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1123 Pithon Street, P.O. Drawer 1705
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602 (Calcasieu Parish)
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(Main Office) Plauché Smith & Nieset, A Professional Law Corporation was founded by S.W. Plauché, Sr. in 1921. From its inception, the firm has specialized in insurance defense. The firm handles insurance defense in the fourteen contiguous parishes making up Southwest Louisiana. The firm's insurance defense practice includes Admiralty, Arson, Automobile, Aviation, Environmental Liability (Toxic Tort), General Liability, Insurance Coverage, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Surety Bonds, Workers' Compensation, and Oil Field Litigation (land and offshore). Plauché Smith & Nieset is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Statement of PracticeInsurance Defense, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Property and Casualty Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Workers Compensation, Appellate, Tort, Environmental, General Civil & Trial Practice, Labor and Employment, Employer's Liability. Year Established: 1921
Firm Size: 16
Representative Clients:American International Group
American National Property & Casualty
American Claims Service
Bituminous Insurance Company
Broadspire Services
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Office
Cavalier Homes, Inc.
CETCO Oilfield Services Company
Claredon National Insurance Company
CNA Standard Lines Claims
Colony Insurance Company
Esis, Inc.
Federated Insurance Company
First Mercury Ins Co.
Foremost Insurance Co.
Gemini Insurance Company
Great West
Grex, Inc.
Hanover Insurance Company
Harrah's Enterprises
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
LA Insurance Guaranty Association
Markel American
Market Basket Stores
Onebeacon Insurance
Mike Hooks, Inc.
Palma, Alfred, Inc.
Progressive Insurance Co.
Sedgwick Claims Management
Sedgwick Claims
Shelter Insurance Company
St. Paul Travelers
Texas Mutual Insurance Company
The Geo Group, Inc.
U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc.
Waffle House, Inc.
Zurich-American Insurance Group.
Reference:First Federal Bank of Louisiana.
Address1123 Pithon Street P.O. Drawer 1705
Lake Charles, LA 70602, (Calcasieu Parish)
PhonePhone: 337-436-0522
Facsimile: 337-436-9637
Website
http://www.psnlaw.com
S. W. Plauché (1889-1952).
S. W. Plauché, Jr. (1915-1966).
A. Lane Plauché (1919-2006).
Allen L. Smith, Jr. (Member) born Woodville, Mississippi, May 9, 1936; admitted to bar, 1964, Louisiana; 1965, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1975, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1959; J.D., 1964). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Registered Petroleum Engineer, Louisiana, 1959. Honors: Recipient, President's Award, Louisiana Bar Association, 2000; Curtis R. Boisfontaine Trial Advisory Board, Louisiana Bar Association/Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2004. Member: Southwest Louisiana (President, 1977-1978), Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1974-1978) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1987-1988); Maritime Law Association of the United States; International Association of Defense Counsel; Southeast Admiralty Law Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Maritime Personal Injury; Products Liability; Oilfield Drilling; Production Damages/Loss Law.Email: Allen L. Smith, Jr.
James R. Nieset (Member) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 29, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1975, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S., 1964; J.D., 1967). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Tulane Law Review, 1966-1967. Member, Tulane Law School Dean's Council, 1983. Permanent Advisory Board, Admiralty Law Institute, Tulane University Law School. Associate Editor, American Maritime Cases, Tulane University President's Council, 1994. Member: Southwest Louisiana (Secretary-Treasurer, 1972-1973; President, 1992-1993), Louisiana State (Board of Governors, 2004-2006; Treasurer, 2006) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Maritime Law Association of the United States; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute, Inc. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Environmental and Toxic Torts; Professional Liability; Maritime Law; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense Law; Property and Casualty Law; Fidelity and Casualty Law.Email: James R. Nieset
Frank M. Walker, Jr. (Member) born Houston, Texas, July 9, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1973); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1976). Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Professional Liability; Maritime Law; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Property and Casualty Law.Email: Frank M. Walker, Jr.
Michael J. McNulty, III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., cum laude, 1973; J.D., 1976). Franklin City Prosecutor (1977-1980). Member: St. Mary Parish (President, 1979), Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1992) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Director, 1991-1992); American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute, Inc. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Property and Casualty Law.Email: Michael J. McNulty, III
Jeffrey M. Cole (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1979). Member: Southwest Louisiana (President, 2005), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; American Bar Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute, Inc. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Property and Casualty Law; Toxic Torts; Products Liability.Email: Jeffrey M. Cole
Andrew R. Johnson, IV (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1978; J.D., 1982). Special Case Master for Dispute Resolution, State District Court. Member: Southwest Louisiana and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Insurance Coverage; Property and Casualty Law; Worker's Compensation; Fidelity and Casualty Bonds; Health Insurance.Email: Andrew R. Johnson, IV
Charles V. Musso, Jr. (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1979; J.D., 1984). Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Property and Casualty Law; Toxic Torts; Products Liability.Email: Charles V. Musso, Jr.
Christopher P. Ieyoub (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, October 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: McNeese State University (B.S., 1982); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1985). Blue Key. Academic Affair's Advisor, Civil Law Curriculum, Tulane University, 1984-1985. Member: Louisiana State, Southwest Louisiana and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Languages: American Sign Language. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Police Liability Defense; Insurance Defense.Email: Christopher P. Ieyoub
H. David Vaughan, II (Member) born Creole, Louisiana, October 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: McNeese State University (B.S., 1982); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1988). Phi Kappa Phi. Senior Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: Note, "In re Rollins Environmental Services: The Disqualification of an Administrative Agency Decision Maker," 47 La. L. Rev. 673 (1987); Comment, "The Application of Quantum Meruit to Attorney Fee Litigation," 49 La. L. Rev. 215 (1988). Member: Southwest Louisiana and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Admiralty Law.Email: H. David Vaughan, II
Joseph R. Pousson, Jr. (Member) born Eunice, Louisiana, January 17, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: McNeese State University (Finance, 1985); Louisiana State University and A & M College (J.D., 1993). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Southwest Louisiana Association of Property and Casualty Law. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Maritime Personal Injury; Insurance Fraud; Workers Compensation.Email: Joseph R. Pousson, Jr.
V. Ed McGuire, III (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 17, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana; 1996, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: McNeese State University (B.Sc., 1992); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1995). Formerly with District Attorney's Office, Calcasieu Parish. Member: Louisiana State, Southwest Louisiana and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Council; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. [Louisiana National Guard, 1988-1993]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Products Liability; Personal Injury.Email: V. Ed McGuire, III
Eric W. Roan (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S. in Finance, 1989; J.D., 1993). Law Clerk, 14th Judicial District Court. Former Assistant District Attorney, Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Litigation; Civil Rights; Commercial Trucking Defense; Property and Casualty Law; Defense of Municipalities.Email: Eric W. Roan
Kendrick J. Guidry (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, October 25, 1968; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana; 2006, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 2008, U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern District of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: McNeese State University (B.A., 1990); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2000). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Southwest Louisiana (Secretary, 2004-2005; Treasurer, 2005-2006; President-Elect, 2006-2007; President, 2008) and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation.Email: Kendrick J. Guidry
Matthew P. Keating (Associate) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, March 13, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas; 2007, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2003); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2006). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Admiralty Law; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act.Email: Matthew P. Keating
Michael J. Williamson (Associate) born Houston, Texas, July 1, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Political Science, 2002); Louisiana State University Law School (B.C.L., 2006). Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Council. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Products Liability; Premises Liability.Email: Michael J. Williamson
Samuel B. Gabb (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1990); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1993).Email: Samuel B. Gabb
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