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Address
500 Magnolia Life Building
P.O. Box 820
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601 (Calcasieu Parish)
Average Client Review Rating
Rating not available
Average Peer Review Rating
4.6
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeInsurance Defense, Admiralty, Corporate Law, Insurance, Toxic Tort Defense, Mining Law, Personal Injury, Probate, Mediation, Workers Compensation, General Civil Practice, Collections. Firm Size: 8
Representative Clients:ABB Lummus Global, Inc.
Allstate Insurance Co.
American Indemnity Co.
American Health & Life Insurance Co.
Bankers Life & Casualty Co.
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury
Calcasieu Parish School Board
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office
Catholic Mutual Group
Circle K Corp.
Colonial Insurance Co.
Coregis Insurance Co.
Criterion Insurance Co.
Evanston Insurance Co.
Fireman's Fund-American Insurance Group
Ford Motor Credit
Fred Loya Insurance Co.
General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Government Employees Insurance Co.
Great Southern Life Insurance Co.
Hartford Insurance Group
Hixson Autoplex
Horace Mann Insurance Co.
Horizon Energy Marketing, LLC
HSLI
Integon Insurance Co.
Liberty Life Insurance
Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Assoc.
LUBA Casualty Insurance Co.
Medical Protective Co.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Co.
Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co.
National General Insurance Cos.
Pan American Life Insurance Co.
Pierce National Life Insurance
Preferred Professional Insurance Co.
Property Restoration Company, LLC
Pumpelly Oil, Inc.
Republic National Life Insurance Co.
Republic Vanguard
Risk Enterprise Management
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles
Ryder Truck Rentals, Inc.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Sedgwick of Mississippi
Shand Morahan & Company, Inc.
Smokeless Tobacco Research Council, Inc.
The St. Paul Companies
Standard Life Insurance Co.
State of Louisiana Litigation Division
State National Fire Insurance
Texas General Agency
Transamerica Insurance Group
Travelers Insurance Group
Trinity Universal Insurance Cos.
Trusted Health Services
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Washington National Life Insurance Co.
Windsor Insurance Group
Granite State Insurance Co.
Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
Louisiana Office of Risk Management
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Mercury Insurance Group.
MEMBERS OF FIRMAlvin O. King (1890-1958).
Thomas C. Hall (1919-1973).
Thomas L. Raggio (1917-2000).
Richard A. Chozen (1939-2003).
Richard B. Cappel (Member) born Marksville, Louisiana, July 26, 1939; admitted to bar, 1963, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1960; LL.B., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Corporate Law; Insurance; Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury; Probate.Email: Richard B. Cappel
Frederick L. Cappel (Member) born Marksville, Louisiana, July 26, 1939; admitted to bar, 1963, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1960; LL.B., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Admiralty Law; Corporate Law; Insurance; Mining Law; Personal Injury; Probate.Email: Frederick L. Cappel
Stephen A. Berniard, Jr. (Member) born Morgan City, Louisiana, March 31, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana; 1970, Canal Zone. Education: Vanderbilt University; Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1967). Phi Alpha Delta. Executive Director and General Counsel, Southwest Legal Services Society, Inc., 1971-1975. Member: Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Corporate Law; Insurance; Personal Injury; Probate; Family Law.Email: Stephen A. Berniard, Jr.
Christopher M. Trahan (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, April 5, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: McNeese State University (B.A., 1973); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1975). Member: Southwest Louisiana (President, 1999), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Corporate Law; Insurance; Workers Compensation Defense; Personal Injury; Probate.Email: Christopher M. Trahan
L. Paul Foreman (Member) born Jennings, Louisiana, August 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University; McNeese State University; University of Houston (B.B.A., 1979); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1982). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Southwest Louisiana (Secretary-Treasurer, 1984-1985), Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1988) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Admiralty Law; Corporate Law; Insurance; Mining Law; Personal Injury; Probate.Email: L. Paul Foreman
Kevin J. Koenig (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 12, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (B.C.J., 1988; J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Baton Rouge, Southwest Louisiana, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Corporate Law; Insurance; Mining Law; Personal Injury; Probate; Workers Compensation; Collections.Email: Kevin J. Koenig
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