With more than 120 lawyers, Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P. (Kean Miller) serves the needs of Louisiana businesses and Fortune 500 companies. Kean Miller is the largest law firm in Louisiana's Capital Region. The firm maintains two offices in Baton Rouge, and offices in New Orleans, Lake Charles, and Plaquemine, Louisiana.

Kean Miller serves clients in numerous industries including energy, oil and gas, petrochemicals, information technology, banking, financial services, telecommunications, transportation, trucking, media, advertising, insurance, gaming, government, education, health care, manufacturing, real estate, retail, construction, and leasing. We serve as general counsel to the Louisiana Chemical Association and the Louisiana Municipal Association.

Kean Miller works with clients in a variety of practice areas, including environmental regulation, permitting, banking and finance, commercial litigation, products liability, business transactions, real estate, intellectual property, chemical exposure litigation, toxic tort defense, oil and gas, health care, medical malpractice, bankruptcy and reorganization, utilities regulation, labor and employment, technology, state and local tax, administrative matters, lobbying, estate planning, probate, and insurance coverage litigation.

The firm combines the talent and expertise of its lawyers into multi-disciplinary client teams and industry teams. These teams are comprised of seasoned legal professionals from a variety of disciplines who are equipped to identify the legal and business needs of the client and develop superior service strategies that provide unmatched support. Whether we are helping our clients defend lawsuits, raise capital, comply with regulatory requirements, enter new markets, obtain and defend intellectual property rights, develop and distribute products and services, or acquire or divest businesses, we understand that our client's goals are paramount. When our clients are faced with disputes, we assist them in identifying and pursuing the fastest and most effective solutions.

Kean Miller's founding partners practiced law together in a firm established in the 1920's. We assisted well-known industrial and petrochemical companies with the acquisition of raw agricultural land for some of their first Louisiana facilities. As these companies expanded in Louisiana, so did the variety and complexity of their legal needs. Today, these industry leaders continue to rely on Kean Miller for cost-efficient legal services in a wide variety of substantive areas, including corporate and business matters, labor, environmental regulation, state and local tax, lobbying, and litigation.

Kean Miller is a valued community partner, and we are proud of our record of civic and charitable contributions in the communities where we live and work. From our inception, Kean Miller has recognized the value of diverse ethnic, cultural and racial backgrounds to the balance and success of the firm. As part of our recruiting process, Kean Miller participates annually in state and regional minority job fairs and law school recruiting events. Kean Miller is proud to be at the forefront of all Louisiana firms and ABA averages in our ratios of minority attorneys.

Our firm's history is one of lasting alliances with its clients. Our client partnerships are based on value, service, and Louisiana know-how. We diligently pursue results that allow our clients to out-perform their competitors. At Kean Miller our most important asset is our reputation for results.

Statement of Practice

General Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Civil Practice, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Communications and Media, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Disabilities, Education Law, Employee Benefits, Energy, Environmental Law, Fidelity and Surety, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Legislative and Administrative Lobbying, Litigation, Maritime, Medical Malpractice, Medicare and Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Municipal Law, Natural Resources, Partnership Law, Patents, Probate, Public Service Commission, Real Estate, Securities, State and Local Tax, Taxation, Toxic Torts, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Trusts and Estates, Utility Law, Wills, Workers Compensation.

Representative Clients:

Albertson's, Inc., Boise, ID
BP Amoco, Houston, TX
Arkel International, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
Basic Industries, Inc., Houston, TX
Associated Grocers, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
BASF Corporation, Mt. Olive, NJ
Baton Rouge Clinic, Baton Rouge, LA
Bayer CropScience, Inc., Greensboro, NC
Black & Decker, Towson, MD
Burlington Resources, Houston, TX
Cajun Injector, Clinton, LA
CITGO Petroleum, Lake Charles, LA
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
Commercial Properties Development Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA
Colonial Pipeline Company, Houston, TX
ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX
CVS Pharmacy, Woonsocket, RI
DSI Transports, Inc., Houston, TX
DSM Copolymer, Geismar, LA
Duke Energy Corp., Houston, TX
EATEL, Gonzales, LA
Equilon Pipeline Co., LLC, Houston, TX
Equistar Chemicals, LP, Houston, TX
Excel Electrical & Instrumentation, Prairieville, LA
ExxonMobil Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA
Fidelity Bank of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
Formosa Plastics Corp., Baton Rouge, LA
Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Graphic Packaging, Inc., West Monroe, LA
Hancock Bank of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
Harrah's Casinos, Las Vegas, NV
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, Dallas, TX
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ
IBM Corporation, White Plains, NY
Joslyn Manufacturing Co., Franklin Park, IL
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Company, Oakland, CA
KMC Telecom, Inc., Bedminster, NJ
Lamar Advertising Company, Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Association of Educators, Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Chemical Association, Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Municipal Association, Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Energy Users Group
Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co., Metairie, LA
Louisiana Pulp and Paper Association, Baton Rouge, LA
Lyondell, Houston, TX
Marathon Petroleum Company, Findlay, OH
Martco Limited Partnership, Alexandria, LA
Martin Company, L.L.C., Alexandria, LA
Martin Timber, L.L.C., Alexandria, LA
Merchantile Stores Company, Fairfield, OH
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York, NY
Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA
The Mosaic Company, Minnetonka, MN
Ondeo Nalco Chemical Company, Oakbrook, IL
NEC Technologies, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Occidental Chemical Co., Dallas, TX
PCS Nitrogen, Inc., Geismar, LA
Pipeline Technology, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA
PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Philips Electronics North America Corp., New York, NY
Regions Bank, Baton Rouge, LA
Rhodia, Inc., Cranbury, NJ
Roy O. Martin Lumber Co., L.L.C., Alexandria, LA
Sasol North America, Houston, TX
The Shaw Group, Baton Rouge, LA
Shell Oil Co., Houston, TX
Triad Nitrogen, Donaldsonville, LA
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. and Transco Energy Company, Houston, TX
Turner Industries, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
Vascular Surgery Associates, P.M.C., Baton Rouge, LA
Vulcan Materials Company, Geismar, LA
The Williams Companies, Tulsa, OK
Whitney National Bank, New Orleans, LA
WorldCom, Inc., Clinton, MS.

Address

One Lakeshore Drive, Suite 1150
Lake Charles, LA 70629, (Calcasieu Parish)

Phone

Phone: 337-430-0350
Fax: 337-436-5566

Website

http://www.KEANMILLER.COM

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For Complete Biographical Data on All Personnel, see Professional Biographies at Baton Rouge, Louisiana).

RESIDENT PARTNER

Terrence D. McCay (Partner) born Covington, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., Forestry, 1980); Virginia Tech (M.S., Forest Management and Economics, 1982; M.B.A., 1983); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1999). Member, Moot Court Competition, 1998. Co-Author: "Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act," Baton Rouge Bar Journal, April 2004. Author: "Sale of Undivided Timber Interest: Louisiana's '80/20' Law Ruled Unconstitutional," Forests & People Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 3, 2003; "Why Giles Should Be Invited to the Party: The Weingarten Right in a Nonunion Setting," Louisiana Bar Journal, Volume 49, No. 3, October/November 2001; "Feasibility of Small Mill Investments for Utilizing Small-Diameter Hardwood from Coal Lands in Southwestern Virginia," Forest Products Journal, Volume 34, Number 6, June 1984. Lecturer: Kean Miller Labor and Employment Law Seminar, White Oak Plantation, 2009; "Organization and Documentation - A Winning Combination," 2006 Louisiana Labor and Employment Seminar, LA Works Job Force Center, Lake Charles, Louisiana; "The Americans with Disability Act - A Blueprint for Today and Tomorrow," Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Baton Rouge, 2005; "Hot Topics in Labor & Employment Law," McNeese Small Business Development Center, Louisiana Department of Labor, Chamber Southwest, 2002; "Employment Law Updates and Employee Handbooks," McNeese State University, Burton Business Center, 2002; "Hot Topics in Labor & Employment Law," West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, 2001; "Labor Laws: From Hiring to Firing," McNeese State University, Burton Business Center, 2000, 2001. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State (Louisiana State Law Institute Council, Observer, Young Lawyers Section, 2002), Federal and American Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Defense Counsel; American Inns of Court (Albert Tate Chapter). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation Defense; Labor and Employment.Email: Terrence D. McCay

OF COUNSEL

Jennifer G. Gary (Of Counsel) born Jennings, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 2002, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Education: McNeese State University (B.S., Pre-Med/Biology, 1989); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Epsilon Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Women's Honor Society, McNeese State University; Freshman Honor Society, McNeese State University; Environmental Law Society, Loyola Law School; St. Thomas More Legal Society, Loyola Law School. Recipient, Law and Medicine Award. Law Clerk to Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal, 1996-1997; Fourteenth Judicial District Court, 1995-1996. Teaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing, Loyola University School of Law. Business Law Adjunct Professor, McNeese State University. Lecturer: "Hot Topics in Labor and Employment," 2002; "Professionalism in Law & Medicine," Southwest Louisiana Bar Association Law & Medicine Seminar, 2000; "Senior Crime and Fraud Prevention," Institute for Indian Development and the Senior Community Service Employment Program, 2000; Presentations for the Albert Tate, Jr., American Inn of Court: "Great Expectations," Professionalism Expectations of the Bench Bar, 2004; "Ethics in Litigation," 2002; "Lawyer's Obligation to the Community," 2001; "Mentoring," 2000; "Cross Examination," 1999. Member: Southwest Louisiana (Executive Council, 1997-2000; Young Lawyers Section: Secretary/Treasurer, 1995-1996; President, 1996-1997), Louisiana State (Board of Governors, 2001-2002; Environmental Law Section Liaison, Committee on Post Conviction Representation Liaison; Young Lawyers Section: Fourth District Representative, 1997-1999; Chairperson, Affiliate Outreach Project, 1998-1999; Secretary, 1999-2000; Chair-Elect, 2000-2001; Chair, 2001-2002; Immediate Past-Chair, 2002-2003; Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee, Access to Justice Committee) and American (Delegate, ABA YLD Assembly, 1998-2002) Bar Associations; Albert Tate American Inns of Court (Member, 1996—; Executive Council, Program Chair, 1997-1999); Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Southwest Louisiana Bar Auxiliary; Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education (Board Member, 2000-2001); Louisiana Bar Foundation (Young Fellow, Board of Directors, 2001-2003; Membership Committee, 2001-2002, Membership Committee Chair, 2002-2003); Louisiana Law Institute (Board of Directors, 2001- 2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Toxic Torts; Workers Compensation Defense.Email: Jennifer G. Gary