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Schwartz Law Firm was founded by Christopher Schwartz in 1997. After obtaining his MBA and law degrees, Christopher Schwartz served as a Workers Compensation claims adjuster. This experience gave him a view of the system from the inside and inspired him to begin his own practice. Christopher Schwartz has successfully represented many injured employees in Longshore claims, Jones Act claims, and Personal Injury claims. He is a tough negotiator, whose track record includes multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Chris has also authored a book titled “The Road to Justice”. In his book, Chris outlines how he and his colleagues fight for public safety and what role his clients can play in winning their own personal injury cases. Chris is a native of New Orleans and has practiced law in Louisiana for 14 years. As a result, he understands local laws and feels a special loyalty to local people. He takes every case personally. Chris is available to represent clients anywhere in Louisiana and Maritime clients anywhere in the Gulf South. But he is also qualified to represent Defense Base Act clients anywhere in the world outside the U.S. He also focuses on auto accidents, semi-trailer accidents, 18-wheeler accidents and slip & fall accidents

Robert Kutcher joined our firm in 1996. His practice is divided between business litigation and real estate transactional work. Mr. Kutcher writes and speaks extensively on business entities, litigation issues, federal jurisdiction and ethics. He received his BS degree in 1972 from Cornell University and his JD degree in 1975 from Loyola University Law School Cum Laude. He was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 1976 and in New York in 1976. Mr. Kutcher has been designated a Super Lawyer and named to Best Lawyers, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate.

Peyton Bowman graduated from the University of New Orleans with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, focusing on applied biopsychology and industrial psychology. From there, Peyton was accepted into Loyola University College of Law’s civil law division and graduated with her Juris Doctorate in May 2019. While in law school, Peyton participated in the Community Outreach Committee, Moot Court, and the Community Justice Law Clinic. Peyton has dedicated a large portion of her practice to serving low income clients with their legal needs, ranging from housing needs, discrimination in the workplace, and contract disputes. Peyton is also passionate about helping those members of the LGBTQ+ community with legally changing their names or gender markers. Today, Peyton’s practice is largely comprised of civil rights cases – police brutality, racial discrimination, gender discrimination, false arrests, and illegal searches and seizures, but she also has extensive experience in medical malpractice, corporate law, insurance disputes, and personal injury.An expert in conducting focus groups for jury research, Peyton also conducts focus groups for her own firm and for firms across the country to better understand the unique and complex needs of each case before they go to trial.Peyton is associated with the National Lawyers Guild, Louisiana Association for Justice, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Super Lawyers, and Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Peyton has also been nationally recognized by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers for her exceptional courtroom abilities and was awarded the Top 40 Under 40 award in 2020.

Michael DuBose was born in Lake Charles, Louisaina, and grew up in Carencro, Louisiana. He attended Teurlings Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.. Michael earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from LSU. After graduation, Michael spent a year working as an office assistant at a small law firm in Baton Rouge, assisting attorneys and paralegals with personal injury cases.. During his time at Loyola University in New Orleans, Michael developed an interest in Family Law and Immigration Law. He spent a summer working as an intern with the Acadiana Legal Services Corporation in Lafayette, where he assisted attorneys with divorce, custody, and Child-in-Need-of-Care proceedings.. In his last year of law school, Michael worked as a Student Practitioner in the Children's Rights section of Loyola's Law Clinic. Here he represented minor children in especially contentious disputes, and represented undocumented children in immigration related proceedings. He also argued before the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, the juvenile courts for both Orleans and Jefferson Parish, and EOIR New Orleans Immigration Court before ever graduating.. Michael joined the firm of Salley & Salley, LLC in the fall of 2018, where he practices in Family Law.  He is well-equipped and eager to assist clients in proceedings involving divorce, child custody, child support and spousal support, and community property partitions.  He is also available to assist clients in drafting Powers of Attorney, Pre-Nuptial Agreements, and Last Wills and Testaments.

I am AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available for ethics and competancy as a trial attorney. I have published numberous articles in the ABA and La. Assoc. of Justice Journals. I have obtained record multi-million dollar judgments and settlements in toxic creosote cases in Texas, police brutality cases (one for over 4.7 milliion dollars for handcuffing a doctor for parking), over 1.4 million in a brain damage motorcycle case, 2.4 million at trial in a motorcycle leg amputation case and made new law in whistleblower, qui tam, sexual harassment and police misconduct cases.. I am not afraid to try cases and know how to win at jury trials. I have been practicing law over 43 years since 1977. We do extensive discovery and trial preparation in our cases using many proprietary research techniques. We have done many product liability cases where that was the only way to recover money for the client in motorcycle, toxic tort, creosote and benzene cases. I have the unique ability to handle motorcycle accident and crash cases. I have raced motorcycles at the local, state, national and even in the World Veterans FIM Motorcross Championships in Europe in 1977. I also am VP of the local GNO ABATE Chapter and fight for motorcyclists in the legislature and with La. ABATE as a representative.. We have done child abuse by police, patient abuse by doctors, sexual battery by police, TASER cases, hog-tying cases, brain injury and death cases. You get constant personal attention from our team with instant answers to your questions and regular updates on your case. We are always accessible to our clients and consider them friends.. I work with Peyton Bowman and Callan Johns, two young attorneys who share my passion for justice, riding motorcycles and making the world a better place. Our motto is, "Making the Community Safer through the Jury System" and we have done that in police cars that exploded due to defective gas tanks, handcuffing techniques, TASER litigation, and had officers who used improper procedures to be disciplined. It is not just about money. It is about making the community safer. We believe we had a duty to do just that.The Law Office of Glenn C. McGovern2901 Division Street Suite 201, Metairie, LA 70002

Graduate of Loyola University and a life-long resident of New Orleans, and the practice is now headquartered in Metairie. However, “our practice is truly nationwide – we handle cases for people who have been injured through the actions or negligence of others throughout the United States, from New York to Florida, Texas to Illinois, California to Carolina.”. Through associating with local law firms and extensively traveling through the United States, we are able to provide our superior legal services to all clients who are in need. Frank D’Amico Jr. and his associates constitute “the strong arm of the law,” always ready to help you get what you deserve for the injuries you have received.. In our Metairie office, we have a staff of fifteen. There are three attorneys associated with Mr. D’Amico as well as two who are “of counsel”. We also have two investigators on staff and an experienced, committed team of paralegals and support staff who work the cases and help keep our clients up to date on their case progress. We work together as a team to get the best possible results for our clients.. If you want the finest legal representation for your personal injury case, do not hesitate to contact our office. We can handle your personal injury case, no matter the venue in the United States, and we can provide you with the level of representation that you deserve.

Dane S. Ciolino serves as the Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. His current CV is here: .pdf. Prof. Ciolino's current scholarly and teaching interests at Loyola include Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Advocacy and Criminal Law. Professor Ciolino graduated cum laude from Rhodes College in 1985, and magna cum laude from Tulane Law School in 1988, where he was inducted into Order of the Coif and selected as Editor in Chief of the Tulane Law Review. After graduation, he clerked for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, and practiced law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City, and Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann LLC, in New Orleans.. He has served as reporter to the Louisiana State Bar Association Ethics 2000 Committee, as chairperson of a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee, as Chair of the Lawyer Disciplinary Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and as a member of various Louisiana State Bar Association committees including the Professionalism Committee, the Lawyer & Judicial Codes of Conduct Committee, and the Ethics Advisory Service Committee. His weblog, Louisiana Legal Ethics, is located at .. Prof. Ciolino engages in a limited law practice and in law-related consulting, principally in the areas of legal ethics, lawyer discipline, judicial discipline and federal criminal law. He represents clients in disciplinary matters before the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board and the Louisiana Judiciary Commission. He also handles legal malpractice cases, lawyer disqualification motions and lawyer fee disputes. He also consults and serves as an expert witness in the fields of legal ethics, legal fees and the standards of conduct governing lawyers.

Callan Johns graduated from the University of New Orleans in 2015 with a background professionally and academically in Marketing and Management. She attended Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law and participated in the Moot Court Program and the Loyola Law Clinic. Callan was an active member of the Loyola Maritime Law Journal, where she is published in the Winter 2019 Edition. Callan began her legal career interning at the Pro Bono Project, where she assisted in areas such as child custody, divorces, and successions. In 2018 she began working for the Law Office of Glenn McGovern as a law clerk. After being sworn in to the Louisiana State Bar in 2019, Callan became an Associate Attorney at the Law Office of Glenn McGovern, where she currently specializes in civil rights, personal injury, and medical malpractice.

Betsy Fischer has been practicing family law in excess of 30 years.  She handles primarly family law cases, which include divorce, custody, support, partitions of property, paternity, wills, successions and interdictions.  She handles cases in the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, St. Tammany, St. Bernard and Plaquemines.

Andrew Maberry is a Louisiana native, having been born and raised in Shreveport. After high school he moved to Baton Rouge and attended Louisiana State University, where he graduated with a degree in communication studies in 2012. After graduation, he started his professional career in property management working in student housing.. In 2014, Mr. Maberry moved to New Orleans and began pursuing a career in law. He briefly worked as a legal assistant until he realized his utlimate goal was to become an attorney. Within a year he was accepted into Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law. While in law school, Mr. Maberry strived to use his education to help others, clerking for legal aid offices through the Gillis Long Summer Internship Program. In his third year of law school, Mr. Maberry worked all year as a student practitioner in the Loyola Law Clinic. He eventually graduated from law school in May of 2019, with a certificate in Social Justice, and was chosen as the Social Justice Fellow for Loyola Law School. After passing the bar exam in July 2019, Mr. Maberry would later get licensed in October of 2019 and began working as a staff attorney at Southeast Louisiana Legal Services. Here, Mr. Maberry defended low income renters in eviction court throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and helped bring awareness to the ongoing housing crisis in America.. Mr. Maberry is licensed to practice in all Louisiana courts, and is admitted to practice federal law in the Eastern District of Louisiana, the Western District of Louisiana, and the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Mr. Maberry and his husband live in Metairie with their two dogs. In his spare time you will find Mr. Maberry dancing at concerts and music festivals. He also enjoys attending Broadway shows at the Saenger Theatre. When he is not doing any of those things, you will certainly find Mr. Maberry in his kitchen cooking.