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Jack E. Morris
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Appeals, Construction and Insurance Claims
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Jack E. Morris provides professional legal services to clients throughout Louisiana. Engaged in civil litigation and counseling in the areas of appellate law, insurance law, real estate and property law, construction law, business and commercial law, and intellectual property law, Mr. Morris represents a diverse clientele including large and small businesses as well as individuals. Mr. Morris has represented clients before state and federal courts at every level, including the Louisiana Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court, and also before various arbitration and mediation forums.
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Marx David Sterbcow
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
Business, Antitrust, Consumer and Personal Injury
The John Marshall Law School and Gonzaga University School of Law
Mr. Sterbcow’s practice focuses on consumer financial services and real estate regulatory compliance and litigation including: Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Truth In Lending Act (TILA), Fair Housing Act, Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Dodd-Frank Act, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act involving federal and state mortgage lending and consumer credit compliance issues, title insurance compliance, real estate brokerage programs and operational compliance, affiliated business arrangement compliance, financial services marketing and promotional programs, state and federal licensing compliance, multiple listing service compliance, Best Practices compliance, and consumer fair financing practices....
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Brad Harrigan
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Patents and Trademarks
Boston University School of Law
Brad Harrigan focuses on intellectual property and insurance defense. As part of his intellectual property practice, Mr. Harrigan has managed trademark portfolios for Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and individuals consisting of hundreds of domestic and international trademark applications and registrations.
Mr. Harrigan has significant experience representing clients in trademark prosecution matters such as USPTO Office Actions, TTAB proceedings, and ICANN UDRP arbitrations. Mr. Harrigan has also represented clients in IP litigation matters throughout the country, including state and federal disputes concerning trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition issues. His defense work includes a broad range of experience in property...
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Kenneth L. Tolar
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Patents and Trademarks
Loyola University New Orleans
Kenneth L. Tolar focuses primarily on general intellectual property matters including patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, intellectual property litigation and licensing on behalf of both corporations and independent inventors nationwide, patentability and trademark availability opinions, inter partes practice before both the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; during his career, he has secured over 350 patents on behalf of independent and corporate inventors.
Mr. Tolar also engages in general commercial litigation, insurance defense, labor disputes arising under The Fair Labor Standards Act, personal injury and first-party insurance claims.
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Jonathan L Brehm
Kenner, LA Business Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Business, Administrative, Insurance Defense and Municipal
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
The Butler Law Firm is a minority-owned firm dedicated to providing high-quality and value-priced legal services to its individual, business and governmental clients in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, workers' compensation defense, debt collections, contracts and business development.
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Charles C. Cain
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney
Business and Real Estate
Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University and The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Ernest E. Svenson
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Darwin observed that "it is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change." The legal system, long bound by tradition, now struggles to adapt to increasing societal change. Today, lawyers can use technology in novel ways to improve communication and increase efficiency in gathering information. We need to be more adept at handling digital information to fully represent our clients.
Clients increasingly need lawyers who look at things in fresh ways, who seek hidden advantages, and who properly assess risk instead of reflexively avoiding it. "Zealous representation," to me,...
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Christie Tournet
Mandeville, LA Business Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Loyola University New Orleans
With extensive experience in real estate and business management, Christie Tournet & Associates is the consummate business, estate planning, and successions/probate firm. Christie views legal issues through a unique lens and becomes a trusted legal and business adviser.
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Jason Thomas Olivier
Mandeville, LA Business Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Collections, Insurance Claims and Insurance Defense
Loyola University New Orleans
Jason was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated Nicholls State University with a BS in Engineering Technology. He played varsity sports, was on the radio and involved in the performing arts. After a career in radio and television, he attended law school in New Orleans. He opened a private practice focusing on corporate, collection and consumer rights. He became a partner in the firm of Naccari, Deas and Pugh in 1992. His personal clients at the time included Benson Automotive World (owned by a well known local family), and most of the major hospitals and clinics in the...
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Taylor M. Norton
Metairie, LA Business Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Patents and Trademarks
Loyola University New Orleans
Taylor Norton is a registered patent attorney and an engineer. He may be contacted at (504) 858-0198 for a consultation.
He is a native of New Orleans and a Jesuit High School graduate who earned his Bachelors of Science in Pure Mathematics from Louisiana State University and his Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University, where he served as a National Science Foundation IGERT Research Fellow, advancing research across disciplines including structures and mechanics, textile engineering, macromolecular engineering and polymer science. He was a LaNasa Providence Law Scholar at Loyola University School of Law, where...
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D. Alex Onstott
NEW ORLEANS, LA Business Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Construction, Probate and Real Estate
Tulane University School of Law
Ciolino & Onstott provides high-quality, cost-effective outside general counsel services to individuals and small to medium-sized businesses in Louisiana and across the United States. We represent clients across various industries, including niche areas such as real estate, construction, entertainment, medical marijuana, and non-profit.
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Theodore David Vicknair Sr.
Mandeville, LA Business Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Elder, Estate Planning and Tax
University of Florida Levin College of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
I am a CPA and attorney. I have been a CPA since 1994 and an Louisiana attorney since 2000. The Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization has designated me as a Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist (since 2008), as well as a Board Certified Tax Law Specialist (also since 2008).
My practice focuses strongly on the needs and issues particular to farmers, middle income clients and small business owners. These include issues such as estate tax reduction, medicaid long-term care planning, special needs planning, asset protection planning, and small business protection planning.
Plans I regularly recommend and personally draft for...
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Kervin Wayne Doyle
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Probate
Southern University Law Center
I attended law school at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1978. I completed law school and was admitted to the State Bar in 1981. I have worked in the personal injury field and defended criminal cases throughout the State of Louisiana. I have worked as legal counsel for the State of Louisiana in children in need of care matters.
I have served as a college professor and taught in the paralegal programs, and criminal justice. I am comfortable in the small towns and in the big cities. Nothing satisfies me more...
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Hugh P Lambert
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Business, Employment, Maritime and Personal Injury
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Hugh Lambert founded The Lambert Firm (now Lambert Zainey Smith & Soso) in 1977 and has since grown the firm to one of the most prestigious and well respected firms in New Orleans, representing individuals and businesses alike in a wide range of legal matters. In addition to his legal representation, Hugh Lambert is a frequent lecturer across the United States on class actions and mass torts. He has also authored and published legal articles. He has held a broad range of leadership positions in many organizations devoted to law, civic and charitable pursuits. He is a member in good...
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Nicholas Berg
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Securities
Tulane University School of Law
Mr. Berg’s practice has an emphasis on commercial litigation and arbitration, including securities litigation and arbitration. He represents individual and institutional investors, public pension funds and hedge funds in investment disputes with investment banks and brokerage firms in state and federal court, and in arbitration before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Mr. Berg also represents businesses and individuals in complex commercial litigation matters, including derivative suits and claims involving unfair trade practices, fraud, negligence and breaches of fiduciary duties by managers, directors and officers of corporations. In addition to his commercial litigation practice, Mr. Berg has also represented many...
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Addie Prewitt
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer
Business and Estate Planning
Boston University School of Law and Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
I was born in Lafayette, in the heart of Cajun country.
My grandparents lived next door, and there was rarely a day without a visit to or from someone in the extended family. Growing up, the family indulgence was season tickets to Saints games in the fall.
I played volleyball at LSU, the culmination of a childhood dream. I went to LSU law school. There I enrolled in a tax law course and discovered that I really am a numbers person, and thrived in a program that appealed to my logical brain. After graduating, I headed north to pursue a Master...
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Mark Philip Glago
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Construction, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
Tulane University School of Law
Attorney Mark Glago graduated from the University of Richmond in Virginia with Phi Beta Kappa honors, having triple-majored in Political Science, Speech and Sociology. He was the University’s Rhodes Scholar nominee and received the “Most Outstanding Graduate” award. At the Tulane University School of Law, he was Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review and again graduated with honors. Over the past 17 years, Mr. Glago has handled over 2,500 cases and been the “first-chair” lawyer for over 160 trials in Louisiana courts. He has built a respected, full-service law firm devoted to recovering compensation for clients in a range...
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David Sharpe
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Business, Insurance Defense, International and Maritime
The National Law Center, GW Law School
David Sharpe focuses on marine insurance coverage; marine finance and vessel documentation; bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors’ rights; admiralty and maritime; and international and cross-border law. He represents clients that own, operate, charter, or employ vessels, and helps them understand and manage their risks in the United States, Gulf of Mexico, and worldwide offshore maritime oilfield and alternative-energy markets. Mr. Sharpe services clients in the area of concentration on maritime contracts (time and bareboat charter parties, master service contracts, insurance and indemnity agreements, marine-insurance coverage, and ship sale and finance) and related commercial litigation (maritime liens, vessel arrest and attachment,...
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Bruce Kingsdorf
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Energy and Products Liability
Tulane University School of Law
Mr. Kingsdorf graduated from Tulane University in 1971 and from Tulane University School of Law in 1974. He clerked at the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal for Judges Peter Beer and Ernest N. Morial and then clerked at the Louisiana Supreme Court for Justice Albert Tate, Jr. In 1980, he became a partner in the firm of Cleveland, Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix where he remained until 1995 when he co-founded the firm of Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, LLP. In addition to serving as faculty member at numerous seminars, he has lectured at the Tulane University School of Law...
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Zachary Wool
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Business and Products Liability
New York University School of Law
Born and raised in the New Orleans area, Zachary concentrates his practice in the fields of litigation and general corporate counsel for clients ranging in size from individuals to multi-billion dollar hedge funds. He works on litigation matters large and small, from cases involving one individual to those where he works on behalf of 10,000+ people injured by a defective product. He also advises corporations without in-house lawyers on general business matters. He is also actively involved in the legal community as a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association's LGBT Diversity Committee and Chairman and Founder of...
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Gregory Stewart Marsiglia
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
(504) 581-2450
One Shell Square
701 Poydras Street, Suite 3600
New Orleans, LA 70139
Free ConsultationBusiness, Construction, Estate Planning and Probate
Tulane University School of Law
In 2005, Gregory S. Marsiglia joined Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver, LLP, having practiced law in New Orleans since 1997 in a variety of commercial, corporate, and general civil litigation, and in a variety of corporate, real estate, and business transactions. Mr. Marsiglia also advises corporate and commercial clients on formation and planning issues, internal governance, in a variety of contractual matters. His construction litigation and contracting practice has been a steady and significant portion of the practice during the past ten years, as has general commercial litigation for clients in other industries. Mr. Marsiglia also has...
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Tod J. Everage
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Energy and Maritime
Loyola University New Orleans
Tod Everage is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2011 and practices in the Offshore Energy and Maritime Litigation Practice Group. Tod’s practice primarily involves representing oil and gas operators (offshore, midstream, and onshore) and their service providers and contractors in litigation in both state and federal courts. Tod has gained extensive experience representing vessel owners, shipyards, and diesel engine service providers in warranty claims. Tod’s practice also includes assisting clients in contract review, drafting, negotiations, transactional disputes, and general corporate advices. Tod has tried several cases to verdict as well...
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Jill A. Gautreaux
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Loyola University New Orleans
Jill Gautreaux is special counsel to the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2015 and practices in the real estate, business, and commercial litigation groups. Jill assists clients with corporate matters, real estate, liquor licensing, and business transactions in the hospitality, technology, retail, and professional services sectors. She handles corporate transactional matters including business formation, buy/sell agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and dissolution/liquidation. Jill also represents individuals and companies in contractual disputes and shareholder litigation in Federal and State courts.
She helps her clients in a wide variety of legal and transactional matters including leases, sales, mortgages,...
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David J. Halpern
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
David Halpern is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2015 and practices in the business, real estate, and commercial litigation groups. David has over 30 years of legal and business experience, and assists clients with a variety of legal, corporate, and land use matters. His clients include national, regional, and local businesses, real estate developers, bars and restaurants, and New Orleans area businesses. His practice includes land use issues, zoning ordinances, mergers and acquisitions, and transactions. He also serves on governmental advisory boards and represents businesses and individuals before regulatory authorities.
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Amanda Howard Lowe
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Energy and Maritime
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Amanda Howard Lowe is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2009 and practices in the admiralty and maritime, energy and corporate litigation groups. Amanda has considerable experience in a wide variety of admiralty issues, including Jones Act and personal injury defense, maritime litigation, oil and gas exploration, drilling accidents, well blowouts, cargo damage, ship collisions, ship allusions, vessel groundings, lift board and jack-up rig accidents, vessel mortgage filings, product liability, redhibition, as well as premises liability, construction defect litigation and general personal injury litigation. Amanda's experience also includes assisting clients in...
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Sean T. McLaughlin
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Business, Construction, Energy and Maritime
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University and Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
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Michael R. Phillips
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Business, Antitrust, Construction and Environmental
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
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Imtiaz A Siddiqui
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
900 Camp Street
Suite 333
New Orleans, LA 70130
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Construction and Education
Tulane University School of Law
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Karen Fontana Young
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Business, Health Care and Medical Malpractice
Tulane University School of Law
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Jeremy Pichon
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Business, Asbestos, Construction and Personal Injury
The Judge Advocate General's School United States Army and Southern University Law Center
Jeremy Pichon has never been a stranger to the meaning of hard work.
By age fourteen, he spent his summers framing houses in the hot Louisiana sun. By sixteen, he worked the Sears stockroom while going to school full time. By nineteen, he joined the military reserves and followed in the footsteps of his brothers, father, and grandfather whose service stretches from WWI to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
These were the three pillars of his early life, and they remain the foundation of his work as a seasoned personal injury lawyer representing those whose lives have been tragically altered and whose...
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Jennifer M. Bonneau
New Orleans , LA Business Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(504) 488-0678
118 West Harrison Avenue
Suite 301
New Orleans , LA 70124
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Family and Personal Injury
Southern University Law Center
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Notary Public
Jennifer M. Bonneau has represented individuals, insurers, small businesses, insurance companies, and corporations in a variety of cases. She has extensive experience in helping clients resolve disputes through negotiations, trials, mediation, arbitration, and appeals.
Jennifer has served as both lead and assistant counsel in litigation resulting in millions of dollars in recovery to clients injured as a result of others. She represents clients in state and federal courts in matters both simple and highly complex. Jennifer is a Qualified Family Law Mediator and has also served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for...
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Melvin David Albritton
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
Tulane University School of Law
Melvin Albritton obtained a degree in Political Economy from Tulane University. He was also the recipient of a Louisiana Legislative Scholarship. During his time at Tulane he was chosen to represent Tulane at American University’s Washington Semester. After college Mr. Albritton worked for an Internet startup, “babygift.com” drafting copy for the online catalog. In 1999 he was awarded the Wiener, Weiss & Madison Merit Scholarship Award to Tulane Law School. In law school, Mr. Albritton was selected to join the Ruby Vale Appellate Moot Court Team, which focuses on the area of corporate law. In addition, he wrote on to...
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Max Ciolino
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Probate
Tulane University School of Law
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Tyler J. Douglas
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning and Tax
University of Alabama School of Law and Loyola University New Orleans
Mr. Douglas obtained his Juris Doctor with a certification in taxation from Loyola University College of Law in 2011. While studying for his degree, he interned at Lowe Stein, joining as an attorney in 2012. Mr. Douglas’ practice areas include commercial transactions and litigation, with a majority of his practice devoted to trust and estate planning and administration, tax exempt organizations, and tax planning and controversy. Mr. Douglas has successfully settled a contested succession with $1 Million paid to Lowe Stein’s clients, organized a regional magazine and obtained a 501(c)(3) for an American fundraising arm of a Thai nonprofit organization....
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Jeffrey Mitchell Hoffman
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Business, Family and Personal Injury
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
Jeffrey Hoffman first joined Lowe Stein in 2004 as an associate attorney. His success and hard work earned him the title of partner in 2013. As a New Orleans family law attorney, Mr. Hoffman has a comprehensive understanding of the complications involved with domestic disputes. He can litigate and negotiate matters such as custody, spousal support, child support, prenuptial agreements, community property partitions, and more. Mr. Hoffman has had tremendous success in litigating child custody jurisdiction cases. In 2013, his dedication in family law earned him recognition as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers® Magazine and he has maintained...
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Mitchell Hoffman
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Family and Insurance Defense
Tulane University
Mitchell J. Hoffman earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Tulane University. He received his JD in 1976. He has been in private practice since that time representing individuals and companies throughout the Greater New Orleans area. Over the years, Mr. Hoffman developed an expertise in family law and his practice now includes significant involvement in divorce, custody, community property issues, pre and post-nuptial agreements, partitions and a host of other family law related matters. Mr. Hoffman also has experience trying cases involving insurance defense, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and business law, and general litigation. He qualified to become...
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Monica J. Manzella CIPP/US
New Orleans, LA Business Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Business, Construction, Health Care and IP
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Jeffrey J. Gelpi
New Orleans, LA Business Law Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Business and Environmental
Tulane University School of Law
Jeff’s practice includes representing major international oil and gas companies in a broad range of high-stakes lawsuits, primarily involving allegations that soil, sediment, groundwater, drinking water, and other types of environmental contamination were caused by oil and gas exploration and production activities. He has extensive experience drafting motions and briefs in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels.
Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Jeff served as a law clerk for the Honorable Carl J. Barbier, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, where he assisted in the disposition of numerous...
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Bradley J Spedale
Metairie, LA Business Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Real Estate and Tax
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Brad’s practice utilizes the Master of Business Administration he earned in addition to his Juris Doctor. In addition to representing businesses of all kinds, he practices many different areas of law, performing both transactional work and litigation. Brad’s trust and estate practice covers everything from simple wills and successions to complex trusts and advanced estate planning. As part of his real estate practice, he is a title agent for Gulf Title Corporation, which is an agent for First American Title Insurance Company of Louisiana. Brad’s collection practice specializes in purchased debt. He also litigates many labor and employment matters and...