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| | Address | | 400 Lafayette Street, Suite 200 | | New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 | | (Orleans Parish) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Abbott, Simses & Kuchler,
A Professional Law Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Complex Litigation, Class Actions, Environmental Litigation, Toxic Tort Litigation, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, Property Damage, Arbitration, Mediation, Maritime Personal Injury and Death, Banking, Patents, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation, Coverage and Subrogation, Maritime Contracts, Hull, Cargo, Collision and Casualty, Labor Relations, Real Estate, Taxation, Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), Workers Compensation, Tort Claims, Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability. | | Year Established: 1980 | Firm Profile:
Full Service Law Firm with Concentration in Litigation in State and Federal Courts Nationwide, Administrative Practice before the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the United States Department of Labor, (the Office of Workers Compensation Programs), the United State Coast Guard, the Federal Maritime Commission, The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Texas General Land Office, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Minerals Management Service (MMS). | | Firm Size: 41 | Representative Clients:
AIG Technical Services, Inc.; ANR Pipeline Company; Alpha Therapeutic Corporation; American Cyanamid Company; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Anderson Greenwood & Company; Baldwin Motors, Inc.; Bancroft Rehabilitation Living Center; Bituminous Insurance Company; CGB Enterprises, Inc.; Cameco Industries, Inc.; Carbo Ceramics; Children's Int. Medical Research, L.L.C.; City of Covington, Louisiana; City of Mandeville, Louisiana; City of Slidell, Louisiana; Clinical Research Networks, Inc.; Coach USA, Inc.; Commercial Metals Corporation; ConAgra Foods, Inc.; ConocoPhillips; Cytec Fiberite, Inc.; Cytec Industries, Inc.; Deere & Company; Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.; DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C.; E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company; El Paso Corporation; Ellsworth Leblanc & Ellsworth; Entergy Corporation; Exocet, Inc.; Fields to Forests, L.L.C.; Florida Hydro; FMC Technologies, Inc.; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Corporation; Georgia Gulf Corporation; Gerling Insurance Company; Global Santa Fe Corporation; Griffin Corporation; Grinnell Corporation; Hancock Bank; Heart Hospital of Lafayette; Home Service Store; ICG/Holliston a/k/a Industrial Coatings Group Keystone International, Inc.; Kramer Industries, Inc.; Level (3) Communications; Lewcott Corporation; Lexington Insurance Company; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Louisiana Heart Hospital; Magnum Construction Services, Inc.; MCF Valves, Inc.; McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc.; Mark IV Industries, Inc.; MedCath, Inc.; Mega Crane Rentals, Inc.; Mobil Oil Corporation; New Orleans Cold Storage & Warehouse Company, Ltd.; North Shore Medical Research, L.L.C.; Ochsner Clinic Foundation; Parmelee Industries, Inc.; PDI, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Pharmacia Corporation; Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; Port of New Orleans; Praxair, Inc.; Premier Nationwide Lending; Punam Hotel Corporation; Rehab Dynamics, Inc.; Remington Arms Company, Inc.; Resource Bank; St. Paul/Traveler's Insurance Company; St. Tammany Parish Economic Development Foundation; St. Tammany Parish Economic And Industrial Development District; Sasol North America, Inc.; Sensormatic Electronics Corporation; Sisters of Mercy Health Care System; Sporting Goods Properties, Inc.; Steve Owens Construction, Inc.; Syn-Tech, Inc.; Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; The Azby Fund; The Dow Chemical Company; The Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopaedic Institute-NYU; Turn Services, Inc.; Tuthill Corporation; Tyco Electronics Corporation; Tyco Fire & Security; Tyco Healthcare, Inc.; Tyco International, Ltd.; Tyco International (US) Inc.; Tyco Plastics and Adhesives, Inc.; Tyco Valves & Controls, Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation; Union Planters Bank; Wadleigh Energy Group; Wadleigh Industries, Inc.; Wadleigh Offshore, Inc.; XL Insurance America, Inc.; Zen-Noh Grain Corporation. |
Other Office Locations of Abbott, Simses & Kuchler,
A Professional Law Corporation
Covington, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
| | Lawrence E. Abbott (Managing Director) born Miami, Florida, May 18, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1974, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1975, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1996, Texas and District of Columbia; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: St. Edward's University (B.A., 1967); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Assistant Examiner, Committee on Bar Admissions, 1994—) and American (Member: Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee; Rail and Motor Carrier Law Committee; Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law, 1995—) Bar Associations; Charter Member, Louisiana Bar Foundation; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member: International Law of the Sea Committee, 1984—; Subcommittee on Offshore Exploration and Development, 1984—; Committee on River and Ocean Towing, 1985—); Association of Average Adjusters of the United States (Associate Member, 1985—); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; New Orleans Defense Counsel Association; Defense Research Institute, Inc.; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Louisiana Association of Business and Industry; Outstanding Lawyers of America (First selected Member in 2003—); Louisiana Bar Foundation. (Also at Houston, Texas Office; Covington, Louisiana Office; and Jackson, Mississippi Office). Practice Areas: Trial Specialist; Products Liability Litigation; Environmental Law; Toxic Tort Litigation; Civil Law; Pharmaceutical Claims; Railroad Defense Litigation; Commercial Disputes; Admiralty Cases; Class Actions; Non-litigation Corporate and Business Law. Email: Lawrence E. Abbott | | Richard M. Simses (Shareholder) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, November 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1992, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Supreme Court; 2007, Colorado; U.S. District Court, Ninth Circuit. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 1978); Loyola University (J.D., 1981). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "First Amendment Implications of Political Patronage Dismissals," 27 Loyola Law Review 219, 1981. Member: New Orleans, Houston, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Defense Research Institute; The Woodlands Bar Association; Hispanic Bar Association. (Also at Houston, Texas Office). Practice Areas: Admiralty Law; Maritime Personal Injury Law; Environmental; Toxic Tort Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Richard M. Simses | | Deborah D. Kuchler (Shareholder) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 2002, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 2003, Texas. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., cum laude, 1980); Loyola University (J.D., 1985). Member, Loyola Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Patrick E. Carr, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Insitute; American Chemical Society. Practice Areas: Toxic Exposure Law; Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Class Actions; Pharmaceutical Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense Law. Email: Deborah D. Kuchler | | Sarah E. Iiams (Shareholder) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 2003, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (B.A., summa cum laude, 1989); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Kappa Phi. Loyola Moot Court Staff. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Corporations. Member, Loyola Law Review. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort and Mass Tort Litigation. Email: Sarah E. Iiams | | Monique M. Weiner (Shareholder) born Princeton, New Jersey, February 10, 1970; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 2004, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1991); Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (J.D., 1994). Phi Delta Phi. Certified Title Insurance Agent. Member: Louisiana and Federal Bar Associations Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Employment Litigation; Construction Litigation; Real Estate Transactions; Admiralty and Maritime Personal Injury Defense. Email: Monique M. Weiner | | Janika D. Polk (Shareholder) born Lawrence, Kansas, April 4, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 2002, Mississippi. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1998); Southern Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc. Practice Areas: Class Action Defense; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Employment Litigation. Email: Janika D. Polk | | Charles H. Abbott (Shareholder) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana; 2003, Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., Spanish, cum laude, 1999); Louisiana State University (Bachelor in Civil Law Studies, 2002); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2002). Chancellor's List; Member, Moot Court Board. Winner, Tullis Moot Court Competition; Finalist, Louisiana State University Law Student Flory Trials. Selected to Wex S. Malone Inn of Court; CALI Awards in Appelate Advocacy and International American Trade Association; Certified Mediator. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Class Action Defense; Products Liability Litigation. Email: Charles H. Abbott | | Paul M. Lavelle (Shareholder) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., 1978); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Member, Loyola Law Review. Faculty Member, Joint International Defense Conference on Privacy Issues related to Electronic Discovery, Barcelona, Spain, May 2004. Member: Jefferson (Board Member; Past President) and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (Member, Board of Directors; Member, Product Liability Committee; Past Chair: Technology Committee; Electronic Discovery Task Force); National Foundation for Judical Excellence; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Member, CLE Faculty). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Highway Design Liability; Self Insured Defense; General Liability Defense; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Products Liability; Architects and Engineers Liability; Toxic Torts; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Construction Law. Email: Paul M. Lavelle | | Amy L. Maccherone (Senior Counsel) born Woodbury, New Jersey, August 3, 1968; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2000, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2006, Texas. Education: Widener University (B.S., 1990); Villanova University (J.D., 1999). Member: Louisiana State, Pennsylvania, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Class Action Defense. Email: Amy L. Maccherone | | Leigh Ann Schell (Senior Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 5, 1965; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1987); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member, Moot Court Board. Member, Loyola Law Review. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Insurance Law; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Asbestos Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Premises Liability; Commercial Liability. Email: Leigh Ann Schell | | Christine Changho Bruneau (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, May 30, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Kansas State University (B.A., 1994); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Bar Foundation; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Association for Women Attorneys; Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Defense; Products Liability; Admiralty and Maritime Defense; Environmental Law; General Civil Litigation. Email: Christine Changho Bruneau | | Ernest G. Foundas (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 5, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana and Pennsylvania; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Boston University (B.S., 1990); Mississippi College (J.D., 1995); Villanova University (LL.M., Taxation, 1996). Member: Philadelphia, Louisiana State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Transactional Business Planning; Entity Formation; Toxic Torts; Environmental Law; Land Use; Civil Litigation. Email: Ernest G. Foundas | | Michael H. Abraham (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., Management, 1989); Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.D., 1994). Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort. Email: Michael H. Abraham | | McGready L. Richeson (Associate) born Jefferson City, Missouri, April 27, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Oregon; 1996, Texas; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2004, Louisiana; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1990); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Recipient, Certificate of Environmental Law, Tulane Law School, 1993. Editor, Environmental Law Journal, Tulane Law School, 1992-1993. Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Products Liability. Email: McGready L. Richeson | | Kendra L. Duay (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (J.D., 1998). Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Chemical Exposure; Asbestos Defense; Products Liability; Employment Litigation. Email: Kendra L. Duay | | Jevan S. Fleming (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1992); Southern University (J.D., 1996). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability; General Civil Litigation. Email: Jevan S. Fleming | | Ney J. Gehman (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 27, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1995); New England School of Law (J.D., 1999). Dean's List. Former Assistant District Attorney, Parish of New Orleans. Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage. Email: Ney J. Gehman | | Michele Hale DeShazo (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Florida State University (B.S., Political Science, 2002); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2005). Member, Legal Association for Women. Member: Covington, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Michele Hale DeShazo | | Theresa R. Becher (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Georgia (B.S., Sociology, Criminal Justice, 2003); Loyola University (J.D., 2007). Member, Loyola University Moot Court; The Public Interest Law Journal. Chief-Of-Staff, Loyola Trial Advocacy. Board Member, Hispanic American Law Student Association. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Theresa R. Becher | | Jonique Martin Hall (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 11, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1998; J.D., 2002). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Jonique Martin Hall | | Laura E. Kraemer (Associate) born Hammond, Louisiana, October 31, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Mass Communications, 2000; J.D., 2003; B.C.L., 2003). Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Civil Litigation. Email: Laura E. Kraemer | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Houston, Texas Office: 1360 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1700. Telephone: 713-627-9393. Fax: 713-627-9395.
Covington, Louisiana Office: 5100 Village Walk, Suite 200. Telephone: 985-893-2991. Fax: 985-898-0383.
Jackson, Mississippi Office: 210 East Capitol Street, Suite 1090. Telephone: 601-352-9393. Fax: 601-352-9066.
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