MEMBERS OF FIRM
Charles E. Hamilton, III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 13, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1969). Member, Order of the Coif. Member, Tulane Law Review, 1968-1969. Recipient, Rittenberg Award for Excellence in Writings Published in the Tulane Law Review. Author: "Over The Illinois Brick Wall: State Attorneys General Pursue Equitable Relief for Indirect Purchasers," The Business Torts Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2 (ABA Section of Litigation, Winter 2005); "Identifying Fiduciary Duty Claims," The Business Torts Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1 (ABA Section of Litigation, Fall 2003). Contributing Author, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Indirect Purchaser Litigation Handbook (2007), Co-Editor and Contributing Author: Louisiana Appellate Practice Handbook, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1986-1992. Associate Editor and Contributing Author: "In Our Own Words: Reflections on Professionalism in the Law," Louisiana Bar Foundation, 1998. Director, NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts) Institute, 2004-2008. Director, 1989-1991; Member: Executive Committee, 1989-1990; Operating Committee, 1991; Chairman, Artistic Advisory Committee, 1989-1991, The New Orleans Symphony. President, 1984-1986; Director, 1983-1987, Louisiana Children's Museum. Secretary, 1989-1990; Member, Executive Committee, 1987-1990; Director, 1987-1993, Louisiana Nature and Science Center, Inc. Member: Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Louisiana State (Chairman, Publications Subcommittee and Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1986-1987; Secretary Treasurer, Antitrust Section, 1984-1986; Vice-Chairman, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section, 1987-1988; Chairman, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section, 1989-1990; Council Member, Antitrust, Trade Regulation and Business Torts Section, 2005-2006; Member, House of Delegates, 2005), Federal and American (Member: Antitrust Law; Business Law; Litigation Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation(30%); Corporate Litigation(25%); Antitrust(10%); Trade Regulation(10%); Securities Litigation(5%); Class Actions(10%); Class Action Defense(10%).Email: Charles E. Hamilton, III
Galen S. Brown (Member) born Amarillo, Texas, March 19, 1946; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Jacksonville State University (A.B., 1967); Tulane University (J.D., 1969). Instructor, Clinical Education, Tulane School of Law, 1981-1982. Executive Director, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation, 1975-1978. Deputy City Attorney, New Orleans, 1979-1983. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Administrative Law; Zoning Law; Civil Rights; Appellate Practice.
James A. Babst (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 31, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., Philosophy, cum laude, 1971); Tulane University (J.D., 1976). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1974-1976 and Articles Editor, 1975-1976, Tulane Law Review. Adjunct Faculty, Tulane and Loyola Law Schools. Member, Louisiana State Law Institute Council, 1994-1998. Member, Board of Trustees, United Way for Greater New Orleans, 1997-2001. Board Member, 1996 and Chairman, 2001, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Delegate, American Bar Association, 1994-1998. Member: Fifth Federal Circuit and Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1983-1995; Chairman, Section of Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law, 1991-1993) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust; Trade Regulation; Government Relations; Professional Liability.Email: James A. Babst
Ronald L. Naquin (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 13, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Louisiana; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1963; LL.B., 1966); George Washington University (LL.M., 1970). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1964-1966, Managing Editor, 1965-1966 and Member, Board of Advisory Editors, 1992, Tulane Law Review. Member, Citizen Advisory Committee for City of New Orleans Master Plan, 1990-1993. Former Director and Legal Counsel, Louisiana Children's Museum. Member: Louisiana State and American (Member, Committee on Public-Private Cooperation in Development of Real Estate; Member, Sections on: Probate Law; Trust Law; Real Estate Law; Business Law) Bar Associations; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1966-1970]. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Condominium Law; Municipal and Zoning Law; Financial Transactions Law; Corporate and Partnership Law; Securities Law.Email: Ronald L. Naquin
ASSOCIATE
Cynthia Anne Wegmann (Attorney) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 12, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (B.F.A., 1971); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1973). Advisory Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1973. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Association of the Average Adjusters of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Mariner's Club of New Orleans. Practice Areas: Admiralty(50%); Wills(20%); Insurance Defense(20%); Property Law(10%).