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| | Address | | Bank of America Center, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 2600 | | Houston, Texas 77002 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
| | | Reviser of the Louisiana Law Digest for this Directory. | Phelps Dunbar LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Admiralty; Appellate Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Biotechnology; Business and Finance; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate and Securities; Employee Benefits; Energy and Minerals; Environmental; Gaming; Health Care; Insurance and Reinsurance; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Legislative and Governmental Relations; Municipal Finance; Oil and Gas; Products Liability; Public Utilities and Electric Power; Railroad; Real Estate; Regulatory and Governmental Matters; Tax; Tort Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Trusts and Estates; and White Collar Criminal Defense. | | Year Established: 1853 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1853 in New Orleans, Phelps Dunbar LLP is one of the oldest law firms in the South. At the same time, the progressive partnership has taken initiatives to transform the firm into a regional law firm with a practice that is international in scope. As a result of this transformation, Phelps Dunbar now has offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and London, England.Through a network of regional offices, clients have access to more than 250 attorneys representing an extensive and diverse range of talent and experience. No matter how intricate a client's legal needs, Phelps Dunbar's professional depth and experience allow the firm to provide accessible, cost-effective, prompt service to all clients. We are proud of the legal abilities and the personal qualities of our attorneys. Among past and present members, we count a United States Ambassador, a Chief of Protocol of the United States, two Judges of the United States District Court, a United States Attorney, three Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court, a Louisiana Appellate Court Judge, a Presiding Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, two Associate Justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court, a City Attorney, a President of the American Bar Association, two Presidents of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, four Presidents of the Louisiana State Bar Association, two Presidents of The Mississippi Bar, three university board Presidents, and a law school Chancellor. | | Firm Size: 260 | Representative Clients:
Ace Bermuda Insurance Ltd.; Ace Global Markets Limited; Aegis Janson Green Insurance Services, Inc.; AXA Global Risks (U.K.) Limited; Chubb Insurance Company; Devonshire Group; Edison Chouest Offshore; Fairfield Industries, Inc. Finas Company Limited; First Mercury Insurance Company; GATX Terminals Corp.; General Star Management Company; Genesis Indemnity Insurance; Global Special Risks, Inc.; King Fisher Marine Service, Inc.; NAS Insurance Group; Navigators Insurance Services of Texas, Inc.; Noble Drilling Corporation; Oceaneering International, Inc.; QBE International; Republic Western Insurance Company; RH of Texas Limited Partnership; Royce Homes, L.P.; RSC Industrial Corporation; Safway Steel Products, Inc.; St. Paul Re; Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd.; Storebrand International Insurance; Terra Nova Insurance Company, Ltd.; The Wood Group; Transoceanic Shipping Co.; Underwriters at Lloyd's, London; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Vesta Insurance Co., Ltd. |
Other Office Locations of Phelps Dunbar LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.A.
London, England
| | PARTNERS | | Brent B. Barriere (Partner) born Washington, D.C., August 13, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana; 2001, Texas. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., Honors, 1977); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1979-1980 and Articles Editor, 1980-1981, Tulane Law Review. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member, Committee on Business Bankruptcies and Subcommittee on Chapter 11 Reorganizations) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Creditors' Rights. Email: Brent B. Barriere | | David Lee Crawford (Partner) born Austin, Texas, October 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1974); University of Houston (J.D., 1977). Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Houston Law Center, 1984-1994. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Civil Litigation. Email: David Lee Crawford | | Patricia A. Hair (Partner) born Houston, Texas, June 22, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1970); Tulane University (J.D., 1973). Member, 1971-1972, and Associate Editor, 1972-1973, Tulane Law Review. Law Clerk to The Hon. Carl O. Bue, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1973-1975. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Patricia A. Hair | | George B. Hall, Jr. (Partner) born Alexandria, Louisiana, July 8, 1948; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana; 1992, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1977); University of Tennessee (M.S.P., 1973). Member, Tulane Moot Court Board, 1975-1977. Member: State Bar of Texas, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage and Litigation. Email: George B. Hall, Jr. | | Stephen P. Hall (Partner) born Alexandria, Louisiana, May 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana; 2006, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1980; J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Order of the Coif. Member, 1981-1982, and Research Editor, 1982-1983, The Maritime Lawyer. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. (Also at New Orleans, Louisiana and London, England Offices). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Environmental Insurance Litigation; Asbestos Litigation. Email: Stephen P. Hall | | Thomas H. Kiggans (Partner) born East Liverpool, Ohio, December 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana; 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; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana; 1994 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2008. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1984). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Louisiana Law Review, 1983-1984. Member: Houston, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American (Member, EEO Committee of Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified in Labor Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor (Management); Employment; ERISA. Email: Thomas H. Kiggans | | Matthew L. Litsky (Partner) born Bronx, New York, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1993, Florida; 1994, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits; 2002, U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Court, U.S. District Court, U.S. Virgin Islands; 2003, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2005, Texas. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1987); New York Law School (J.D., 1991). Co-Author: "Daddy - I Want A New Computer!—The First Party Y2K Egg Has Hatched," Defense Research Institute, November 1999; "Clean Your Tuxedo-Appraisal May Be Going Formal," ABA TIPS Annual Meeting, July 2000. Member: The Florida Bar; New York State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Virgin Islands Bar Association. (Also at Tampa, Florida and London, England Offices). Practice Areas: Complex First-Party Property and Third Party Coverage Matters; Suspected Arson and Fraud; Motor Truck Cargo; Professional Liability Reinsurance; Surplus Lines Matters. Email: Matthew L. Litsky | | Claude LeRoy Stuart, III (Partner) born Mobile, Alabama, January 20, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Mississippi; 1991, Texas. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1969); University of Virginia (J.D., 1973). Adjunct Professor, Admiralty and Maritime Law, University of Mississippi School of Law, 1987-1991. Co-Author: Chapter 23, "Presentation of the Case in Chief," Insurance Coverage Litigation Series, West Group (June 2000). Named by Legal 500 in the 2007 inaugural edition as one of the leading insurance lawyers in the United States. Member: State Bar of Texas; The Mississippi Bar; Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations; American Law Institute; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Defense Research Institute (Member, Admiralty Law and Insurance Law Committees); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Texas and Mississippi Defense Lawyers Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Admiralty. Email: Claude LeRoy Stuart, III | | COUNSEL | | Kathleen Hopkins Alsina (Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, January 15, 1952; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits. Education: University of Houston (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974; M.A., 1979; J.D., with honors, 1986). Mediation Training, 1997. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, Appellate Practice, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections); Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit; Pro Bono College of the State Bar. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Appellate; General Litigation; Mediation. Email: Kathleen Hopkins Alsina | | Mary Cazes Greene (Counsel) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 29, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana; 1998, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1986; J.D., 1991). Member, Moot Court Board, 1990-1991. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury Defense; Insurance; Commercial Litigation. Email: Mary Cazes Greene | | Maureen Blackburn Jennings (Counsel) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 1978, Louisiana; 1986, Texas. Education: University of San Diego; Loyola University (B.B.A., 1974; J.D., 1978). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1977-1978. Author: "First Colonial: The Fifth Circuit Makes a Definite Statement on the Award of Attorney's Fees in Bankruptcy," 24 Loyola Law Review 189, 1978; "Commercial Speech: a Constitutional Protection for Advertising Sales of Residential Property," 23 Loyola Law Review 1038, 1977. Law Clerk to Magistrate Kenneth C. Hughes, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1979-1981. Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Languages: French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Rights(50%); Employment Discrimination(50%). | | Robert H. Nicholas, Jr. (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1966, Texas; 1969, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: Lamar University (B.S., 1963); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1966). Delta Theta Phi. Author: "Review Significant Admiralty Cases 1988 5th Circuit," Texas Tech Law Review, New Laws Governing The Jettisoning of Oil Proceedings National Research Council, 1994; "Federal and State Preemption Regarding Vessel Construction and Operation," Tulane Law Review 1999. Instructor, Admiralty and Marine Insurance Texas A & M University at Galveston, Texas, 1988-1994. Member: State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Uniformity of U.S. Maritime Law; Marine Ecology Maritime Law Association of the United States. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Environmental. | | Thomas R. Nork (Counsel) born Morristown, New Jersey, September 7, 1956; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: New York Maritime Academy (B.S., 1978); University of Houston (M.B.A., 1984; J.D., 1990). Member: State Bar of Texas; Propeller Club of the United States; Houston Mariners Club. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Commercial Litigation; Transportation. Email: Thomas R. Nork | | ASSOCIATES | | Jaime E. Hurley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana; 2008, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1998; J.D., 2001). Louisiana Law Review. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business; Finance; Real Estate. Email: Jaime E. Hurley | | Paige C. Jones (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 2006, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1996); University of Mississippi (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1997-1999. Author: "Automobile Insurance - Uninsured Motorists - Public Policy Demands that Anti-Stacking Provisions be Held Void as Against Public Policy," 67 Miss. L.J.585 (Winter, 1997). Member: Mass Torts in Mississippi, The Federalist Society State Court Pocket Watch (October, 2005). Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; State Bar of Texas; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance and Reinsurance. Email: Paige C. Jones | | Marcus Matthews (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Texas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 2003; J.D., with honors, 2006). Board Member, Texas Law Fellowships, 2003. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Commercial Litigation; Tort Litigation. | | Robert T. Owen (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., 2003); Texas Tech University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Phi Delta Phi. Staff Editor, Administrative Law Journal, 2006-2007. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance and Reinsurance. | | Andrew A. Woellner (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Texas; 2008 U.S. Distrit Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Trinity University (B.A., 2004); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Tort Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment. | | D. Christene Wood (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Stephen F. Austin State University (B.A., 1989); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2003). Associate Editor, Houston Journal of International Law. Member: Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Insurance Coverage. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
New Orleans, Louisiana Office: Canal Place, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000. Telephone: 504-566-1311. Telecopier: 504-568-9130.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Office: City Plaza, 445 North Boulevard, Suite 701, P.O. Box 4412. Telephone: 225-346-0285. Telecopier: 225-381-9197.
Jackson, Mississippi Office: 111 East Capitol Street, Suite 600, P.O. Box 23066. Telephone: 601-352-2300. Telecopier: 601-360-9777.
Tupelo, Mississippi Office: One Mississippi Plaza, 201 South Spring Street, Seventh Floor, P.O. Box 1220. Telephone: 662-842-7907. Telecopier: 662-842-3873.
Gulfport, Mississippi Office: North Court One, 2304 19th Street, Suite 300. Telephone: 228-679-1130. Telecopier: 228-679-1131.
Tampa, Florida Office: 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 1900. Telephone: 813-472-7550. Telecopier: 813-472-7570.
London, England Office: Lloyd's, 1 Lime Street, Suite 725, Level 7, London EC3M 7DQ England. Telephone: 011-44-207-929-4765. Telecopier: 011-44-207-929-0046.
| (For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, see Professional Biographies at other locations) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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