MEMBERS OF FIRM
Marguerite K. Kingsmill (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, May 25, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana; 1993, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee and Aix-en-Provence, France (B.S., cum laude, 1978); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1981). Member, Moot Court Board. Lecturer, Women in Shipping, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Member: State Bar of Texas; Louisiana State, Federal and American (Member: Law Practice Management; Women Rainmakers Interest Group) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Association of Women Attorneys; Associated Builders and Contractors; Associated General Contractors; Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Law; Construction Law; Government Contracts; Surety Law; Real Estate; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transactions.Email: Marguerite K. Kingsmill
Michael R.C. Riess (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S.M., 1979; M.B.A., 1983; J.D., 1983). Beta Alpha Psi. Policy Issuing Agent, First American Title Insurance Co. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the U.S. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Law; Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate Finance; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Maritime Litigation; Jones Act Defense; Contracts; Personal Injury.Email: Michael R.C. Riess
ASSOCIATES
Christy R. Bergeron (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 14, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana; 2004, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and Louisiana Supreme Court. Education: Loyola University (B.A., Accounting and Finance, 1991; J.D., 1994). Assistant Bar Examiner, Louisiana Supreme Court. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Commercial Real Estate Women ("CREW"); Association of Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Transactions; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Litigation.
Charles B. Colvin (Associate) born Gadsden, Alabama, April 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana; 1991, Texas; 1994, Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1978). Author: "Are There Really Too Many Lawyers?" Louisiana Bar Journal, Vol. 41, November 4, 1993; "Yes, There Are Too Many Lawyers," Louisiana Bar Journal, Vol. 42, November 3, 1994. Lecturer, "Attorney Fee Disputes," Tulane Continuing Legal Education, 1991 and 1993. Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Fifth Circuit Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association (Member: Bar Services Committee; Alternative Dispute Resolution Program; Professionalism and Quality of Life Committee; Legal Malpractice Committee; Group Insurance Committee; Arbitrator, Legal Resources Committee); Colorado Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Casualty Insurance; Products Liability; Business Litigation.Email: Charles B. Colvin
Thomas P. Henican (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 24, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Louisiana Supreme Court. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: Texas A&M University; University of California, San Diego; Loyola University (B.A., English, 1984; J.D., 1988). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member, Committee for Liaison with EEOC, OFCCP and Department of Justice) Bar Associations; Mariners Club. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; General Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Bankruptcy; Employment Law; Maritime Litigation.Email: Thomas P. Henican
Keene R. Kelley (Associate) born Natchez, Mississippi, September 14, 1958; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Geology, 1982); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1989); Tulane University of Louisiana (LL.M., Energy and Environmental Law, with distinction, 1990). Member: Fifth Circuit Bar Association and Louisiana State Bar Association. (Also at New Orleans, Louisiana Office). Practice Areas: Environmental; Administrative Law; Commercial Litigation; Transactions; Oil and Gas Law.Email: Keene R. Kelley
John V. Nguyen (Associate) born Portland, Oregon, January 24, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit. Education: Tulane University (B.S.M., Finance, magna cum laude, 1999); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 2006). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association; National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Litigation; Commercial Litigation; General Litigation.
Lisa A. Montgomery (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1981); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 1984). Semifinalist, Senior Moot Court Trial Competition. Law Clerk to Chief Judge John C. Boutall, Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit. Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation. (Also at New Orleans Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Construction Litigation; Contracts; Maritime Litigation.