(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

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.

Representative Clients:

ABM Industries
Admiral Insurance Company
AIG Insurance Company
AMC Construction
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 Homestar Corporation
American International Insurance Group, Inc. (AIG)
American National Property and Casualty
American Standard Insurance Company,
American Vehicle Insurance Company
Anderson Trucking Services, Inc.
Arrowpoint Capital Corporation
Assurance Company of America
Audubon Insurance Group/AIG
Bankers Insurance Group
Barton Protective Services, Inc.
Benfield Syndicate (Lloyds')
Big Lots
Brookdale Senior Living
Burger King Corporation
Burlington Insurance Group
Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc.
Capital One
Carlisle Syntec Systems
Celebration Station/Whitco Industries, Inc.
Century/Meadowbrook Insurance Group
Certified Security Systems
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Chubb Specialty Group
Clarendon National Insurance Company
CAN
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
Darwin National Assurance Company
Delos Insurance Group
Delta Beverage
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
Discover Property and Casualty Insurance Company
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
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
Godfrey Conveyor Company, Inc.
Great American Insurance Company
Great West Casualty Company
Gulf Regional Planning Commission
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 Deere Consumer Products, Inc.
K & K Insurance Group
KLLM, Inc.
Knight Transportation Company
Lawyer's Protector Plan
Lexington Insurance Company
Liberty Mutual Liability
The Linde Group
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lodgian Program
Louisiana Citizens Claim Service Providers
Louisiana Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Louisiana Horseman's Benevolent & Protective Association
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
MS Auto Auction
National Safety Consultants
New England Insurance Company
NCA Group, Inc.
Nissan Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
North American Risk Services, Inc.
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.
Omni Cell, Inc.
O'Reilly Auto Parts
Pascal Architects
Pellerin Milnor Corporation
Piccadilly Cafeteria, Inc.
Precision America Insurance Company
Proetorian Financial Group
Protective Insurance Company
Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Purvis Marine Limited
Quanta U.S. Holdings, Inc.
Regal-Beloit Corporation
Rental Insurance Services
The Republic Group
Rite Aid Corporation
River Parish Disposal, Inc.
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
Saxon Mortgage Service, Inc.
Schindler Elevator Corporation
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
Selective Insurance Company of Southeast
Sentry Insurance Group
The Shaw Group
SignatureHomes, Inc.
S&M Transportation, Inc.
Society Insurance Company
Sonesta International Hotels Corp.
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
Trans America, LLC
Transportation Claims, Inc.
Transwood, Inc.
The Travelers Insurance Companies
Trinity Universal Insurance Company
Underwriters at Lloyds of London
Union Standard Insurance Group
Unitrin Specialty Insurance Group
U.S. Agencies Casualty Insurance Company, Inc.
USAA Property & Casualty Insurance
USA Logistic Carriers, LLC
Vanliner Insurance Company
Vesta Insurance Group
The Waggoners Trucking
Walgreens Company
Wendy's International
Westport Insurance Corporation
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
Wolf Industries d/b/a Grace Healthcare
XL Insurance Group
York Claims Service, Inc.
York STB, Inc.
ZC Sterling Insurance Agency, Inc.
ZDU - Zurich Direct Underwriters
Zurich American Insurance Group.

Address

Suite 1400
One Galleria Boulevard P.O. Box 8288
Metairie, LA 70011, (Jefferson Parish)

Phone

Phone: 504-836-6500
Fax: 504-836-6565

Website

http://www.haileymcnamara.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM

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.) (Managing Partner) 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. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., 1980); Loyola University (J.D., 1984). Law Clerk to 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; Premises Liability.Email: Dominic J. Ovella

Michael P. Mentz (Managing Partner) 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 (Managing Partner) 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 (Managing Partner) 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 (Managing Partner) 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 Bar Association, Federal Bar Association. Fellow: Loyola University of the South-Institute of Politics. Special Agencies: Louisiana State Organized Crime & Racketeering Unit; Louisiana Department of Justice; United States Attorney's Office. Practice Areas: Criminal Law(15%, 5); Insurance Defense(60%, 35); Class Action(20%, 5); Toxic Tort(5); Mass Tort(5); Professional Liability(5%, 1).Email: W. Glenn Burns

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.)

John C. (Sandy) Duplantier (Of Counsel) born Gulfport, Mississippi, April 7, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1984); Loyola University (J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable John M. Shaw, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Former Associate, Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Gibbens. Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Admiralty Law; Maritime Law; Personal Injury Law; Tort Law; Insurance Defense Law.Email: John C. (Sandy) Duplantier

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.

Charles F. Wartelle (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 9, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1980); Tulane University (J.D., 1986). Member: Professionalism 2005; Medical/Legal Interprofessional. Member: Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Harris v. Westchester Fire Ins. Co., 904 F2d 319 (U. S. 5th Cir. 1990; Lizama v. Williams, 759 So.2d 865 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2000); Ackers v. Borrow, 745 So.2d 82 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1999); Schlette v. Washington, 752 So.2d 197 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1999); Regional Transit Authority v. Lemoine, 664 So.2d 1303 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1995); Harris v. RTA, 662 So.2d 134 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1995); Sharp v. Daigre, 555 So.2d 1361 (La. 1990); Bank of LaPlace v. Millet 545 So.2d 646 (La. App. 5th Cir. 1989). Practice Areas: Casualty Insurance Defense(90%); Real Estate(5%); Personal Injury(2%); Plaintiffs Personal Injury(2%); Environmental Law(1%).

Ralph T. Rabalais (Of Counsel) born Houma, Louisiana, May 24, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Nicholls State University (B.S., 1986); Loyola University (J.D., with law review honors, 1989). Law Clerk to the Hon. Morris A. Lottinger, Jr., 1989-1991. Member: Jefferson, Orleans Parish and Louisiana State Bar Associations.Email: Ralph T. Rabalais

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)

Christopher J. Rouse (Associate)

Katie Cusimano (Associate)

David C. Bach (Associate)

Brad D. Ferrand (Associate)

Lauren E. Brisbi (Associate)

Daniel R. Hynes (Associate)

Justin Alsterberg (Associate)

Shailendra U. Kulkarni (Associate)

Jason M. Baer (Associate)

Stephen C. Kogos, Jr. (Associate)