NEW ORLEANS — Adams and Reese announced the inclusion of attorneys throughout the firm’s regional footprint in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America (by BL Rankings, LLC). The firm shared the announcement in a press release.
Several of the firm’s attorneys received recognition as a Lawyer of the Year. This distinction is limited to a single attorney in each practice area and designated metropolitan area. Honorees are selected based on Best Lawyers voting averages relating to their legal acumen, professionalism and integrity. Adams and Reese attorneys receiving this distinction include:
- Mark R. Beebe, New Orleans Litigation – Antitrust Lawyer of the Year
- Philip O. Bergeron, New Orleans Health Care Law Lawyer of the Year
- Charles F. Gay, Jr., New Orleans Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Lawyer of the Year
- E. Paige Sensenbrenner, New Orleans Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants Lawyer of the Year
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has published lists compiled on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation process on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. The 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes more than 58,000 lawyers.
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Adams and Reese lawyers chosen from New Orleans include:
- E. Gregg Barrios, Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Mark R. Beebe, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Securities
- Philip O. Bergeron, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Health Care Law
- Charles A. Cerise, Jr., Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Robin B. Cheatham, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
- Jaimmé A. Collins, Litigation – Insurance
- Johnny L. Domiano, Jr., Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation
- Kathleen F. Drew, Litigation – Environmental, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- John M. Duck, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions
- Brooke Duncan III, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
- Richard B. Eason II, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants, Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Mark S. Embree, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
- Philip A. Franco, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate
- A. Kirk Gasperecz, Insurance Law
- William B. Gaudet, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Charles F. Gay, Jr., Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Matthew C. Guy, Construction Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Lisa Merz Hedrick, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Christopher J. Kane, Economic Development Law
- Louis C. LaCour, Jr., Appellate Practice
- Edwin C. Laizer, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Leslie A. Lanusse, Employment Law – Management, Insurance Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Francis V. Liantonio, Jr., Admiralty and Maritime Law, Energy Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Lisa E. Maurer, Public Finance Law
- Don S. McKinney, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Health Care
- Robert B. Nolan, Oil and Gas Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Glen M. Pilié, Litigation – Environmental
- Jane C. Raiford, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- Lee C. Reid, Economic Development Law
- Edward J. Rice, Jr., Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Jeffrey E. Richardson, Appellate Practice, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- James T. Rogers III, Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Gregory F. Rouchell, Commercial Litigation
- Deborah B. Rouen, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Elizabeth A. Roussel, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
- E. Paige Sensenbrenner, Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Tyson B. Shofstahl, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Ronald J. Sholes, Arbitration, Environmental Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Mark J. Spansel, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Litigation – Environmental
- Martin A. Stern, Appellate Practice, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mark C. Surprenant, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Roland M. Vandenweghe, Jr., Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- David M. Wolf, Public Finance Law
