior partners of another area firm. The firm is now engaged in the general practice of law with some areas of more intense concentration such as personal injury defense and toxic tort litigation. All attorneys in the firm are encouraged to pursue activities that enhance professional skills as well as those volunteer activities that make a positive contribution to both the community and to the profession at large. | | Firm Size: 5 | Representative Clients:
ARC Services; Arch Chemicals, Inc.; Ashland Oil Co.; Aware Engineering; Century Steps, Inc.; CIGNA Property & Casualty Companies; Calcasieu Federal Employees Credit Union; Women's & Children's Hospital Lake Charles; CSE Federal Credit Union; M. W. Kellogg; Lake Charles Diesel; Leach Company; Occidental Chemical Corporation; Olin Corporation; PPG Employees Credit Union; Terra Corporation; The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company; Waste Management of Lake Charles, Inc.; R. D. Werner Company; Olin Employees L.C. Federal Credit Union; Crown Central Petroleum Corporation; UNOCAL. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: First American Title Insurance Co.; Stewart Title Guaranty Co.; Lawyers Title Insurance Corp. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Thomas M. Bergstedt (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, December 14, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1960; LL.B., 1962). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Pi Sigma Alpha. Listed in, Best Lawyers in America, 1987—. Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Law Review, 1961-1962. Advisory Editor, The Maritime Lawyer, 1975—. Author: Bergstedt, "Partnership in Commendam- Louisiana's Limited Partnership," 35 Tulane Law Review 815, 1961; Bergstedt & Murchison, "The Effect of Unitization on the Duration and Extent of Mineral Interests in Louisiana," 36 Tulane Law Review 769, 1962; "The Greening of a Minority Shareholder," Louisiana Corporation Newsletter, 1974; Bergstedt, "Louisiana Courts & The Pollution Exclusion," The Louisiana Environmental Lawyer, Spring 1994. Contributing Author: In Our Own Words: Reflections on Professionalism in the Law," 1998. Council and Chairman, Louisiana State Law Institute. Member, Lawyers Assistance Program, Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Member: Southwest Louisiana (President, 1972-1973), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Defense Research Institute. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Civil Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; General Practice. Email: Thomas M. Bergstedt | | Benjamin W. Mount (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 25, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana. Education: McNeese State University (B.S., 1971); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Lecturer, Legal Environment of Business Law, MBA Program, McNeese State University, 1982-1985. Member: Southwest Louisiana (Member, Executive Committee, 1977-1978; 1980-1981), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys; American Society of Law and Medicine; Defense Research Institute. Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Credit Union Law; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Defense; Real Estate Title. Email: Benjamin W. Mount | | ASSOCIATES | | F. Paul Leger (Associate) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, October 7, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: McNeese State University (B.A., 1996); Loyola University (J.D., 2000). Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; Appellate Practice. Email: F. Paul Leger | | Brian W. Arabie (Associate) born Metairie, Louisiana, April 28, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: McNeese State University (B.A., 1997); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2001). Member: Southwest Louisiana and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Alliance Defense Fund. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Energy; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Business Law; Litigation. Email: Brian W. Arabie |
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