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| | Address | | Place St. Charles, Suite 4600, 201 St. Charles Avenue | | New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-4600 | | (Orleans Parish) | | | |
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| Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Corporate Law and Litigation, Securities Law and Litigation, Banking Law and Litigation, Commercial Law, Real Estate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Media Law and Litigation, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law, Insurance Law and Litigation, General Business Law and Transactional Practice, Products Liability, General Civil Practice. | | Firm Size: 19 | Representative Clients:
Amedisys, Inc.; AmSouth Bank; ASCo Group plc; Bristow Group Inc.; Canal Barge Co.; Capital 1 Southcoast, Inc.; Chaffe and Associates; Enterprise Products Operating, L.P.; Entergy Corporation; First Bank and Trust; First Guaranty Bank of Hammond; Gulf Coast Bank; Haddington Ventures, L.L.C.; Hirsch Investment Management, L.L.C.; IBM Corp.; Innovus, Inc.; Jefferson Capital Management, LLC; The Laitram Corp.; Liberty Bank; Louisiana Department of Revenue; Louisiana Production Capital, L.L.C.; Mac-Re, L.L.C.; Manpower, Inc.; Marshall Bros Lincoln Mercury, Inc.; MidSouth Bancorp Inc.; N.O. Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau; Omni Bank; Petroleum Communications, Inc.; Robinson Lumber Co., Inc.; Sanderson Farms, Inc.; SMG (Louisiana Superdome); Sprint Nextel Corporation, Stirling Properties, Inc.; T.L. James & Co., Inc.; The Times-Picayune, L.L.C.; Wallace C. Drennan, Inc.; Waters Parkerson & Company, Inc.; Whitney National Bank. | | Louis Y. Fishman (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 17, 1941; admitted to bar, 1965, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.B.A., 1963; LL.B., 1965); Yale University (LL.M., 1966). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1963-1965 and Editor-in-Chief, 1964-1965, Tulane Law Review. Co-Editor, Basic Forms for Louisiana Corporations, 1973-1980. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 1983. Member, Planning Committee, Tulane Corporate Law Institute, 1988—. Member, Advisory Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1991—. Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Editions 2003-2008. Instructor, Tulane Law School, "Corporate Governance from Enron to Hollinger to Disney". Member: Louisiana State (Council Member, Section on Corporation and Business Law, 1971-1974; Secretary-Treasurer, 1974-1975; Vice-Chairman, 1975-1976; Chairman, 1976-1977; Member, Corporate Laws Committee, 1992-1996) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Transactional Practice. | | Paul M. Haygood (Member) born Baton, Rouge, Louisiana, October 30, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (A.B., 1964); Harvard University (LL.B., 1967). Omicron Delta Kappa. Law Clerk to Judge Alvin B. Rubin, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1967-1968. Special Lecturer, Corporate Finance, Tulane Law School, 1973. Senior Legislative Assistant and Counsel to U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston, 1973-1975. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, in Corporate Law, since First Edition, 1983. Member, Planning Committee, Tulane Corporate Law Institute, 1988-1998. Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2004-2006. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Secretary-Treasurer, 1972-1973, 1979-1980, Vice Chairman, 1980-1981 and Chairman, 1981-1982, Corporation Law Section; Chairman, 1992-1998, Corporate Laws Committee; Member and Examiner for Corporation Law, Bar Admissions Committee, 1977-1982; Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1986) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana State Law Institute (Member of Council, 1984-1990); Louisiana Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Committee, 1988-1990); Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Securities Law; Probate, Estate Planning and Trusts. | | Robert M. Walmsley, Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana. Education: Princeton University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1968); University of Virginia (J.D., 1974). Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1972-1974. Law Clerk to Judge John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1974-1975. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, in Corporate Law. Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2005-2006. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Chairman, Section of Business and Corporation Law, 1993-1994) and American (Chairman, Committee on Corporate Practice, 1995-1999; Member, Committee on Corporate Laws, 1988-1994 and 2005—) Bar Associations; American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Law. | | Sterling Scott Willis (Member) born Magnolia, Arkansas, May 6, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1983). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, 1981-1983 and Associate Editor, 1982-1983, Louisiana Law Review. Co-Author: "Article 9 Remedies," Louisiana Statutes Annotated Code of Civil Procedure. Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business; The Best Lawyers in America; Financial Institutions and Equipment Leasing. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member: Legal Opinion Committees: Business Law Section; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Vice-Chairman, 1997-1999; Chair, 1999-2003) Bar Associations; American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Louisiana Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Committee, 1999—). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Business Law; Banking; Real Estate. | | James R. Swanson (Member) born Wayzata, Minnesota, March 8, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1984; J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1985-1986, and Associate Editor, 1986-1987, Tulane Law Review. Winner: Tulane Moot Court Senior Appellate Competition, 1987; Tulane Moot Court Junior Appellate Competition, 1986. Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2004-2008 Editions; The Best Lawyers in America, 2004-2008 Editions. Adjunct Faculty Member, Loyola Law School, Faculty Member Tulane University. Vice Chairman, Lafayette Academy Charter School. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Media Law; Civil Trial Practice. | | John D. Werner (Member) born Dallas, Texas, November 4, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1988); Tulane University (J.D., 1994). Law Clerk to Hon. Donald E. Walter, United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2005-2006; The Best Lawyers in America. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Bankers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Corporate Law; Business Law; Real Estate. | | Loretta G. Mince (Member) born Metairie, Louisiana, September 15, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., cum laude, 1992); Loyola University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1997-1998. Author: "Louisiana Smoked Products, Inc. v. Savoie & Sausage and Food Products, Inc.: If You Like Laws and Sausages," 44 Loyola Law Review 327, Spring, 1998. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Media Law; Commercial Litigation; Civil Trial Practice. | | Joseph C. Peiffer (Member) born Toledo, Ohio, April 11, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.A., 1996); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member, Tulane Law Review, 1997-1999. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Securities Arbitration. | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | William D. French (Special Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 5, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1995); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Moot Court Board, 1997-1998. Order of Barristers. Co-Author, "Article 9 Remedies," Louisiana State Annotated Code of Civil Procedure. Member: Louisiana State (Member, Young Lawyers Section Council) and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Entertainment Law; Tax Credits; Economic Development; Tax Incentives. | | OF COUNSEL | | Esmond Phelps II (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 16, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1967); Tulane University (J.D., 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Tulane Moot Court Board. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Products Liability; General Civil Trial Practice. | | Henry F. O'Connor, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 16, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.B.A., 1965; LL.B., 1967; J.D., 1969). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate. | | —————————— | | Erica L. Brown (Associate) born Hammond, Louisiana, July 23, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2002; J.D., 2005; B.C.L.). Order of the Coif. Formerly with Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P. Member: Louisiana State (Member, Corporate and Business Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate; Banking Law; Contracts. Email: Erica L. Brown | | Jason W. Burge (Associate) born Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 25, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 2000); Loyola University (B.M., Music Composition, summa cum laude, 2003); New York University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Order of the Coif. Florence Allen Scholar. Member, 2004-2006, and Note Editor, 2005-2006, N.Y.U. Annual Survey of American Law. Author: "Rethinking Fees and Taxes In Light of the New York City Health Care Security Act," N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. Law., Vol. 61:4. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation. | | Joshua Decuir (Associate) born 1980; (Admission pending). Education: Loyola University (B.A., 2002); Yale University (M.A.R., 2005); Louisiana State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008; B.C.L., summa cum laude, 2008). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, 2007-08 and Associate, 2006-07, Louisiana State University. Author: "A Federal Tete-a-Tete? The Multipary, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act & Hurricane Katrina: Past, Present, and Future Considerations". Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions. | | Maureen Brennan Gershanik (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 1, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., cum laude, 1992); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2000). Order of the Coif. Editor in Chief, 1999-2000 and Associate, 1998-1999, Louisiana Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable John M. Duhé, Jr., United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2000-2001. Author: "Avoiding Anarchy: Bin Laden Terrorism, the U.S. Response and the Role of Customary International Law," 59 Louisiana Law Review 1195 (1999). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions. | | Lance C. McCardle (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, April 29, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., cum laude, 1999); Loyola University, College of Business Administration (M.B.A., 2005); Loyola University, School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member, 2003-2005 and Member, Editorial Board, 2004-2005, Loyola Law Review. Member, Loyola Moot Court (2003-2005). William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar. Oralist and Brief Writer, First Amendment Competition Team. Author: "Despite Congress's Good Intentions, The DMCA Produces a BAD Result: A Means to Create Monopolies," 50 Loyola Law Review 997 (2004). Certified Internal Auditor, U.S.A., 2000 (inactive). Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; St. Thomas More Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Litigation. | | Benjamin D. Reichard (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2008, Louisiana. Education: Amherst College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honor, 2008). Member, Moot Court Honor Society, 2006-2008. Member: American Bar Association. | | Edward P. Scharfenberg (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 6, 1967; admitted to bar, 1999, New York. (Not admitted in Louisiana). Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1989); University of Oxford (M.Phil., 1994); University of Virginia (J.D., 1998). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities. | | Steven C. Serio (Associate) born Metairie, Louisiana, February 11, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., cum laude, 2000); American University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member, 2003-2004 and Editor-in-Chief 2004-2005, American University Law Review. Certified Public Accountant (inactive). Author: "A Process Right Due? Examining Whether a Capital Defendant Has a Due Process Right to a Jury Selection Expert," American University Law Review Volume 53 Issue 5, 2000. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Business Law; Banking Law; Real Estate. |
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