Civil lawyers in Louisiana James Dill to Mark Vilar

Firm: The Dill Firm

825 Lafayette St , Lafayette , Louisiana 70501

Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Products Liability, Transportation , Litigation

Firm: Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff, Mengis and Burns, L.L.C.

2141 Quail Run Drive   PO Box 83260 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70884

Practice Areas: Civil ,Estate Planning,Wills

Firm: Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister

8440 Jefferson Hwy Ste 301 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70809

Practice Areas: Administrative , Civil , Regulatory , Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities

Firm: Martzell & Bickford

338 Lafayette St , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Civil , Construction , Contracts, Corporate , Employment & Labor , Health Care & Hospitalization, Professional Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice

Firm: Roedel Parsons Blache Fontana Piontek & Pisano

8440 Jefferson Hwy Ste 3 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70809

Practice Areas: Civil , Construction , Insurance , Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Litigation

Firm: Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, LLP

1 American Pl Fl 18 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70825

Practice Areas: Civil , Civil Rights, Municipal , Toxic Substances, Insurance, Insurance

Firm: Boykin & Utley

400 Poydras St Ste 1540 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Civil , Insurance , Products Liability, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

201 St Charles Ave Ste 3600 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70170

Practice Areas: Appellate , Banking & Finance, Civil , Class Actions, Corporate , Employment & Labor , Telecommunications , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, LLP

909 Poydras St Ste 1450 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112

Practice Areas: Civil , Environmental , Toxic Substances, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Peiffer Rosca Abdullah & Carr, LLC

201 Saint Charles Ave Ste 4610 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70170

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Securities , Securities & Investment Fraud, Securities & Investment Fraud, Securities & Investment Fraud, Securities & Investment Fraud, Securities & Investment Fraud, Securities & Investment Fraud

Joe is the managing member of Peiffer Rosca Abdullah Carr & Kane. His practices consist of representing individuals and institutions that have been harmed by investment banks and brokerage firms, prosecuting ERISA class actions, and representing victims of labor trafficking and those who have suffered catastrophic injury. He has co-authored a treatise Litigating Business and Commercial Tort Cases, which is published by Thompson West.. Joe has also taught and lectured extensively. He co-created and taught a class entitled Storytelling and Advocacy at Loyola Law School. Also, at Loyola Law School, he has taught a course entitled “The Basics of Arbitration” and he also serves as an adjunct professor teaching Trial Advocacy. He has guest lectured at Tulane Law School in its Securities Regulations class and Syracuse Law School on securities arbitration. He has spoken at many national conventions on a variety of topics including prosecuting large, multi-client claims, broker’s deficient advice to retire and FINRA arbitration.. Joe has represented hundreds of individual retirees against their brokers in FINRA arbitration. The highlights of this practice include representing 32 Exxon retirees in a 90-day FINRA arbitration against Securities America that resulted in a $22 million verdict — one of the largest ever awarded by a FINRA arbitration panel. He has also represented hundreds of Xerox and Kodak retirees against their broker resulting from the broker’s fraudulent advice to retire and subsequent unsuitable investments. He has represented hundreds of families in cases involving private placements and Ponzi schemes.. His financial services fraud practice also includes representing about 25 hospitals and municipalities around the country in cases involving their issuance of auction rate securities. He also filed several ERISA class actions against large financial services firms alleging that they did not prudently invest retirement money and had conflicts of interest. He also is on the plaintiffs’ steering committee in a nationwide antitrust class action involving the illegal tying of cable set-top boxes to the provision of premium cable services.. Joe also currently represents hundreds of clients in cases involving serious injuries sustained by pharmaceutical products such as Pradaxa, Nuvaring, Granuflo, and Lexapro.. Finally, he represents victims of human trafficking and labor exploitation. In one such case, the plaintiffs have alleged that the defendants have failed to pay overtime, improperly deducted for employee housing, and held the plaintiffs passports while in the United States. He has travelled extensively to the Philippines for this case and another one involving a rig explosion where two of his clients working on a rig owned by Black Elk exploded.. Joe was one of three Louisiana lawyers ranked by Chambers USA for securities litigation in 2011. He has been named a 2013 Rising Star by his peers in the Class Action Administration organization. He has been quoted by USA Today, Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, New York Times, New York Daily News, The Los Angeles Times, Business Week, Investment News, and many other publications. Mr. Peiffer has also appeared on CNN. He was named as one of the fifty Leaders in Law by New Orleans City Business Magazine.. He has also successfully risen into the leadership of several national bar associations. He twice served as the chairman of the Business Torts Section of the American Association for Justice. He has served on the Board of Directors of PIABA – a nationwide bar association of lawyers that represent individuals and institutions in arbitrations to recover money lost by investment banks and brokerage firms. He was recently elected Executive Vice President of PIABA and will become PIABA President in October, 2014.. Joe graduated from Tulane School of Law, cum laude, in 1999. While at Tulane, he served on the Tulane Law Review and was involved with the Tulane Legal Assistance Program. Prior to attending Tulane, he graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1996 with a major in communications. While at Bowling Green, he worked as the General Manager of the campus radio station and City Editor of the daily newspaper.

Firm: The Law Offices of James L Fortson Jr, LLC

151 Freestate Blvd , Shreveport , Louisiana 71107

Practice Areas: Civil , Family , Personal Injury, Family, Family

Firm: Whaley Law Firm

6700 Jefferson Highway , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70806

Practice Areas: Civil , Class Actions, Wrongful Death, Class Action, Class Action

I am a lawyer who represents businesses, individuals, and consumers in complex commercial and injury cases.

Firm: Chaffe McCall, L.L.P.

2300 Energy Centre , New Orleans , Louisiana 70163

Practice Areas: Civil , Construction , Drugs & Medical Devices, Insurance , Personal Injury, Products Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products

Firm: Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman and Sarver, L.L.C.

909 Poydras Street, Suite 2400 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112

Practice Areas: Civil , Antitrust & Trade Law, Antitrust & Trade Law, Antitrust & Trade Law, Antitrust & Trade Law

Firm: Durrett Law & Title

305 South Vienna , Ruston , Louisiana 71270

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Insurance , Natural Resources, Business, Business

John Andrew ("Andy") Durrett's practice focuses on business, estate planning (wills, trusts, etc.), probate, property rights and minerals.. In 1999, Andy received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech University, with a major in Political Science and minor in English. Andy is proud to be an alumnus of Kappa Alpha Order’s Gamma Alpha Chapter at Louisiana Tech. In 2002, he received his law degree from Louisiana State University. He was admitted to practice law in Louisiana in 2002 and is a Louisiana State Notary.. In addition to the state courts of Louisiana, Andy is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and United States District Court for the Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana. He is a member of the Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association.. Andy and his wife, Kathy, have one son, Davis Gray. Andy and Kathy are originally native to Lincoln Parish. Andy and Kathy both graduated from Cedar Creek School in Ruston, Louisiana. Like Andy, Kathy is also a Louisiana Tech University graduate.. Andy was recognized in 2011 and 2012 by his peers as one of Shreveport's best lawyers in SB Magazine. Andy has also been awarded a BV Distinguished rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review process.. Andy was selected as a participant in the 2012 Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program. Andy's charitable involvement includes the March of Dimes. As the March of Dimes Ambassador Family for Northwest Louisiana, Andy’s family was the top fund raising family for Louisiana in 2012 and served as Chairman for North Central Louisiana's March of Dimes in 2014-2015. Andy’s other hobbies and interests include spending time with Kathy and Davis, mountain biking, hunting, fishing, Louisiana Tech and LSU sports.

Firm: Berniard Law Firm

300 Lafayette St. , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury

Developing a profound reputation in the Gulf Coast area in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Jeffrey P. Berniard is an established and proven litigation entity. In working to defend the rights of hundreds of Louisiana and Texas residents against the unfair and illegitimate efforts of insurance companies, the Berniard Law Firm has been highly successful at getting clients the payments and claims they are entitled to. Employing a variety of tools and judicial approaches such as arbitration and expert testimony, we take every angle we can to guarantee that our clients receive the legal support that they deserve.. Established by Jeffrey Berniard, a native son to the Gulf Coast, the Berniard Law features employees from all across the United States that each bring a different expertise and experience to our litigation. Educated at McNeese State University and Loyola Law in New Orleans, Mr. Berniard is able to handle federal and state cases in courts across the South. For far-reaching jurisdictions, Mr. Berniard has highly qualified colleagues that are also capable of meeting your legal needs. As such, our firm is able to come to clients to bring them the legal assistance they need to keep insurance companies at bay with their low payouts and denied claims.. With a focus on storm damage and insurance litigation, the Berniard Law Firm also takes cases relating to serious injuries, medical malpractice and other disputes with insurance companies. Any Texas resident that feels they need legal support for a variety of reasons is encouraged to contact the Berniard Law Firm to speak with an attorney regarding what we can do for you.

Firm: Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, LLP

1800 Hudson Ln Ste 300 , Monroe , Louisiana 71201

Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Products Liability, Workers Compensation

Born in Montclair, New Jersey (1964), J. P. graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Louisiana Tech University in 1987. He subsequently earned his Juris Doctorate from Tulane University School of Law in 1990. While at Tulane, J.P. was a member of the J. Braxton Craven, Jr. Memorial Moot Court Competition and a finalist in the Tulane Moot Court Junior Appellate Competition. Upon obtaining his law degree, J. P. moved to Monroe and began practicing with Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, L.L.P.. J. P.’s professional affiliations have included American Inns of Court, Louisiana State Bar Association, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, NAPSLO, Claims Litigation Management Alliance, Louisiana Claims Association, Baton Rouge Claims Association and the Defense Research Institute. He served as the District Representative for the Young Lawyers Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association and as a member of the House of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association. J.P. has also completed training at the Hastings School of Law Trial Academy in San Francisco, California, and the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy in Boulder, Colorado.. J. P. is licensed to practice in every State and Federal court in Louisiana, including the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. His practice has reached virtually every parish and appellate court in Louisiana. He has tried over one hundred cases to Judgment in both State and Federal courts throughout Louisiana and has in excess of forty reported appellate decisions.. J.P. is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has spoken at conferences in various venues in the areas of insurance law and workers compensation.. J. P. is active in the community as a high school soccer referee and is a past member of the Northeast Louisiana Soccer Association Board of Directors.. J.P. is a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Monroe, is married to Karla Kaye Christiansen, and is the proud father of three children: Emily, Anna and Jakob.

Firm: Roddy, Watson & Everett

400 E College St , Lake Charles , Louisiana 70605

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Civil , Corporate , Estate Planning, Probate , Real Estate , Social Security Benefits & Disability, Taxation - State & Federal, Trusts, Wills

Firm: Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson, LLP

201 Saint Charles Ave Fl 46 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70170

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Entertainment & Sports , Class Action, Class Action, Class Action, Class Action

Firm: Vilar & Green, LLC

1450 Dorchester Dr , Alexandria , Louisiana 71301

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business Formation, Civil , Construction , Corporate , Government Agencies, Insurance , Municipal , Personal Injury, Products Liability, Property , Litigation