Practice Areas
Environmental and Toxic Torts
The firm has actively been involved in many of the largest environmental cases in the United States, including the Westlake Florida groundwater litigation and the Long Island Sound lobster litigation. The firm has also successfully litigated numerous cases against large oil exploration and production companies for damage to and restoration of Louisiana’s precious wetlands, and has served as lead counsel in large toxic tort matters. The firm’s environmental litigation experience, combined with its experience in commercial litigation matters, has also proved beneficial for a diverse array of clients with claims arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill from the BP Macondo Prospect in April 2010. Read more…
Commercial Litigation
The firm has developed an innovative commercial litigation practice, pursuing RICO claims, as well as fraud, antitrust, unfair trade practices, breach of fiduciary duty, and various other claims on behalf of its clients. For example, after trying to successful verdict a RICO claim based on a scheme to fraudulently induce a client of the firm to participate in sham tax shelter strategies, the firm has been retained by clients throughout the nation to analyze and pursue claims in federal courts and in arbitration against some of the nation’s largest banking institutions, law firms, and investment houses. The firm has also recently sued a large investment banking entity and the real estate investment trust it managed for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and the duty of good faith in its handling of an investment into a growing Louisiana-based company. In November of 2009, the firm’s attorneys were lead counsel in a case that was tried to a successful verdict against Dell, Inc. and other co-conspirators in claims arising from an innovative crime camera technology developed by New Orleans-based entrepreneurs. The firm has also brought its commercial litigation experience to large-loss claims for commercial clients in the BP Oil Spill litigation and claims process. Read more…
Catastrophic Personal Injury
The firm brings the experience and aggressive drive from its environmental and commercial litigation practices to the service of individual clients in its catastrophic personal injury practice, as well. The firm has successfully litigated on behalf of its clients for injuries arising from offshore oil field activities, and from injuries arising in the products liability area. Read more…
