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Gladstone N. Jones, III, Member
Gladstone N. Jones, III (“Glad”) is the founder and senior managing member of Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C. Glad has served as lead counsel in litigation pending in New York, Florida, California, Mississippi and Louisiana. In 2007, Glad was named one of the top 500 litigators in the United States. His practice focus is divided between complex commercial business disputes on the one hand and toxic tort and environmental pollution matters involving landowners in the oil and gas industry on the other. Glad has built a reputation in the legal community as a successful litigator and aggressive advocate.
Glad graduated from Tulane Law School in 1992 after completing his undergraduate degree at Mississippi State University in 1987. He was a founding member of Smith, Jones & Fawer in 1995, and in 2000, created Jones, Verras & Freiberg, L.L.C., now known as Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C.
Glad is active in the Louisiana Association of Justice, has been an adjunct professor at Tulane University Law School in Toxic Torts, and is a regular speaker at various Continuing Legal Education Seminars.
EDUCATION
Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LA, 1992, J.D.
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 1986, B.A.
ADMITTED
Louisiana, State Courts of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
AFFILIATIONS
Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
Member, Louisiana Association for Justice
Member, American Association for Justice
HONORS
Named a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, 2011, 2012.
Named to “Louisiana Super Lawyers,” 2008, 2009, 2010
Named by Lawdragon to its “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in America” list, 2006; to its “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers” List, 2007; and to its “Lawdragon 3000″ in 2011.
PUBLICATIONS & LECTURES
- “Exemplary Damages & Choice of Law”; Summer School Revisited CLE, Louisiana State Bar Association; December 2011
- “Exemplary Damages, Choice of Law, & the Escape Mechanism of Civil Code Article 3547”; Jamaican Sunset CLE, Louisiana Judicial Council; July 2010
- “Potential Claimants and Damages Under OPA and Louisiana State Law”; Oil Spill Symposium, Louisiana State Bar Association; May 2010
- “Closing Arguments”; Masters of the Courtroom, New Orleans Bar Association; December 2009
- “Effective Closing Arguments”; CLE a la Carte, Louisiana Association for Justice; December 2006
- “Jury Issues”; Summer School Revisited, Louisiana State Bar Association; December 2006
- “Choosing and Charging the Jury”; 22nd Summer School for Lawyers, Louisiana State Bar Association; June 2006
- Adjunct Professor, “Toxic Torts”; Tulane University Law School; Spring 2005
- Guest Lecturer, Environmental Law Seminar; Louisiana State University Law School; May 2004
- Guest Lecturer, Bench Bar Conference; New Orleans Bar Association; April 2003
- Guest Lecturer, Annual Tulane Environmental Law Conference, 2002
REPRESENTATIVE COMMERCIAL CASES
In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon.”
Active Solutions, et al. v. Dell, Inc., et al.
Jebaco, Inc. v. Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., et al.
BCR Safeguard Holding, LLC, et al. v. Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, Inc., et al.
Magnolia Marketing Co. v. Southern Eagle Sales and Service, L.P.
Conwill v. Greenberg Traurig, L.P., et al.
Ducote Jax Holdings, L.L.C. v. Bradley.
Plaza Realty, LLC, et al. v. Kumud V. Patel, et al.
Blanchard and Company, Inc. v. Barrick Gold Corporation, et al.