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Lillian M. Grappe practices in the area of commercial litigation.. During law school, Ms. Grappe served as an intern for the Hon. Edith Brown Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Hon. Lance M. Africk of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.

Leon Rittenberg III is a New Orleans native. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he studied economics and graduated magna cum laude. He then returned home to attend Tulane University School of Law where he graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor. Leon is a Board Certified Tax Specialist and Estate Planning & Administration Specialist, as certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.. Leon joined the Firm in 1994 and became a partner in 2000. His practice is focused on serving the needs of small and mid-sized businesses and their owners; including taxation, finance, estate planning, probate, real estate and related matters. Leon represents the interests of a number of oil service businesses, marine transportation companies and physician groups. He frequently lectures in areas such as taxation, estate planning and maritime transactions. He has been recognized in Louisiana Super Lawyer (Tax, Estate Planning & Probate and Business/Corporate) and in Best Lawyers in America (Non-Profit/Charities Law and Trusts & Estates).. Leon is very active in the New Orleans community, serving on several Boards and Executive Committees. He was most recently elected to the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization’s Tax Law Advisory Committee. He enjoys spending time with his wife and three children and attending their many soccer and baseball games.

Lee Adler practices primarily in the areas of general business relationships and finance. He has an extensive transactional-based practice representing clients in a wide variety of fields. Finance transactions include real estate finance, vessel finance, accounts receivable-based finance and equipment and inventory finance, representing both borrowers and lenders. Prior to joining Phelps in 1992, Mr. Adler was an attorney at a large multi-practice firm in New York.

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Lauren's practice primarily consists of environmental litigation, particularly oil and gas matters and NORM litigation. She is licensed in Texas, Louisiana and California and regularly practices in both state and federal court. Lauren is active in the ABA Section of Litigation and Section of Environmental, Energy, and Resources, as well as the Louisiana State Bar Association. She is a frequent volunteer for the Pro Bono Project of New Orleans. She is a member of the Krewe of Muses and the Down Syndrome Association of Greater New Orleans.

Lance McCardle is a dogged, diligent advocate for his clients-evidenced by the number of thank you notes sent from clients who are ever grateful for his work in recovering their investment losses.  His clients appreciate his honest assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of their case and the on-going advice he shares as their case progresses.

LaCrisha is originally from Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and Master of Social Work. At Illinois State, LaCrisha served as the president of the Black Graduate Student Association and was a member of the Umoja: Black Graduation Celebration steering committee.. LaCrisha received her Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center, graduating Cum Laude. She served as a Junior Editor for the Journal of Race, Gender, and Poverty as well as a Junior Editor on Southern University Law Review. LaCrisha also served as a member of the Trial Advocacy Board, competing nationally in trial competitions. While at SULC, LaCrisha earned the CALI Award of Excellence for the Future for the highest grade in Legal Writing and Trial Advocacy.. After law school, LaCrisha served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Judge Jennifer M. Medley of Orleans Civil District Court. LaCrisha is a member of the Louisiana Association of Justice and The Greater New Orleans Martinet Society. LaCrisha is also committed to giving back to her law school, Southern University Law Center, where she recently served as a coach for the Trial Advocacy Board Trial Team.. LaCrisha is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts and before United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Kurt is a founding member of the law firm Offner, Scott & Inzina, APLC. Kurt is a leading authority and one of few attorneys throughout the country who practices Pawnbroker Law. Kurt and Dr. Wayne M. Babovich co-authored Federal Laws Affecting Pawnbrokers and Louisiana Law of Pawn and Secondhand Dealers (4th Ed.). Kurt is currently involved in the BP litigation and represents the University of Louisiana System, The Southern University System and other private companies and local government claims. Kurt also practices in other areas including mass torts, business litigation, personal injury, and workers' compensation. Mr. Offner was previously a trial attorney for The Hanover Insurance Group and one of the leading insurance defense firms in New Orleans, Johnson, Johnson, Barrios and Yacoubian. Kurt began his legal career as a prosecutor for the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office. On a personal note, Kurt is a New Orleans native and graduate of Jesuit High School. He is married with two young boys. Kurt is a Cub Scout Den leader and currently involved in the St. Catherine of Siena Men’s Club.

Kristen practices in federal courts in Louisiana, Mississippi, and New York and in state courts in Louisiana.. Kristen is versatile. She represents businesses of all sizes in all forms of business disputes. She represents bankruptcy trustees, plan administrators, and receivers in complex litigation and investors in securities fraud lawsuits. She is a dogged advocate but one with a reputation for problem-solving and a knack for finding the shortest way home.. Kristen has a special commitment to Louisiana's economic development, its culture, and, in particular, its underserved communities. As a member of the Eastern District of Louisiana's civil pro bono panel, she regularly volunteers her professional time to the representation of plaintiffs in civil rights cases.. Before law school, Kristen taught in New Orleans charter schools and has been an advocate for public education ever since.

Kim Boyle practices in the areas of labor and employment, civil rights, constitutional law, commercial, tort and general litigation. Her employment practice includes representing employers in employment related claims, such as retaliation and discrimination claims as well as workplace harassment. She also handles EEOC charges and other administrative complaints through the administrative and judicial process. Her practice also includes the representation of public and private clients in a wide variety of commercial disputes, including breach of contract, business torts, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair trade practices, and class actions, as well as representation of a number of governmental entities on a wide array of legal issues. Ms. Boyle is known for her persuasive oral argument skills in both trial and appellate courts, and for her ability to take a matter from inception through verdict at trial by jury or judge. Many of the matters that Ms. Boyle handles have been resolved through trial, and she has completed a number of oral arguments before state and federal appellate courts. She speaks often on employment-related topics, litigation and issues of procedure, as well as ethics and professionalism issues.. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Boyle served as Judge Pro Tempore, Division I, for the Civil District Court for Orleans Parish. She is also a former assistant professor of law at Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans.. Ms. Boyle is very active in local, state, and national bar activities, as well as community organizations and initiatives. She served as the first female African-American President of the Louisiana State Bar Association (“LSBA”) for the 2009-2010 term and formerly served as Treasurer as well as a member of the LSBA Board of Governors. She also previously served as the first African-American President of the New Orleans Bar Association (“NOBA”). Ms. Boyle served as pro bono legal counsel to Covenant House of New Orleans. She was the first African-American woman to serve as Co-Chair of the NO/AIDS Task Force Board of Trustees, and also previously served as a board member of Aids Law Louisiana. She formely served on the board of trustees for Princeton University, and currently services on the boards of trustees for Touro Infirmary, Tulane University and Dillard University. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. In addition, she was a member of the Louisiana Recovery Authority (“LRA”) and served as Chair of the LRA Healthcare Committee. Ms. Boyle previously served on the Bring New Orleans Back Commission, which focused upon rebuilding the city post-Katrina, and served as Chair of the Health/Social Services Committee of the Commission.

Kevin LaVie practices in the area of admiralty and tort. He has a very broad-based practice involving nearly all aspects of maritime law including personal injury and death claims; cargo damage claims; dock damage and collision claims; Limitation of Liability matters; charter party and related commercial disputes (including ship arrests and Rule B attachments); insurance coverage disputes; oilfield indemnity actions; pollution matters; and various Coast Guard and immigration matters. His practice covers both the offshore energy or “brownwater” industry and traditional “bluewater” shipping.. Litigation is a major focus of Mr. LaVie’s practice, and he has tried personal injury and death cases (including Jones Act and 905(b) cases) in all federal courts in Louisiana, many state courts, and in federal courts in other states on a pro hac vice basis. He has also tried a number of cargo damage claims. A sub–specialty of his litigation practice involves maritime products liability claims, including machinery and equipment failures. Due to the number of cases he has tried, Mr. LaVie has handled numerous appeals, including over two dozen appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.. Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar, Mr. LaVie was with the Terriberry, Carroll, & Yancey, L.L.P. law firm in New Orleans.

Kerry Murphy is a co-founder of Lasky Murphy LLC and was selected for inclusion in the Louisiana Super Lawyers® “Rising Star” list in Business Litigation in 2014 through 2018. Kerry’s practice focuses on commercial and business litigation matters, including contract disputes, wage claims, breach of fiduciary claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, and bankruptcy litigation. She has handled cases in federal and state courts in Louisiana as well as other parts of the country. Her experience spans all aspects of litigation, from initial case analysis to written discovery, depositions, motions, trial, and appeal. Kerry recently served as the lead attorney on a lender liability suit, managing fact discovery, working with and deposing expert witnesses, and preparing and trying the case. She has also represented clients in mediation and arbitration.

Kent Morrison practices in the areas of maritime law, general litigation, and insurance coverage, handling cases involving tort, cargo disputes, collisions, maritime personal injury, property damage, indemnity and insurance coverage disputes. He represents maritime employers, vessel owners, longshore employers, energy companies, dock and terminal owners and their underwriters in commercial disputes, personal injury defense litigation, collisions, allisions, wavewash/surge damage, groundings, salvage and cargo matters. He also provides representation with respect to coverage issues involving a broad range of energy, marine, general liability, excess and umbrella insurance policies, including representation of underwriters' interest in litigation arising out of coverage disputes. Mr. Morrison has represented his clients both locally and nationally in state and federal courts in all aspects of litigation. He has considerable trial experience and has handled innumerable cases through private mediation and court sponsored settlement conferences. Mr. Morrison enjoys AV recognition on Martindale-Hubbell, as rated by his peers.

Kenneth's practice focuses on helping people with daunting legal issues.  Such individuals may have been wronged by their employer(s), not paid their proper wages, injured in an accident, or deprived of their civil rights in some way.

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.

Kathleen is the founder of Gasparian Spivey Immigration a boutique immigration law firm in New Orleans. She is active in the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA) and NAFSA (Association of International Educators). She has served as the Chair and Treasurer of AILA’s Mid-South Chapter, and as the chair of AILA’s national liaison committee to the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and as a Regulatory Ombudsperson for Scholar Issues for NAFSA Region III.  She serves on the Board for the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and as an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Loyola University, New Orleans and at Tulane University.  Kathleen has authored and co-authored a number of articles on immigration including “An Immigration Primer for Primary and Secondary Schools” in The Admissions Review, and “Adjustment of Status for the Atypical Entrant” in the 2012 Immigration Practice Pointers, published by AILA.  Gambit, the alternative weekly in New Orleans, named her one of its “40 under 40” for her success as an attorney.  In 2014, she founded a program to match immigrant children with pro bono legal representation - PB&J: Pro Bono and Juveniles, and she was recognized by Super Laywers, the Louisiana State Bar Association, and the National Organization for Women for her efforts.

Kassie Lee Richbourg is an associate attorney at Scott, Vicknair, Hair & Checki, LLC in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her practice is focused largely on plaintiff's litigation matters such as personal injury cases, including but not limited to, car accidents, trucking accidents, slip and falls, and products liability. She also handles cases regarding commercial and contractual disputes, construction law issues, toxic mold, and class action/multi-district litigation. Ms. Richbourg has gained a reputation for being a skilled and methodical legal researcher and writer. She has also proven her mettle in both state and federal litigation, appeals, and arbitrations.. Ms. Richbourg has enjoyed many honors and accomplishments including being awarded the Washington College of Law J.D. Distinguished Fellowship and being a published author in the DePaul Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems. She earned her J.D., cum laude, in 2016 from American University Washington College of Law and her B.A., cum laude, in 2013 from the University of Georgia. She is admitted to practice in Louisiana and Maryland, and has been admitted to the practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.

Kara Anne Larson is of counsel at the Law Office of Sam Winston. Kara is a graduate of the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude and in the top 5% of her class. While in law school, she was on the editorial board of the Loyola Law Review and competed in Moot Court. Kara also has previous federal clerkship experience for the Honorable Patricia Minaldi of the Western District of Louisiana.. In her spare time, Kara enjoys playing with her dog, reading comic books, and traveling. .

Justin Warner practices in the area of admiralty.. During law school, Mr. Warner served as an intern for the Hon. Sylvia Steib-Dunn of the Department of Labor, Workers Compensation Division, District 7.

Julie C. Tizzard graduated from Loyola New Orleans School of Law in 1999.  She started her career as a prosecutor in the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office where she remained for nearly four years.  She has been handling criminal defense work for the remainder of her career.  Ms. Tizzard handles trials, appeals and post conviction matters.  She was nomiated thrice by fellow attorneys as one of the top attorneys in her field in a poll conducted by New Orleans Magazine.  She was also inducted in the National Trial Lawyers top 100 in 2014.

Josh Gertler is an associate with the Gertler Law Firm, a New Orleans personal injury law firm.  The firm focuses on the following injury and accident practice areas:. General Personal Injury Practice: Office Location - 935 Gravier Street, Suite 1900, New Orleans, LA 70112 -

Joseph R. Marriott focuses his practice on business and real estate transactions exclusively.  He is a graduate of Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. At Loyola, he served as the Real Estate Law Society president for two years and as a VITA volunteer for two years while he held law clerkships with Babovich and Speadle, NAI Latter & Blum, Spera Law Group, and Quality Title Services.. Mr. Marriott is an active member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Jefferson Bar Association, New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, and YLC. Mr. Marriott has guest lectured at Loyola on the topics of New Orleans real estate legal market and real estate compliance issues. Mr. Marriott is the managing member of GCC Title as well as the founder and lead of Gulf Coast Corporate Attorneys real estate section.

Joseph A. Interiano has more than a decade of experience in the legal field and represents a wide variety of clients in many different legal situations. He specializes in auto accidents, personal injury, slip and falls accidents, workplace accidents, workers’ compensation claims, home and property owners’ insurance claims for property damages, business law and immigration.. Joseph is a member of the American Association for Justice, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Louisiana State Bar Association and New Orleans Bar Association. He has tried and won cases in most of the courts in southern Louisiana, including cases before the First and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals where he has successfully argued on behalf of his clients.. Joseph diligently guides his clients towards recovery with confidence, empathy and a detailed plan that is proven to get results. He received his Bachelor of Science in Management Finance from Tulane University. He attended Loyola University Law School where he served as the president of the Hispanic Law Student Association and graduated with honors, cum laude.

Jon V. Steele is proud to be a public servant. After 20 years with the New Orleans Police Department, he retired after sustaining a work-related injury. He then entered Loyola University’s College of Law where during his final year he was a Law Clerk for the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office. After graduation, he assisted a young attorney in establishing a family law practice where he handled nearly all of the firm's protective orders, civil injunctions, and adversarial child custody cases. Jon is now building his own family law practice and is also expanding into criminal defense to help you or your loved one navigate the maze of the criminal judicial system.. Like a lot of young men of blue-collar families, Jon started out working off shore in the oil industry. He transitioned in to construction and became a pipefitter with Brown & Root's Petro-Chemical Division. In 1985 he started his law enforcement career with the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office and in 1987, he joined theNew Orleans Police Department. As a New Orleans Police Officer, Jon was a Narcotics Detective, Field Training Officer, Recruiting Investigator, and Expert Finger Print Examine.

Jon Bethune is the founder of The Law Office of Jon G. Bethune, LLC, in New Orleans, Louisiana, aiding those in New Orleans and the surrounding areas with their divorce, custody and personal injury matters. His areas of focus in family law matters include contested and uncontested divorce cases. Mr. Bethune is also well-versed in issues related to custody, child support, and interim and final spousal support. His personal injury cases involve truck, auto and motorcycle collisions, slip-and-fall accidents and other premises liability matters, workplace injuries and offshore worker claims.. A recipient of a Bachelor of Arts in English from New York University in 2001, Mr. Bethune went on to be awarded his Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2005. A member of the American, Louisiana State and New Orleans bar associations, he is admitted to practice in Louisiana and before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.. Prior to founding his own firm in 2010, Mr. Bethune was an associate at two other Louisiana firms. From completing initial consultations to taking a case to court, he uses his legal knowledge to advise clients and to provide thorough and knowledgeable representation. Mr. Bethune is committed to involving clients, providing timely updates and maintaining a high level of interaction throughout every step of their cases. His trial experience includes complex personal injury lawsuits and divorce cases involving custody disputes, restraining orders, allegations of adultery and other complicating factors.