(Main Office)

Taggart Morton, L.L.C. is a New Orleans based law firm that provides full service legal representation to the business community. The firm's primary practice involves the representation of regulated and non-regulated industries of all types, including public utilities, media and communications, technology, health care, transportation, mineral law, in corporate, transactional, regulatory, tax and liability matters, as well as with rights-of-way, real estate and other issues.

Statement of Practice

Civil Practice, Public Utility Law, Litigation (Commercial, Business, Contract, Intellectual Property, Construction), Administrative Law, Toxic Tort, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Environmental, Land Use and Zoning, Business, Finance, Probate, Health Care, Workers' Compensation, Family Law, Internet and Technology, Media and Communications, Employment and Bankruptcy.

Representative Clients:

Entergy New Orleans
Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
Entergy Gulf States, Inc.
Entergy Services, Inc.
ITT Sheraton Corporation
Sheraton Operating Corporation
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation
Wm. B. Reily Company, Inc.
Heirs of James G. Timolat
The Azby Fund
Acme Land Company
CIBC, Inc.
Panasonic Company
St. Paul Insurance Company
Biloxi Marsh Lands Corporation
Lake Eugenie Land and Development, Inc.
Valentine Paper
Total Sleep Diagnostics, Inc.
Modine Manufacturing Company
The Quaker Oats Co.
Fisk Electric
BP America
Adriatic Insurance Co.
Mercedes Benz USA, LLC
Ochsner Health Plan
Humana Health Plans of Louisiana
First Health Group Corp.
CCN, Inc.
ACMG, Inc.

Address

2100 Energy Centre
1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70163-2100, (Orleans Parish)

Phone

Phone: 504-599-8500
Facsimile: 504-599-8501

Website

http://www.taggartmorton.com

ASSOCIATES

Barry H. Grodsky (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 25, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1985, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of New Orleans; University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1979); Tulane University (J.D., 1982). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, National Honor Society. Recipient, Teachers Recognition Award, 1993. Author: "Louisiana Foreclosure And Lender Liability: Some Tips On Prevention And The Handling Of Certain Post-Filing Problems," National Business Institute Lecture Series; "Bankruptcy And Lender Liability: Some Basic Issues And Problems In Bankruptcy Law Facing Lenders and Lenders' Counsel In The Area of Lender Liability," National Business Lecture Series; prepared inserts for Louisiana law on foreclosure in the National Mortgage Services Reference Directory, 5th Edition, edited by Dennis A. Jankowski. Co-Author with Judge Steve Plotkin: "Damages for Mental Anguish to Non-Insured Relatives: A Time For Change," Louisiana Bar Journal, August 1983, Vol. 31, No. 2. Co-Author: "Basic Bankruptcy in Louisiana," National Business Institute, 1992. Judge, Senior and Junior Moot Court Trial and Appellate Competition, Tulane University School of Law, 1988-1999. Lecturer: Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Law, New Orleans Bar Association, 1990, 1994-1999. Instructor, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Civil Litigation, parts 1 and 2, Tulane University. Former Intern, U.S. Congressman Billy Tauzin. Notary Public, Louisiana. Member: New Orleans Bar Association (Chairperson, Bankruptcy Law and Creditors' Rights Committee, 1991-1996; Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1991-1992). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Barry H. Grodsky

Janet Daly McGrew (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Newcomb College, Tulane University (B.A., International Relations, 1977; J.D., cum laude, 1982). French Government Fellowship in Legal Studies, Montpellier, France, 1985-1986. Judicial Clerkship for the Honorable Chief Judge Frederick J.R. Heebe, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1982-1985. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Languages: French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Lemon Law; Workers Compensation; Personal Injury Defense; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Media Law.Email: Janet Daly McGrew

Owen M. Courreges (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 25, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Rice University (B.A., cum laude, 2003); Tulane Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Haber Joseph McCarthy Award in Environmental Law, 2007. Member: New Orleans (Member, Young Lawyers Section) and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Environmental Law; Family Law; Personal Injury; Property Law; Insurance Litigation; General Litigation.

Terrance A. Prout (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 28, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1996); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 2000). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Young Leadership Council. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability.Email: Terrance A. Prout

SPECIAL COUNSEL

Carter B. Wright (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 20, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Member: New Orleans, Covington and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Tort Defense; Public Utility Law; Estate Planning; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Civil Practice.Email: Carter B. Wright

W. Malcolm Stevenson (Of Counsel) born Gulfport, Mississippi, September 21, 1933; admitted to bar, 1960, Louisiana and Mississippi. Education: Mississippi Southern College (B.S., 1959); Tulane University (LL.B., 1960). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1958-1960. Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Law Review, 1959-1960. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Complex Business Litigation.

Charles M. Raymond (Special Counsel) born Chester, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, District of Columbia; 1990, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1975;); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1978). Former Senior Litigation Counsel, Shell Oil Company, 1986-2003. Former Assistant Parish Attorney, City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, 1979-1984. Co-Chair, Children and Families for New Orleans United Way, 2001-2008. Member: Bar Governance Committee for LSBA, 2005-2008; Right to Counsel Committee for LSBA, 2005-2008. Approved Mediator under Mississippi Supreme Court Rules. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; The Mississippi Bar; Defense Research Institute; Fifth Circuit Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Toxic Tort Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Contract Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Personal Injury.Email: Charles M. Raymond