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The Kreller Law Firm was founded by attorney Stephen S. Kreller to assist those individuals and businesses in distress throughout the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and New York.  Mr. Kreller represents people who have been harmed by the actions of others and will work aggressively to protect your interests and maximize the recovery you deserve.. Mr. Kreller holds a Juris Doctor from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans.  During his career he has served in various key capacities on legal teams litigating significant cases related to personal injury, product liability, environmental disasters and much more.. On August 29, 2005, Mr. Kreller lost his home and possessions to Hurricane Katrina and spent several months assisting family and friends in the New Orleans and Mobile areas restore their lives and homes.  This event has had an extraordinary impact on the manner in which Mr. Kreller leads his practice, relates with clients and secures reparation on behalf of those The Kreller Law Firm represents.

Tessa Vorhaben practices primarily in the areas of general litigation, insurance coverage and tort litigation. She defends claims involving personal injury, products liability, premises liability, property damage, business interruption, insurance bad faith and extra-contractual litigation.

Stewart focuses on bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors’ rights; admiralty and maritime; marine finance and vessel documentation; asset-based finance; litigation, corporate and commercial law; and oil and gas.. Stewart has been practicing law in New Orleans for more than 40 years. He is a 1974 graduate of Kenyon College, magna cum laude, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated top in his class in 1977 from Tulane Law School where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was a member of the Tulane Law Review.. Stewart has been lead trial and appellate counsel in over 80 reported cases in the federal and state courts. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in New Orleans, Louisiana Super Lawyers, and Chambers USA. He has participated in oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 13 times, as well as before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the Louisiana Supreme Court, and the Louisiana Courts of Appeal. He is either presently acting or has previously acted as debtor’s lead counsel or creditors’ counsel in a number of Chapter 11 bankruptcies involving companies operating in and outside of the Gulf Coast region. These cases include a number of relatively large reorganizations, including Torch Offshore, Inc., Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc., Gulf Fleet Holdings, Inc., Trico Marine Services, Inc., Force Energy, Inc., and Borders Group, Inc. Stewart has also handled significant marine finance transactions, as well as substantial mergers and acquisitions. He acts as general counsel to a number of regional businesses in providing counsel and his legal expertise.

Stephen practices in the areas of products liability, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, labor and employment, and general casualty. Whether in the context of single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, or mass-consolidated litigation, Stephen has extensive experience defending manufacturers against product liability claims, both in Louisiana and in other jurisdictions across the country. He has handled matters involving consumer products, commercial products, prescription drugs, and medical devices from beginning to end. In the mass-tort realm, Stephen has developed teams of experts in litigation-relevant scientific disciplines and then prepared team members for deposition and trial testimony. He has monitored both pre- and post-recall investigations into product complaints and has spent significant amounts of time working with trial counsel to prepare electronic and demonstrative evidence for use in trial and jury exercises. In addition to his products liability practice, Stephen also has a wide range of experience defending employers against claims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and breach of contract in both state and federal court.Stephen is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Federal Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, and the New Orleans Bar Association. He is currently an executive board member of the Young Lawyers Division of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (NOFBA) and served previously as the Chair of the NOFBA’s Lunch with the Court Program. Stephen is admitted to practice before all Louisiana state courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana.Stephen graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors from the Tulane University School of Engineering and was a member of Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society.This technical background has allowed Stephen to focus his practice on science-oriented litigation, particularly focusing on product liability, medical device, and pharmaceutical defense work.

Sarah Faris practices in the area of litigation.

Quentin is an experienced trial lawyer who concentrates his practice in the defense of complex personal injury and property damage claims. His extensive experience includes the defense of individual and mass-tort claims in the products liability, pharmaceutical/medical device, toxic tort, consumer fraud, and general liability areas. His products liability experience is vast and includes the defense of claims involving electrical components, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, robotic equipment, lifts and hoists, hydraulic components, pesticides, solvents, vehicles, fumigants, agricultural and household products, construction materials, radiation exposures, and asbestos. Quentin has served as local, regional, and national counsel and successfully defended multi-million dollar claims through to verdict. Quentin earned an LLM in Energy & Environmental Law in 2009. He is a frequent guest speaker and author on numerous subjects ranging from federal civil procedure to trial strategy.

My practice is in the areas of civil litigation, trucking and transportation, premises liability, and personal injury.. I also maintain an active commercial collections practice assisting businesses in pursuit of collections on open accounts and land use practice assisting new and well-established community businesses with zoning and municipal ordinance compliance.

Megan always knew she wanted to be an attorney; she was drawn to the legal profession at an early age. She finds her work very gratifying and she enjoys working with the law and her clients. Her favorite things about working with The Young Firm are the great people that she works with, the sense of teamwork at the firm, and the work that we do helping injured workers. Megan handles her cases with assistance from her Case Manager, Rebecca.. "I left defense work to work for injured workers because I wanted to help people and make a difference in their lives. For big companies, so many times it just comes down to a bottom-dollar line, without realizing or thinking about how it impacts the injured worker. Maritime and offshore workers have such important jobs to our region and I think it’s important to help them through what is undeniably a difficult time in their lives, and get them back to normal."

Lynn E. Swanson is the managing member of Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C. Lynn has been practicing law since 1993 in the fields of complex and commercial litigation. She worked the majority of her first ten years of practice representing plaintiffs in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. She joined Jones, Verras & Freiberg, L.L.C., now known as Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C. in 2004, and was instrumental in developing and establishing the firm’s commercial litigation practice. Lynn has spent the past ten years developing and carrying out an organized strategy and approach to case management, by which she has handled a variety of non-formulaic, complicated business disputes, including several matters involving tax strategy advice and litigation related to that advice. Lynn has led Jones Swanson’s efforts related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. She was appointed to co-coordinate the multidistrict litigation’s GCCF Outreach Group and has been spearheading the successful efforts of Jones Swanson to recover economic damages on behalf of claimants in a wide variety of industries, including oil and gas, tourism and construction as well as claims for general economic loss and property damage. Lynn and her team have sued BP Exploration & Production Inc., BP America Production Company and BP p.l.c. outside of the multidistrict litigation on behalf of many of their clients whose claims were not settled through the Deepwater Horizon Settlement. Lynn has also contributed to Jones Swanson’s efforts on behalf of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East to hold oil and gas companies accountable for their role in coastal land loss as outlined in the action filed in July of 2013 styled Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East, et al. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC, et al.

Lindsay Calhoun practices in the area of commercial litigation in the firm's New Orleans office.. Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar, Ms. Calhoun served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Yvette Kane of U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jeremy Grabill practices in the areas of commercial litigation and admiralty litigation, with a particular focus on products liability, mass torts, multidistrict litigation, and other complex cases. He is also a frequent contributor to the scholarly literature in these fields. Mr. Grabill has recently represented defendants in several prominent mass tort litigations, including the In re World Trade Center Disaster Site litigation in the Southern District of New York and the In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of Louisiana. He has also represented a variety of chemical and energy industry defendants in toxic tort personal injury cases in Louisiana state and federal courts. Before joining Phelps Dunbar, Mr. Grabill was an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York, and also served as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the Eastern District of Louisiana during which time Judge Fallon presided over the In re Vioxx Products Liability multidistrict litigation.

Jeff Clayman focuses his practice on litigation, primarily products liability, tort litigation, toxic tort litigation and insurance coverage. Mr. Clayman's experience includes the representation of insurers and their insureds in all phases of litigation in matters involving catastrophic personal injury and property loss.. Prior to entering practice, Mr. Clayman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Patricia H. Minaldi, United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana.

I have 20+ years defending clients against medical malpractice and legal malpractice, premises liability, insurance coverage and general casualty claims. I represent individual healthcare providers, as well as large facility health care providers in cases involving serious personal injuries, including death, paraplegia, debilitating orthopedic injuries, brain injuries, and cardiovascular problems.. In my legal malpractice practice, I've successfully represented attorneys both in litigated matters and before the Louisiana Office of Disciplinary Counsel.  I also defend real estate agents and brokers and insurance agents and adjusters in their professional liability claims.

I defend clients against personal injury claims, including certified class actions and cases involving catastrophic events such as industrial explosions and accidents; toxic exposure claims; product defect allegations; and aviation, trucking, and other transportation-related litigation. Among the many cases in defending professionals against claims for damages are several claims involving insurance brokers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina where in one case, I obtained dismissal of an insurance broker in litigation with claims exceeding 18 million dollars.. One of my most notable cases was representing Pan American Airlines and the United States Government as lead trial counsel in the defense of an airline accident just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana where over 200 lawsuits were involved.

I assist clients in matters involving insurance coverage, bad faith and extra-contractual damages, and insurance defense. I am also versed in the Louisiana Lemon Law, the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act, indemnity and contribution, First Amendment and media law, and defamation and privacy torts.. Prior to joining the firm, I served as a Legislative Aide to Senator D.A. “Butch” Gautreaux in the Louisiana State Senate from 2003 to 2009, managing the Senator's legislative agenda and Baton Rouge office. I remain involved in Loyola University’s law program as an adviser for the First Amendment Moot Court Team and as a program assistant for the European Union Field Study Program.. I am fluent in French, both written and spoken, enjoy reading, sports, theatre and music, and attending civic and community activities.

I am an AV rated partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Professional Liability Department. My practice includes insurance coverage, professional liability (agents, adjusters, attorneys and accountants) and complex commercial litigation. My practice focuses on the defense of lawyers and other professionals in litigation and disciplinary actions.. I also practice in the areas of products liability, transportation defense, insurance defense (excess, CGL, E&O, disability and life insurance) and have experience in Multi-District Litigation and complex class actions.

Helping clients with their problems has always been my passion.  I wanted to be a lawyer ever since I can remember.  I am still having fun at what I do.. I am actively involved in my community and church.. I have been a  Greater New Orleans Metropolitan United Way (now known as United Way Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA) volunteer for the past 25 years. I presently sit as the volunteer legal advisor to the Community Impact Coordinating Committee (formerly Council).   I was the former Co-Chair of the Children and Families Goal Area and was responsible for funding children and family programs from 2000-2012.  I served as Chair of the Professional Section for the United Way fundraising campaign in the 1995-1996 campaign year.  My section was acknowledged for its turnaround in campaign donations from the professional community. Donations from the professional community had been declining prior to my tenure.. I was a volunteer for the Preservation Resource Center and served as a program fundraising chair in 2005.  I previously chaired rebuild teams in the Rebuild Together (formerly known elsewhere as Christmas in April)  program refurbishing homes of the elderly and the disabled around New Orleans from 1993 to 2003.

David Patrón serves as the Deputy Practice Coordinator of the firm’s New Orleans Litigation Group where he manages one of the firm’s largest practice groups. With over twenty years of legal experience, David Patrón has established a solid reputation as a talented litigator who successfully represents businesses at all phases of litigation in state and federal courts throughout the Gulf South and beyond. Whether winning at trial or negotiating favorable settlements, he is a results-oriented lawyer whose legal successes have been recognized in several media outlets. For more than a decade, Mr. Patrón also has taught negotiation and advocacy as a law school adjunct faculty professor to more than a thousand law students, and he applies this experience in both courtrooms and boardrooms. With a strong background in commercial litigation and deep experience in the energy sector, Mr. Patrón provides counsel to clients on a wide variety of complex legal issues, including antitrust and trade regulation, intellectual property, and employment law. Whether defending a breach of contract or prosecuting a breach of fiduciary duty, Mr. Patrón focuses on finding real world business solutions for his clients. Mr. Patrón regularly counsels and represents clients in the energy sector, including publicly traded exploration and production companies with domestic and international operations. For more than a decade, he has acted as the primary counsel for an oil and gas company that consistently ranks as a top producer in the State of Louisiana. Mr. Patrón also actively represents several oilfield services companies specializing in drilling, pressure control, snubbing, nitrogen and fluid pumping, wireline, barge and towing services, offshore catering, hydraulic fracturing, and well control. He handles a variety of litigation matters affecting the energy sector, including disputes with lessors, royalty owners, contractors, operators, and regulators. His experience includes a host of government and regulatory issues affecting the oil and gas industry, including coastal use permitting, environmental regulations, severance taxes, oilfield legacy litigation, royalty disputes, criminal investigations, and lease disputes. He represents energy clients before the Department of Revenue, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Quality, State Mineral Board, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Justice. Mr. Patrón also represents corporate clients on a variety of intellectual property and technology issues including trade secrets, copyright and trademark law, software rights and licensing, confidentiality and non-competition agreements, e-commerce and internet use, cybersquatting, and unfair trade practices. Mr. Patrón litigates intellectual property cases on a regular basis and frequently works with the Patent and Trademark Office to secure various registrations for emerging companies. He represents clients in the sale of intellectual property and the use of trademarks and copyrighted materials on websites. He reviews, drafts, negotiates, and litigates software licensing agreements and counsels clients regarding business systems designed to protect trade secrets. Mr. Patrón is the former chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association and remains active in the IP committees of New Orleans and Louisiana Bar Associations. He is a frequent speaker on a wide variety of intellectual property topics, and the media regularly seeks his legal analysis regarding intellectual property issues. Mr. Patrón has substantial experience in antitrust and trade regulation. At Stanford Law School, he studied antitrust and trade regulation under the former United States Attorney General of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Since then, he has defended and prosecuted antitrust claims on behalf of clients at the trial and appellate levels, has prepared amicus briefs on antitrust issues, and has monitored antitrust litigation, legislation, and guidelines on behalf of interested clients. Outside of the courtroom, Mr. Patrón has defended clients being investigated by federal antitrust regulators, has designed an Antitrust Compliance Manual for businesses, and has published articles on antitrust law developments. He has also counseled trade associations and practice groups on various antitrust issues, including information sharing, price-fixing, and state-action immunity. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Patrón serves on the firm’s E-Discovery Team and helps guide 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. Mr. Patrón has published several articles concerning developments in antitrust, trade regulation, intellectual property, and commercial litigation. He has drafted several papers and moderated a series of American Bar Association roundtable discussions on a variety of legal topics and has appeared as a legal commentator on WDSU-TV, WGNO-TV, and WVUE-TV to discuss various government and court actions.

Complex Commercial and Corporate Litigation, including Construction, Breach of Contract, & Insurance DefenseI am an attorney with dual licensure in Arkansas and Louisiana. I have experience conducting pre-trial hearings, settlement conferences, and hearings before state and federal courts. For those clients interested in alternative dispute resolution, I routinely participate in mediation to assist my clients in resolving disputes without the need for trial or incurring excessive legal costs.

Commercial Litigation. The Moeller Firm has substantial experience and a track record of success in both full scale litigation and favorable early resolution of a wide variety of commercial and business disputes. We regularly handle commercial and business disputes in both state and federal courts as well as in numerous alternative dispute resolution forums. The firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving breach of contract, intentional interference with contract, corporate governance disputes, business torts, unfair trade practices, successor liability and fraud. We view ourselves as a strategic partner to our clients rather than mere litigators. In this role, we seek to offer the best counsel and guidance suited to each client’s goals in a wide spectrum of matters.. Construction Litigation. Since its inception, The Moeller Firm has served clients involved in all aspects of construction litigation. Our experience includes the representation of owners, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in a variety of land based and marine construction disputes including residential and commercial and multi-family/mixed use projects as well as marine construction companies in vessel construction disputes. The firm represents clients in construction actions involving defective workmanship, delay, suspension of work, coordination and interference, defective specifications, acceleration, and other performance, pricing, and scheduling disputes, non-payment and breach of contract. The firm is also well-versed in analyzing specialized issues that commonly arise in construction disputes, including insurance coverage, indemnification and additional insured matters.

Chris Ralston handles a broad range of commercial litigation and specializes in the areas of antitrust law, business torts, contract disputes, tax litigation, securities litigation and arbitration and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Ralston serves as the main litigation contact for a number of the firm’s institutional clients. He also serves as a part of the firm’s appellate practice. Mr. Ralston regularly appears in state and federal courts. He frequently litigates breach of contract disputes and enforcement of non-competition, licensing and distributor agreements. He has tried antitrust, securities fraud, federal qui tam/False Claims Act cases, large real estate suits, and a wide variety of commercial disputes. A substantial segment of his practice includes appellate representation. He has also orally argued before each of the five Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Louisiana and the Fifth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Ralston serves on the firm’s E-Discovery Team and helps guide the firm’s efforts to ensure that the firm's 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.