Environmental And Natural Resources lawyers in Louisiana John Shortess to Timothy Hardy

Firm: Phelps Dunbar, LLP

400 Convention St Ste 1100 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70802

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

John Shortess practices in the areas of environmental litigation and environmental regulatory and commercial transactional counseling. He represents a number of industry clients including electric utilities, oil and gas companies, chemical manufacturing plants, agricultural and industrial manufacturing plants, and railroad transportation companies. His regulatory practice has involved the defense and resolution of numerous enforcement actions and permitting matters before the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and in state court, counseling on water, air, solid waste, reporting, remediation and corrective action, brownfields, and other regulatory issues involving both state and federal regulators and environmental compliance counseling. His commercial transactional practice involves counsel to sellers, buyers, and lenders concerning environmental due diligence, permitting, and compliance issues. His litigation experience involves the defense of oil and gas related property damage claims, train derailment related claims, and other environmental contamination claims.. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Shortess worked at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality where he was employed as a Geologist in the Ground Water Protection Division. He oversaw and evaluated the development, implementation and performance of ground water monitoring and corrective action plans at sites throughout the state of Louisiana.

Firm: Musgrave, Mclachlan & Penn, LLC

1555 Poydras St Ste 2100 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Civil , Insurance , Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: The Onebane Law Firm, APC

1200 Camellia Blvd Ste 300 , Lafayette , Louisiana 70508

Practice Areas: Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC

1615 Poydras St Ste 1300 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Insurance , Real Estate , Toxic Substances, Wills, Zoning, Planning & Land Use, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Stella C. C. Shackelford

700 Camp Street , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea LLC

401 Edwards St Ste 1000 , Shreveport , Louisiana 71101

Practice Areas: General Practice, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

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

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

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Construction , Corporate , Environmental , Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business

Firm: Loeb Law Firm, II

1180 W Causeway Approach , Mandeville , Louisiana 70471

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Civil , Class Actions, Corporate , Premises Liability, Products Liability, Toxic Substances, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

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

909 Poydras St Ste 1450 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70112

Practice Areas: Energy , Environmental , Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Thompson Coe

650 Poydras St Ste 2100 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Business & Commercial, Civil , Corporate , Business, Environmental and Natural Resources

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

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

Practice Areas: Business , Corporate , Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: The Onebane Law Firm, APC

1200 Camellia Blvd Ste 300 , Lafayette , Louisiana 70508

Practice Areas: Environmental , Insurance , Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Toxic Substances, Environmental and Natural Resources

38 years in a litigation practice that currently entails almost exclusively defense of oil related companies in high profile property contaminaiton lawsuits ("legacy lawsuits" as they are known in Louisiana).  Been with the same lawfirm the entire time.  Vice-President of the law firm, but would prefer to be in the court room as opposed ot the board room.. Martindale Hubbell AV rated.  Acadiana Profile Best Lawyers of 2016 in two catagories: Environmental Law and Appellate Practice.. Litigation goal is to get the client out of the litigaiton as reasonably and quickly as possible.  Trials generally benefit two classes of people:  plaintiff lawyers and defense lawyers.  If we look upon the lawsuit as a business expense as opposed to a perosnal affront the results are usually more palatable.  Sometimes, reason goes out the window and then you try the case.. In addiiton to contamination cases, I enjoy the appellate practice very much.  If the case demands it, it can be of great assistence to have oyur appellate counsel at trial preparing the record for errors that may save the case on appeal.  90% of your appeal is won at the trial level.. I graduated from Louisiana State University and also attended the prestigious University of Vermont Environmental Law Center in 1989 for a concentrated course of study in Environmental Law, studying such topics as CERCLA, RCRA and Risk Assessment. I was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1979. I am  also admitted to practice before all of the Louisiana U.S. District Courts (Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Louisiana) and before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. I am a member of the honor fraternity of Phi Kappa Phi and graduated from the Louisiana State University Law Center as a member of the Order of the Coif.  I was also a member of the LSU Law Center Moot Court Board. I am a member of the Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State, and American Bar Associations as well as the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.. I started my legal career with the Onebane Law Firm in 1979, and hve been in practice with the firm since that time. As noted above, my current area of practice has concentrated on what has become known as “legacy lawsuits”. I represent both oil companies and operators in suits filed for restoration and money damages allegedly arising from contamination by the release of hydrocarbons, produced water, naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) and other harmful substances in conjunction with historic oil and gas operations. I am also representing defendants in various lawsuits filed claiming violation of the State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act of 1978.. I also head the Appellate Practice group in the firm and have significant experience in appeals and writ applications in a variety of areas.. The following is a sampling of cases of significance in which I have been involved: Diamond Crystal Salt Company v. Texaco, Inc. (damage claim for loss of salt mine due to collapse of drilling rig; represented Diamond Crystal Salt Company); Meredith v. Ieyoub (action challenging constitutionality of Louisiana Attorney General hiring private attorneys to sue oil and gas companies for environmental damages on contingency fee basis; represented Robert Meredith, et al, and the Louisiana Independent Oil & Gas Producers); American Waste and Pollution Control, Inc. v. Parish of St. Martinville (action challenging constitutionality of parish zoning ordinance prohibiting waste disposal facility within the Parish; represented American Waste and Pollution Control, Inc.); Motorola, Inc. v. Associated Indemnity Company.. I have lived in Lafayette, Louisiana since I joined the firm.  I am married to Cynthia Brasselle, and between us we have 5 children and 4 grandchildren.. Seminars and presentations to University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Lafayette Parish Bar Association (most recent - "The Sermon on the Amount: Legacy Lawsuits - Past, Present and Future". Blended family, 5 kids, 4 grandkids and a wife I don;t deserve.  Enjoy home theater, audio and building and repairing computers.. Life is good!

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

1 American Pl Ste 1800 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70825

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

Firm: Pugh Accardo

1100 Poydras St Ste 3300 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70163

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

Firm: Adams & Reese, LLP

One Shell Square701 Poydras St Ste 4500 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70139

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Civil , Class Actions, Energy , Natural Resources, Toxic Substances, Environmental and Natural Resources, Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities

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

1 American Pl Ste 1800 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70825

Practice Areas: Environmental , Insurance , Toxic Substances, Workers Compensation, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

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

1 American Pl Ste 1800 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70825

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

Firm: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

201 Saint Charles Ave Ste 2500 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70170

Practice Areas: Insurance , Premises Liability, Products Liability, Toxic Substances, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP

1 American Pl Ste 2300 , Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70801

Practice Areas: General Practice, Environmental and Natural Resources