NEW ORLEANS – Deutsch Kerrigan LLP, a regional insurance defense firm, announced the inclusion of 24 attorneys in The Best Lawyers® in America 2018. Attorney Kelly E. Theard was also named The Best Lawyers® in America 2018 Litigation – Construction “Lawyer of the Year” in New Orleans.
Listed lawyers include:
New Orleans
• Francis J. Barry, Jr.: Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Keith J. Bergeron: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
• Frederick R. Bott: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Terrence L. Brennan: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Bertrand M. Cass, Jr.: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Jimmy A. Castex, Jr.: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
• John Jerry Glas: Personal Injury Defense Litigation – Defendants
• William C. Harrison, Jr.: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Scott J. Hedlund: Construction Law
• Robert E. Kerrigan, Jr.: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Frederic Theodore Le Clercq: Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Charles E. Leche: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Walter P. Maestri: Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants
• Nancy J. Marshall: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Joseph L. McReynolds: Appellate Practice, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Ellis B. Murov: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Kermit L. Roux III: Family Law
• Isaac H. Ryan: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Charles F. Seemann, Jr.: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• A. Wendel Stout III: Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Kelly E. Theard: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
• William E. Wright, Jr.: Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Marc J. Yellin: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Gulfport, Mississippi
• R. Douglas Vaughn: Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance
Best Lawyers® lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. More than 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
