NEW ORLEANS – Adams and Reese had 43 Louisiana attorneys named to the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America and three claimed 2018 “Lawyers of the Year” distinction by Best Lawyers®, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal industry.
Of the firm’s Louisiana listed attorneys, 36 were repeat honorees with 32 celebrating five-plus years and 12 celebrating 10-plus years in The Best Lawyers in America, including 15-year celebrants Charles F. Gay, Jr., and Edward J. Rice of the New Orleans office. Earning “Lawyers of the Year” honors from the state were E.L. Henry (Government Relations Practice) of the Baton Rouge office and the Crescent City duo of Brooke Duncan, III, (Labor Law – Management) and Jeffrey E. Richardson (Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions – Defendants).
All told, 129 Adams and Reese attorneys were named to the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers In America while 13 were listed among “Lawyers of the Year.” Best Lawyers® “Lawyers of the Year” recognitions are awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location. Only one attorney is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each practice area and location.
The 2018 edition of the Best Lawyers® in America includes:
Baton Rouge
• V. Thomas Clark, Jr. (2010)
· Administrative / Regulatory Law
· Commercial Litigation
· Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television
· Government Contracts
· Insurance Law
· Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• E.L. Henry (2010)
· Government Relations Practice
• Kellen J. Mathews (2018)
· Commercial Litigation
• Robert L. Rieger, Jr. (2018)
· Government Relations Practice
• J. Robert Wooley (2018)
· Insurance Law
New Orleans
• E. Gregg Barrios (2010)
· Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Mark R. Beebe (2007)
· Commercial Litigation
· Litigation – Antitrust
· Litigation – Securities
• Philip O. Bergeron (2011)
· Health Care Law
• Charles A. Cerise, Jr. (2012)
· Admiralty and Maritime Law
· Commercial Litigation
· Litigation – Environmental
· Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Robin B. Cheatham (2010)
· Banking and Finance Law
· Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and • Reorganization Law
· Financial Services Regulation Law
• Jaimmé A. Collins (2018)
· Litigation – Insurance
• Kathleen F. Drew (2012)
· Litigation – Environmental
· Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• John M. Duck (2006)
· Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and • Reorganization Law
· International Mergers & Acquisitions
• Brooke Duncan, III (2007)
· Employment Law – Management
· Labor Law – Management
• Richard B. Eason, II (2012)
· Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
· Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
· Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants
· Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• Mark S. Embree (2010)
· Tax Law
· Trusts and Estates
• Philip A. Franco (2012)
· Litigation – Real Estate
• A. Kirk Gasperecz (2010)
· Insurance Law
• William B. Gaudet (2010)
· Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
· Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Charles F. Gay, Jr. (2003)
· Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
· Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
· Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Louis C. LaCour, Jr. (2018)
· Appellate Practice
• Edwin C. Laizer (2012)
· Admiralty and Maritime Law
· Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
· Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Leslie A. Lanusse (2010)
· Employment Law – Management
· Insurance Law
· Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Francis V. Liantonio, Jr. (2012)
· Admiralty and Maritime Law
· Energy Law
· Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Don S. McKinney (2013)
· Commercial Litigation
· Litigation – Health Care
• Robert B. Nolan (2005)
· Oil and Gas Law
· Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
· Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Glen M. Pilié (2009)
· Litigation – Environmental
• Jane C. Raiford (2010)
· Energy Law
· Environmental Law
· Litigation – Environmental
• Lee C. Reid (2018)
· Economic Development Law
• Edward J. Rice, Jr. (2003)
· Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
· Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Jeffery E. Richardson (2012)
· Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
· Personal injury Litigation – Defendants
• James T. Rogers, III (2013)
· Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Deborah B. Rouen (2010)
· Commercial Litigation
· Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
· Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Elizabeth Roussel (2016)
· Commercial Litigation
· Employment Law – Management
· Labor Law – Management
• E. Paige Sensenbrenner (2010)
· Government Relations Practice
· Health Care Law
· Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Ronald J. Sholes (2007)
· Arbitration
· Environmental Law
· Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
· Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Mark J. Spansel (2006)
· Admiralty and Maritime Law
· Litigation – Environmental
• Martin A. Stern (2008)
· Appellate Practice
· Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Mark C. Surprenant (2005)
· Litigation – Environmental
· Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
· Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Roland M. Vandenweghe, Jr. (2015)
· Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Robert A. Vosbein (2005)
· Commercial Litigation
• Lara E. White (2018)
· Commercial Litigation
• David M. Wolf (2013)
· Public Finance Law
2018 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” Awards
Baton Rouge
• E.L. Henry (Government Relations Practice)
New Orleans
• Brooke Duncan, III (Labor Law – Management)
• Jeffrey E. Richardson (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
Adams and Reese is a multidisciplinary law firm with nearly 300 attorneys and advisors strategically located in 18 offices across 17 markets throughout the southern United States and Washington, D.C. The American Lawyer includes Adams and Reese on its distinguished list of the nation's top law firms – The Am Law 200. The National Law Journal also includes the firm among the top 200 on the NLJ 500 list of the nation's largest law firms.
