|   | | Law Firm in Metairie, Louisiana | | A Limited Liability Partnership including Professional Law Corporations |
| | Address | | 3421 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 900 | | Metairie, Louisiana 70002-3760 | | (Jefferson Parish) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 504-831-4091 | Fax: 504-837-1182
Toll Free: 800-326-4991 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.bluewilliams.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Blue Williams, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Blue Williams, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:Admiralty/Maritime, Automobile/Trucking, Business Consulting, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Corporate Law, Criminal Defense, Employment Law, Environmental and Toxic Litigation, Estate Planning, Federal/State Workers' Compensation, Healthcare Law, Insurance Law: Coverage Issues, Defense of Extra-Contractual and Bad Faith Claims, Fraud and Arson Investigation and Litigation, Intellectual Property, Personal/Commercial Property and Casualty Litigation, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Successions, Tax Planning, Wills and Trusts. | | Year Established: 1983 | | Firm Size: 44 | Representative Clients:
Advanced Materials, Inc.; Agency Management Corporation; Argonaut Insurance Company; Association Hospital Services; Auto Chlor Services; American Sprinkler; The Assurant Group; Audubon Indemnity Company; Audubon Insurance Company; Boh Brothers Construction Co., LLC; Broadspire; Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc.; Cardiovascular Associates, Inc.; Casualty Insurance Company; Chef Paul Prudhomme; Chef Frank Brigtsen; City of Mandeville; Colony Insurance Company; Community Health Systems, Inc.; Community Health Services - Professional Services Corporation; Compass Group; Crothal Healthcare, Inc.; Delta Beverage Group, Inc.; DGM Australia; The Doctor's Company; Evanston Insurance Company; Everest National Insurance Company; FARA; Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies; First Financial Insurance Co.; Fortress Insurance Company; Glaxo SmithKline; The Gray Insurance Company; Great American Insurance Company, Inc.; Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission; Hematology Oncology Services; Hospital Corporation of America; Holiday Inn Corporation; Infinity Insurance Companies; James Construction Group; Jefferson Ambulatory Surgery Group; K-Mart Corporation; K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen; Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources; Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO); Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund; Louisiana Premier Physician's Program; Louisiana Psychiatric Association; Louisiana Restaurant Association - Self Insured Fund; Louisiana Retailers Association; Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation; Maxxum Indemnity Company; Medical Protective Insurance Company; Metropolitan Property; Morrison Healthcare, Inc.; M.S. Carriers, Inc.; National Arbitration Forum; National Health Care of Leesville, Inc.; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Louisiana; Nationwide Insurance Company; Northland Insurance Company; Northwestern National Insurance Company; Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc.; Outback Steakhouse; Parish of Jefferson; Penn Mill Lakes, L.L.C.; PepsiAmericas, Inc.; Ports Insurance Company; Regency Hospital Company; RehabCare Group; Restaurant Equipment & Supply Association, Inc. (RESA); River Construction, Inc.; Sun Construction Co.; Sunrise Homes; Travelers Insurance Company; St. Tammany Parish Recreation District No. 1; SALCO Management; Sedgwick CMS; The Shaw Group; Sigma Consulting; Southern Water Services; State of Louisiana; State Farm Fire & Casualty Company; Tenet Healthsystems; TIG Insurance Company; Time Insurance Company; Touro Infirmary; VSL Corporation; Waffle House, Inc.; United National Insurance Co.; Wainer Brothers; Walgreen Louisiana Company, Inc.; Washington Mutual Bank; Wausau Insurance Companies; Worldwide Services Company; Zale Corporation; Zurich, U.S. |
Other Office Locations of Blue Williams, L.L.P.
Mandeville, Louisiana, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS | | Richard S. Vale (Managing Partner) born Toronto, Canada; admitted to bar, 1973, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Practice Areas: Construction; Products Liability; Employer Liability; LHWCA Claims; State Workers Compensation; Maritime Law; Insurance Defense. Email: Richard S. Vale | | Stephen M. Pizzo (Marketing Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Alabama (M.A., 1976); Loyola University (LL.B., 1979). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Health Care; Professional Liability Defense; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Corporate Law; Arbitration Adjudication. Email: Stephen M. Pizzo | | Thomas G. Buck (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1979); Loyola University (J.D., 1984). Member, Loyola Law Review. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Construction Litigation; Premises Liability; Products Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Casualty Insurance. Email: Thomas G. Buck | | Brian C. Bossier (Managing Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Top Brief Writer, Moot Court Competition. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Tort Litigation; Construction Litigation; Environmental; Insurance; Occupational Disease; Premises Liability; Products Liability. Email: Brian C. Bossier | | Virgil A. Lacy III (Managing Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., cum laude, 1983); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Order of the Barristers. Justice, Tulane Moot Court Board, 1986-1987. Winner, Tulane Moot Court Trial Competition. Member, National Trial Team. Recipient: Edwin I. Mahoney Award. Practice Areas: Casualty Insurance; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation; Mineral Rights. Email: Virgil A. Lacy III | | Kurt S. Blankenship (Partner) born Clinton, Louisiana, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1974); Tulane University (J.D., 1977). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Medical Malpractice; Construction; Surety Law; Commercial Litigation; Health Care. Email: Kurt S. Blankenship | | Danté V. Maraldo (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., International Trade and Finance, cum laude, 1990); Tulane University (M.B.A., 1994; J.D., cum laude, 1994). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Federal Criminal Law. Editor, Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care. Email: Danté V. Maraldo | | Robert I. Baudouin (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981; J.D., 1984). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Health Care; Medical Malpractice; Construction Litigation; Professional Liability; Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Banks and Banking. Email: Robert I. Baudouin | | Guice A. Giambrone, III (Partner) born Lafayette, Louisiana, October 6, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1994); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Casualty Insurance Defense; Automobile Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice. Email: Guice A. Giambrone, III | | Mary K. Peyton (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1993); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges, 1996-1998. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Health Care; Product Liability; Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Mary K. Peyton | | Edwin A. Ellinghausen, III (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 4, 1958; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College; Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability Defense; Admiralty Law; Maritime Law; Health Insurance Defense; Asbestos Defense. Email: Edwin A. Ellinghausen, III | | Christopher T. Grace, III (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1996); Loyola University (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Christopher T. Grace, III | | Richard L. Olivier (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 16, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., Political Science, 1986; J.D., 1989). Assistant District Attorney, Orleans Parish, 1990-2001. Associate Attorney Connick & Connick, 2001-2005. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Asbestos Litigation. Email: Richard L. Olivier | | Ryan J. Roemershauser (Partner) born Metairie, Louisiana, October 2, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1993); Loyola University (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Premises Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Pharmacists Liability; Physicians Professional Liability; Hospital Liability Defense; Health Care; Criminal Defense. Email: Ryan J. Roemershauser | | Frank James Towers (Partner) born New York, New York, June 9, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Education: Skidmore College (B.A., 1995); Loyola University (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act. Email: Frank James Towers | | ASSOCIATES | | Tara Nunez Smith (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 13, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Southeastern Louisiana University (B.S., 1998); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Certification, International Legal Studies. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Asbestos Litigation; Toxic Torts; Commercial Litigation. Email: Tara Nunez Smith | | Craig R. Watson (Associate) born New Hempstead, New York, January 17, 1980; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas and Louisiana; 2005, Mississippi. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 2001); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Moot Court; National Order of Barristers. Licensed Louisiana Real Estate Agent. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Hospital Malpractice; Health Care Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Premises Liability. Email: Craig R. Watson | | Erin H. Boyd (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1987); Loyola University (J.D., 1990); Tulane University (LL.M., Energy and Environment, with Distinction, 1994). Casenotes Editor, Loyola Law Review. Judicial Clerk, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1990-1991. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice; Civil Liability; Tort Defense. Email: Erin H. Boyd | | Pamela F. Noya (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1984); Loyola School of Law (J.D., 1987). Moot Court Finalist. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1986-1987. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Workers Compensation; Construction Law; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals. Email: Pamela F. Noya | | Tiffany O. Cazabon (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 31, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1989); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Employment; Wills; Successions; Commercial Litigation. Email: Tiffany O. Cazabon | | Njeri K. Battiste Maldonado (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 21, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Xavier University of Louisiana (B.A., 2001); Loyola University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Premises Liability; Immigration and Naturalization. Email: Njeri K. Battiste Maldonado | | Jennifer M. Sullivan (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 20, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Microbiology, 2002); Loyola University (J.D., 2005). Beta Beta Beta. Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Member, Sports and Entertainment Law Society, 2002-2003. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice(50%); Health Care(25%); Hospital Liability; Medical Liability(25%). Email: Jennifer M. Sullivan | | Brett W. Tweedel (Associate) born Slidell, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Theatre, 1999); Loyola University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Casualty Insurance; Construction Litigation. Email: Brett W. Tweedel | | David B. Parnell, Jr. (Associate) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, June 4, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1997); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Premises Liability; Casualty Insurance; Commercial Property Insurance; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; First and Third Party Insurance; General Liability. Email: David B. Parnell, Jr. | | Eric Edward Pope (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A. English, History 1995); Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D. 1998). Practice Areas: Federal Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Property Insurance Defense; General Liability; Casualty Insurance Defense. | | Brandi Davison LaBruzzo (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 4; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Finance, 2000); Loyola University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Business Law. Email: Brandi Davison LaBruzzo | | Joseph F. Lahatte, III (Associate) born Metairie, Louisiana, October 12, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2003), Dean's List; Loyola University College of Law (J.D., 2007). Moot Court Board Staff and Competitor. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Insurance; Federal Workers Compensation; Personal Property; Casualty Insurance; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability. Email: Joseph F. Lahatte, III | | Kelly A. Dugas (Associate) born New Iberia, Louisiana, April 15, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Economics, 2004); Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 2007; B.C.L., 2007). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Workers Compensation; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act; Insurance Defense. Email: Kelly A. Dugas | | Jade C. McKeough (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S.B.A., 1999); Southern University Law Center (J.D., 2002). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Federal Workers Compensation; General Liability. Email: Jade C. McKeough | | OF COUNSEL | | Mickal P. Adler (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1995, U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Millsaps College (B.B.A., 1988); Tulane University (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Corporate; Intellectual Property; Commercial Litigation. Email: Mickal P. Adler | | William H. Reinhardt, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 3, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1972, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.G.S., 1967; J.D., 1970). Recipient, Henry George McMahon Scholarship. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Corporate Litigation; Corporate and Successions Work. Email: William H. Reinhardt, Jr. | | John C. Overby (Of Counsel) born Galveston, Texas, September 12, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana; 2004, Tennessee. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1990); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1996); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation and Certificate in Employee Benefits Law, 2003). Practice Areas: Estate Planning(40%); Business Organization(20%); Taxation(10%); Successions(25%); Executive Compensation(5%). Email: John C. Overby | | John C. Henry (Of Counsel) born Meridian, Mississippi, May 6, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana; 1996, Virginia. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1984); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Casualty Insurance Defense; Federal Employer's Liability Act. | | Richard E. Gruner, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Health Care. | | William L. Brockman (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1971); Loyola University (J.D., 1974). Member, International Moot Court Team. Participant, Law Clinic. Assistant District Attorney, Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office, 1975-1978. Member: Jefferson Parish and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Health Care; Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense; Maritime Law. Email: William L. Brockman | | Deborah Deo Gracias Trahan (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 27, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1993). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: Deborah Deo Gracias Trahan | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Mandeville Office: 1590 W. Causeway Approach, Suite 1. Telephone: 985-626-0058. Fax: 985-626-8938
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