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Eric Nowak is a trial lawyer who represents Louisiana businesses, families, and individuals at both federal and state court in injury lawsuits, business disputes, and insurance litigation. He spends a significant amount of his time on cases where the issues are based on engineering, medicine, and science.. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY. Eric Nowak brings a resume of hard work, compassion, and experience to every case. Before starting his own firm, Mr. Nowak practiced at the nationally acclaimed firm of Hunton & Williams where he earned his litigation stripes. At Hunton & Williams, he handled products liability, premises liability law, and contract cases in Virginia, Texas, and Arkansas. He also participated in over 100 hearings where he represented custodial parents trying to collect child support. And, as a Legal Aide Volunteer, he successfully represented and tried cases for families with housing disputes. His trial work on behalf of the less privileged in our society, earned him the E. Randolph Williams Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service.. From Hunton & Williams, Mr. Nowak joined the law firm of Sessions, Fishman & Nathan, where he later became a litigation partner. There his practice continued to focus on products and medical liability issues, including pharmaceuticals. Mr. Nowak was counsel for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. in the phenylpropanolamine (PPA) cold medicine litigation – conducting medical and fact discovery for over 900 plaintiffs in more than 85 separate lawsuits. He also successfully defended Novartis through the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals where the Court applied and interpreted the Louisiana Products Liability Act with respect to prescription drugs. Stahl v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., 283 F.3d 254 (5th Cir. 2002).. Eric left Sessions, Fishman, & Nathan to help found Harrell & Nowak with the goal to create a top-notch law firm that represented Louisiana families and businesses in their fight for justice against big business, insurance companies, and others who harmed them.. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. He graduated with academic honors from the University of Texas School of Law. At the University of Arizona, he earned a Bachelor of Arts, graduated magna cum laude, and was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa key.. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS. Mr. Nowak is licensed to practice law in all the federal and state courts of Louisiana and Virginia, as well as the Fourth and Fifth Circuits of United States Courts of Appeals. He is an active member of the Federal Bar Association of New Orleans serving on its board of directors from 2006-2014 and being elected president in 2012.  In 2014 he was appointed a National Delegate to the National Federal Bar Association.

Christopher A. Sisk is the founder and owner of Sisk Law Firm. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Chris primarily focuses his law practice in the areas of consumer bankruptcy, debt reorganization, and debt settlement negotiations. Chris received his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University and his Juris Doctorate degree from the Loyola University College of Law. Chris is admitted to practice in all Louisiana State and Federal District Courts.. Chris began working in consumer advocacy in his first job out of law school, filing Chapter 13 and 7 bankruptcies for clients in Monroe, Louisiana. He then began working for a firm in Baton Rouge, where his practice expanded to include debt settlement and reorganization, estate planning, and personal injury, before becoming that firm’s managing attorney in its New Orleans office.. Education:. Louisiana State University. BA. Major: Political Science. Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. J.D.. 2012. Bar Admissions:. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Louisiana. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Louisiana. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Louisiana. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana. U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana. U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana

Chip is a native of New Orleans. He is a graduate of Metairie Park Country Day School and also studied at Southern Methodist University on an academic scholarship. Afterward, he graduated from LSU and LSU Law is licensed to practice in all Louisiana State Courts as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts and well as the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. He has also been admitted pro hac vice in Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. As a New Orleans auto accident lawyer, Chip’s top priority is to tirelessly represent his client’s best interests, while treating them with the compassion they deserve. Chip believe that clients should have access to their lawyer as all times, so he shares his personal cell number, just in case they need to reach him at a moment’s notice. He is understanding of the fact that the needs of those who are injured go beyond working hours, so he is always there to help.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, I am dedicated to serving greater New Orleans and South Louisiana residents with the utmost professionalism, attention to detail, and integrity.. My practice is focused on both litigation and transactional work, including but not limited to, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Sports Law, Family/Custody Disputes, DUIs/Criminal Defense, Estate Planning, and Civil Rights.

Ashley is an associate in the estate and succession practice group. Her practice is primarily focused on advising clients on probate administration, estate litigation, estate planning, trust administration, and marriage contracts. She helps guide families through the legal process when a family member passes to ensure that estate assets are passed properly. Before joining the firm, she worked as In-House Counsel for a Florida holdings company and then with the Jefferson Parish Attorney Office as an Associate Attorney.. She is a native of New Orleans and attended The University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. After working as a paralegal for eight years, she attended law school at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where she obtained her Juris Doctorate in Law.

Andrew Jacoby has spent the last ten years working with people and communities impacted by environmental and public health threats. Whether it is from landowners whose land is contaminated from oil and gas waste, or water contamination from a nearby gas station, or community groups who feel that the local or state government just isn’t doing its job to protect them, Mr. Jacoby has stepped up to help enforce rights built into the law. This includes oilfield contamination, leaking gas station storage tanks, hazardous contamination from dry cleaners. But it also includes where lawsuits to enforce the Public Records Requests to state agencies, and fights to require local governments to follow their own laws with respect to zoning and land use issues.. Mr. Jacoby has quickly become known as “rescue counsel” often being brought into existing litigation to minimize past defeats and provide clients with a fresh, aggressive, and skilled approach to their matter. Mr. Jacoby’s strengths include thorough research and plainly worded legal advice to the client. Mr. Jacoby serves as a volunteer board member of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and volunteers with the GreenARMY. He writes legislation aimed to protect Louisiana’s most vulnerable communities, including those along the state’s “Cancer Alley,” the small towns along the Mississippi River which are burdened by industrial operations that often don’t comply with public health safeguard rules.. While in law school, and as a member of Tulane Law School’s “Katrina Class,” Mr. Jacoby won the Brian P. McSherry Award for the student demonstrating the greatest dedication to community service. He worked as a student attorney for Tulane’s Environmental Law Clinic, where he fought against landfill expansions, among other work. Mr. Jacoby occasionally testifies at hearings in Baton Rouge on problems related to abandoned oilfields, air pollution, water pollution, and other topics. He recently received the Profile in Courage Award from Concerned Citizens of St. Tammany Parish. Mr. Jacoby’s hobbies include softball playing and football watching.

Andrew graduated from Loyola University New Orleans where he obtained a B.A. in Psychology and Criminal Justice. After two years of traveling through Latin America and Europe, he returned to New Orleans and received his Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law with a certificate in International Law. During his tenure in law school he participated extensively with Loyola’s International Law program, interacting with many of the top legal scholars and high-ranking judges throughout Europe.. Additionally, Andrew worked in the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic & Center for Social Justice as a pro bono student attorney in the area of Immigration Law. After graduating from Loyola he received a summer clerkship at DLA Piper in Moscow, Russia where he worked in the Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Department. He then traveled to Guangzhou, Changsha, and Hong Kong working with various companies as a business consultant and advisor.. Andrew is licensed in Louisiana and is permitted to practice law and represent individuals before the Department of Justice United States Executive Office of Immigration Review and the Department of Homeland Security United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Andrew focuses on Immigration, Family Law, Wills, and Commercial Law.

Andrea began her career with the firm as a law clerk prior to graduating from law school. She graduated from Loyola University School of Law, Magna Cum Laude, achieving the school’s highest academic distinction, designation as a William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar. Prior to attending law school, Andrea received a Bachelor of Interior Design degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and worked as a paralegal for several years.. Andrea has lived in the greater New Orleans area for most of her life. She grew up on the West Bank and lived in Metairie for many years. Currently, she and her husband, Jeff, reside in Little Rock, Arkansas with their son, Jackson, and have a baby daughter on the way.

An effective and efficient litigator, Jacob Young is a Louisiana native and a graduate of Tulane Law School.  After beginning his career with a boutique firm, Mr. Young founded his firm in 2012 with a focus on civil litigation. Mr. Young has successfully represented hundreds of people and businesses with regard to various matters including insurance policy disputes, construction disputes, personal injury, and commercial litigation.

17-year Louisiana-licensed attorney with extensive experience clearing real estate titles through transactional and litigation practices, and with particular expertise in curing complex title defects, and quieting, clearing and insuring tax sale titles. Created a title insurance product to systematically insure tax titles; created and developed a due diligence business that has used this insurance product and process to clear, resolve or facilitated the sale of over 4,000 government-held, 15-year average delinquent tax sale properties, since 2015; co-developed and counseled the first national title insurance company dedicated to underwriting title insurance for tax sale titles.. Co-founded, developed and operated a specialized real estate title insurance company with a dedicated operation for handling transactions on tax sale properties for nine years.. Created the first tax sale title insurance product and corresponding underwriting process for Louisiana's title insurers, enabling local government and private investors for the first time to regularly transact business with tax sale properties with clear, insurable title; a product and process now adopted in 15 states.. Created, developed and trained all personnel to operate a business within a software company to market, clear title to and auction government-held, tax-delinquent real estate by utilizing the company's flagship software platform and the created tax sale title insurance product, a business through which, since 2015 over 4,000 such properties, averaging 15+ years of delinquency, have been returned to productive, tax-paying status, generating over $50M in unbudgeted revenue for local Louisiana governments. Briefed and orally argued the first reported case in Louisiana addressing the validity of the State's 2009-revised, tax sale scheme, which produced an adverse ruling, but one that was subsequently overruled n a different case by the State Supreme Court.. Additionally have served as an appointed member of the Louisiana State Law Institute on its Tax Sales Committee, through which, have co-drafted a complete overhaul of Louisiana’s current real estate tax collection statutes and constitutional provisions to be considered for legislative and constitutional adoption in 2020.. Also have served as one of eight legislative commissioners for the National Tax Lien Association, and have extensively presented and provided training on government tax sale processes to the Louisiana Judicial College, the Louisiana Law Institute, the Louisiana Legislature, Sheriffs’ Association, Police Jury and Municipal Associations, the National Association of County Collectors Treasurers & Finance Officers, the National Tax Lien Association, the Tennessee Association of Property Tax Professionals, the Tennessee Trustees Association, the Missouri County Collectors Association, the Arkansas Commission of State Lands, the Florida Tax Collectors Association and over a hundred County/Parish and municipal government bodies throughout Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, West Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, South Carolina, Florida, and Kansas.