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| | Address | | 1360 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1700 | | Houston, Texas 77056 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
| | | Abbott, Simses & Kuchler,
A Professional Law Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Complex Litigation, Class Actions, Environmental Litigation, Toxic Tort Litigation, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, Property Damage, Arbitration, Mediation, Maritime Personal Injury and Death, Banking, Patents, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation, Coverage and Subrogation, Maritime Contracts, Hull, Cargo, Collision and Casualty, Labor Relations, Real Estate, Taxation, Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), Workers Compensation, Tort Claims, Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability. | | Year Established: 1980 | Firm Profile:
Full Service Law Firm with Concentration in Litigation in State and Federal Courts Nationwide, Administrative Practice before the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the United States Department of Labor, (the Office of Workers Compensation Programs), the United State Coast Guard, the Federal Maritime Commission, The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Texas General Land Office, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Minerals Management Service (MMS). | | Firm Size: 41 | Representative Clients:
AIG Technical Services, Inc.; Alpha Therapeutic Corporation; Anderson Greenwood & Company; American Cyanamid Company; ANR Pipeline Company; Baldwin Motors, Inc.; Bancroft Rehabilitation Living Center; Bituminous Insurance Company; CGB Enterprises, Inc.; Cameco Industries, Inc.; Children's Int. Medical Research, L.L.C.; City of Covington, Louisiana; City of Mandeville, Louisiana; City of Slidell, Louisiana; Clinical Research Networks, Inc.; Coach USA, Inc.; ConAgra Foods, Inc.; ConocoPhillips; Cytec Fiberite, Inc.; Cytec Industries, Inc.; Deere & Company; DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C.; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; El Paso Corporation; Ellsworth Leblanc & Ellsworth; Entergy Corporation; Exocet, Inc.; Fields to Forests, L.L.C.; FMC Technologies, Inc. ; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Corporation; Georgia Gulf Corporation; Gherling Insurance Company; GlobalSanta Fe Corporation; Griffin Corporation; Grinnell Corporation; Hancock Bank; Heart Hospital of Lafayette; Home Service Store; ICG/Holliston a/k/a Industrial Coatings Group Keystone International, Inc.; Kramer Industries, Inc.; Lewcott Corporation; Lexington Insurance Company; Louisiana Heart Hospital; Magnum Construction Services, Inc.; MCF Valves, Inc.; McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc.; MedCath, Inc.; Mega Crane Rentals, Inc.; Mobil Oil Corporation; New Orleans Cold Storage & Warehouse Company, Ltd.; Northshore Medical Research, L.L.C.; Ochsner Clinic Foundation; Parmelee Industries, Inc.; PDI, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Pharmacia Corporation; Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; Port of New Orleans; Praxair, Inc.; Premier Nationwide Lending; Punam Hotel Corporation; Rehab Dynamics, Inc.; Remington Arms Company, Inc.; Resource Bank; St. Tammany Parish Economic Development Foundation; St. Tammany Parish Economic And Industrial Development District; Sasol North America, Inc.; Sensormatic Electronics Corporation; Sisters of Mercy Health Care System; Sporting Goods Properties, Inc.; Steve Owens Construction, Inc.; Syn-Tech, Inc.; Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; The Azby Fund; The Dow Chemical Company; The Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopaedic Institute-NYU; Turn Services, Inc.; Tuthill Corporation; Tyco Electronics Corporation; Tyco Fire & Security; Tyco Healthcare, Inc.; Tyco International, Ltd.; Tyco International (US) Inc.; Tyco Plastics and Adhesives, Inc.; Tyco Valves & Controls, Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation; Union Planters Bank; Wadleigh Energy Group; Wadleigh Industries, Inc.; Wadleigh Offshore, Inc.; XL Insurance America, Inc.; Zen-Noh Grain Corporation. |
Other Office Locations of Abbott, Simses & Kuchler,
A Professional Law Corporation
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Covington, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
| | Lawrence E. Abbott (Managing Partner) born Miami, Florida, May 18, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1974, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1975, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1996, Texas and District of Columbia; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: St. Edward's University (B.A., 1967); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Assistant Examiner, Committee on Bar Admissions, 1994—) and American (Member: Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee; Rail and Motor Carrier Law Committee; Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law, 1995—) Bar Associations; Charter Member, Louisiana Bar Foundation; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member: International Law of the Sea Committee, 1984—; Subcommittee on Offshore Exploration and Development, 1984—; Committee on River and Ocean Towing, 1985—); Association of Average Adjusters of the United States (Associate Member, 1985—); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; New Orleans Defense Counsel Association; Defense Research Institute, Inc.; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Louisiana Association of Business and Industry; Outstanding Lawyers of America (First selected Member in 2003—); Louisiana Bar Foundation. (Also at New Orleans, Louisiana Office; Covington, Louisiana Office; and Jackson, Mississippi Office). Practice Areas: Trial Specialist; Products Liability Litigation; Environmental Law; Toxic Tort Litigation; Civil Law; Pharmaceutical Claims; Railroad Defense Litigation; Commercial Disputes; Admiralty Cases; Class Actions; Non-litigation Corporate and Business Law. Email: Lawrence E. Abbott | | Richard M. Simses (Shareholder) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, November 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1992, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Supreme Court; 2007, Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 1978); Loyola University (J.D., 1981). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "First Amendment Implications of Political Patronage Dismissals," 27 Loyola Law Review 219, 1981. Member: New Orleans, Houston, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Defense Research Institute; The Woodlands Bar Association; Hispanic Bar Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty Law; Maritime Personal Injury Law; Environmental; Toxic Tort Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Richard M. Simses | | Charles T. Miers (Shareholder) born Detroit, Michigan, June 9, 1957; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1989); University of Houston (J.D., 1992). National Moot Court Team, University of Houston, 1989. Mock Trial Finalist, University of Houston, 1990. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute (Life Fellow). Practice Areas: Environmental; Maritime; Class Action Defense; Civil Litigation; Toxic Torts; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Employment Defense; Civil Appeals. Email: Charles T. Miers | | Jon C. Vicklund (Shareholder) born Coral Gables, Florida, August 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas-Austin (B.B.A., 1989); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Admiralty; Environmental; Toxic Tort Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Jon C. Vicklund | | Robert E. Kelly, Jr. (Senior Counsel) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, August 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1966); Golden Gate University (M.B.A., 1969); University of Houston (J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Barons. Mayor Pro Tem/Council Member, City of West University Place, 1991-1993. Senior Attorney, The Phillips Petroleum Company, 1974-1995; Senior Staff Attorney, The Coastal Corporation, 1995-2001. Senior Counsel, El Paso Corporation, 2001-2004. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. [USAF, 1966-1971, Captain]. (Senior Counsel). Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Property Damage; Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert E. Kelly, Jr. | | David H. Hardwicke (Senior Counsel) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 1, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Oklahoma; 1979, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; 2005, Arkansas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Syntroleum Corporation, 2002-2003. Commercial Counsel, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, 2000-2002. Senior Attorney, Phillips Petroleum Company, 1984-2000. Assistant District Attorney, Oklahoma County, 1978-1984. Member: Houston and Oklahoma Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. [U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1970-1993]. Reported Cases: State v. McCain, 637 P.2d 72 (Okla., 1981); Nauni v. Cannon, 628 P.2d 372 (Okla. Crim., 1981); Kordelski v. Cook, 621 P.2d 1176 (Okla. Crim., 1980); A.L.T. v. State, 614 P.2d 74 (Okla. Crim., 1980); State ex rel. Coats v. Rakestraw, 610 P.2d 256 (Okla. Crim., 1980); State ex rel. Coats v. Johnson, 597 P.2d 328 (Okla. Crim., 1979). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: David H. Hardwicke | | Michael B. Kivort (Associate) born Schenectady, New York, July 26, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2006, Arkansas. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 1987); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Environmental; Commercial Litigation. Email: Michael B. Kivort | | Nelly Trevino Santos (Associate) born Houston, Texas, June 27, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1993). Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Mexican-American Bar Association; Houston Hispanic Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Toxic Torts. Email: Nelly Trevino Santos | | Lisa Brindle Talbot (Associate) born Nyack, New York, May 2, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Maryland; 2003, Texas. Education: University of Maryland at College Park (B.A., 1997); Washington College of Law, American University (J.D., 2001). Member: Houston, American and National Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Toxic Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation. Email: Lisa Brindle Talbot | | Johanna G. Myers (Associate) born Walnut Creek, California, July 9, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 2004, Texas; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1992); Tulane University (J.D., 1999). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Civil Litigation; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Insurance Defense. Email: Johanna G. Myers | | Alan J. Yee (Associate) born Houston, Texas, June 19, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1995); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation. Email: Alan J. Yee | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
New Orleans, Louisiana Office: 400 Lafayette Street, Suite 200. Telephone: 504-568-9393. Fax: 504-524-1933.
Covington, Louisiana Office: 5100 Village Walk, Suite 200. Telephone: 985-893-2991. Fax: 985-898-0383.
Jackson, Mississippi Office: 210 East Capitol Street, Suite 1090. Telephone: 601-352-9393. Fax: 601-52-9066.
| (For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, see Professional Biographies at New Orleans, Louisiana). | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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