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1100 Poydras Street, Suite 3100
New Orleans, Louisiana 70163 (Orleans Parish)
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(Main Office) The Firm was established in 1994, combining the talents and experience of a select group of distinguished business, banking, real estate, oil and gas, labor and employment, and intellectual property lawyers in the New Orleans area. The 2007 opening of our new office in Pensacola, Florida has expanded service to our clients with business interests in the Florida panhandle. In 2009 we expanded our ability to service clients who need legal assistance in Admiralty and Maritime and Insurance Coverage. Our reputation for providing prompt, high quality, cost-effective legal services, coupled with innovative solutions to our clients' business and litigation needs, has secured for us representation of some of the most prominent businesses in the region. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice before State and Federal Courts and Agencies. Oil and Gas Law, Labor and Employment Law, Commercial Litigation, Banking, Real Estate, Secured Transactions, Business, Corporate, Admiralty and Maritime, Insurance Coverage, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets, Finance, Equipment Leasing Law, Computer and Entertainment, Renewable Energy and Clean Technology. Year Established: 1994
Firm Size: 31
Representative Clients:Abita Brewing Co., Inc.
Albemarle Corporation
Associated Grocers, Inc.
Bank of Bonifay
Bass Enterprises Production Co.
BELO Corporation, WWL-TV
Capital One, National Association
Clovelly Oil Co., Inc.
Community Coffee Company
Continental Land & Fur Co., Inc.
Festival Productions N.O. (JAZZFEST Co-Producer)
Gulf Coast Community Bank
Hancock Bank
Harvest Oil & Gas, LLC
The Laitram Corporation
Jeanerette Lumber & Shingle Co., LLC
Latter & Blum, Inc.
J.B. Levert Land Company, Inc.
Marriott International, Inc.
Nexen Petroleum USA Inc.
Qwest Communications Corporation
The Rathborne Properties Group
Regions Bank
Risk International Services, Inc.
Shell Offshore, Inc
Standard Mortgage Corporation
Tulane University
Whitney National Bank, Zapata Corporation.
Address1100 Poydras Street, Suite 3100
New Orleans, LA 70163, (Orleans Parish)
PhonePhone: 504-585-3800
Telecopier: 504-585-3801
Website
http://www.carverdarden.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesPensacola, Florida: 801 West Romana Street, Suite A, 32502. Telephone: 850-266-2300. Fax: 850-266-2301.
M. Hampton Carver (Member) born Natchitoches, Louisiana, May 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1966); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1970). Order of the Coif. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1969-1970. Author: Publications- "The Revision Of The Law Of ObligationsIts Effect Upon Mineral Rights And Contracts," 33rd La. Ann. Inst. on Min. Law 1, 1986; "Problems Arising From Lack of Access to Markets," 38th La. Ann. Ins. on Min Law 319, 1991; "Good Faith for Purposes of Acquisitive Prescription in Louisiana and France," 28 La. L. Rev. 662, 1968; "Partial Resolution of Mineral Leases," 30 La. L. Rev. 84, 1969. Adjunct Associate Professor, Louisiana State University School of Law, 1986. Member, Louisiana State Law Institute Committee to Revise the Civil Code Articles on Obligations (Contracts), 1974-1984. Chairman, Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, 1986-1987. Past Chairman, Louisiana State Bar Association, Section on Mineral Law. Member: All Louisiana state and federal courts; United States Supreme Court. Practice Areas: Gas Contracts and Related Litigation; Royalty and Related Litigation; Royalty on Federal Outer Continental Shelf Leases; Appeals Before the Interior Board of Land Appeals; Gas Balancing Disputes; Contract Disputes Generally; Expropriation Issues; Issues Impacted By FERC Regulations; Suits Related to Land and Oil and Gas Titles and to Termination of Leases; Suits Related to Loss and Erosion of Marsh.Email: M. Hampton Carver
M. Taylor Darden (Member) born Portsmouth, Virginia, December 6, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Vice Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1976-1977. Author: Publications- Current Problems Under the Louisiana Oil Well Lien Statute, 31st. Annual Institute on Mineral Law, 1984; A New Look At the Implied Obligations, 34th Annual Institute on Mineral Law, 1986; Lien On Me: Comfort and Security in Oilfield Privileges. An Annotated Outline to the 1995 Amendment of the Louisiana Oil Well Lien (Privilege) Act, La. Rev. Stat. Ann. 9:4861, 4873, Seventh Annual Oil and Gas Seminar, Petroleum Landman's Association of New Orleans (1995). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Mineral Law Institute (Member, Advisory Council, 1988-1992, 1994-1997; Chairman, 1990-1991); Louisiana State Law Institute (Council Member, 1991-1992); Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Land Title Law; Expropriation; Oil and Gas Finance; Mineral Law; Mineral Rights; Joint Ventures; Commercial Litigation.Email: M. Taylor Darden
I. Harold Koretzky (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 8, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University at New Orleans (B.S., 1965); Loyola University (J.D., 1968). Former Trial Specialist and Supervisory Attorney with 15th Region of National Labor Relations Board (N.O., LA), and Deputy Assistant General Counsel, NLRB, Washington, D.C. Former member, Adjunct Faculty, Labor Law, Loyola University School of Law. Management Chair, ABA Committee on Practice and Procedure under the National Labor Relations Act, 2001-2005. Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association (Member and Former Chair, Labor Relations Section). Fellow: College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 2003. Practice Areas: Management Employment Law; Management Labor Law; Age Discrimination in Employment; Collective Bargaining; Covenants Not To Compete; Employee Drug Testing; Employee Privacy; Employer Intentional Torts; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Contracts; Employment Disability Discrimination; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Harassment; Labor Arbitration; Labor Strikes; Minimum Wage Law; National Labor Relations Act; National Origin Discrimination; Negligent Hiring; Noncompete Litigation; Reductions in Force; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Union Contract Negotiations; Union Elections; Union Organization; Wage and Hour Law; WARN Act; Whistleblower Litigation.Email: I. Harold Koretzky
Frank A. Tessier (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1976; J.D., 1979). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Chairman, Mineral Law Section, 1991) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Law Institute (Member, Advisory Committee for the Revision of the Articles on Sales, 1986; Advisory Committee for the Revision of the Articles on Compromise, 1999; Advisory Committee to Study U.C.C., Article 2, 2000; Advisory Committee on Revision of the Articles on Exchanges, 2008); Louisiana Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Committee, 1997-1998). Practice Areas: Banking and Regulation; Real Estate; Equipment Leasing; Secured Transactions; Business; Corporate Law; Interstate Land Sales Act; Oil and Gas Finance.Email: Frank A. Tessier
William T. Finn (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1978); Tulane University (J.D., 1982). Speaker and Author: "Lender Liability, Traps for the Unwary," Louisiana Bankers Association Bank Counsel Conference; "Trends and Updates on Lender Liability," Trends and Update Seminar, Tulane Law School; "Special Topics in a Special Court: Bankruptcy Process," Breaking Down the Walls of Separation Seminar, Louisiana State Bar Association. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Banking; Secured Transactions; Debtor/Creditor Rights; Lender Liability Litigation; Bankruptcy; Real Estate; Corporate Formations and Mergers; Business Acquisitions and Dispositions; Business Litigation; Accounting Malpractice Litigation.Email: William T. Finn
Roy E. Blossman (Member) born Covington, Louisiana, July 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Member, Louisiana State University Law Review, 1983-1985. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana State Law Institute (Member, Advisory Committee for the Revision of the Articles on Mortgages, 1989). Practice Areas: Banking; Real Estate; Secured Transactions; Business.Email: Roy E. Blossman
Raymond G. Areaux (Member and IP Group Chairman) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Tulane University (B.S.E.E., 1978; B.S.C.S., 1978); Loyola University (J.D., 1985). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. Member, Loyola University Law Review, 1982-1985. Author, "Festo's Doctrine of Equivalent: Vitality Reaffirmed In View of New and Old Hurdles, 48 Loy. L. Rev. 551, 2002. Member, Editorial Board, Trademark Reporter, INTA. Adjunct Professor of Law, Trademarks and Unfair Competition, Loyola University School of Law. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property; Business; Antitrust) Bar Associations; International Trademark Association; American International Property Law Association; National Society of Professional Engineers; Louisiana Engineering Society (Past Member, Engineers Joint Contracts Documents Committee). Practice Areas: Computers and Software; Patents; Trademarks; Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property; Franchises and Franchising; Media Law; Copyrights; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Technology and Science; Internet Law; Domain Names; Intellectual Property Infringement; Intellectual Property Licensing; Technology Licensing; High Technology Contracts; Technical Litigation; Technology Contracts; Technology Finance; Intellectual Property Arbitration; Intellectual Property Enforcement; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Prosecution; Proprietary Rights.Email: Raymond G. Areaux
John Anthony Dunlap (Member) born Monroe, North Carolina, September 25, 1956; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana; 1988, South Carolina. Education: University of Florida (B.F.A., cum laude, 1978) Phi Kappa Phi; University of South Carolina (J.D., 1987). Member: University of South Carolina Moot Court Bar, 1985-1987; International Law Moot Court Team, 1987. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Contracts; Appellate Practice; Business Litigation; Right of Way Easements; Eminent Domain; Lender Regulation; Bank Foreclosures; Oil and Gas Litigation; Lender Liability Litigation; Bank Collections; Contracts; Creditors Rights; Contract Litigation.Email: John Anthony Dunlap
Stacy Smith Brown (Member) born Marshalltown, Iowa, March 6, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (B.S., 1986); Tulane University (J.D., 1989). Member, 1987-1989 and Administrative Justice, 1988-1989, Tulane Law School Moot Court Board; Tulane Order of the Barristers; Senior Fellow, 1988-1989. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Energy Bar Association (President, New Orleans Chapter, 2005-2008). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Contracts; Oil and Gas Leasing; Oil and Gas Litigation.Email: Stacy Smith Brown
Linda A. Hoffman (Member) (Resident, Pensacola, Florida Office).
Philip D. Nizialek (Member) born Buffalo, New York, April 14, 1953; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1995, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1975); South Texas College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1991). Order of the Lytae. Managing Editor, South Texas Law Review, 1990-1991. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Houston Mariners Club. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime; Insurance Coverage; Marine Cargo; Marine Insurance; Maritime Liens; Maritime Property Damage; Ship Finance; Ship Foreclosure; Captive Insurance; Commercial Insurance; Commercial Property Insurance; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; First and Third Party Insurance; Insurance Arbitration; Insurance Guaranty Association Law; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Recovery; Property Damage; Property Insurance Coverage; Reinsurance; Risk Management; Unfair Insurance Practices.Email: Philip D. Nizialek
David F. Waguespack (Member) born Covington, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1988); Tulane University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). David F. Waguespack is a partner in the Firm, specializing in bankruptcy, commercial litigation, creditor's rights, and gaming law. He has represented lenders, debtors, creditor committees, and other parties in complex Chapter 11 reorganizations and related litigation and has served as a Chapter 11 trustee. Mr. Waguespack regularly represents investors acquiring property in and out of bankruptcy. He has handled litigation relating to liens, real estate, construction, shareholders rights, lender liability, and other commercial matters. Mr. Waguespack is recognized for his work in bankruptcy and restructuring in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Louisiana Super Lawyers, and the Legal 500. Most recently, he was selected by New Orleans City Business to be in the Leadership in Law Class of 2008. He is board certified in business bankruptcy law by the American and Louisiana Boards of Certification. He is a co-chair of the Corporate Governance Subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association and serves on the TARP Task Force of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association. Mr. Waguespack is currently Vice-Chair of the Bankruptcy Law Advisory Committee. He has served on the Bank Counsel Committee of the Louisiana Banker's Association and as editor of the Louisiana Lender Letter. Mr. Waguespack is also an adjunct professor of business law at Tulane University. Member: American, Federal, and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Creditor's Rights; Gaming Law.Email: David F. Waguespack
Russell L. Foster (Partner) born Ruston, Louisiana, September 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; 2000, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1992); College of William and Mary (J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif. Moot Court. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Russell L. Foster
Leann Opotowsky Moses (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; 1990, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1985); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Phi Alpha Theta. Law Clerk to the Honorable Jack Crozier Watson, Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1989-1990. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Debtor/Creditor Rights; Lender Liability Litigation; General Commercial Litigation; Litigation.Email: Leann Opotowsky Moses
Robert S. Stassi (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 27, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Mineral Law; Commercial Litigation; Property Law; Construction Law; Lender Liability; Insurance Coverage.Email: Robert S. Stassi
J. Patrick Gaffney (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1983). Member, Moot Court Board, 1982-1983. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Section). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Secured Lending; Lender Liability; Bankruptcy; Real Estate; Business Litigation.Email: J. Patrick Gaffney
Lucas Tate Regnier (Partner) born De Queen, Arkansas, March 14, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1997); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Mineral Law; Bankruptcy.Email: Lucas Tate Regnier
Brian W. Hoffman (Partner) born Pensacola, Florida; admitted to bar, 2003, Florida. (Not admitted in Louisiana). Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., with high honors, 2000); University of Mississippi, Oxford (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Associate Cases Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 2001-2002. Member: Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association (Member 2003; Board of Directors 2007-2008; Young Lawyers Division (Member, 2003; Board of Directors, 2004; President 2007-2008); American Inns of Court (Member, 2004-2006). (Resident, Pensacola, Florida Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Property Development; Real Property; Community Association Law; Probate; Wills; Foreclosures; Business Law; Corporate Law.Email: Brian W. Hoffman
Matthew C. Hoffman (Partner) born Pensacola, Florida, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Florida, 2007, Alabama. (Not admitted in Louisiana). Education: University of Florida (B.S., with highest honors, 2000; J.D., 2003). Fellow: Young Lawyers Division of Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association (Member, 2004-Present; Board of Directors, 2008-Present); American Inns of Court (Member, 2004-2006). (Resident, Pensacola, Florida Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Probate; Wills; Real Estate Development; Real Property; Community Association Law; Bankruptcy; Foreclosures; Corporate Law; Business Law.Email: Matthew C. Hoffman
OF COUNSELSusan Judlin Santa Cruz (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 31, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1985); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member, The Maritime Lawyer, 1987. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking; Real Estate; Secured Transactions; Equipment Leasing.Email: Susan Judlin Santa Cruz
Stephen Rose (Of Counsel) born Houston, Texas, July 2, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana and Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.S., with honors, 1975); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Editor, Houston Law Review, 1977-1978. Author: Publication - "Reverse Discrimination Developments Under Title VII, 15 Houston L. Rev. 136 (1977). Adjunct Faculty, Labor Law, Loyola University School of Law, 1999. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections On: Labor and Employment) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Management Labor and Employment Law; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; ERISA; Fair Labor Standards; National Labor Relations Act; Americans with Disabilities Act; Family and Medical Leave Act; Fair Housing; Arbitration; Litigation.Email: Stephen Rose
Michael E. Coney (Of Counsel) born 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana; U.S. Supreme Court; U. S. Tax Court; U. S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1968); Loyola University (J.D., 1972); Louisiana State University Law Center (M.C.L., 1977); Tulane University (LL.M., Energy and Environmental Law, with distinction, 1995). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1972. Law clerk to Honorable James A. Comesky, U.S.D.C. E.D. La. 1972-1975. Guest Speaker: Louisiana Mineral Law Institute; the Houston Bar Association; the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation ("RMMLF") Institute on Federal and Indian Royalty Valuation and Management. Speaker and Co-Chair: RMMLF Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing & Development Short Course. Member: the American Petroleum Institute Subcommittee of Exploration and Production Law, 1987-2007. Chairman, Offshore Operations Committee Legal Subcommittee, 1987-2007. Appointed Industry Representative by Secretary of the interior to Minerals Management Service Royalty Policy Committee, 2004-2007. Trustee: Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Former Attorney, Shell Oil Company, 2007. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Offshore Oil and Gas Law; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Offshore Unitization; Offshore Royalty Appeals; Oil and Gas Arbitration; Oil and Gas Contracts; Oil and Gas Conservation; Oil and Gas Exploration; Oil and Gas Leasing; Oil and Gas Regulation; Oil and Gas Transportation; Public Land Law.Email: Michael E. Coney
Theodore S. Owers, III (Of Counsel) born West Palm Beach, Florida, June 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., 1986); Loyola University (J.D., 2000). Member, Moot Court Staff. Co-Author: "Festo's Doctrine of Equivalents: Vitality Reaffirmed In View of New and Old Hurdles," 48 Loy. L. Rev. 551 (2002). Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member: Louisiana State and American (Intellectual Property Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Copyrights; Trademarks; Trade Secrets; Software; Computer Law; Franchises and Franchising; Technology and Science; Internet Law; Domain Names.Email: Theodore S. Owers, III
——————————Brian R. Johnson (Associate) born Dover, New Jersey, June 6, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana; 2003, New York. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1996); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Banking Law; Business Law; Commercial Finance; Secured Transactions; Commercial Litigation; Successions; Oil and Gas Law.Email: Brian R. Johnson
Stephen P. Scullin (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 24, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Accounting, 2003; J.D., B.C.L.,2006). Order of the Coif; Louisiana Law Review. Recipient: John T. Laycock Memorial Scholarship; Jules F. Landry Memorial Scholarship; Board of Supervisors' Scholarship. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Energy Bar Association (Member, New Orleans Chapter); Louisiana Clean Technology Network; Professional Landmen's Association - New Orleans (PLANO). Practice Areas: Renewable Energy; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Law.Email: Stephen P. Scullin
Ian C. Barras (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Tulane University (B.S.E.E., magna cum laude, 1999; M.S.E.E., 2002); Loyola University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar. Recipient: Louisiana State Bar Association Corporate and Business Law Award; Loyola University Dean's Award. Member, Loyola University Law Review. Member: Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law; Litigation; Science and Technology Law) Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Federal Bar Association; Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Infringement; Intellectual Property Enforcement; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Prosecution; Technical Litigation; Patents; Copyrights; Trademarks; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Vessel Hull Design Protection; Computers and Software; Computer Law; Franchises and Franchising; Technology and Science; Internet Law; Domain Names; Intellectual Property Licensing; Technology Licensing; High Technology Contracts; Proprietary Rights.Email: Ian C. Barras
Robert S. Rushing (Associate) (Resident, Pensacola, Florida Office).
Karl A. Sandell (Associate) (Resident, Pensacola, Florida Office).
Lacrecia G. Cade (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, October 4, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia; 2009, Louisiana. Education: American University (B.A., 1999); College of William & Mary (J.D., 2002). Regional Champion, ATLA Competition, 2002. Recipient, Marshall-Wythe School of Law Dean's Award, 2002. Associate Editor, Journal of Women and the Law, 2000-2001. Presenter, Business and Legal Reports: Politics in the Workplace, 2008; Electronic Recordkeeping and the New E-Discovery Rules, 2007. Co-Author: "The Bottom Line: Managing Damages in Employment Litigation, Compensatory Damages: Guerilla Warfare," Brasstown, 2007; "Call to Action: Statement on Improving Judicial Selection," National Center of State Courts, 2002. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation.Email: Lacrecia G. Cade
Harry M. Barton (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2001; J.D., 2005). Member, Louisiana Law Review. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Chair, LSBA Intellectual Property Law Section, 2008), American and Federal Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Vice-Chair, Copyright Committee, 2008). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Trademarks; Copyrights; Patents; Oil and Gas Law.Email: Harry M. Barton
James (Jay) P. White (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Florida. (Not admitted in Louisiana). Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2002; J.D., 2005; B.C.L., 2005). James P. White joined the firm as an associate in 2009, and practices in the areas of commercial litigation, banking, corporate and business law. Jay received his Bachelor of Science from Louisiana State University in 2002. In 2005, he received his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. Prior to joining the firm, Jay served as an Assistant State Attorney, prosecuting misdemeanor and felony cases. In addition to numerous bench trials, he was lead counsel on 24 jury trials. Member: Escambia-Santa Rosa County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; Young Lawyers; American Inns of Court. (Resident, Pensacola, Florida Office). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Litigation.Email: James (Jay) P. White
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