Top Insurance Lawyers in ZIP 70130 | 73 available

Firm: Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard

601 Poydras Street, Suite 2775 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Civil , Corporate , Insurance , Bankruptcy & Debt, Bankruptcy & Debt, Bankruptcy & Debt, Bankruptcy & Debt, Bankruptcy & Debt, Bankruptcy & Debt

Alicia M. Bendana practices bankruptcy law and commercial litigation. She has considerable and wide-ranging experience representing creditors, creditors’ committees, bankruptcy trustees, asset purchasers, and Chapter 7 and 11 debtors. Ms. Bendana has represented a variety of debtors in connection with bankruptcy proceedings and workout negotiations with creditors, taxing authorities, and other governmental agencies. In addition, she has represented creditors in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy proceedings with respect to the prosecution of claims and contract rights, the partitioning of marital property, the excepting of debts from discharge, the opposing of plans of reorganization, and the proposing of competing plans. Ms. Bendana has also represented bankruptcy trustees in connection with their administration of bankruptcy estates, including in actions seeking turnover of estate property, objections to proofs of claim, prosecution of debtors’ causes of action, prosecution of avoidance actions and objections to discharge.. In addition to her bankruptcy work, Ms. Bendana has extensive experience litigating a variety of commercial and business tort cases in both state and federal courts including disputes involving commercial fraud, racketeering, officer and director liability, professional malpractice, insurance coverage, a wide variety of contracts, and trusts and estates. She has also handled indigent consumer bankruptcy and criminal defense cases on a pro bono basis.. Ms. Bendana enjoys an “AV” Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standards. She has authored numerous articles for professional publications and is a frequent lecturer at professional programs.

Firm: Phelps Dunbar

Canal Place , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Insurance , Mediation, Natural Resources, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance

Firm: Degan, Blanchard & Nash, Aplc

400 Poydras St Ste 2600 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: General Practice, Insurance, Insurance

Firm: Courington, Kiefer, Sommers, Marullo & Matherne, L.L.C.

616 Girod St , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Civil , Class Actions, Insurance , Toxic Substances, Class Action, Class Action, Class Action, Class Action, Class Action, Class Action

Firm: Adams Hoefer Holwadel, LLC

400 Poydras St Ste 2450 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Gaming , Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance

Firm: Deutsch Kerrigan LLP

755 Magazine St , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Appellate , Construction , Insurance , Products Liability, Transportation, Transportation, Transportation, Transportation, Transportation

I engage in a diversified practice that includes the routine representation of clients in the areas of commercial transportation, casualty litigation, products liability with an emphasis on oil and gas equipment, maritime law and insurance coverage.

Firm: Perrier & Lacoste, LLC

365 Canal St Ste 2550 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

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

Firm: The Bagert Law Firm

650 Poydras St Ste 2708 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Environmental , General Practice, Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Premises Liability, Products Liability

Firm: Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, LLP

704 Carondelet St , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Asbestos , Health Insurance, Insurance , Products Liability, Workers Compensation, Insurance, Insurance

Firm: Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard

601 Poydras St Ste 2775 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

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

Elia focuses on several insurance coverage practice areas including third-party insurance coverage, general liability, and environmental and toxic tort liability coverage. Elia also focuses on property insurance coverage and bad faith claims litigation. She has served as defense counsel for insurers in commercial and residential property insurance cases resulting from hurricanes, hailstorms, and other first-party claims.. Elia is a shareholder in the firm, and her primary areas of practice are industrial employment/long-latency lung disease litigation, insurance defense and coverage, environmental law, and commercial litigation. In the last eighteen years, Elia has successfully defended thousands of occupational exposure claims, including exposure to asbestos and silica-containing products. Elia focuses her practice on insurance coverage litigation and counseling, and has significant experience representing insurers as direct action defendants in litigation in Louisiana. Elia’s extensive experience defending mass tort claims enables her to provide clients with an early strategic plan, vigorous defense, and efficient litigation.. Elia‘s professional credentials include being nominated as an AV-rated attorney, an honor bestowed on less than 5% of women lawyers. As an AV-rated attorney, Elia was selected for the inaugural edition of the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™ – an organization created exclusively for women attorneys who have received the highest possible peer rating in both legal ability and ethical standards.. In addition, Elia actively promotes diversity and the inclusion of women and Hispanics in the legal professions through various professional organizations. She is president of the Hispanic Lawyers of Louisiana. Elia is also a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), where she currently is one of fifty members selected nationally to participate in the HNBA/Associate of Corporate Counsel Executive Leadership Program. Elia also monitors legal trends and proposed laws that directly impact or affect the local Hispanic community. Her professional engagements include presenting a seminar on effectively communicating with corporate counsel, diversity seminars at the 2012 ABA mid-year meeting and 2011 HNBA National Corporate Conference, leading round-table discussions at several in-house corporate meetings, serving as a diversity facilitator for the Louisiana State Bar Association, participating in the Louisiana State Bar Association’s diversity and inclusion video, and presenting continuing legal education throughout the state.. Elia also serves on the Board of Directors of the ASI Federal Credit Union, which facilitates loans of all sizes for transportation, home ownership, business development, and education as well as international microloans in partnership with Kiva, a non-profit connecting individual investors with microfinance institutions.. In addition to her professional pursuits, Elia also volunteers and participates in a number of social and community programs including elementary school reading programs and various habitat/environmental groups, including Habitat for Humanity. She is a founding member of Candy Girls/Life Savers of New Orleans, a non-profit group that supports and provides services to families in need as well as a local orphanage.

Firm: Degan, Blanchard & Nash, PLC

400 Poydras St Ste 2600 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Insurance , Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Construction & Development, Construction & Development, Construction & Development, Construction & Development

Firm: Heller, Draper, Hayden, Patrick and Horn, L.L.C.

2500   Poydras Center , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy,Corporate ,Insurance ,Premises Liability,Products Liability

Firm: Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels, LLC

400 Poydras St Ste 2700 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Civil , Drugs & Medical Devices, Insurance , Premises Liability, Products Liability, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels, LLC

400 Poydras St Ste 2700 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Drugs & Medical Devices, Insurance , Products Liability, Health Care, Health Care, Health Care, Health Care

Firm: Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, Llp

704 Carondelet St , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Deutsch Kerrigan LLP

755 Magazine St , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

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

I have over 40 years experience as a civil litigator representing corporations and insurance companies in a wide variety of matters.  My main focus includes civil litigation defense; admiralty and maritime litigation; insurance defense litigation; insurance coverage; product liability litigation; class action and mass tort / disaster litigation.

Firm: Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard

601 Poydras St Ste 2775 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Insurance

Céleste focuses on several insurance coverage practice areas including third-party insurance coverage, general liability, environmental and toxic tort liability coverage, and marine insurance coverage.. Céleste represents insurers in connection with insurance coverage and bad faith disputes involving a variety of matters including environmental and latent injury claims, business torts, and labor- and employment-related claims. In addition, she has significant experience representing insurers as direct action defendants in litigation in Louisiana.. Céleste graduated from Tulane University Law School in 1994. During law school, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge Veronica Wicker at the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Prior to joining Lugenbuhl, Celeste served as a staff attorney for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.

Firm: Mcglinchey Stafford, Pllc

601 Poydras St Fl 12 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Corporate , Insurance

Benjamin "Ben" Schupp is a member in the firm's New Orleans office, where he focuses his practice on admiralty and maritime law. Ben has special experience in vessel financing, vessel charters, marine construction and maritime lien issues.. Business. Ben has represented numerous banks, vessels and rig owners worldwide in financing the purchase or construction of vessels and oil rigs. In connection with such representation, Ben has drafted numerous construction contracts, sale agreements, charters, ship mortgages as well as various loan and registration documentation. He has handled vessel registration in registries throughout the world. Ben has significant experience in MARAD Title XI financing and financing through the Export-Import Bank of the United States, as well as financing through banking and private equity channels.. Representative Transactions. Litigation. Ben has represented U.S. and international underwriters, brokers and businesses in a wide variety of maritime, energy, casualty and commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. He has also represented vessel and rig owners in maritime and oil and gas disputes, including several cases leading to important decisions in these fields by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ben has drafted countless insurance coverage opinions in both the maritime and non-maritime context.. Sample of Litigation Resulting In Published Opinions

Firm: Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard

601 Poydras St Ste 2775 , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Insurance

Anne focuses on several insurance coverage practice areas including third-party insurance coverage, general liability, environmental and toxic tort liability coverage, and marine insurance coverage.. Anne is originally from New Jersey. She graduated from Tulane University Law School in 2004, magna cum laude, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. During law school, she served on the Moot Court Board from 2002-2004 and was senior managing editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journalfrom 2003-2004. She also worked as a law clerk in the criminal division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana.. Anne has experience in commercial transactions, vessel finance, and bankruptcy. She currently practices in the areas of insurance coverage and litigation, representing insurers in claims under the Louisiana direct action statute and in first-party claims.

Firm: Phelps Dunbar

365 Canal Street , New Orleans , Louisiana 70130

Practice Areas: Civil , Insurance , Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance

Jay Sever is a partner in the Insurance and Reinsurance group of Phelps Dunbar. He is also the Practice Coordinator for the Insurance and Reinsurance group in the New Orleans office. He serves as local, regional and national coverage counsel for both foreign and domestic insurance companies. He counsels clients, manages disputes and tries cases involving a wide variety of insurance coverage issues, including matters arising from bad faith, construction defects claims, third-party liability claims, first-party claims, professional liability claims, crane and rigging claims, racing and competitive sport claims, entertainment claims, transportation claims, environmental claims, general and toxic tort claims, advertising, copyright and trademark claims, media liability claims, multiple-year trigger and allocation issues, marine liability claims, Louisiana direct action claims and numerous others. In addition to handling cases in Louisiana and California courts in which he is admitted, Mr. Sever also has acted as lead counsel in cases pending in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Mr. Sever's practice, both litigation and counseling, involves attorneys from all of Phelps Dunbar's offices in the Gulf South and, where necessary, local counsel in states throughout the United States.. Mr. Sever serves as the Practice Coordinator for the Insurance and Reinsurance group in the New Orleans office.