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| | Address | | 2100 Energy Centre, 1100 Poydras Street | | New Orleans, Louisiana 70163-2100 | | (Orleans Parish) | | | |
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| Taggart Morton, L.L.C. practices in the following areas of law:
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. | Firm Profile:
Taggart, Morton, Ogden, Staub, Rougelot & O'Brien, 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. | | Firm Size: 13 | 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. | | Eugene G. Taggart (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1, 1932; admitted to bar, 1959, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.B.A., 1957; LL.B., 1959). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1957-1959. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member: Sections on Litigation, Real Property, Probate and Trusts, Alternative Dispute Resolution) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Administrative Law; Public Utility Law; Communications Law; Environmental Law; CERCLA; Toxic Tort; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Eugene G. Taggart | | James R. Morton (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 1950; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana; 2006, Illinois; 2007, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.S., 1973); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1981). Adjunct Professor of Law, Real Estate Documents, Loyola University School of Law, 1992—. Manager, Title Section, Shell Oil Company, New Orleans, 1977-1981. Member, Board of Directors, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation, 1996-2002. President, New Orleans Bar Foundation, 2002-2005. Member: New Orleans (Treasurer, 2001; Second Vice President, 2000; Secretary, 1999; Third Vice President, 1998; Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1997; Chairman, Real Property Committee, 1993-1994; Environmental Law Committee) and Louisiana State (Member, Real Property Committee and Environmental Law Committee) Bar Associations; Petroleum Landmens' Association of New Orleans. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Oil and Gas; Land Use; Zoning; Environmental; Civil Practice; Business. Email: James R. Morton | | Charlton B. Ogden III (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., 1978); Tulane University (J.D., 1981). General Counsel, Biloxi Marsh Lands Corporation and Lake Eugenic Land Development Company. Member: New Orleans, St. Tammany and Louisiana State (Member, Sections on Litigation, Real Property, and Probate and Trust) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Institute of Gas Technology; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Boundary Disputes; Toxic Tort; Asbestos Litigation; General Litigation; Civil Practice; Probate; Trusts; Property Law; Wills; Oil and Gas Law; Trusts and Estates. Email: Charlton B. Ogden III | | Perry R. Staub, Jr. (Managing Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 13, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Louisiana State University Moot Court Board, 1978-1979. Co-Director, Louisiana Supreme Court Central Staff, 1981-1983. Member: New Orleans (Chairman: Internet and Technology Committee, 1998; Internet Committee, 1997), Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust, Business Law, Health Law, Litigation and Law Practice Management; Committee on Computer Industry) Bar Associations; National Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Health Care; Internet Law; Technology Law; Media Law; Communications Law; Business Litigation; Construction Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Workers' Compensation. Email: Perry R. Staub, Jr. | | Terrence G. O'Brien (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 4, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1969); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1974). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission, 1983-1987. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal Energy and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Public Utility Regulation; Energy Regulation; Natural Gas Regulation; Contracts; Contract Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Terrence G. O'Brien | | Stephen T. Perrien (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 7, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1990); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1993). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Appellate Advocacy Board. Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Polozola, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1993-1994. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Energy Bar Association (Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, 2001-2002). Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Electric Utilities; Electric Utility Regulation; Utility Rates; Utility Contracts; Administrative Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Natural Gas Regulation; Federal Civil Practice; Trust Litigation. Email: Stephen T. Perrien | | Larry E. Demmons (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, April 16, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1996). Recipient, CALI Award for Excellence in Insurance. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1994-1996. Law Clerk to The Hon. Jeffrey P. Victory, Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1996-1997. Member: New Orleans (Treasurer, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section), Louisiana State (Council Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law and Continuing Legal Education Committee) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; ERISA Benefits Litigation; Health Care; Workers' Compensation. Email: Larry E. Demmons | | Kevin M. Wheeler (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 1962; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 1992, District of Columbia; 1993, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.S.M., 1983); Loyola University (J.D., 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Louisiana State, Federal, American and International Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; District of Columbia Bar; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Commercial Law; Insurance; Products Liability; Complex Commercial Litigation; Trusts and Estates. Email: Kevin M. Wheeler | | Mark E. Van Horn (Member) born Tarrytown, New York, September 8, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 1981); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Health Care; Transportation Law; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Insurance Coverage Litigation. Email: Mark E. Van Horn | | Donald J. Miester, Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 22, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1987; J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Winner, Tulane Law School Senior Appellate Competition, 1990. Member, J. Braxton Craven Moot Court Team, 1988. Member, 1988 and Best Regional Oralist, 1989, National Appellate Moot Court Team. Member, Interschool Trial Team, 1990. Member, 1988-1990 and Associate Editor, 1989-1990, Tulane Law Review. Law Clerk: Honorable Judge Mary Vial Lemmon, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2000-07; Honorable Judge F. A. Little, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, 1990-91. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Appellate Practice; Health Care; Internet Law. Email: Donald J. Miester, Jr. | | ASSOCIATES | | 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 | | David S. Moyer (Associate) born Carlisle, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama; 2002, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleven Circuits. Education: University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (B.A., 1993; M.S., 1994; J.D., 1996). Member: Alabama State Bar; Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Bar Foundation; American Bankruptcy Institute; Child Advocacy Services, Inc. (President, Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Workouts; Business Litigation; Collections. Email: David S. Moyer | | Cory S. Morton (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1999); Loyola University (J.D., 2002). Member and Articles Editor, Loyola Maritime Law Journal, 2001-2002. Member: New Orleans (Member and Director, Young Lawyers Section), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Oil and Gas; Land Use; Zoning Law; Environmental; Civil Practice; Business. Email: Cory S. Morton | | 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 |
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