WSHB, a leading law firm renowned for its nationwide presence and comprehensive legal solutions, is pleased to announce the Kathryn Trew has joined the partnership. Trew, based in the New Orleans office of WSHB, enjoys national acclaim for her results handling a wide array of litigation throughout the State of Louisiana and beyond. Trew joins the firm from Wanek Kirsch Davies LLC.
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Colleen Jarrott has joined the firm as a partner in the New Orleans office. Formerly with Baker Donelson, Jarrott has more than 20 years of litigation experience in a wide range of industries, as well as advising oil and gas industry clients on legislative and regulatory matters related to carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS).
Tags: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | New OrleansLewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of six attorneys to its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (DPCS) Practice. This nationally recognized team includes Jackson, Mississippi-based Partner Robert Walker, CIPP/US, Associates Erica Lloyd and Rachel Pitts, as well as New Orleans-based Partner Ross Molina, Atlanta-based Partner Tawana Johnson, and Houston-based Associate Ryan Cook. These attorneys, who bring to the firm more than 50 years of combined experience in the data privacy space, will assist clients with, among other things, responding to data breaches, complying with data privacy requirements, addressing pre- and post-incident cybersecurity, and responding to state and federal regulatory investigations. The team will bolster Lewis Brisbois’ DPCS Practice and further the firm’s commitment to excel and serve clients at the highest level. The group arrives from Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP.
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Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Iliaura (“Ili”) Hands to its New Orleans office as a partner in its Marine & Energy, Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith Litigation, and Transportation Law Practices. Ms. Hands brings to Lewis Brisbois more than two decades of complex litigation experience in areas such as general liability, subrogation, bad faith, maritime, energy, and trucking. She has extensive court and alternative dispute resolution experience at the state and federal levels, including representing a number of “Write Your Own” insurance carriers under FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program. Ms. Hands joins the firm from Nielsen Carter & Treas LLC.
Tags: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP | New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS and BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 1, 2021 – As the Gulf South region looks toward business renewal and post-COVID issues, two leading law firms have joined forces to provide increased legal services to their clients. Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O’Neal is now part of Phelps Dunbar, giving Phelps offices in 13 cities throughout the Gulf South and in London.
Jones Walker LLP announced today that Patrick “Pat” Baynham has joined the firm’s Maritime Practice Group in the New Orleans office. Pat joins from Baynham Best LLC, where served as managing partner since 1996.
Ms. Anderson joins the Firm as a shareholder and represents employers and management exclusively, focusing her practice on wage and hour compliance, arbitration and litigation. Licensed in Texas as well as Louisiana, she has represented employers in more than 200 Fair Labor Standards Act cases, including more than 50 class and/or collective actions. Ms. Anderson represents publicly traded and private companies across a variety of industries, with particular experience advising energy clients, including oil and gas drilling and production-related service companies. She also advises and defends employers in discrimination, harassment and other employment related claims. Ms. Anderson has been recognized in Chambers USA in the area of Labor & Employment since 2007, in Louisiana Super Lawyers since 2009, and she was recently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®. More >>
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National law firm Wilson Elser announced today that the preeminent maritime and marine environmental practice group from New Orleans-based law firm Fowler Rodriguez, led by partners Antonio Rodriguez, Jake Rodriguez and Michael Harowski, have joined the firm’s New Orleans office effective January 1, 2019. More >>
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