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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 800-467-5141 | | Cable Address: "Dekest" Telex: 584358 Telecopier: 504-566-1201 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.dkslaw.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Admiralty, Antitrust, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Corporate, Employment Benefits, Entertainment, Directors and Officers Liability, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Franchising, Intellectual Property, International, Health Care, Labor/Employee Relations and Employment Discrimination, Marine and Energy, Personal Injury and Insurance Law, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Public Finance, Public Utilities Real Estate, Securities, Secured Transactions, Surety, Sports Law, Taxation, Toxic Torts, Trust and Probate. | | Year Established: 1926 | Firm Profile:
Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, L.L.P. is a premiere Gulf Coast law firm concentrating in legal counseling and complex, high-stakes litigation. We are on the forefront of the industries we serve and pride ourselves on unwavering responsiveness to client needs. For additional information please visit our website at www.dkslaw.com. | | Firm Size: 65 |
Other Office Locations of Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, L.L.P.
Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Eberhard P. Deutsch (1897-1980). | | R. Emmett Kerrigan (1902-1980). | | Harry F. Stiles (1902-1953). | | Charles F. Seemann, Jr., (P.L.C.) (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 28, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S., 1959; LL.B., 1962). Member, Tulane Moot Court Board. Construction Arbitrator and Mediator, American Arbitration Association. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Government Committee, 1994-1997) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law and Litigation; Architects and Engineers Errors and Omissions; Fidelity and Surety Law; Public Contract Law; State and Local Government Law; Professional Licensing; Public Bidding. Email: Charles F. Seemann, Jr., (P.L.C.) | | Robert E. Kerrigan, Jr., (P.L.C.) (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 10, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana. Education: Spring Hill College (A.B., 1964); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1969). Active Master of the Bench, Tulane Law School, American Inns of Court. Member, National Law Journal, 1999. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2001 and 2002. One of Nine Best Trial Lawyers in Louisiana. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1974—), Federal and American Bar Associations; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Defense Research Institute. [Capt. (ret) U.S. Army Infantry, 1964-1966]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Product Liability; Personal Injury; Aviation; Hazardous Waste; Toxic Torts; Securities; Professional Liability; Transportation. Email: Robert E. Kerrigan, Jr., (P.L.C.) | | Bertrand M. Cass, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 9, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.B.A., 1965; J.D., 1968). Best Speaker, Moot Court Competition, 1967. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty). Practice Areas: Offshore Litigation; Maritime Personal Injury and Death; Product Liability Defense. Email: Bertrand M. Cass, Jr. | | Francis J. Barry, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, Louisiana; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Judge, Tulane Moot Court Board, 1972-1973. Student Editor, Admiralty Law Institute Symposium, 47 Tulane Law Review, 1973. Advisory Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1975—. Member, Program Committee, Planning Committee, Admiralty Law Institute. Annual Subscriber, Association of Average Adjusters (London). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty, 1974—); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. [Capt., U.S. Army Reserve, Transportation Corps, 1971-1979]. Practice Areas: Admiralty Law; Marine Insurance Law; Maritime Property Damage; Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation. Email: Francis J. Barry, Jr. | | Philip D. Lorio, III (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.B.A., 1969; J.D., 1974). Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Austria for Louisiana and Mississippi, 1991—. Member: Executive Committee, Consular Corps of New Orleans, 1996-2002; Board of Directors, World Trade Center of New Orleans, 2002—. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal, American and International Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Secretary and Treasurer 2002-2003). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense Law; Products Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense Law; Drug and Medical Device Defense. Email: Philip D. Lorio, III | | A. Wendel Stout, III (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1978). Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty). [Lieut., USNR, 1971-1974]. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts Litigation; Maritime Personal Injury Law; Product Liability Law; Occupational Diseases Law; General Practice. Email: A. Wendel Stout, III | | Terrence L. Brennan (Partner) born Manhattan, Kansas, March 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Kansas; 1980, Louisiana. Education: Kansas State University (B.A., cum laude, 1976); University of Kansas (J.D., 1979). Moot Court Council, University of Kansas, Adjunct Instructor, Construction Industry Law, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1990-2000. Member: New Orleans, Kansas, Louisiana State and American (Vice Chair, Construction Contracts Committee, Public Law Section, 1993—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Architects and Engineers Errors and Omissions; Construction Surety Defense; Public Contract Law; Product Liability. Email: Terrence L. Brennan | | Marc J. Yellin, (P.L.C.) (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 9, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1977). Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1978-1981. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Transportation Law; Product Litigation; Insurance Defense; Commercial Law. Email: Marc J. Yellin, (P.L.C.) | | Howard L. Murphy (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 4, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1980). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Product Liability; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Maritime Personal Injury; Appellate Practice. Email: Howard L. Murphy | | Darrell K. Cherry, (P.L.C.) (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 4, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: University of Tennessee; Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1976; J.D., summa cum laude, 1979). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1977-1979. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Aviation Litigation; Toxic Tort; Environmental Law; Product Liability Law; Securities Litigation; Commercial Law. Email: Darrell K. Cherry, (P.L.C.) | | Richard B. Montgomery III (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 27, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1969); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1972). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Secured Transactions; Commercial Law; Corporate Law. Email: Richard B. Montgomery III | | William E. Wright, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 4, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Chair, Professionals, Officers and Directors Liability Committee, 1998-1999) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability Law; Construction Law. Email: William E. Wright, Jr. | | Nancy J. Marshall (Partner) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, August 25, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: Marlboro College; H. Sophie Newcomb College (B.S., 1976); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Jessup International Moot Court Team. Law Clerk to the Honorable Jack C. Watson, Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1980. Listed as Top Lawyer in New Orleans, 2001. Member, Products Liability Advisory Council. Member: Louisiana State and American (Member, Standing Committee on Lawyer's Professional Liability) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Professional Liability Law; Product Liability Law; Environmental Litigation. Email: Nancy J. Marshall | | Ellis B. Murov, (P.L.C.) (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, January 23, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1972; Certificate of Russian Area Studies, 1972); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., summa cum laude, 1979). Order of the Coif. Winner, Moot Court Trial Competition, 1979. Member, Board of Editors: Tulane Law Review, 1977-1979; Louisiana Labor Law Letter, 1996-2000. Adjunct Professor of Labor and Employment Law, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1994, 1998 and 1999. Member: Louisiana State (Member, Employment Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Torts and Insurance Practice; Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Ellis B. Murov, (P.L.C.) | | Duris L. Holmes (Partner) born Wauchula, Florida, October 15, 1962; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (1980-1983); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers. Moot Court Board. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Litigation; Franchising; Intellectual Property. Email: Duris L. Holmes | | Judy L. Burnthorn (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 6, 1962; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986). Order of the Coif. Research Editor, 1985-1986, Tulane Law Review. Judicial Extern to Judge Martin L.C. Feldman, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1986. Member: St. Bernard, New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Judy L. Burnthorn | | Theodore L. White (Partner) born Pampa, Texas, August 11, 1952; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Franklin College, Lugano, Switzerland (A.A., History, 1973); University of the Pacific (B.A., 1975); Tulane University (B.Arch., 1980); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1989). Moot Court, 1988-1989. Member, ADA Task Force, American Hotel and Motel Association, 1999—. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member, Board of Directors, 1996-1998) and American Bar Associations; American Institute of Architects (Member: National Board of Directors, 1996-1998; Accessibility Task Force, 1999—); Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort; Personal Injury Litigation; Property Damage; American with Disabilities Act; Hospitality Law; Resorts and Leisure; Construction Litigation; Architects and Engineers; Product Liability Defense. Email: Theodore L. White | | William C. Harrison, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: Our Lady of Holy Cross College (B.S., 1978); Southern University (J.D., 1981). Moot Court Board. Footnote and Research Editor, 1979-1980, Managing Editor and Member, Board of Editors, 1980-1981, Southern University Law Review. Law Clerk: Honorable Frank V. Zaccaria, 24th Judicial District Court, 1981-1982; Honorable Nestor L. Currault, Jr., Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1982-1986. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Asbestos Defense; Occupational Diseases. Email: William C. Harrison, Jr. | | Joseph L. McReynolds (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, May 31, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1983). Adjunct Professor, Appellate Advocacy, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Fall 2001, Fall 2002. Active Master, American Inns of Court. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S.; Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Claims Court Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: State and Federal Appeals; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Professional Liability; Architects and Engineers Errors and Omissions; Insurance Agents and Brokers Defense; Directors and Officers Liability; Intellectual Property; Trade Secrets Litigation; Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation; Fidelity and Surety Law; Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Property Insurance Defense; Casualty Insurance Defense. Email: Joseph L. McReynolds | | John F. Fay, Jr. (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, August 12, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A.; B.S., 1979); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Member, Board of Directors, New Orleans Board of Trade. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty). Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transportation; Insurance Litigation. Email: John F. Fay, Jr. | | Margaret M. Joffe (Partner) born Jacksonville, North Carolina, October 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1986). Recipient, Jurisprudence Award for Negotiating and Client Counseling. Adjunct Professor, Loyola University School of Law. Member: New Orleans Pro Bono Project. Vice Chair, American Bar Association TIPS-THEL. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; National Institute of Trial Advocacy Professor. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Mass Torts and Class Actions; Product Liability; Insurance Defense. Email: Margaret M. Joffe | | Charles E. Leche (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 1947; admitted to bar, 1971, Louisiana; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, Texas; 1993, District of Columbia. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct, Faculty, Loyola University School of Law: Maritime Personal Injury Law. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; District of Columbia Bar; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Maritime Litigation; Tort Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: Charles E. Leche | | Victor J. Franckiewicz, Jr. (Partner) born Biloxi, Mississippi, August 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1993, Mississippi and Louisiana. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., 1976; M.C.P., 1976); Mississippi College School of Law; Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1993). Member: Loyola Law Review; Moot Court Board. Recipient: Gesevius Cup Award. Author: "The States Ante Up: An Analysis of Casino Gaming Statutes," 38 Loy. L. Rev. 1123, 1993; Chisom v. Roemer: The Elected Judiciary is Subject to Vote Dilution Claims Under the Voting Rights Act, 38 Loy. L. Rev. 211, 1992. Mayor, City of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1985-1989. Mississippi State Senator, 1989-1993. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. (Also at Gulfport, Mississippi Office). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Environmental Law; Governmental Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Victor J. Franckiewicz, Jr. | | Kevin J. Webb (Partner) born Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 28, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 1999, Massachusetts. Education: St. Norbert College (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1986). Member: Louisiana State, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Asbestos Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Product Liability Defense; Insurance Defense. Email: Kevin J. Webb | | Karen P. Holland (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 18, 1950; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1972); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1993). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; General Litigation. Email: Karen P. Holland | | Janis W. Lemle (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 28, 1957; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1979; M.A., 1984); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1990). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Transportation Defense. Email: Janis W. Lemle | | Isaac H. Ryan (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 4, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1992); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1995). Louisiana Law Review, 1993-1995. Law Clerk to the Honorable Jeannette Theriot Knoll, Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1997-1998. Author: "A 'Country' Lawyer Earns Her Place on the Big Bench," 46 La.B.J. 219 (Oct. 1998); "Get That Writ: Civil Writ Practice Before the Louisiana Supreme Court," 48 La.B.J. 120 (Aug. 2000). Louisiana Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1995- 1997. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Appellate; Mass Torts; Transportation; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Isaac H. Ryan | | Douglas R. Elliott (Partner) born Westminster, Maryland, February 4, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Maryland; 1996, Louisiana. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1991); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Loyola Law Review. Member: Louisiana, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Mass Torts; Toxic Torts; Criminal Law. Email: Douglas R. Elliott | | John Jerry Glas (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 15, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1991); University of Toronto (M.A., Philosophy, 1992); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1996). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Transportation. Email: John Jerry Glas | | Kermit L. Roux III (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 24, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 2001, Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 1991); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Order of Omega. Phi Delta Phi. Senior Managing Editor, 1994 and Founder, Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law. Member: New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Huntleigh Corp. v. Louisiana State Bd. of Private Sec. Examiners, 906 F.Supp.357 (M.D. La., 1995); Kambur v. Kambur, 652 So.2d 99 (La. App. 5th Cir., 1995); Rosenbloom v. Rosenbloom, 654 So.2d 877 (La. App. 5th Cir., 1995); Rosenbloom v. Bauchat, 654 So.2d 873 (La. App. 4th Cir., 1995); Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Co. v. Eckert, 656 So.2d 1081 (La. App. 5th Cir., 1995); Gottsegen v. National Information Services, Inc., 688 So.2d 55 (La. App. 5th Cir., 1997); Johnson v. McAlpine, 688 So.2d 203 (La. App. 4th Cir., 1997); Whitney National Bank v. Cambridge Realty Corp., 690 So.2d 213 (La. App. 5th Cir., 1997); Gottsegen v. National Information Services, Inc., 707 So.2d 85 (La. App. 5th Cir., 1998); Ad-Med, Inc. v. Bruce J. Iteld (APMC), 728 So. 2d 85 (La. App. 5th Cir., 1998); H & H Investment Group, Inc. v. Brown, 732 So.2d 555 (La. App. 5th Cir., 1999); National Information Services, Inc., v. Gottsegen, 737 So.2d 909 (La. App. 5th Cir., 1999); Harper v. Harper, 777 So.2d 1275 (La. App. 5th Cir., 2001); Norbert v. Loucks, 791 So.2d 1283 (La., 2001); Ballas, v. Kenny's Key West, Inc., 836 So.2d 289, 02-684 (La. App. 5th Cir. 12/11/02); Saulny v. Tricou House, L.L.C., 2003 WL 257387, 2002-1424 (La. Ap. 4 Cir. 1/29/03). Practice Areas: Insurance; Commercial Litigation; Litigation. Email: Kermit L. Roux III | | Frederic T. Le Clercq (Partner) born San Francisco, California, November 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Tennessee; 1991, South Carolina; 1994, Louisiana; 1997, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Fifth Circuits. Education: Washington and Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1986); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1989). Member, National Moot Court Team. Recipient: Best Advocate Award, Labor Law Moot Court Team; Robert Wagner Award for Best Moot Court, 1989. Member, University of Tennessee Law Review. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Falcon B. Hawkins, 1989-1991. Author: "Why Endure Litigation: Arbitrate Employment Law Disputes," La. Bar Journal, Nov. 2001; "Smoking in the Workplace," La. Bar Journal, Feb. 1996. Speaker, CLE, Employment Law. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; South Carolina Bar. Reported Cases: Martha Lee v. Childrens Hospital (E.D.La. 2000) - Racial discrimination case dismissed on motion for summary judgment; Dana Lamb v. McDonald's (S.D. Mississippi 2000) - Sex discrimination case dismissed on motion; Larry Hauskins v. American Kennel Club, Inc. (W.D. La. 2001) - Court dismissed case for lack of personal jurisdiction. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Frederic T. Le Clercq | | Jimmy A. Castex, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 24, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1997, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Nicholls State University (B.G.S., 1993); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1996). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. [U.S. Army, E-4, 1986-1989; Sgt., U.S. Army Reserves, E-5, 1991-1993]. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Admiralty and Maritime Litigation; Trucking Litigation. Email: Jimmy A. Castex, Jr. | | Keith J. Bergeron (Partner) born Marrero, Louisiana, April 15, 1968; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., Mech. Eng., 1991); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1998). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1995-1998. Member, Project Management Institute, 1998. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Professional Liability. Email: Keith J. Bergeron | | Walter P. Maestri (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 27, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana, U.S. Court District, Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., 1993); Fordham University (1993-1995); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1998). Cardinal Gibbons Honor Scholar. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal, and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Mariners Club for the Port of New Orleans. Practice Areas: Maritime; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Offshore Litigation; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Walter P. Maestri | | Joanne Rinardo (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 12, 1951; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1973; M.Ed., 1978; Ph.D., 1988); Loyola University (J.D., 1995). Member, Loyola Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Moon Landrieu, Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1995-1997. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law(80%); Education Law(10%); Litigation(10%). Email: Joanne Rinardo | | Jennifer S. Kilpatrick (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, January 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1996); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Phi Alpha Theta. Member: Moot Court Board, 1997-1999; Mortar Board. Member: New Orleans (Member, Executive Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section), Louisiana State, Federal and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations. Fellow: American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts. Email: Jennifer S. Kilpatrick | | Beverly A. DeLaune (Partner) born Patterson, Louisiana, October 16, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1996; J.D., 2000). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, American and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Professional Liability. Email: Beverly A. DeLaune | | John B. Esnard, III (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 15, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1994); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1998). Correspondent, National Academy of Forensic Engineers. Member: Fifth Circuit, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Liability Task Force Advisory Committee. Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Construction Law; Maritime Law; Products Liability; Transportation. Email: John B. Esnard, III | | Jamie H. Baglio (Partner) born Lafayette, Louisiana, May, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.A., 1994); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1999). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Environmental. Email: Jamie H. Baglio | | Jennifer E. Adams (Partner) born Metairie, Louisiana, January 23, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1996); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1999). Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Association of Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort; Environmental; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: Jennifer E. Adams | | David K. Groome, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana; 2003, Mississippi. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1988); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1993). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Languages: Portuguese. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Transportation; Toxic Torts. Email: David K. Groome, Jr. | | Meredith M. Hayes (Partner) admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Manship School of Mass Communications (B.A.); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2002; B.C.L., 2002). Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. (Also at Monroe Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Litigation; Intellectual Property; Business Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation. Email: Meredith M. Hayes | | Jonathan M. Walsh (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana; 2006, District of Columbia. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1994; M.A., French Literature,1995); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1998). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Jonathan M. Walsh | | Arthur L. Stewart (Partner) born Monroe, Louisiana, August 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1997); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2001). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. (Also at Monroe Office). Practice Areas: Insurance; Toxic Torts; Products Liability. Email: Arthur L. Stewart | | Kellie Martine Rish (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1998); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2001). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts. Email: Kellie Martine Rish | | Barbara Bossetta (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 11, 1952; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.A., 1988; J.D., cum laude, 1990). Member: Covington, Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Governmental Defense; Class Actions; Litigation; Insurance Defense; State Government Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Barbara Bossetta | | OF COUNSEL | | Marian Mayer Berkett (Of Counsel) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 29, 1913; admitted to bar, 1937, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1933; M.A., 1935); Geneva School of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland; Tulane University of Louisiana (LL.B., 1937). Order of the Coif (Honorary Member). Member, Tulane Law Review, 1935-1937. Recipient: Distinguished Graduate Award, Tulane University, 1992; Cornerstone Award of the Forum on Construction Industry, 1996; New Orleans Bar Association Award of Social Distinction, 1998. Nominated by United States Appellate Commission to Serve on U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979. Member, Louisiana Civil Service Commission; Jefferson Parish Louisiana Charter Commission. Honorary Chair, Louisiana Civil Service League. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Fidelity and Surety Law; Contracts Law; Wills; Successions; Commercial Law. Email: Marian Mayer Berkett | | William W. Messersmith, III, (P.L.C.) (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 26, 1932; admitted to bar, 1959, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.B.A., 1955; J.D., 1959). Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Contracts; Secured Transactions; Intellectual Property Litigation; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law. Email: William W. Messersmith, III, (P.L.C.) | | Frederick R. Bott, (P.L.C.) (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 21, 1933; admitted to bar, 1960, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.B.A., 1955; LL.B., 1960). Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, 1969—. Member: Louisiana State and American (Forum Committee on Construction Industry; Torts and Insurance Practice, Professional and Officers and Directors Committee) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Association of Ski Defense Attorneys; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1996-1997). Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Professional Directors and Officers Liability; Architects and Engineers Malpractice; Product Liability; Public Entity Law. Email: Frederick R. Bott, (P.L.C.) | | Allen F. Campbell (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 23, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1970); University of Houston (J.D., 1976). Editor, Houston Law Review, 1975-1976. Order of the Barons. Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business, Prof. M.B.A. (attending). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty). [Lt., USNR]. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Maritime; Energy Litigation; Offshore Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Product Liability; Insurance Coverage. Email: Allen F. Campbell | | CONTRACT ATTORNEY | | Janet L. MacDonell (Contract Attorney) born Jacksonville, Florida, May 28, 1948; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 2002, Mississippi. Education: H. Sophie Newcomb College (B.A., 1970); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1985). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2001, 2002, 2003-2004; Top Lawyers in New Orleans, 2001. Co-Editor, Judge's Bench Book on Complex Litigation. Member, Board of Directors, Charity Animal Hospital, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Complex Litigation. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Defense; Environmental Law; Civil Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Janet L. MacDonell | | ASSOCIATES | | Kerry T. Belsome (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 17, 1977; (Admission pending). Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1999; J.D. and B.C.L., 2002). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Louisiana State Bar, Section on Corporation and Business Law Scholarship; C.E. Laborde, Jr. Scholarship and Vinson and Elkins Scholarship. Email: Kerry T. Belsome | | Kelly L. Covington (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1997). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Kelly L. Covington | | Ashley E. Gilbert (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 12, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2000; J.D., 2004; B.C.L., 2004). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate. Email: Ashley E. Gilbert | | Kelly E. Theard (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., Communications, 2000); Louisiana State University (B.C.L., 2004; J.D., 2004). Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Redhibition; Products Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Kelly E. Theard | | Charlotte Meade (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1999); Loyola University (J.D., 2005). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Charlotte Meade | | Paul D. Hale (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Nicholls State University (B.A., 2002); Loyola University (J.D., 2006). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law. Email: Paul D. Hale | | Scott J. Hedlund (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2002; M.B.A., 2006; J.D., 2006; B.C.L., 2006). Licensed Engineering Intern. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law. Email: Scott J. Hedlund | | Joshua G. Keller (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 24, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 2000); Loyola University (J.D., 2004). Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: General Casualty; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice. Email: Joshua G. Keller | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Gulfport, Mississippi Office: 2510 14th Street, Suite 1001, 39501. Telephone: 228-864-0161. Fax: 228-863-5278.
Monroe, Louisiana Office: 1869 Avenue of America, Suite B, 71201. Telephone: 318-387-1981. Fax: 318-387-1480.
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