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Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer LLC is a nationally recognized law firm offering comprehensive legal services to businesses and individuals.

Member: Meritas organization with firms in principal cities worldwide through which the firm's clients have access to over 5,000 attorneys in more than 60 countries.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice in State and Federal Courts and Governmental Agencies. Admiralty, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Construction, Corporation, Insurance, Negligence, Federal and State Taxation, Trust, Probate, Estate Planning, Trade Regulation, Real Estate, Products Liability, General Casualty Law and Construction Arbitration. Trials.

Representative Clients:

Hibernia National Bank
Union Planters Bank, N.A.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Chicago Title Ins. Co.
Old Republic National Title Co.
Ticor Title Ins. Co.
Stewart Title Guaranty Corp.
Kimco Realty
Brennan's Restaurant
Gambino Bakeries, Inc.
Bryan Chevrolet-Mitsubishi, Inc.
Superior Honda
Brandt Automotive Group (Dodge, Nissan, Honda, Infiniti, Toyota)
Paretti Pontiac and Jaguar
Bergeron Chrysler, Volvo, Jeep, Inc.
Bean Dredging Corp.
Otto Candies, L.L.C.
Moses Engineers, Inc.
Crescent Construction Co.
Southern Scrap Material, L.L.C.
The Mathes Group, A Professional Architectural Corp.
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.
McDonald's Corp.
Compass Furniture
Moss Antiques
Central Parking Garage
Ferrari-Carano Winery
Hess Winery
Guenoc Winery
Murphy Oil Corp.
Hanson Pipe & Prods., Inc.
Mississippi Chemical Co.
American Lung Assn.
Multinational Assn. of Supportive Care in Cancer.

References:

First Bank & Trust, New Orleans, LA.

Address

2200 Energy Centre
1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70163-2200, (Orleans Parish)

Phone

Phone: 504-569-2900; 504-585-7711
Fax: 504-585-7751; 504-569-2099

Website

http://www.bhbmlaw.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Cuthbert S. Baldwin (1891-1969).

Gibbons Burke (1902-1989).

Edward Haspel (1889-1983).

Jerome J. Reso, Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 21, 1937; admitted to bar, 1961, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1961; LL.B., 1961). Delta Theta Phi; Alpha Sigma Nu. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1959-1961. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Taxation (Local, State, Federal and International) Law; Estate Planning Law; Trust Law.Email: Jerome J. Reso, Jr.

David L. Carrigee (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 17, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University at New Orleans (B.S., 1970); Loyola University (J.D., 1976). Practice Areas: Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage and Defense.Email: David L. Carrigee

John A. Rouchell (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., cum laude, 1974; J.D., 1976); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Federal, State and Local Taxation Law; Business Planning Law; Estate Planning Law.Email: John A. Rouchell

William B. Schwartz (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, March 17, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Charter Agreements; Collision; Personal Injury.Email: William B. Schwartz

Karl J. Zimmermann (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 3, 1960; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana; 1988, New York. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1981); Tulane University (J.D., 1984); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1985). Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Member, Tulane Moot Court Board. Member, Tulane Law Review. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates.Email: Karl J. Zimmermann

Dennis M. LaBorde (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1, 1950; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., 1983); Loyola University (J.D., 1987). Phi Alpha Delta (Marshall, 1983-1986). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1985-1986. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Bankruptcy Law; Intellectual Property; Family Law; Contract Law.Email: Dennis M. LaBorde

Wm. Daniel Wellons (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S., 1983); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Energy Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Wm. Daniel Wellons

Lance J. Arnold (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, April 30, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1983; M.B.A., 1985; J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Employment Law; Intellectual Property; Bankruptcy Law.Email: Lance J. Arnold

Paul N. Vance (Member) born Santa Monica, California, July 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, California (inactive); 1981, Louisiana. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., 1976); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Member, Tulane Moot Court Board. Practice Areas: Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance; Environmental Law.Email: Paul N. Vance

Leon H. Rittenberg, III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E., magna cum laude, 1989); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Beta Alpha Psi; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Maritime Transactions; Taxation (Local, State, Federal and International) Law; Estate Planning; Trust Law.Email: Leon H. Rittenberg, III

Thomas J. Cortazzo (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University of New Orleans (B.S., summa cum laude, 1984; J.D., 1987). Member, Law Review Editorial Board, Loyola Law Review. Teaching Assistant, Moot Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Construction Litigation.Email: Thomas J. Cortazzo

Kernan August Hand Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 5, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S., 1992); Loyola University (J.D., 1998); University of Florida (LL.M. in Taxation, 2000). Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning.Email: Kernan August Hand Jr.

ASSOCIATES

Jedd S. Malish (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1991); Loyola University (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Environmental Law; Energy; Offshore.Email: Jedd S. Malish

John C. Enochs (Associate) born Colombia, South Carolina, September 23, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Mississippi; 1994, Louisiana; 2006, Texas. Education: Transylvania University; University of Kentucky (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Maritime Law Journal. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Complex Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Environmental Law.Email: John C. Enochs

Donna M. Young (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 25, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1988); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Toxic Tort; Asbestos Defense; Product Liability.Email: Donna M. Young

Jena W. Smith (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 23, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., English, 1994); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Complex Bankruptcy; Employment Law; Maritime Law.Email: Jena W. Smith

Matthew Treuting (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Accounting, 2003); Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (B.C.L., J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Business Planning; Trusts and Estates.Email: Matthew Treuting

Jason J. Alley (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2004); Loyola University of New Orleans (J.D., 2007); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, cum laude, 2008). William S. Crowe Scholar. Member, Loyola Law Review. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates.Email: Jason J. Alley

David T. Lawson (Associate) born Raceland, Louisiana, May 9, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Louisiana. Education: Nicholls State University (B.A., 2002); Loyola University of New Orleans (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Corporate Law; Construction Law; Contract Disputes; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Labor and Employment Law; Family Law.Email: David T. Lawson

OF COUNSEL

James G. Burke, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 24, 1933; admitted to bar, 1959, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1954; LL.B., 1959). Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Commercial and Casualty Litigation.Email: James G. Burke, Jr.

Charles B. Mayer (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 26, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1966); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Tulane University Law Review, 1968-1969.Email: Charles B. Mayer

Leon H. Rittenberg, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 17, 1934; admitted to bar, 1959, Louisiana. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E., 1956); Tulane University of Louisiana (LL.B., 1959). Order of the Coif. Member, Tulane Law Review, 1957-1959. Practice Areas: Franchising; Taxation; Commercial Transactions; Estate Planning.Email: Leon H. Rittenberg, Jr.

Monica Tufano Surprenant (Of Counsel) born New Hyde Park, New York, February 4, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1975); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Member, Loyola Law Review.Email: Monica Tufano Surprenant

Robert J. Skinner (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 11, 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University of New Orleans; Loyola University Of The South (LL.B., 1962). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Banking; General Practice; Secured Finance.Email: Robert J. Skinner

Bernard H. Ticer (Of Counsel) born Nashville, Tennessee, June 23, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1985, Louisiana. Education: Virginia Commonwealth University (B.A., cum laude, 1979); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1982). Order of the Coif (Member, Tulane Chapter). Member, Board of Student Editors, 1980-1981. Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1981-1982.Email: Bernard H. Ticer

Beverly Baudouin (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Loyola University, New Orleans, School of Law (J.D., 1984).Email: Beverly Baudouin