|   | | Law Firm in Metairie, Louisiana | A Limited Liability Partnership including Professional Law Corporations |
| | Address | | Suite 1400, One Galleria Boulevard, P.O. Box 8288 | | Metairie, Louisiana 70011 | | (Jefferson Parish) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Accountant Professional Liability, Accountant's Malpractice, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Appellate and Writ Practice, Arbitration, Architect and Engineers Professional Liability, Asbestos and Silica Litigation, Automobile Dealer Litigation, Automobile Liability, Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Litigation, Banking Litigation, Building and Construction Disputes, Building Defects, Business and Corporate Consultations and Litigation, Cargo Litigation, Casino Liability Litigation, Casino Worker's Compensation Litigation, Casualty Defense, Class Action Litigation, Clean Air Act Claims, Clean Water Act Claims, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Contractor Error and Omissions, Creditor's Rights, Criminal Law, Dental Malpractice Litigation, Director and Officer Litigation, Drug and Medical Device Litigation, Due Diligence and Consultations on Employee Benefit and Health Plans for State and Federal Regulatory Compliance, Electric Utilities, Employer's Liability, Employment Practices, Environmental and Toxic Torts Litigation, Environmental Property Damage, Environmental Regulatory, ERISA Litigation and other Employment Benefits Litigation, Errors and Omissions, Fair Debt Collection Practices Claims, False Claims Act and Qui Tam, Fire and Arson, Federal Truth In Lending Claims, Financial Institution Claims, Food Born Illness, Garage Keepers Litigation, General Casualty, General Civil Litigation, General Corporate, General Maritime Claims, Hazardous Waste Litigation, Health Insurance Coverage Defense, HIPPA Compliance, Hospital Law including Fraud and Abuse, Hurricane Litigation, Insurance Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions Litigation, Insurance Contract Analysis and Interpretation, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Fraud, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Internal Investigations, Invasion of Privacy, Jones Act, Legal Malpractice, Life Health Disability and ERISA, Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act, Magnum-Moss Act, Maritime Litigation, Medical Device Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Liability Litigation, Oil Field Litigation, Oil Pollution Act Claims, Pharmaceutical Malpractice Litigation, Power Line Electrocutions, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice Liability, Property Litigation, Public Utility Regulation, Qui Tam, Redhibition Claims, Sexual Harassment, SIU Claims, Software Litigation, Superfund Litigation, Telecommunications, Toxic Tort Litigation, Trademark Infringement, Trade Secrets, Transport Litigation, Trucking Litigation, UM Defense, Unfair Trade Practice, Vessel Charter Contracts, Warehousemen Policies, White Collar Civil and Criminal Litigation, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Death Actions and Other Administrative Law and Software Litigation. | | Firm Size: 39 | Representative Clients:
Admiral Insurance Company; AIG Insurance Company; AI Transport; AMEC Construction Company; American Claim Service, Inc.; American Equity Insurance Company; American Equity Underwriters, Inc.; VT Halter Marine, Inc.; American Family Mutual Insurance Company; American International Insurance Group, Inc. (AIG); American National Property and Casualty; American Standard Insurance Company; American Vehicle Insurance Company; Amko Fence Co.; Anderson Trucking Services Inc.; Arrowpoint Capital Corporation; Assurance Company of America; Audubon Insurance Group/AIG; Bally's Casino; Bankers Insurance Group; Barton Protective Services, Inc.; Benfield Syndicate (Lloyds's); Big Lots, Brookdale Senior Living; Burger King Corporation; Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc.; Capital One; Celebration Station/Whitco Industries, Inc.; Carlisle Syntec Systems; Certified Security Systems; Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; Chubb Specialty Group; Clarendon National Insurance Company; Colony Insurance Company; Commerce and Industry Insurance Company; Constar, Inc.; Cott Corporation; Countrywide Insurance Group; Crawford & Company; Crete Carrier Corporation/Transportation Claims Inc.; Crum & Forster Insurance Company; CSSI, Cunningham Lindsey Claims Management; CVS Pharmacy; Delos Insurance Group; Delta Beverage; Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.; Diebold, Inc.; Dollar General Corporation; Dyna-Play; Echo, Inc.; Economy Premier Assurance Company; Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Company; Empire Insurance Group; Empire Truck Lines; Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company; Epicor Software Corporation; Estes Express Lines; Federal Insurance Company; FedEx Ground; Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies; First Financial Insurance Company; First Mercury Syndicate, Inc.; First Premium Insurance Group; Fleet Car Carriers; GAB Business Services; Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.; Gallo Winery, G. N. Rouse Syndicate; Great American Insurance Company; Great West Casualty Company; The Hartford; Haynes Motor Line; Henkles & McCoy, Inc.; Hertz Investment Group; Hilton Hotels Corporation; Homelite a division of Textron, Inc.; Hudson Insurance Company; Huey Littleton Claim Services; The Infinity Group; Insituform, Inc.; Integra Medical Management; Jim Walter Homes; John Deer Consumer Products; Inc., Kaneb Services, Inc.; K & K Insurance Group; KLLM, Inc.; Knight Transportation Company; Lawyer's Protector Plan; Lexington Insurance Company; Liberty Mutual Liability; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Lodgian Program; Louisiana Citizens Claim Service Providers; Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Ltd.; Louisiana Farm Bureau; Louisiana Horseman's Benevolent; Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association; Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO); Louisiana Restaurant Association; Marten Transport; Maryland Casualty Company; Matrix Services; Merchants and Business Men's Mutual Insurance Company; MetLife Auto & Home; Metropolitan Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Company; Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association; Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift American, Inc.; Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company; National Safety Consultants; New England Insurance Company; NCA Group; Inc.; Nissan Motor Corporation, U.S.A.; North American Specialty Insurance Company; Northern Insurance Company of New York; Northland Insurance Company; Northwest National Administration Corporation; Novak Construction; Oklahoma Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association; Old Republic International Corp.; OneSource Facility Services, Inc.; O'Reilly Auto Parts; Pascal Architects; Pellerin Milnor Corporation; Penn-American Insurance Company; Piccadilly Cafeteria, Inc.; Precision America Insurance Company; Protective Insurance Company; Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Company; Regal-Beloit Corporation; Reliance National Rental Insurance Services; Rite Aid Corporation; RiverStone Claims Management; RLI Insurance Company, Roadway Express, Inc.; Rodco Worldwide, Inc.; RSUI Group, Inc.; Saia Motor Freight Lines, Inc.; Saks Fifth Avenue; Sara Lee Corporation; Schindler Elevator Corporation; Selective Insurance Company of Southeast; Sentry Insurance Group; The Shaw Group; SignatureHomes, Inc.; Staf-Rath, L.L.C.; State Farm Fire & Casualty Company; State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company; Stericycle, Inc.; Suntory Water Group; Swiss Re Insurance Group; Taco Bell Corporation; Tambrands, Inc.; Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc.; Terra Nova Insurance Company Limited; Texas Star Express; Textron, Inc.; Thomson Consumer Electronics; Tidewater Marine, L.L.C.; TIG Insurance Company; TM Claims Service, Inc.; Tour Truck Lines; Trail King Industries; Transwood, Inc.; Trinity Universal Insurance Company; The Travelers Insurance Companies; Trinity Universal Insurance Company; Underwriters at Lloyds of London; Union Standard Insurance Group; Unitrin Specialty Insurance Group; USAgencies Casualty Insurance Company, Inc.; USAA Property & Casualty Insurance; Vanliner Insurance Company; Vesta Insurance Group; The Wackenhut Corporation; The Waggoners Trucking; Walgreen Company; Westport Insurance Corporation; Wolf Industries d/b/a Grace Healthcare; York Claims Service, Inc.; York STB; Inc.; ZC Sterling Insurance Agency, Inc.; ZDU Zurich Direct Underwriters; Zurich American Insurance Group. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | W. Marvin Hall, (P.L.C.) (Member) born Foley, Alabama, June 21, 1940; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1962); Loyola University (J.D., 1969). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Association of Transportation Practitioners. Email: W. Marvin Hall, (P.L.C.) | | Laurence E. Larmann, (P.L.C.) (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University; Loyola University (B.B.A., 1963; J.D., 1967). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Jefferson Parish, New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Email: Laurence E. Larmann, (P.L.C.) | | Richard T. Simmons, Jr.,(P.L.C.) (Member) born Aberdeen, Mississippi, September 13, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1967; J.D., 1970); George Washington University (LL.M. in Environmental Law, 1974). Moot Court Finalist, Louisiana State University Law School. Instructor, Trial Advocacy, Tulane University Law School, 1981. Lecturer, White Collar Crime and Qui Tam Lawsuit, American Bar Association. Consultant, Criminal Statutes, Japan Federation Bar Association. Contributions Writer, Chapter in Criminal Law, Louisiana Environmental Handbook. Criminal Defense Counsel in: La Attorney General investigation of Dr Anna Pou/ Memorial Hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina( 2006); U.S. vs. Gov. Edwin Edwards (Governor of La.) et al. (1985-1986); U.S. vs. Harry Connick (District Attorney of New Orleans) et al. (1990); U.S. vs. Mike O'Keefe (State Senator). U.S. Assistant Attorney, 1978-1982. Chief of Criminal Division, 1979-1982. Chief of Civil Division, 1978-1979. Chief of Trials, 1982. Assistant, Federal Public Defenders, 1974-1978. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. [Lt. Col. U.S. Army Reserves]. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Trial Practice; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Professional Liability. Email: Richard T. Simmons, Jr.,(P.L.C.) | | Dominic J. Ovella (Managing Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 23, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 2004, Mississippi and Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., 1980); Loyola University (J.D., 1984). Law Clerk of the Honorable A. J. McNamara, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1984. Member: Jefferson Parish, Louisiana State, American and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Harrison County Bar Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; The Mississippi Bar; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Business & Industry. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Insurance Defense; Product Liability Law; Toxic Torts; Auto Liability, including Transportation; General Liability , including Contractual; Professional, D&O and E&O Liability; Construction Law; Asbestos and Silica. Email: Dominic J. Ovella | | Michael P. Mentz (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 10, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1985, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1978); Loyola University (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Legal Malpractice Insurance Committee, 1997—); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Civil Practice; Trial Practice; Environmental Law; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Product Liability Law; Professional Liability; Toxic Torts. Email: Michael P. Mentz | | C. Kelly Lightfoot (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 18, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 1981; B.A., 1981); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1985). Member: New Orleans, Jefferson and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Casualty Defense; Environmental; Toxic Tort Defense; Workers Compensation. Email: C. Kelly Lightfoot | | W. Evan Plauche (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2005, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: Louisiana State University (1977); Tulane University (B.S.M.E., 1979); Loyola University (J.D., 1991). Pi Tau Sigma, honorary engineering society; Phi Delta Phi, legal society. 2007 Louisiana Super Lawyer rated by Law and Politics. Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Society of Automotive Engineers, Merit Award and Honorary Member, 1979; Court Appointed Special Advocate (1991); Loyola University Curriculum Committee Representative; Loyola University Student Bar Association Representative. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; International Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy; Truck Industry Defense Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Trial Practice; Product Liability Law; Toxic Torts; Environmental Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transportation Law; Construction Law; Architects and Engineers; Professional Liability Defense; Employment Practices; Intellectual Property; Legal Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage. Email: W. Evan Plauche | | Michael J. Vondenstein (Member) born Lafayette, Louisiana, December 3, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., 1979); Loyola University (J.D., 1982). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to the Honorable A.J. McNamara, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1982-1983. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy (1984); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; The Maritime Law Association of the United States. Email: Michael J. Vondenstein | | John T. Culotta, (P.L.C.) (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 4, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 1996, Texas; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1980); University of New Orleans; Loyola University (J.D., 1985). Treasurer, Student Bar Association, 1984-1985. Speaker: Premises Liability, Taco Bell Corporation, South Central Zone Conference, 1992; "Enforcement of Warranties," Construction Specifications Institute, 1995; Louisiana Surplus Lines Association, 41st Annual Mid-Year Meeting, "What Has Changed and Not Changed Regarding Insurance Litigation," October, 1999; Ryan's Family Steak House Workshop, "Premises and Products Liability Issues," May, 2000. Judge, Tulane National Moot Court Competition and Tulane Trial Advocacy Competition. Member: New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Trial Practice; Products Liability Law; Premises Liability; Casualty Insurance; Automobile Liability; Environmental Law; Commercial Litigation; Employer Liability; Professional Liability. Email: John T. Culotta, (P.L.C.) | | David K. Persons (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 28, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1993, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1980); Loyola University (J.D., 1983). New Orleans Pro-Bono Project, Louisiana Lawyers for Life and The St. Tammany Parish Literacy Project. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Product Liability; Insurance Defense; General Casualty Litigation. Email: David K. Persons | | John E. Unsworth, Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 21, 1941; admitted to bar, 1968, Louisiana; 1969, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.S., 1965; J.D., 1968). Delta Theta Phi (Tribune, 1967-1968); Blue Key. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1967-1968. Recipient, Oswaldo Ramirez Award, Best Individual Argument, Moot Court, 1968. Author: "Civil Liability of Tavern Keeper For Injury To Intoxicated Patron," Loyola Law Review, Vol. XIII, 1967. Vice President, Student Bar Association, 1967-1968. Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, 1968-1970. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Email: John E. Unsworth, Jr. | | Caroline D. Ibos (Member) born Covington, Louisiana, August 14, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University Dental School (R.D.H., 1985); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1991). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Trial Practice; Fraud Litigation. Email: Caroline D. Ibos | | Joseph L. Spilman, III (Member) born Washington, D.C., May 7, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Maryland; 1986, District of Columbia, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama. Education: Duke University (B.A., Economics, 1980); University of Miami (M.A., Economics, 1983); Tulane University (J.D., 1985; M.B.A., 1985). Beta Gamma Sigma. Recipient, Outstanding Young Men of America Award, 1986. Member: Louisiana State and Maryland State Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Practice Areas: Commercial and Complex Litigation; Insurance Regulation; Insurance Law; Coverage Litigation; Insurance Consulting; Insurance Agents & Brokers Law; Products Liability; Warranty Law; Professional Errors and Omissions; General Commercial Law; FDIC/FSLIC; State Financial Institution Regulation and Litigation; Directors and Officers Liability; Expropriation/Eminent Domain Litigation; Federal Truth in Lending and Debt Collection Practices Litigation; Juvenile Justice/Prisoners' Rights Litigation; Workers' Compensation/Employers' Liability Litigation; Mass Media Law; Defamation and First Amendment Law; Law Enforcement Professional Liability. Email: Joseph L. Spilman, III | | Claude A. Greco (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1, 1938; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Tulane University (B.S.M.E., 1963); Loyola University (J.D., 1988). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Jefferson Parish, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense; Workers' Compensation. Email: Claude A. Greco | | W. Glenn Burns (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, January 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, Louisiana; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1976, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Clarkson College of Technology; Louisiana State University (B.S., 1971; J.D., 1973). Listed, Marquis Who's Who in American Law. Co-Editor: "Bank Holding Companies and Consumer Relations," LSUCLE, 1972. Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana, 1973-1976. Co-Counsel, Joint Legislative Domed Stadium Investigation Committee, 1974-1975. Delegate, Democratic Mid-Term Conference, 1978. Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1980-1985 (Deputy Chief, Civil Division, 1984-1985). Member: Board of Development Mercy Hospital, 1979; Metropolitan Area Committee, 1988-1992 (Curriculum Committee, 1988, 1989) (Leadership Forum, 1988). Adjunct Faculty, Trial Advocacy, Tulane Law School, 1997. President, Aurora Tennis & Swim Club. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Fellow, Loyola University of the South Institute of Politics. Special Agencies: Louisiana State Organized Crime & Racketeering Unit. Practice Areas: Criminal Law(15%, 5); Health Care Law(1%, 1); Insurance Defense(59%, 35); Class Action(20%, 5); Toxic Tort(5); Mass Tort(5); Professional Liability(5%, 1). Email: W. Glenn Burns | | James W. Hailey, III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University; Loyola University (B.S., 1990; J.D., 1994). Phi Delta Phi (Member, 1991-1994; Vice-President, 1993-1994); Student Member, Thomas More Inn of Court. Listed, Highest Rating for Legal Ability in Martindale-Hubbell. Assistant Bar Examiner, Louisiana State Bar Examination - Torts Section; Speaker: ISO and NICB's Insurance Fraud Management Conference, 2007 and 2008; ISO/PCS Catastrophe Conference, 2008; Louisiana Claims Association Annual Meeting, 2007 and 2008; International Association of Arson Investigators, 2008; New Jersey Special Investigators Association Anti Insurance Fraud Seminar, 2007; Professional Insurance Agents of New Orleans. Extern, Honorable A.J. McNamara, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993-1994; Judge, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; President, Blue Goose Claims Adjusters Organization, 2002-2003. Member: New Orleans, Jefferson Parish and Louisiana State (Member, Insurance and Tort Sections) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute (Member, Lawyers' Professionalism and Ethics Committee ); St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association; New Orleans Claims association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Transportation Lawyers Association, Louisiana Professional Brokers and Associates (Founding Member); Blue Goose Claims Organization. Fellow: Fellow, Louisiana State Bar Foundation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Fraud Litigation; Fraud and Deceit; Civil Fraud; Arson and Insurance Fraud; Insurance Fraud Defense; Transportation and Trucking Litigation; Trucking Liability; Truck Accidents; Extra Contractual Insurance Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Casualty Insurance Litigation; Commercial General Liability; Premises Liability Defense; Personal Injury; Trial Practice. Email: James W. Hailey, III | | Kevin O. Larmann (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 27, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1991; J.D., 1996). Member: Moot Court Staff, 1995-1996; Inns of Court, 1994—. Judge: New York Bar Association National Moot Court Competition; Loyola Moot Court Competition. Member: New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Premises Liability Defense; Trial Practice. Email: Kevin O. Larmann | | Darren A. Patin (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 13, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 1991); George Washington University (J.D., 1994). IADC Trial Academy, 2002. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Louis Martinet Legal Society. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Employment Practices Liability. Email: Darren A. Patin | | Anne E. Medo (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 15, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1993); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1996). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Toxic Tort Litigation. Email: Anne E. Medo | | Gabriel J. Veninata (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 31, 1965; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York (B.B.A., 1989); Loyola University (J.D., 1994). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Liability Defense; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Gabriel J. Veninata | | Sean P. Mount (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 26, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2004, All Mississippi Courts, 2007, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1998; J.D., 2001). Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation Defense; Class Actions; Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Professional Liability Insurance Coverage. Email: Sean P. Mount | | OF COUNSEL | | James W. Hailey, Jr., (P.L.C.) (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 8, 1928; admitted to bar, 1960, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1950); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1960). Phi Delta Phi. Member, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana Civil Justice Reform Committee, 1999. Member: New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Former Member, Board of Directors); Defense Research Institute; Maritime Law Association of the United States; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Practice; Trial Practice; Product Liability Law; Professional Liability; Personal Injury; Environmental Law. Email: James W. Hailey, Jr., (P.L.C.) | | Henry D. McNamara, Jr., (P.L.C.) (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, April 23, 1934; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1956; M.B.A., 1963); Loyola University (J.D., 1967). Law Clerk to the Hon. Alvin B. Rubin, 1966-1968. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States; New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Email: Henry D. McNamara, Jr., (P.L.C.) | | Antonio E. Papale, Jr., (P.L.C.) (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 26, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (A.B., 1963; J.D., 1966). Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk to Hon. Edward J. Boyle, Sr., U.S. District Judge, 1966-1969. Lecturer, Maritime Personal Injury, Loyola University School of Law, 1975. Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice. Email: Antonio E. Papale, Jr., (P.L.C.) | | John F. Young (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 4, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Loyola University (B.P.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Co-Author: "Admiralty," Fifth Circuit Symposium, 34 Loyola Law Review 699, 1989. Council Chairman, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Maritime Law Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty(25%); Maritime(25%); Commercial Litigation(25%); Corporate(10%); Insurance Defense(15%). Email: John F. Young | | James D. Garvey, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 9, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1987; J.D., M.B.A., 1991). Certified Public Accountant - Inactive. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Casualty Insurance(80%); Corporate Law(5%); Intellectual Property(5%); Telecommunications Law(5%); Real Estate(5%). Email: James D. Garvey, Jr. | | Robert D. Ford (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 30, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1978); Loyola University (J.D., 1983). Phi Alpha Delta. Listed in: Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1983; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1982-1983. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (Past Member, ABA Committees on: Health Law, Professional Liability and Products Liability Litigation, 1992; Subcommittees on: Hospital and Clinic, Medical Devices and Medical Malpractice Liability, 1992); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Subcommittee on Asbestos and Silicosis, Insurance, and Products Liability. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice(50%); Casualty Insurance Defense(20%); Products Liability(10%); Environmental Litigation(10%); Premises Liability(10%). Email: Robert D. Ford | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Alayne R. Corcoran (Special Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 14, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); University of North Dakota (J.D., with distinction, 1994); Loyola University (Civil Law Certificate, 1994). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Writ Practice. Email: Alayne R. Corcoran | | ASSOCIATES | | William R. Seay, Jr. (Associate) | | Katie Cusimano (Associate) | | David B. Estes (Associate) (Admitted in Mississippi; Not admitted in Louisiana) | | P. Michael Breeden (Associate) | | Charles F. Wartelle (Associate) | | David C. Bach (Associate) | | Brad D. Ferrand (Associate) | | Daniel M. Redmann (Associate) | | Lauren E. Brisbi (Associate) | | Daniel R. Hynes (Associate) | | Justin Alsterberg (Associate) |
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