OUR  ATTORNEYS

• Served as class counsel in antitrust claims and presently representing putative nationwide class in illegal exaction claims against the United States.
• Drafted Amicus Brief in support of Petitioner for whom the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously.
• Successfully reorganized or liquidated numerous businesses in the health care, construction, hospitality, and manufacturing industries.
• In the U.S. Fifth Circuit, obtained the reversal of bankruptcy court’s ruling that the Bankruptcy Code prohibits reimbursement of fees to Chapter 13 debtors’ lawyers who advance these costs, which decision has been the subject of multiple scholarly discussions and seminar panels.
• Obtained the reversal of district court's dismissal of claims for economic damages by client in a maritime tort case, as set forth by the Fifth Circuit in a reported decision which expanded the scope of its earlier opinions and established new precedent in the area of maritime law.
• Represented an NYSE-traded corporation in a complex, acquisition-related contract dispute, which included claims of misrepresentation and breach of contract, and was resolved on terms favorable to client.
• Successfully defended major insurance carriers on an unresolved coverage issue involving Louisiana's uninsured motorist statutes, leading to multiple reported appellate decisions and a body of jurisprudence.
• Obtained the dismissal of intervenors' claims against client as untimely, a ruling reinstated by the Louisiana Supreme Court by which it abrogated multiple appellate decisions and clarified the scope of Louisiana's relation-back doctrine.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

• CALI Excellence Awards in the study of Louisiana Security Rights, Insurance Law, and Health Care Law and Regulation
• Trial Advocacy Honors
• Tulane Moot Court Administrative Justice for Academic Affairs (2004 - 2005)
• ATLA Trial Competition Team (2003-2004)
• Phi Delta Phi
• Tulane Inn of Court

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Judge Jerry A. Brown Louisiana Bankruptcy American Inn of Court

• “Siegel v. Fitzgerald: The Prologue and Aftermath,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Vol. XLI, No. 8 (2022).
• “Merchant Cash Advances: Law and Bankruptcy Strategies to Deal with ‘Pay Day’ Loans for Business,” 26th Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar, Louisiana State University Law Center (2020).