Louisiana Lawyers David Gremillion to David Spinner

Firm: Jeffords, Anthony, Little & Gremillion

111 N Causeway Blvd , Mandeville , Louisiana 70448

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Tax, Tax, Tax, Tax

David F. Gremillion brings nearly a decade of litigation experience to clients throughout the Greater New Orleans area and beyond. Born in New Orleans and raised in Thibodaux, David now serves as Partner leading the Mandeville office at Jeffords Anthony. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in History from The University of the South, David graduated from Mississippi College School of Law, where he received the prestigious AmJur Award for Best Paper in Sports Law. He later completed a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law so that he could provide the expertise that his clients have come to expect and deserve.. David's current practice is focused on estate planning, tax controversy, audit defense, business general counsel and business consulting. Having practiced in a wide range of areas including tax, criminal law, insurance defense, injury law, maritime, professional malpractice, and employment law to name a few, David is uniquely positioned to help individuals and businesses navigate complex problems by offering zealous advocacy and creative solutions. David has been recognized for his litigation talents through multiple accolades, including selection as a Super Lawyer Rising Star in Tax for both 2024 and 2025 and the Top 40 Under 40 Trial Attorney Award.. When not advocating for clients, David cheers on the LSU Tigers and New Orleans Saints, explores his passion for cooking, and treasures time with his wife, Blaire, and their two young sons. Admitted to Practice In Louisiana, the Eastern and Western District of Louisiana Federal Courts, and before the IRS.

Firm: DAVID W. NANCE LAW FIRM, LLC

MEETINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY , New Orleans , Louisiana 70115

Practice Areas: Litigation

Mr. Nance was born in El Paso, Texas in 1966. He earned a bachelor's degree in German and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990 and a J.D. in civil and common law from Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans in 1996, including a semester at the University of Vienna School of Law.. Mr. Nance has been an associate of Pünder, Volhard, Weber & Axster (merged with Clifford Chance in 2000) in Warsaw, Poland; of counsel for Muñoz de Toro &  Muñoz de Toro in Buenos Aires, Argentina; an Administrative Law Judge and an Assistant Attorney General, Transportation Division managing the Administrative Law and Contract/Construction & Maintenance Law sections representing the Department of Transportation for the State of Texas. Since entering private practice, he has come to serve as counsel for numerous Internet-based and traditional companies based in the U.S. and abroad.

Firm: Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP

450 Laurel St Fl 8 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70801

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard

601 Poydras St Ste 2775 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime

From our New Orleans office, David focuses on marine insurance coverage; marine finance and vessel documentation; bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors’ rights; admiralty and maritime; and international and cross-border law. He represents clients that own, operate, charter, or employ vessels, and helps them understand and manage their risks in the United States, Gulf of Mexico, and worldwide offshore maritime oilfield and alternative-energy markets.. Originally from Bethesda, Maryland, David attended Tulane University in New Orleans, graduating in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. After graduation, David worked for several years at Motorola Communications in Houston, Texas, where as a systems engineer, he helped design and implement radio systems for commercial and public safety customers in the U.S. Gulf Coast region and offshore energy markets.. In 1987, David began his law studies at George Washington University’s National Law Center in Washington, D.C. In 1990, David graduated with honors with a Juris Doctor and returned to New Orleans, where he has practiced admiralty and maritime law ever since.. David’s law practice concentrates on maritime contracts (time and bareboat charter parties, master service contracts, insurance and indemnity agreements, marine-insurance coverage, and ship sale and finance) and related commercial litigation (maritime liens, vessel arrest and attachment, and mortgage foreclosure).. David also remains involved with academia and teaches a course on towage and offshore service law at Tulane Law School, where he is an adjunct professor of law. David is a co-editor of the current West Publishing casebook, “Cases & Materials on Admiralty” (Healy, Sharpe, Sharpe & Winship – 5th Ed. 2012) and the Handbook of Maritime Laws & Forms (West 2007). David has published numerous articles, and he travels worldwide to speak and teach on issues such as offshore supply vessel contracts, vessel-construction contracts, and indemnity agreements.

855 Baronne Street , New Orleans , Louisiana 70175

Practice Areas: Class Action

Dave Scalia has been fighting for the rights of injured plantiffs since 1992. In 1994 Dave joined with several prestigious local and national firms firms to work on the groundbreaking national cigarette class action Castano v. The American Tobacco Company. That case, eventually pursued as Gloria Scott v. The American Tobacco Company, went to trial in 2004 resulting in a jury verdict of over half a billion dollars. In 2005 Dave was named a Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for his work on the Scott Tobacco case.Since 1994 Dave's practice has focused on class action, mass tort and other complex litigation, products liability, antitrust law occupational lung disease (silicosis/asbestosis), and personal injury. In January 2010 Dave formed the general civil litigation firm---Scalia Law Firm, and in 2016 he joined the Dugan Law Firm where he is involved in national class action and mass tort litigation against Big Pharma, automobile manufaturers, and other large industries.Dave is admitted to practice in all Louisiana State courts, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western District's of Louisiana, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court.In addition to trial work, Dave's practice also emphasizes post trial review at both the trial court and appellate level. He has authored briefs to the United States Supreme Court, and has briefed and argued matters before the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Louisiana Supreme Court, and Louisiana's First, Fourth, and Fifth Circuit Court's of Appeal.

Firm: Law Office of Keith S Giardina

9100 Bluebonnet Centre Blvd Ste 300 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70809

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: David J Rozas Law Firm, Llc

343 3rd St Ste 500 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70801

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Phelps Dunbar

Canal Place , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Litigation

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.

Firm: Ciolino & Onstott, LLC

400 Poydras St. , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Litigation

Business-focused attorney knowledgable on property, contracts, estate planning, and successions matters. Experienced litigator prepared to represent individuals and businesses as plaintiff or defendant in state and federal courts, at trial and appelate levels.

Firm: Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith

One Shell Square, 40th Floor , New Orleans , Louisiana 70139

Practice Areas: Insurance

Firm: The Long Law Firm, LLP

One United Plaza4041 Essen Ln Ste 500 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70809

Practice Areas: Arbitration, Banking & Finance, Business Organizations, Corporate , Energy , Insurance , Regulatory , Telecommunications , Business, Business

Firm: David O. Mooney, Attorney at Law

201 Saint Charles St. , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70802

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Debt

Practice focused on Bankruptcy caes including Chapter 7 and Chpater 13 bankruptcies.

Firm: Caillier and Associates, LLC

711 2nd Street , Gretna , Louisiana 70053

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense

My primary focus areas are criminal defense and personal injury.  I have significant experience in litigating cases, reaching amicable settlements and dealing with complex issues in my focus areas.  My goal as an attorney is to work as hard as I can for every single one of my clients so that they feel better walking away from my office than before they came in.  If I can be of assistance to you, please call my office.

Firm: Attorney At Law

110 South Dr , Covington , Louisiana 70433

Firm: Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith

One Shell Square, 40th Floor , New Orleans , Louisiana

Practice Areas: Insurance

Firm: Krebs Farley

400 Poydras St Ste 2500 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: General Practice, Bankruptcy & Debt, Bankruptcy & Debt

Firm: Law Offices of David C Jarrell, APLC

9101 W Saint Bernard Hwy , Chalmette , Louisiana 70043

Practice Areas: Car Accidents

David C. Jarrell is a personal injury lawyer who established his law offices in 2011. In April of 2007, David Jarrell was admitted to practice law. After many years of working for a large personal injury firm, he opened his own office to ensure clients received exceptional personal service and proactive representation. He is a St. Bernard native and currently resides in Chalmette. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 2003. Mr. Jarrell then received his juris doctor in 2006 from the Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center.. Mr. Jarrell concentrates his practice to automobile accidents and is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts.  He enjoys representing injured people against big insurance companies.

Firm: David Ware & Associates

3850 N. Causeway Boulevardcauseway, Suite 555 , Metairie , Louisiana 70002

Practice Areas: Immigration

Mr. Janklow graduated from Tulane University in 2006 with a B.A. in Latin American Studies and obtained his Juris Doctor from tulane University Law School in 2010.  While in law school, Mr. Janklow was a member of the Loyola University New Orleans Immigration Clinic and actively involved in the Tulane Public Interest Law Foundation.  He is skilled in all areas of immigration law and, having spent considerable time in Latin America, speaks Spanish.

Firm: Hesser Cooper Law Group, LLC

812 Versailles Blvd., Suite A , Alexandria , Louisiana 71303

Practice Areas: Family

David is both Board Certified as a Family Law Specialist and has a Masters in Admiralty Law.  He was honored to be selected to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2010,  2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. These qualifications combined with his experience allow him to provide the finest representation for families, offshore workers and injured persons. He worked for families and injured offshore workers for years at large and mid-sized law firms. His experience allows him to provide quality representation careful attention to detail with customer attention. He has handled hundreds of divorces, custody cases, military retirement divisions, property divisions, spousal support case and child support cases. He has also handled hundreds of offshore accidents (Admiralty Law) including Jones Act, Unseaworthiness, Death on High Seas Act and Maintenance and Cure claims. He has helped clients recover millions of dollars in claims for admiralty, injuries and contractual disputes. He is known as a tough litigator who also looks for cost effective ways to resolve cases through dispute resolution. He has taught other attorneys at continuing legal education seminars on the topics of the Jones Act and Admiralty Law. Martindale-Hubbell recognized David Hesser with a “BV” Peer Review Rating, an indication of an exemplary reputation and well-established practice. . . high professional standing.” He is a member of the Southeast Admiralty Law Institute and has been listed in Best’s Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys. In 2013 the National Business Institute selected him to write and present regarding the topic of “Ethical Considerations for the Plaintiff’s Attorney” at their seminar “Handling Divorce Cases from Start to Finish.

Firm: Scott, Vicknair, Hair and Checki, Llc

909 Poydras St Ste 1100 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112

Practice Areas: Family

David joined Scott, Vicknair, Hair & Checki as an associate in the firm’s litigation section in 2017. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Louisiana State University in 2009, and then attended Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law where he graduated with a Juris Doctor in 2012.. His practice is primarily focused on family law, personal injury, commercial litigation and other various tort claims. Prior to joining the firm, David gained experience working for a local firm that specialized in family law, as well as an established plaintiff oriented firm where he was able to assist clients in New York who suffered significant loss due to Hurricane Sandy.. David is also an active member of the Jefferson Parish Bar Association.