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You can expect my undivided attention, compassion, and honesty the moment you walk into my office.  I am dedicated to protecting my clients' interests and I engage in zealous and ambitious advocacy to do just that.

Stephen is an experienced transactional attorney who strives to provide his clients with practical and cost-efficient resolutions to their complicated legal issues. His practice is predominantly focused on real estate and M&A transactions, commercial lending and financial transactions, and business organizations. Stephen also advises clients with respect to renewable/green energy projects, oil and gas law, property law, estate planning, and succession law.

Pamela is a Partner with Brewer & Lormand.  She is a litigator with extensive experience in medical malpractice, long-term care liability, multi-party toxic tort and environmental, products liability and general insurance cases.. She focuses on complex litigation, including the defense of class-actions, whistleblower lawsuits brought under the federal False Claims Act, and long-term health care litigation. She also argues appellate cases before the Louisiana Supreme Court and other state and federal appellate courts.. In defending clients against medical malpractice claims, she represents specialists and businesses including emergency medicine physicians, ophthalmologists, mental health professionals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and long-term acute care facilities. She successfully defended several nursing homes and long-term acute care facilities in contentious litigation arising from Hurricane Katrina.. Pamela utilizes her experience to assist health care providers, day care providers, mental health professionals and construction contractors in matters before a state licensing board or regulatory agency.. Outside of her law practice, Pamela served on her homeowners association board for eight years, and she was the president of that association for six years. The Governor of Louisiana appointed her as a representative on the Crescent City Connection Task Force in 2011. She also volunteers as a troop leader for Girl Scouts of America.

Omar K. Mason joined Montgomery Barnett’s New Orleans office in the fall of 2012. Mr. Mason is a native New Orleanian. After graduating from Louisiana State University in 1996, he attended and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans. He began his law practice with Carter & Cates in 1999 where he focused primarily on plaintiff personal injury matters, class actions and complex litigation. While at Carter & Cates, Mr. Mason was part of the Plaintiffs trial team, representing a class of Louisiana smokers and former smokers in tobacco class action litigation. He later joined Lynn Luker & Associates, L.L.C. in 2003, representing business clients in the gaming industry and defending others against asbestos claims.. As a result of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Mr. Mason relocated to Houston, Texas where he practiced for over six years with the law firm Johnson DeLuca Kurisky & Gould, P.C., representing business clients in the automobile sales industry as well as banking institutions and small businesses in litigation.  Realizing the strong potential and need for economic and social growth in his hometown, New Orleans, Mr. Mason and his family returned to the city in the early fall of 2012.. Mr. Mason is licensed to practice and has actively practiced law in the State of Louisiana for 15 years and in the State of Texas for over 8 years.  He is a member in good standing of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the National Bar Association, the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, the Tulane University Inn of Court, the New Orleans Bar Association, the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Louisiana and Texas.. Mr. Mason was a member of the 2013 inaugural class of the Collaborative Bar Leadership Academy, a joint program of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the National Native American Bar Association and the National Asian Pacific Bar Association, designed to promote diversity in leadership of the various bar associations.  He is also an adjunct faculty member of the Tulane University Law School Trial Advocacy Program and has served on the faculty for the Tulane University Law School Winter Intercession Civil Litigation Pre-Trial Bootcamp.. Mr. Mason’s practice with Montgomery Barnett is a conglomerate of the wide range of areas in which he has gained invaluable legal experience in his nearly 14 years as a civil litigator.  He counsels his business clients, large and small, on risk management and the avoidable pitfalls of running a business, in an attempt to save them the time and expense of litigation.  However, when litigation ensues, he works tirelessly to help his clients navigate the sometimes rough terrain of legal proceedings.. Mr. Mason has always been active in his community, and throughout his life he has served in various leadership capacities.  From being head drum major of the McDonogh #35 Senior High School Marching Band, to serving as President of the Sigma Lambda (Alumni) Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., to being  National Advocate (chief legal advisor) of the Knights of Peter Claver, Inc. (a Fraternal Benefit Society of the Roman Catholic Church), Mr. Mason is a proven leader.  Now, he spends the majority of his time leading his clients down the path to making sound, well-informed business decisions, before, during and after litigation.

My name is Matt Miller, and I am a former software engineer turned lawyer, practicing patent, trademark, copyright, and technology law in New Orleans, Louisiana with the intellectual property practice group at Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, LLC.

Ms. Stogner's commercial litigation practice focuses primarily on representing policyholders in an assortment of insurance coverage disputes, including those in the oil and gas industry seeking coverage under commercial general liability and well control policies. Ms. Stogner also represents oil and gas companies in other actions, including land contamination cases, pipeline disputes, and products liability litigation. Her prior experience includes assisting in the representation of a retailer and manufacturer in a redhibition and Louisiana Products Liability Act (LPLA) action, the representation of several different companies in defending slip and fall claims, the representation of multiple chemical manufacturers in thousands of personal injury lawsuits arising from unplanned releases, the representation of a power plant in a citizen’s suit challenging its Clean Air Act permit, the representation of a local university in obtaining Stafford Act funding after Katrina, and the representation of a construction company in Katrina levee breach litigation. In 2010, Ms. Stogner led a team of lawyers that reviewed more than 1 million documents over the course of 3 months in response to an administrative investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Ms. Nix's practice consists primarily of commercial litigation in Louisiana state and federal courts with a focus on oil and gas and property-related disputes. Ms. Nix has handled a wide variety of contract disputes, property damage claims, insurance coverage disputes, expropriation claims, lender liability defense, trespass claims, unfair trade practices, class action defense, labor and employment matters, trade secret claims, personal injury and wrongful death claims, and complex claims of business misconduct, fraud, and civil RICO liability. Ms. Nix has represented individual and corporate clients in banking and finance, energy, construction, real estate, and a variety of small business entities.. Ms. Nix was a Dean’s List graduate at Louisiana State University where she received her B.A. in Communications in 2010. She then attended the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, where she graduated magna cum laude and earned her J.D. and Diploma in Comparative Law. Ms. Nix also received the Graduate Certificate in Energy Law and Policy and CALI Award for Excellence in International Petroleum Transactions.

Michael J. Ecuyer is a member of the law firm of Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier, & Warshauer, L.L.C. Michael is engaged in a civil litigation practice. He practices with an emphasis on the representation of plaintiffs in medical malpractice claims, admiralty or maritime matters, mass torts, FELA claims and personal injury claims.. A member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the New Orleans Bar Association, the Louisiana Association for Justice (Executive Committee), and the Federal Bar Association (Board of Directors, New Orleans Chapter, 2010 - present, Membership Chair 2016-2018, Secretary 2018-2019, Treasurer 2019 -). Michael is also a member of the Health Law and Medical Malpractice sections of the LSBA, NOBA and LAJ. He served as the Chairman of the New Orleans Bar Association's Health Law Committee from 2012 to 2013.. From 2014 - 2015 he served as the Chairman of the Medical Malpractice Section for the Louisiana Association for Justice. Michael also serves as a Hearing Committee Member for the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board. He is an assistant examiner for the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Louisiana and all Louisiana state courts, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also been admitted to practice Pro Hac Vice in Mississippi State Court.. Born in Oklahoma in 1967, Michael attended Tulane University, earning a B.A. in Political Economics in 1989. In 1994, Michael received a Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. He is a member of the Tulane Inn of Court. Over the years he has provided continuing Legal Education Seminars on various topics, and he has spoken on risk management at the Louisiana State University Dental School.

Megan handles cases in the greater New Orleans area and around Louisiana.  She is nationally ranked in the top ten personal injuries under 40* and in the top ten personal injury attorneys in Louisiana.  She is a trial attorney who has a proven track record in and out of court.  She has a reputation as a fierce litigator and fights hard for her clients to get them the justice and compensation that they deserve. She has handled cases involving car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, severe spinal injuries, traumatic brain injuries, wrongful death, 18-wheeler accidents, drunk driving accidents, Uber and Lyft accidents, high profile defamation, paralysis, surgeries, burn injuries, and more. She prides herself on the fact that she gives her clients her undivided attention with a personal touch; she provides her personal cell phone number to answer any questions her clients may have about their case at any time. She enjoys the fact that most of her cases end with a hug, since helping people is what got her into the practice of law in the first place.. Megan has lectured on car accidents and bad faith by insurance companies as well as tactics for proving personal injuries and damages at trial, and she has been named as a Rising Star by Superlawyers in 2017, 2018 and 2019.  She most recently was awarded the New Orleans City Business Leadership in Law award for 2017, recognizing her professional accomplishments as well as her contributions to the community.  She has been named to the Litigation Counsel of America and rated a Top Lawyer in Louisiana by Louisiana Life.. Megan graduated at the top of her class at Tulane Law School with an Order of the Coif distinction. There, she served as Senior Associate Editor and Board Member of the Tulane University Law Review, as well as a Board Member of Moot Court and the Lambda Alliance. She serves on the Board of Court Watch NOLA and the Louisiana Center for Women in Government and Business and is a member of various local organizations.  Megan is a repeated volunteer with the Second Harvest Food Bank, teaching a Cooking Matters class at the Keller Library and at Warren Easton High School.  She serves as a chairperson of the New Orleans chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness walk and has raised almost $100,000 for this organization.. Megan and her firm, Kiefer and Kiefer, have collected tens of millions of dollars on behalf of injured clients.   If you have been injured or aggrieved in any way, give her a call now for a FREE consultation.  Ask about our reduced fees for servicemembers, police officers, and firemen.. *This award was given by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys in 2017.

Mark Carver is a Louisiana attorney who practices in New Orleans office and throughout Louisiana.. After graduating from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor's of Criminal Justice in 1987, Mr. Carver obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1993 from Southern University where he graduated Cum Laude and in the top 10% of his law school class.. He is admitted to practice in all Louisiana courts, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit and D.C. Circuit.. He is also a member of ABA Committee for Liaison with EEOC, OFCCP and Department of Justice.. Since 2003 Mr. Carver has volunteered as an Assistant Bar Examiner (Louisiana Civil Procedure) for the Louisiana Supreme Court's Committee on Bar Admissions.. In 2009, New Orleans CityBusiness Magazine honored Mr. Carver by recognizing him as one of the top 50 attorneys in the New Orleans area and presented him with its Leadership in Law award.. After 21 years of distinguished service, Mr. Carver honorably retired from the US Army Reserves in 2006 at the rank of Major, where he most recently served as JAG Officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.. Mark Carver has also in serveral leadership and executive positions for non-profit and charitable organizations, including: Past President of the St. Ann Catholic Church Men’s Club; Past Chairman of the St. Ann Catholic Church Pastoral Council; Grand Knight of Knights of Columbus Marquette Council No. 1437; and Archdiocesan Administrator (New Orleans) for the Louisiana State Council of the Knights of Columbus.

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.

Jeremy Rush joined Montgomery Barnett's New Orleans office in the Spring of 2008. Mr. Rush is a native of Mobile, Alabama. After graduating from Spring Hill College in 2003, he attended and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans. He began his law practice in 2006 focusing primarily on property damage claims arising from Hurricane Katrina, successions, and business litigation. Since joining Montgomery Barnett, Mr. Rush's practice has expanded to also encompass the defense of workers' compensation claims as well as admiralty and maritime litigation.. Mr. Rush is licensed to practice and has actively practiced law in the State of Louisiana since 2006 and in the State of Alabama since 2007. He is a member in good standing of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar, the Federal Bar Association, and the New Orleans Bar Association. Mr. Rush is admitted to practice before all state courts in Louisiana and Alabama, all federal district courts in Louisiana, as well as the federal district courts in the southern districts of Alabama and Texas. He is also admitted to appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

James handles all types of personal injury matters, including car accidents, truck accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, chemical exposures, homeowner claims, and more, while serving over one hundred clients across the state of Louisiana.. James practices exclusively in personal injury and property damage litigation. He is licensed to practice in all state courts in Louisiana, as well as all Louisiana federal courts including the Eastern District, Western District, Middle District, and 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is an active member of both the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Louisiana Association for Justice.. James graduated with honors from Tulane University Law School where he excelled in insurance law and litigation based courses, earning the top grade in his class in Civil Litigation Skills and Strategy.

I believe that individuals and corporations which are under federal or state criminal investigation or which have already been indicted should choose an attorney who is aggressive and has substantial experience and a good reputation with the investigative agencies, prosecutors, and judges who are handling the case.

I am a New Orleans-based attorney with a defense-focused litigation practice.  I primarily handle matters involving immovable property, including condemnations, landlord/tenant disputes, environmental matters, redhibition, and oil and gas issues.  I also handle contested successions and corporate matters, and I represent corporate creditors and debtors.. I attended Loyola University College of Law, where I graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the Loyola Law Review.. Prior to attending law school, I worked on the engineering side of the oil and gas industry.

Gavin Hodges Guillot is a founding member of Pusateri, Barrios, Guillot & Greenbaum, LLC. He is an alumnus of Tulane University Law School and Louisiana State University. His practice focuses primarily on maritime/energy litigation, transactional, and corporate matters, including representing clients in negotiating service contracts, vessel collisions and allisions, contractual defense and indemnity/insurance coverage disputes, Jones Act/LHWCA defense, cargo loss, vessel arrests and maritime attachment proceedings, maritime liens, towage, employment contracts, and a variety of other matters. His clients include among them offshore operators, tugboat companies, international shipping companies, a Fortune 10 Global Energy Company, and various domestic and London-based insurers.. While in law school, Gavin was a senior editor and published member of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal, a Director of the Moot Court Board, and was the champion of Tulane’s trial competition, earning lasting recognition for trial advocacy by having his name engraved on the marble tablets in Tulane’s Weinmann Hall auditorium with the other champions in the school’s history. Also while in law school, Gavin represented Tulane across the country in a three moot court competitions, ranking nationally as third among over 200 teams in one competition. Such experience provided a strong base to his litigation practice, including obtaining a complete defense verdict in a maintenance and cure trial in Louisiana State Court in Plaquemines Parish, a complete defense verdict in a two-day arbitration, and other favorable results in trials and hearings in both state and federal courts.. Upon graduation, Gavin earned Tulane’s Certificate of Specialization in Maritime Law, was elected to the Order of the Barristers, and received recognition for his academic performance (including a cash prize for the highest grade in the law school’s oil and gas course). Since graduation, Gavin has also authored and co-authored several published articles and spoken at seminars from San Francisco to Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on various aspects of maritime law ranging from economic loss damages to the ever expanding LHWCA jurisdiction to the peculiarities of offshore contracts. He has been designated by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2015, 2016, and 2017 for Admiralty & Maritime Law. Gavin is also active in several bar associations and industry-centered associations, including the Mariners Club of the Port of New Orleans of which he is a former President and Director and the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (“SEALI”) of which he is presently a Director. Aside from his practice, Gavin volunteers his time with several local non-profits, including for several years having taught an undergraduate pre-law studies class at the University of New Orleans. He lives in New Orleans with his wife and two children.

For over 8 years, Richard Voorhies has been fighting for the rights of his clients who have suffered personal injuries due to someone else's negligence. In the last few years alone, we've recovered over $15 million in verdicts and settlements for our clients who have been victims of personal injury. Experience matters; and Richard has the insights, expertise, and connections to represent your case in all levels of local, state, and federal jurisdictions. Our firm is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and we can service clients all throughout the state.. Our personal injury law firm handles all types of personal injury cases, including car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, and catastrophic injuries. We also handle toxic tort, product liability, and insurance bad faith cases. Our firm is proud to provide compassionate and diligent counsel to victims of life-changing and debilitating injuries. The Voorhies Law Firm recognizes the financial strain a personal injury can cause, which is why we provide contingency fee basis representation to our clients.. If you need a law team that will fight relentlessly for your rights, contact Voorhies Law Firm in New Orleans, LA.

David Bravo’s training as an advocate began long before law school. In high school, David was a nationally competitive Cross Examination debater. He spent his summers learning to persuasively speak and research at prestigious institutions such as Dartmouth College, The University of Toledo, and Loyola University. He won the Louisiana High School State Championship and placed in the top ten at the City Championship three years in a row for Extemporaneous Speaking.  In college, David won LSU’s Persuasive Speech Contest.. At Loyola Law School, David earned a scholarship as the swing oralist on the Moot Court National Team which required him to argue both sides of the issue. His team won the Regional Championship and finished fifth in the nation.. Immediately after graduation, David was baptized by fire as he worked as a prosecutor in Orleans Parish. He quickly rose to Senior Trial Attorney and began handling serious felony cases, including death penalty cases. David tried nearly a hundred cases as a prosecutor, including three jury trials in just one day.. After leaving the DA’s office, David worked for a downtown insurance defense firm. During this period, David learned how insurance companies evaluate cases. He also learned that his personal satisfaction came from representing people, not big insurance companies.. For the last 12 years, David has represented only individuals and small companies. He has used his experience in evaluating and trying cases to achieve justice for his clients. He continues to actively train as an advocate. He recently spent a month at the Trial Lawyer’s College at Thunderhead Ranch in Wyoming, founded by famed trial lawyer Gerry Spence. David has also taught Trial Skills Courses at Loyola Law School.. David would be happy to meet with you to see if his unique set of skills can help you with your current challenge.

Caroline Lafourcade is a native New Orleanian and has 20 years’ experience practicing as a tax lawyer in Louisiana.  She is a recent Chairman of the Louisiana State Bar Association Section of Taxation and is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation.  Caroline is Board Certified as a Tax Law Specialist and provides advice to clients regarding federal, state and local tax matters, as well as estate  planning and administration matters.

As a partner at Montgomery Barnett, L.L.P., New Orleans lawyer Philip S. Brooks Jr focuses his attention on admiralty litigation. He has 21 years of legal experience. Mr. Brooks has been recognized by his peers with the AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell®. Additionally, he has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® from 2010 to 2014. Attorney Brooks is a graduate of the Tulane University Law School. He participates in numerous professional organizations including the Tulane Maritime Law Center Liaison Group, United States Maritime Law Association and Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. For more information, contact his firm today.

An attorney in Frilot's Commercial Litigation Section, Mr. Fineran specializes in the representation of young and emerging businesses in litigation and transactional matters.. Mr. Fineran is an Adjunct Law Professor at the Loyola University College of Law, where he teaches Louisiana Civil Procedure. He is a co-author of Equity Research (Esq. Books 2011), a graduate-level finance textbook. His article, The Louisiana Road Home Program: A Path of Unintended Consequences, was published in the Spring 2007 Edition of the Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal. A standing member of the Advisory and Editorial Board for Esquire Books, Mr. Fineran was an editor of Louisiana Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials  by Blaine LeCesne,The Handbook on Louisiana Alternative Dispute Resolution Laws by Bobby Marzine Harges, and  Louisiana Evidence: Cases, Problems, and Materials by Bobby Marzine Harges and Russel Jones, textbooks used in several Louisiana law schools.. Mr. Fineran graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University College of Business in 2004, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. In 2007, Mr. Fineran graduated cum laude from Loyola University College of Law, earning both a Juris Doctorate degree and a Certificate in Civil and Common Law. He was a member of the Loyola Law Review and a William L. Crowe Scholar. He was also an extern for United States District Judge Ivan Lemelle in the Eastern District of Louisiana.. Mr. Fineran is licensed to practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts, including the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Alessandro Steinhaus is an attorney with Pusateri, Johnston, Guillot & Greenbaum, practicing in the area of admiralty and maritime litigation. His expertise includes a broad range of maritime matters, including Jones Act defense, maintenance and cure, limitation of liability actions, bunker disputes, and marine insurance coverage.. Prior to joining the firm, he gained extensive experience representing plaintiffs in complex litigation involving antitrust, mass tort, commercial, and class action lawsuits in both state and federal courts.. He speaks multiple languages fluently and is well-versed in international transactions and disputes. He has authored several articles for national and international legal publications in multiple languages, and he previously served as an intern to the Honorable Max N. Tobias, Jr., of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.