Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, L.L.C.

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Law Firm in New Orleans, Louisiana
 
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Suite 4800, One Shell Square, 701 Poydras Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70139
(Orleans Parish)
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Phone: 504-561-0400  
Telecopier: 504-561-1011
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Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, L.L.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Trial Practice in State and Federal Courts. Aviation, Product Liability, Environmental, Insurance, Litigation and Defense Law, Oil and Gas.
Year Established: 2002
Firm Size: 23
Representative Clients:
AT&T Corp.; AIG Aviation, Inc.; AIG Technical Services, Inc.; AIG - The Truck Insurance Company; Ace Medical, Inc.; ACE USA; Aequitron Medical; Air-Shields Vickers; Alarm Device Manufacturing Corporation; Alcon Laboratories; Allianz Aviation Agency; Amerada Hess Corporation; American Alternative Insurance Corporation; American Re-Insurance Company; American Water Heater Company; Apache Corporation; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana; Boston Scientific Corporation; Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.; Burlington Resources Offshore Inc.; Callon Petroleum Company; Carl Warren & Company; Certus Claims Administration, LLC; Chevron Texaco Corporation; Circon Corporation; Claire's Boutique, Inc.; Conoco Phillips Inc.; Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.; Critikon, Inc.; CTC Services Aviation (LAD Inc.); Davol, Inc.; Denbury Resources Inc.; Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc.; DePuy Motech, Inc.; EnCana GOM Inc.; Entergy Corporation; Era Helicopters, LLC; ESIS, Inc.; Everest & Jennings; Extracorporeal Medical Specialties, Inc.; Exxon Mobil Corporation; Fleming & Hall Administrators, Inc.; Forest Oil Corporation; Fortress Scientific, Ltd.; General Electric Company; Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers; Hamilton Resources Corporation; Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc.; ITT Corporation; Investors Underwriting Managers, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson; Kemper Insurance Companies; Kia Motors America, Inc.; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; LLOG Exploration Company; Liberty Life Insurance Company; Loredan Biomedical, Inc.; Lucent Technologies, Inc.; Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company; Material Delivery Service; Maritech Resources, Inc.; McNeilab, Inc.; Medidenta International; Medline Industries, Inc.; Metabolife International, Inc.; Milk Products, L.L.C.; Mor-Flow Industries, Inc.; National Marine Underwriters; New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.; Northern Natural Gas Company; Owens and Minor Medical, Inc.; PACCAR Inc.; Peterbilt Motors Company; Pharmacia Inc.; Pharmacia Biotech Inc.; Pharmacia Deltec Inc.; Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.; Pittway Corporation; Porsche Cars North America, Inc.; Prime Insurance Syndicate, Inc.; Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Inc.; Rowan Companies, Inc.; SABH (U.S.), Inc.; Safeskin Corporation; St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company; Schilli Corporation; Schindler Elevator Corporation; Scimed Life Systems, Inc.; Sega Enterprises (U.S.A.), Inc.; Shell Offshore Inc.; Shell Pipe Line Corporation; SIMS Deltec Inc.; Southcorp, USA, Inc.; Sterling Energy, Inc.; Stolt Offshore Inc.; TCI of Louisiana, Inc.; TDC Energy LLC; TRW, Inc.; The William G. Helis Company, L.L.C.; Thomas & Betts Corporation; Transworld Exploration and Production, Inc.; United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc.; United National Group; United States Elevator Corporation; United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc.; URS Corporation; Virgin Oil Company; Wausau Insurance Companies; Werner Co.; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Westport Oil and Gas Company, L.P.; W & T Offshore, Inc.; XL Aerospace; Zurich, U.S.
Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Other Office Locations of Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, L.L.C.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Ernest P. Gieger, Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 22, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1973; J.D., 1976). Law Clerk, 1976-1977 and Senior Clerk, 1977, Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel; Product Liability Advisory Council; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Environmental Law; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Toxic Torts. Email: Ernest P. Gieger, Jr.
Kenneth H. Laborde (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana; 1990, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1975); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute (Chairman, Aerospace Committee, 1989-1992); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; American College of Trial Lawyers; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Aviation; Admiralty Law; Transportation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability. Email: Kenneth H. Laborde
Lambert M. Laperouse (Member) born New Iberia, Louisiana, April 25, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1975); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1978-1979. Lecturer, Loyola University School of Law, 1980—. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member, Mineral Law Section) and American Bar Associations. (Also at Houston, Texas Office). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law. Email: Lambert M. Laperouse
Robert I. Siegel (Member) born New York, NY, Nov. 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana and U.S. Dist. Courts of Louisiana; 1981, U.S. Ct. of App., Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1994, U.S. Sup. Ct.; 2006, Texas. Education: Univ. of Illinois; State Univ. of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1976); Loyola Univ. (J.D., 1979). Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana and New Orleans Associations of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Federal Practice; Insurance Coverage; Defense of Insurance Company Bad Faith Claims; Property Law; Negligence Law; Maritime; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: Robert I. Siegel
Leo R. McAloon, III (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, September 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana; 1994, Texas. Education: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (B.S., 1983); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Licensed U.S. Coast Guard Third Mate, 1983. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Also at Houston, Texas Office). Practice Areas: Maritime Law; Aviation Law; Insurance Defense. Email: Leo R. McAloon, III
Andrew A. Braun (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana; 2008, Texas. Education: Drexel University (B.S., Accounting and Marketing, 1977); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member, Board of Student Editors, Tulane Maritime Law Review, 1978-1981. Author: "The Implications of Bankruptcy on Louisiana Foreclosure Proceedings," (PESI 1988); "Executory Process and Self-Help Remedies Under U.C.C. Article 9," 38 La. B.J. 315 (1991). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Commercial Law League of America; Louisiana Bankers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Construction; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights. Email: Andrew A. Braun
John E. W. Baay, II (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, May 25, 1962; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana; 1997, Texas; 2004, Mississippi. Education: Tulane University (B.S., 1984); University of New Orleans (M.B.A., 1989); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1994). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of Mississippi; Defense Research Institute. (Also at Houston, Texas Office). Practice Areas: Maritime Law; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; ERISA; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage. Email: John E. W. Baay, II
Andrew M. Adams (Member) born Summit, New Jersey, May 8, 1963; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana; 2005, Texas. Education: University of Colorado (B.S., 1985); California State University, Bakersfield (M.B.A., 1991); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Member, Loyola Law Review. Member: Petroleum Landmen's Association of New Orleans, 1991—; American Association of Professional Landmen, 1985—. Author: "Fifth Circuit Symposium, Oil and Gas," 47 Loy. L. Rev. 1519, 2001. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law. Email: Andrew M. Adams
Margaret L. Sunkel (Member) born Park Ridge, Illinois, May 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1992); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1998). Author: "Recent Developments in Accountant Liability Law: Case Law Survey," ABA Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Vols. 36 and 37, Winter 2001 and 2002. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Young v. Adolph, 02-67 (La. App. 5th Cir. 5/15/02), 821 So. 2d 101; Lloyd v. Ichinose, 98-2157 (La. 9/10/99), 760 So.2d 302; Academy Mortgage Co., L.L.C. v. Juarez, 98-963 (La. App. 5th Cir. 6/1/99), 740 So.2d 708; Apostolos v. Guenther, Guenther & Gillane, 98-979 (La. App. 5th Cir. 1/26/99), 726 So.2d 508. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability; Insurance Defense. Email: Margaret L. Sunkel
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Brendan P. Doherty (Associate) born Tampa, Florida, May 16, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 2000; J.D., 2003). Member, Loyola Law Review. Editor, Loyola Maritime Law Journal. Louisiana Bar Journal, Editorial Board, 2007-2008. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Aviation Law; Products Liability; Insurance Defense. Email: Brendan P. Doherty
Daniel G. Rauh (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, December 16, 1969; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1992); Tulane University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Insurance Defense. Email: Daniel G. Rauh
Colette A. Salter (Associate) born Metairie, Louisiana, July 26, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.S., 1999); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2003). Managing Editor, Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, 2002-2003. Author: Comment, "Scrambled Eggs: Defining Parenthood and Inheritance Rights of Children Born of Reproductive Technology," 3 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L. 152 (2002). Listed, Who's Who: American Law Students. Member, Petroleum Landmen's Association of New Orleans, 2003. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law. Email: Colette A. Salter
Rachel G. Webre (Associate) born Metairie, Louisiana, May 21, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1997); Tulane University (J.D., 2000). Member: Fifth Circuit, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Workers Compensation; Health Care Litigation; Health Care Transactions; Health Care Regulation. Email: Rachel G. Webre
Jason D. Bone (Associate) born Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, December 17, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi; 2003, Louisiana; 2005, Florida. Education: Millsaps College (B.S., 1999); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2002). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Admiralty; Insurance Defense. Email: Jason D. Bone
William A. Barousse (Associate) born Crowley, Louisiana, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana; U.S. District Courts, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Georgetown University; Tulane University (B.A., 2002); Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (J.D., B.C.L., 2005). President, Student Bar Association. Member, Louisiana Law Review. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: William A. Barousse
Krystena L. Harper (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2001). Member: Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Ford Motor Company, 925 So. 2d 1, 2004-1311 (La. App. 1 Cir. 6/15/05). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Subrogation; Products Liability. Email: Krystena L. Harper
David B. Wilson (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 3, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1992); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1995). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation.
Amanda B. Rizzo (Associate) born June 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Rhodes College, Memphis; Louisiana State University (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2001). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Reported Cases: State of Louisiana v. Joseph Wheeler, 899 So.2d.84 (LA App. 4 Circuit), 03/09/2005. Email: Amanda B. Rizzo
Michael Cangelosi (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana; U.S. District Courts, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University, Paul M. Herbert Law Center (B.A., 2002); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2006). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Email: Michael Cangelosi
Tara E. Clement (Associate) born New, Orleans, Louisiana, December 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana, U.S. Dist. Courts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S., Business Economics, 1992); Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (J.D., 2001). Member: Federal Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense and Coverage; Commercial Litigation; Corporate and Business Law; Municipal Law; Zoning and Land Use; Historic Preservation Law. Email: Tara E. Clement
Kelley W. Collins (Associate) born Metairie, Louisiana, April 30, 1976; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1999); Loyola University (M.S., 2002); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: The Judge John C. Boutall American Inn of Court; Loyola Law Review; Loyola Moot Court. Author: "Geoffrey the Giraffe Arrives in Louisiana: Why Geoffrey Should Not Pay State Income Tax," Loyola Law & Technology Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2006). Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Jefferson Bar Association; Baton Rouge Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association (Council, Louisiana State Law Institute Observer, Young Lawyer Section). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Oil and Gas Law. Email: Kelley W. Collins
Carson W. Strickland (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., History and Latin, 2004); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Phi Delta Phi. Languages: Latin. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense(80%, 25); Products Liability(20%, 10).
William F. Hannes, Jr. (Associate) born Conroe, Texas, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 2004); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 2007). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas; Petroleum Landmen's Association of New Orleans. (also at Houston, TX). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas(100%). Email: William F. Hannes, Jr.
Elizabeth A. Chickering (Associate) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Duke University Durham North Carolina (B.A. Magna Cum Laude 2003); Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana (J.D. 2007). Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Elizabeth A. Chickering
Lauren C. Cancienne (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Political Science, 2001); Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (J.D., 2005; B.C.L., 2005). Member, Louisiana Law Review, 2003-2005. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (also at Houston, TX). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Mass Torts; Toxic Torts. Email: Lauren C. Cancienne
Mr. Eric C. Walton (Associate) born Berlin, Germany, 1971; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Towson University (B.A., 1993); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. [Captain, U.S. Army, 1993-1998]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense.
Mark T. Mahfouz (Associate) born Morgan City, Louisiana, August 26, 1977; 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: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1999); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Recipient, Certificate in Maritime Law. Managing Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 2001-2003. Author: "Whose Interests Are More Important: Should A Plaintiff's Rule 9(h) Designation Trump A Counterclaimant's Right To Jury Trial?" 27 TUL. Mar. L.J. 277, 2002. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law.
Mr. Michael E. Hill (Associate) born Clarksburg, West Virginia, July 4, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1994); Tulane University (J.D., 1998). Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Casualty Defense; Toxic Torts.
Gina S. Montgomery (Associate) born Columbus, Georgia, September 30, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1986); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1989). Member, Loyola Law Review. Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Veronica D. Wicker, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1989-1991. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Aviation Law; Admiralty Law; Products Liability; Transportation; Insurance Defense. Email: Gina S. Montgomery
Janet H. Aschaffenburg (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, November 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1979); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1990). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans; American Association of Professional Landmen. Practice Areas: Mineral Title; Oil and Gas Transactions; Contracts; Real Property Acquisitions. Email: Janet H. Aschaffenburg
OF COUNSEL
Alistair M. Ward (Of Counsel) born Birmingham, Michigan, December 7, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1992); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, Certificate in Environmental Law, 1996). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Email: Alistair M. Ward
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Houston, Texas Office: Suite 750, 1177 West Loop South, 77027. Telephone: 832-255-6000. Fax: 832-255-6001.
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