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DeRouen Law Firm is a New Orleans-based litigation firm representing local, national and international insurers and businesses with interests in Louisiana. Our lawyers routinely practice in all state and federal courts throughout Louisiana. We deliver exceptional legal services with a combination of energy, integrity, ingenuity, insight and determination.

Statement of Practice

General Practice, Transportation, Trucking Liability, Trucking Law, Truck Accidents, Transportation Liability, Motor Carrier Liability, Motor Carrier Law, Motor Carrier Defense, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation, Business Law, Business Litigation, Complex Business Litigation, Fraud and Deceit, Fraud, Automobile Fraud, Insurance, Automobile Insurance, Automobile Insurance Coverage, Automobile Liability, Commercial Insurance, Commercial Property Insurance, Excess and Reinsurance, Excess Coverage, Extra Contractual Insurance Claims, Fire Insurance, First and Third Party Insurance, First Party Insurance, General Liability, Indemnity, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Fraud, Insurance Litigation, Insurance Mediation, Personal Liability, Property Damage, Property Insurance, Property Insurance Coverage, Property Loss, Self Insured Law, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Arbitration, Insurance Defense, Arson and Insurance Fraud, Automobile Insurance Defense, Automobile Insurance Fraud Defense, Automobile Liability Defense, Commercial Insurance Defense, Casualty Insurance Defense, Extra Contractual Insurance Defense, Fire Insurance Defense, First and Third Party Insurance Defense, First Party Insurance Defense, Flood Insurance Defense, General Liability Defense, Insurance Bad Faith Defense, Insurance Coverage Defense, Insurance Fraud Defense, Personal Liability Defense, Property Damage Defense, Property Insurance Defense, Self Insured Defense, Litigation, Civil Litigation, Complex Litigation, Defense Litigation, Personal Injury, Accidents, Personal Injury Defense, Premises Liability, Premises Liability Defense, Government, Government Relations.

Address

Poydras Center
650 Poydras Street
Suite 2230
New Orleans, LA 70130, (Orleans Parish)

Phone

Phone: 504-274-3660
Fax: 504-274-3664

Website

http://www.derouenlaw.com

MEMBER OF FIRM

Patrick D. DeRouen (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (M.B.A. 1990; B.B.A., 1985); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Patrick DeRouen founded DeRouen Law Firm in 2009. He was previously a partner at Porteous, Hainkel and Johnson, L.L.P., from 1995 to 2008, and an associate with the firm from 1990 to 1995. Prior to obtaining his law license Pat was employed as a commercial loan officer with Century Bank. Mr. DeRouen obtained his law degree from Tulane Law School, cum laude, in 1990. He also received his MBA from Loyola University New Orleans in 1990 where he was a member of Alpha Sigma Nu and Beta Gamma Sigma national honor fraternities. In 2001, Pat graduated from the Loyola Institute of Politics. While in law school, he was a member of the National Order of Barristers and the Moot Court Honor Board. Mr. DeRouen was the Moot Court Junior and Senior Trial winner and was the winner of the Louisiana Trial Competition. He also received the Walter J. Suthon Award for Louisiana Security Rights. Mr. DeRouen specializes in the areas of general civil litigation, insurance defense, trucking law, transportation law, fraud/SIU investigations and projects, business interruption/loss of income, hurricane/national disaster litigation, commercial litigation, insurance coverage disputes, arson/property theft cases, extra-contractual damages and governmental affairs. He has extensive trial and appellate experience in all Louisiana State and Federal courts and is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Mr. DeRouen has also been a speaker at various CLE conferences including the presentations of Dealing with Disasters: Emergency Management For Your Company and Law Firm - Considerations for Medium and Small Law Firms and Businesses at the Transportation Mega Conference IX, March 5-6, 2009; Water Under and Over the Bridge: Litigating Property Cases in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina at the Southeastern Claims Executive Association, April 24, 2006, Annual Meeting, Hutchison Island, Florida; and Is it Covered? Recent Developments in Automobile Insurance Coverage at the Insurance Law: Ethical Handling of Automobile Lawsuits CLE sponsored by the Louisiana State Bar Associations sponsored CLE conference, November 5, 2004. Pat has also spoken at numerous other seminars on a wide array of topics. Mr. DeRouen is a member of the following organizations: Trucking Industry Defense Association; American Bar Association: TIPS/Commercial Transportation Committee; DRI: Transportation/Trucking Committee; Federal Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; New Orleans Bar Association; and Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, 2004-2008. He was voted a 2008 Louisiana Super Lawyer. Mr. DeRouen is AV peer rated. He is currently a Traffic Hearing Officer for the First Parish Court, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana and an Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at Tulane University Law School. Mr. DeRouen is actively involved in community affairs. He has served as the Young Alumni Representative to the Loyola University Alumni Board of Directors, the Executive Advisory Board of the Loyola University College of Business Administration, the Board of Directors of the Acorn Adoption Agency, the Committee for a Better New Orleans (Sub-Committee, City Government and Finance) and the Lakeshore Property Owners Association. In addition, he has served as the area chairman in Jefferson Parish for Ducks Unlimited. He is currently a member of the St. Pius X Men Club. Mr. DeRouen is married to the former Ms. Ann Marino and is the father of Mary Elizabeth, 15, and the late Katherine Ann, 1997-2004. . Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: TIPS, Commercial Transportation Committee).Email: Patrick D. DeRouen

ASSOCIATE

Laurie L. DeArmound (Associate) born Framingham, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1996); University of San Diego (LL.M., 2000); Loyola University Law School (J.D., 1999). Laurie L. DeArmond joined the DeRouen Law Firm as an associate in 2009. Laurie practice areas include trucking/transportation, commercial, automobile and homeowner insurance defense, with a focus in insurance fraud and coverage issues. Laurie grew up in the small northeast town of Putnam, Connecticut. She attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, where she majored in Geology and English and co-chaired the University Habitat for Humanity chapter and served as a member of the Gate Keeper Society. She attended Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans where she was an active member of Moot Court, serving on both a team and as a Board Member. She earned an LL.M. in Criminal Law from the University of San Diego. Laurie has worked as an associate at Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, as a Criminal Specialist for the State of Connecticut and as a law clerk in the 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna, Louisiana. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member: Section on, Criminal). Reported Cases: Olivier v. Allstate Ins. Co., et al 991 So.2d 566 (La.Ct.App. 4th 2008); Black v. Anderson, 956 So.2d 20 (La.Ct.App. 5th 2007); Matthews v. Breaux, 896 So.2d 1146 (La.Ct.App.5th 2005); Davis v. Fenerty, 898 So.2d 512 (La.Ct.App.5th 2004).Email: Laurie L. DeArmound

All Members and Associates are members of the Louiaiana State Bar Association.