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William W. Thies was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 23, 1974.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science from Louisiana State University in 1996 and his Juris Doctorate from Southern University Law School in 2001.  He was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association in May, 2002. For more information visit

When someone asks if I am a lawyer, to this day I still pause.  My standard response is "No.  I am just the guy next door who happens to know all the rules." This is a more accuratedescription of how I view myself  in relation to my clients.  My clients are friends...they are family...they become personally important to me.. My road to becoming a lawyer was somewhat non-traditional.  There was no silver spoon in my mouth the day I was born.  I joined the military and worked myself through college and law school.  I was fortunate to mentor under a fine southern lawyer enjoying the final days of career.  I was schooled in the elegance of gentlemanly lawyering, while at the same time learning the art of " in the trenches" litigation.. As a result, I have attained a stellar trial record and will gladly share it if ever asked.  I have recovered millions on behalf of my injured clients  and yet no case was more important to me than the other.  As a divorced father, I have embraced the responsibitlies the law has to families experiencing divorce.  Likewise, I am very humbled by the numerous small businesses I represent and the owners who trust me with their livelihood.. As much as I love being your lawyer, I also enjoy all that life has to offer.  If you find me out of the office, you should probabaly look for me underwater, as I am an avid scuba diver.  Of course, my wife prefers long cool motorcycle rides to diving, but who says we cannot have both?. As Mark Twain once said, I have never met a stranger.....so feel free to call me, or email.  I would love to meet you and those important to you and see what I may offer you.. Your friend, Russell

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Susie Furr practices in the area of labor and employment law.  Her concentration is in employment litigation, employment counseling, and business litigation.. Ms. Furr’s practice covers the wide array of issues that arise in the employment context.  She routinely counsels employers regarding compliance with applicable federal and state employment laws, including Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, The Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, as well as state laws involving wages, non-competition, leave, discrimination and retaliation.  Ms. Furr also counsels employers in the preparation and review of employment contracts, severance agreements, and employee policies.    Ms. Furr represents clients in federal and state litigation, as well as in administrative proceedings before the EEOC.  She has defended lawsuits involving wages, retaliation, workplace harassment, and discrimination claims based on age, gender, disability, race, national origin, and religion.  She has also represented clients in litigation involving other forms of business disputes.  Her client representation has spanned many industries, including construction, public utilities, package and freight delivery, financial services, fueling, gaming, industrial equipment, insurance, real estate, retail, software/technology, educational institutions and governmental agencies.  Ms. Furr serves as the practice coordinator of the Baton Rouge employment law group.  She often speaks on behalf of management interests on employment related topics and frequently provides training to local and national clients on compliance issues under federal and state law.

Since Chelsea A. Payne joined Keogh Cox in 2014 after a distinguished law school career, she has been focused on litigation involving the construction sector and the defense of architects, engineers, contractors and others in the industry. She represents clients in tort claims, professional liability lawsuits and complex litigation, typically working on behalf of Louisiana-based entities. Chelsea has experience with delay claims, construction defects and first-party insurance coverage issues, including federal jury trial experience. Thanks to her natural thoroughness, the support of her mentor and the firm's technical resources, Chelsea has developed a proficiency for research, writing and the identification of strong defense strategies for her clients.

Richard William Wolff received his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2012. As a law student, he served in the employment law section of the Loyola Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with minors in History and Sociology from Louisiana State University.

Richard Matheny practices in the areas of tax, public utilities and electric power, energy, corporate and securities, and general business matters. He represents clients in mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions, electric utilities and other businesses, representing both buyers and sellers.. Mr. Matheny served as an active duty officer in the U.S. Air Force, is a certified public accountant (inactive) and was a tax accountant with the international accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney, a predecessor of Ernst & Young.

Rebecca Hinton practices in the area of business and finance. Ms. Hinton represents individuals and businesses in the areas of federal, state and local taxation; tax controversies; estate planning; numerous business matters; successions; and trusts.

Randy Roussel practices in the area of business and finance. His general business practice is concentrated in the areas of real estate, banking, and commercial transactions. Mr. Roussel has represented Wampold Companies, Waffle House, Whitney National Bank, Carmouche Construction, and a variety of multifamily and commercial developers.. Mr. Roussel’s practice emphasizes mixed-use real estate development. He works on HUD 221(d)(4) and other multi-family financing programs.. Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar, he was a certified public accountant for Arthur Andersen & Company in New Orleans from 1978 to 1981. From 1986 to 1987, he was an associate at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson in Baton Rouge and in 1987 he became partner at Bradford & Roussel in Baton Rouge which merged with Gary Field Landry & Bradford in 1991. Mr. Roussel joined Phelps Dunbar in 1995.

Ragan Richard practices in the area of business law. He focuses in the areas of business, agricultural and corporate law, real estate, finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Mr. Richard has represented both individuals, and companies and underwriters, and led legal teams in the acquisition, financing, development and sale of commercial, industrial, agricultural, office, restaurant, hotel, apartment and retail properties and businesses. His practice includes representation of banking and lending institutions in financing transactions, drafting and negotiating contracts, leases, and servitude agreements, acquiring and developing real estate and commercial business establishments, representing owners of large franchise chains, representing owners of multifamily apartment complexes, representing utilities, agriculture and marketing cooperatives and trade associations, drafting and enforcing subdivision and condominium restrictions for highly regulated developments, entity and joint venture formation, general counseling of both established and emerging businesses, mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity financing and restructuring.  Mr. Richard serves as general counsel to many of his clients and assists them, with the help of other experienced Phelps Dunbar attorneys, in accomplishing their legal needs. He frequently serves as a guest lecturer on purchase agreements at the LSU law school. Mr. Richard also serves as the managing partner of the Baton Rouge office.

Practice focused on Bankruptcy caes including Chapter 7 and Chpater 13 bankruptcies.

Paul Guarisco practices in the areas of administrative law, business and finance, telecommunications, energy and utilities, and regulatory and governmental matters. He practices primarily before the Louisiana Public Service Commission, representing telecommunications and pipeline carriers, and electric, gas, sewer and water public utilities in all aspects of regulation, including certification, compliance, tariffs, litigation, hearings, audits, rate cases, rulemakings, dispute resolution/mediation, arbitration, mergers and acquisitions, changes of control and financing. He is a former Staff Attorney with the LPSC.. Mr. Guarisco has also represented telecommunications carriers before the FCC and was instrumental in developing, implementing and successfully defending the Louisiana State Universal Service Fund (see, Voicestream GSM I Operating Co., LLC v. LPSC, 943 So.2d 349 (La. 2006)). He drafted the original LPSC regulations implementing the 1996 Telecommunications Act, and has successfully petitioned the LPSC to update and amend the regulations many times since then. Paul is general counsel to the Louisiana Telecommunications Association. He has served as counsel to communications companies concerning all aspects of their operations, including broadband deployment, contract drafting and negotiation, municipal/parish franchise and right-of-way agreements, interconnection (cable, landline, wireless, IP and VoIP), Ethernet, pole attachment, agency, independent contractor, non-solicit and non-compete, and end-user agreements, regulatory compliance and litigation, including intercarrier compensation and billing disputes.. Mr. Guarisco served as a member of the Louisiana Broadband Council on behalf of the Louisiana Telecommunications Association to affect state policies fostering broadband deployment in Louisiana. Specific electric utility matters handled by Mr. Guarisco before the LPSC include rulemakings and proceedings concerning net energy metering practices, energy efficiency programs, integrated resource planning processes, renewable energy standards, transmission project certification, disaster planning and recovery protocols, cyber security, competitive lines (300 Foot Rule) issues and disputes. Mr. Guarisco has represented natural gas and oil pipeline carriers before the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, Pipeline Division, concerning purchase and sale of pipeline systems, tariffs, and authorization to acquire and operate, construct and abandon pipeline facilities. Mr. Guarisco also has experience representing clients in commercial transactions and commercial and civil litigation before state and federal courts.

My client's needs are of the utmost importance.  I have over twelve years of experience, and I am committed to meeting the needs of every client.  I approach every client with a focus on integrity, advocacy, and understanding. I fight for you!. I have a well-deserved reputation of excellence in providing smart, sensible, and cost-effective legal and business solutions for my clients.

Michael Hunt represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation and disputes involving design and construction. His litigation experience includes contract disputes, civil and criminal antitrust matters, environmental claims, expropriation and eminent domain actions, defense of federal and state securities law claims, disputes involving business torts, trade secrets and unfair trade practices. He has represented clients from many industries, including engineering and consulting firms, contractors, chemical and product manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers and public utilities.. Mr. Hunt counsels owners, contractors and specialty subcontractors on design/build and EPC projects, assisting with negotiations and contract drafting. He represents clients in disputes involving public bids and the prosecution of public contract claims against governmental entities. He has regularly represented clients in arbitration proceedings governed by the rules of the American Arbitration Association.. In addition to appearing in state and federal courts in Louisiana, Mr. Hunt has litigated matters in Alabama, California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.. Since 2008, Mr. Hunt has served as the managing partner of Phelps Dunbar LLP.

Kris Perret joined The Law Offices of Ossie Brown in September of 2005. His practice focuses on personal injury, trial litigation and criminal defense. He primarily handles car accidents, slip and fall injuries and DWI’s and drug offenses. Mr. Perret has helped hundreds of people injured through no fault of their own protect their legal rights and recover millions of dollars in damages. Mr. Perret has also defended hundreds of people in criminal matters in both city and state courts.. Mr. Perret is well known in the courtrooms of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Ascension, Livingston and Tangipahoa Parishes. However, he not only represents people in the Greater Baton Rouge area, he also has represented people in cases in locations such as Las Vegas, Nevada; Miami, Florida; Denver, Colorado; Houston, Texas; and Montreal, Canada.. Mr. Perret is an active member of the American, Louisiana and Baton Rouge Bar Associations. He has served on several leadership committees and has lectured in the areas of DWI defense and trial litigation.. Mr. Perret has called Baton Rouge home since 1993, when he returned from Washington, D.C., to attend LSU and play football for the Tigers. As a member of the 1996 team that “Brought the Magic Back” to Tigertown, Mr. Perret was a special teams captain, a two-time letterman, earned All-SEC Academic Honors and received the LSU Scholar Athlete Award his senior year. Mr. Perret received his undergraduate degree in Communications and Public Relations from LSU in Baton Rouge in 1997.

Kevin Welsh practices in the area of insurance and reinsurance, with a focus on insurance coverage, professional liability defense, bad faith counseling and litigation.

Kelsey Kornick Funes represents both plaintiffs and defendants in their disputes involving public and private construction projects. She has represented owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals in state and federal courts in Louisiana, as well as mediation and arbitration across the Gulf Coast region. Ms. Funes has handled matters involving all aspects of the construction process, including public bid protests, delay and inefficiency claims, claims involving construction defects, enforcement of payment and lien claims, as well as claims against performance and payment bonds. Ms. Funes also represents contractors before the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors. Ms. Funes regularly counsels clients in the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts. She has extensive experience drafting and negotiating AIA documents, design/build and EPC contracts. Outside of the construction arena, Ms. Funes has successfully represented clients in a variety of commercial matters including tax sale redemption, products liability, premises liability, anti-trust, professional liability and environmental insurance coverage. In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Funes leads the firm’s E-Discovery Team and oversees the firm’s efforts to ensure that our lawyers are on the cutting edge of the evolving legislative and jurisprudential rules which govern electronic discovery and have the best tools available to efficiently collect, review and produce electronic data for the firm’s clients. The E-Discovery Team also works with clients to develop strategies for electronic data organization, retention and collection – both before and during litigation – so that they are prepared to actively avoid, pursue or defend disputes in the most efficient way possible. Ms. Funes regularly speaks at seminars and briefings on construction-related topics. She is also the author of a number of published works relating to Louisiana construction law, the use of electronic documents in Louisiana and Louisiana’s rules of professional conduct.

Jon Benda practices in the areas of contract preparation and negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, documentation of commercial loans, commercial real estate transactions, joint ventures, and general corporate and business law.

John Shortess practices in the areas of environmental litigation and environmental regulatory and commercial transactional counseling. He represents a number of industry clients including electric utilities, oil and gas companies, chemical manufacturing plants, agricultural and industrial manufacturing plants, and railroad transportation companies. His regulatory practice has involved the defense and resolution of numerous enforcement actions and permitting matters before the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and in state court, counseling on water, air, solid waste, reporting, remediation and corrective action, brownfields, and other regulatory issues involving both state and federal regulators and environmental compliance counseling. His commercial transactional practice involves counsel to sellers, buyers, and lenders concerning environmental due diligence, permitting, and compliance issues. His litigation experience involves the defense of oil and gas related property damage claims, train derailment related claims, and other environmental contamination claims.. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Shortess worked at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality where he was employed as a Geologist in the Ground Water Protection Division. He oversaw and evaluated the development, implementation and performance of ground water monitoring and corrective action plans at sites throughout the state of Louisiana.

John Shirley practices in the area of business law, having represented public utilities before the Louisiana Public Service Commission for over twenty years. His practice consists of representing electric, gas, water and sewer utilities, motor carriers, telecommunications companies, and wind and other renewable energy companies before the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He also consults and lobbies elected public service commissioners, the Louisiana Bond Commission, executive staff and the Louisiana legislature on behalf of his clients.. Prior to joining the firm, he was the founding partner of Shirley, Ezell, Guarisco & Marionneaux, LLC.

Jeffrey S. Wittenbrink is the owner of Wittenbrink Law Firm (Jeffrey S. Wittenbrink, Attorney at Law, LLC).  He is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization, and has practiced primarily family law for over thirty-three years. He is the Past Chairman of the Family Law Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association, and a former member of the LSBA Legislation Committee as well.   His practice includes complicated divorce and custody matters involving child support, spousal support and community property partitions, protection against family violence, adoptions and grandparent custody issues.  He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe on family law issues.  In addition, he has wide practice experience in general civil litigation including defamation, personal injury and insurance claims, property and boundary disputes, homeowner's association claims and defenses, landlord-tenant issues and wills and successions.  He is presently also advising clients and litigating against Covid-19 proclamations in favor of First Amendment and other Constitutionally protected rights, most recently receiving national recognition for the successful defense of Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, who was arrested for having church services during the Covid-19 debacle.  He has advised clients on mental health care law and regulatory issues.  Mr. Wittenbrink previously served as a Supervising Attorney at Capital Area Legal Services where he started and supervised the Battered Women's Section and supervised Rural Legal Services Delivery. Mr. Wittenbrink is admitted in all Louisiana state and federal courts and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association where he serves on the Family Law Section council, the Baton Rouge Bar Association where he served as past Chair of the Family Law Section, Education,  Membership and Law Day committees and where he presently serves on the publications and pro-bono committees. He is the previous recipient of the President's award (twice) and Century Club awards (five times) for pro-bono services from the Baton Rouge Bar Association. He is rated AV-by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating and is a Platinum Client Champion for 2020, 2021 and 2022 in Martindale-Hubbell, rated "Superb" on Avvo rating services and has a five-star Client rating on .

Jeff Tomlinson is a Louisiana real estate attorney practicing with a concentration in the areas of commercial real estate, oil and gas and negotiating industrial facility agreements with contractors and suppliers. His real estate practice includes negotiating and drafting purchase agreements; oil, gas and mineral leases; mineral opinions; mortgages; servitudes, restrictions and covenants; and handling the formation of limited liability companies, corporations and other entities.. Mr. Tomlinson focuses a major part of his practice on addressing title insurance and oil and gas matters. In addition, he has experience representing and assisting industrial facilities and contractors in a wide array of service, rental and product supply arrangements.

Jeff Barbin practices in the areas of business and finance with an emphasis on business transactional and regulatory matters related to casino gaming transactions. In particular, he focuses on gaming transactions requiring local gaming regulatory approvals and other complex transactional and regulatory matters, often working closely with the firm’s gaming lawyers in Mississippi to achieve efficiencies for the client in both jurisdictions. In this context, he has represented casino operators, management, investors, lenders, manufacturers and other vendors in their Louisiana gaming regulatory matters. His practice has also involved complex commercial real estate transactions, representing lenders, and developers in acquisitions, development matters, divestitures, and commercial loan closings. He has worked on the development of Louisiana banking forms, business entity formation, stock sales and entity mergers, alcohol licensing and other general business matters.

Jack Stanley practices in the area of litigation, with a focus on commercial and environmental litigation. He has served clients in a wide spectrum of industries including education, health care, energy, and insurance on a state and national level. He has experience in large scale litigation, including handling and resolving various types of discovery disputes.

In both federal and state court, I have built a reputation for successful and aggressive representation in complex cases in the areas of criminal defense. If you have been arrested or are under investigation, you need an advocate who understands the situation and knows the justice system.. No matter the scale of the charge, you need an attorney trained and experienced in the nuances of defending criminal cases to make sure your rights are fully protected.. I have over ten years of experience producing extraordinary results for my clients, and I can put that experience to work for you.