Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Kenneth L. Tolar
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Patents and Trademarks
Loyola University New Orleans
Kenneth L. Tolar focuses primarily on general intellectual property matters including patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, intellectual property litigation and licensing on behalf of both corporations and independent inventors nationwide, patentability and trademark availability opinions, inter partes practice before both the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; during his career, he has secured over 350 patents on behalf of independent and corporate inventors.
Mr. Tolar also engages in general commercial litigation, insurance defense, labor disputes arising under The Fair Labor Standards Act, personal injury and first-party insurance claims.
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
James A. Graham
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Immigration
Loyola University New Orleans
James Graham has worked as an educator in New Orleans. He then served in executive positions in real estate and education. After earning a degree from Loyola Law School, Mr. Graham sought to use his real world experience to benefit clients in his community. He is a member of the New Orleans Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Graham is admitted to practice before state and district courts in Louisiana.
A shining moment for Mr. Graham came when he assisted his first client to secure incorporation papers so that he could legally operate his new business in Louisiana. Another...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Tod J. Everage
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business
Loyola University New Orleans
Tod Everage is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2011 and practices in the Offshore Energy and Maritime Litigation Practice Group. Tod’s practice primarily involves representing oil and gas operators (offshore, midstream, and onshore) and their service providers and contractors in litigation in both state and federal courts. Tod has gained extensive experience representing vessel owners, shipyards, and diesel engine service providers in warranty claims. Tod’s practice also includes assisting clients in contract review, drafting, negotiations, transactional disputes, and general corporate advices. Tod has tried several cases to verdict as well...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Trenton Grand
Metairie, LA Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Real Estate
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
Trenton A. Grand, a native of Baton Rouge practices law in areas of consumer and commercial bankruptcy, debt reorganization, estate planning-wills and trusts, personal injury, and residential and commercial real estate transactions.
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Zoë W. Vermeulen
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 12 years of experience
Employment
Tulane University School of Law
Zoë Vermeulen is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2012 and practices in the admiralty and maritime practice group, as well as the labor and employment group.
Zoë earned her B.A. in Public Relations from Louisiana State University in 2008. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude, in 2012 from Tulane University Law School, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and Moot Court Board.
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Jeremy Pichon
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business
The Judge Advocate General's School United States Army and Southern University Law Center
Jeremy Pichon has never been a stranger to the meaning of hard work.
By age fourteen, he spent his summers framing houses in the hot Louisiana sun. By sixteen, he worked the Sears stockroom while going to school full time. By nineteen, he joined the military reserves and followed in the footsteps of his brothers, father, and grandfather whose service stretches from WWI to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
These were the three pillars of his early life, and they remain the foundation of his work as a seasoned personal injury lawyer representing those whose lives have been tragically altered and whose...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
David M. Whitaker
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 33 years of experience
Employment
Tulane University School of Law
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Tyler Moore Kostal
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Appeals and Environmental
Loyola University New Orleans
Tyler Kostal is an associate attorney in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She practices in the energy and environmental litigation group, defending energy companies in lawsuits involving oil and gas, environmental, toxic tort exposure, wetlands loss, pipeline, and commercial litigation and appeals. She also assists clients with Medicare reporting and compliance obligations for toxic tort exposure claims.
Tyler is listed as a Rising Star by Louisiana Super Lawyers for 2019.
Tyler earned her B.B.A., cum laude, in economics and marketing in 2005 from the University of Mississippi. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University New Orleans College of...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Jill A. Gautreaux
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 29 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Loyola University New Orleans
Jill Gautreaux is special counsel to the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2015 and practices in the real estate, business, and commercial litigation groups. Jill assists clients with corporate matters, real estate, liquor licensing, and business transactions in the hospitality, technology, retail, and professional services sectors. She handles corporate transactional matters including business formation, buy/sell agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and dissolution/liquidation. Jill also represents individuals and companies in contractual disputes and shareholder litigation in Federal and State courts.
She helps her clients in a wide variety of legal and transactional matters including leases, sales, mortgages,...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Mark Philip Glago
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Insurance Claims
Tulane University School of Law
Attorney Mark Glago graduated from the University of Richmond in Virginia with Phi Beta Kappa honors, having triple-majored in Political Science, Speech and Sociology. He was the University’s Rhodes Scholar nominee and received the “Most Outstanding Graduate” award. At the Tulane University School of Law, he was Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review and again graduated with honors. Over the past 17 years, Mr. Glago has handled over 2,500 cases and been the “first-chair” lawyer for over 160 trials in Louisiana courts. He has built a respected, full-service law firm devoted to recovering compensation for clients in a range...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial MediaResponsive Law
Jennifer M. Bonneau
New Orleans , LA Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(504) 488-0678
118 West Harrison Avenue
Suite 301
New Orleans , LA 70124
Free ConsultationAppeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Southern University Law Center
.Attorney and Counselor at Law
Notary Public
Jennifer M. Bonneau has represented individuals, insurers, small businesses, insurance companies, and corporations in a variety of cases. She has extensive experience in helping clients resolve disputes through negotiations, trials, mediation, arbitration, and appeals.
Jennifer has served as both lead and assistant counsel in litigation resulting in millions of dollars in recovery to clients injured as a result of others. She represents clients in state and federal courts in matters both simple and highly complex. Jennifer is a Qualified Family Law Mediator and has also served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Louis M. Grossman
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Appeals and Environmental
James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
Lou Grossman is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller and practices in the environmental litigation, energy, and appellate groups. Since being admitted to practice in 2003, he has handled complex disputes involving the energy and petrochemical industries, including toxic tort claims, environmental damage claims, and commercial litigation. In addition, Lou has handled the appeals of numerous high-profile legal issues at the trial and appellate court level. He is listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for 2013 and 2014. Lou was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 2015, and was listed as a Rising...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Amanda Howard Lowe
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Amanda Howard Lowe is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2009 and practices in the admiralty and maritime, energy and corporate litigation groups. Amanda has considerable experience in a wide variety of admiralty issues, including Jones Act and personal injury defense, maritime litigation, oil and gas exploration, drilling accidents, well blowouts, cargo damage, ship collisions, ship allusions, vessel groundings, lift board and jack-up rig accidents, vessel mortgage filings, product liability, redhibition, as well as premises liability, construction defect litigation and general personal injury litigation. Amanda's experience also includes assisting clients in...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
David J. Halpern
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
David Halpern is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2015 and practices in the business, real estate, and commercial litigation groups. David has over 30 years of legal and business experience, and assists clients with a variety of legal, corporate, and land use matters. His clients include national, regional, and local businesses, real estate developers, bars and restaurants, and New Orleans area businesses. His practice includes land use issues, zoning ordinances, mergers and acquisitions, and transactions. He also serves on governmental advisory boards and represents businesses and individuals before regulatory authorities.
David...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
William Paul Buckley
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Patents and Products Liability
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Jacob K. Weixler
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Business, Employment and White Collar Crime
University of Michigan Law School
Jacob K. Weixler is a dedicated attorney who represents clients in federal criminal proceedings, civil lawsuits, and professional disciplinary proceedings. He also provides counsel on business law matters. He has represented a diverse range of clients facing various challenges, including defending the first amendment rights of a national civil rights figure, assisting a former military official facing fraud and conspiracy charges, fighting for the rights of cheated investors, and seeking justice for incarcerated individuals.
Prior to establishing Weixler Law LLC, Jacob gained valuable experience as an attorney at Schonekas Evans McGoey & McEachin, LLC, a respected New Orleans-based boutique law firm...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Julie Parelman Silbert
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Business and Environmental
Tulane University School of Law
Julie Silbert is special counsel in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 1994 and practices in the environmental law and commercial litigation groups. Julie has extensive experience in the Louisiana energy, petrochemical and manufacturing industry and works with clients regarding litigation strategy and litigation management. She has experience in litigation involving complex commercial matters, casualty, toxic mold, NORM litigation, and environmental contamination.
Julie earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Tulane University. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University Law School in 1984. Julie was a recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Michael S Brandner Jr.
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Insurance Claims and Products Liability
Boston University and Loyola University New Orleans
Michael S. Brandner, owner of the Brandner Law Firm, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up there and attended Jesuit High School. After graduating from high school, he attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1999.
He then went on to study law at the Loyola University New Orleans School of Law where he served on the Executive Board of the Loyola Student Bar Association and was a member of the Loyola University School of Law Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Bradner received his juris doctor in 2002....
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Adam Granville Young
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Immigration and Tax
Tulane University
Adam Young grew up in Abbeville, Louisiana and attended Tulane University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor degree in 2005. Following graduation, Adam worked for law firms and companies in the Oil & Gas industry in Louisiana, gaining business law experience that he has transferred to his own practice. He has experience in bankruptcy law, in which he focuses on complex bankruptcy situations. Adam is a member of the Bankruptcy Section of the Louisiana Bar Association, as well as the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. Additionally, he has extensive experience representing clients in divorce and family law cases,...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileQ&ASocial Media
Joseph A. Interiano
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Joseph A. Interiano has more than a decade of experience in the legal field and represents a wide variety of clients in many different legal situations. He specializes in auto accidents, personal injury, slip and falls accidents, workplace accidents, workers’ compensation claims, home and property owners’ insurance claims for property damages, business law and immigration.
Joseph is a member of the American Association for Justice, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Louisiana State Bar Association and New Orleans Bar Association. He has tried and won cases in most of the courts in southern Louisiana, including cases before the First...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Addie Prewitt
New Orleans, LA Lawyer
Business
Boston University School of Law and Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
I was born in Lafayette, in the heart of Cajun country.
My grandparents lived next door, and there was rarely a day without a visit to or from someone in the extended family. Growing up, the family indulgence was season tickets to Saints games in the fall.
I played volleyball at LSU, the culmination of a childhood dream. I went to LSU law school. There I enrolled in a tax law course and discovered that I really am a numbers person, and thrived in a program that appealed to my logical brain. After graduating, I headed north to pursue a Master...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Melanie Lockett
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Employment and Insurance Defense
Loyola University School of Law
Melanie Lockett is an experienced litigator in diverse areas of law including insurance coverage and defense, education, commercial litigation, employment law, professional liability, and family law. She has litigated a vast array of legal issues in Louisiana state and federal courts. She has also successfully appealed cases to Louisiana Courts of Appeal and Louisiana Supreme Court. Melanie’s innovative and diligent approach to representing clients has led to notable successes for insurance companies, insurance agents, tenured professors, university students, and victims of discrimination. Melanie is an involved member of several professional organizations. She is an active member...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg Search
Jeffrey A. Mitchell
Metairie, LA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
Background and Education
Mr. Mitchell was born in Mobile, Alabama on April 7, 1963. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He attended Louisiana State University, The Paul M. Hebert, School of Law from which he obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1989. During law school, Mr. Mitchell was awarded the Outstanding Oral Advocate award by Mr. F. Lee Bailey during the F. Lee Bailey National Moot Court Competition. Mr. Mitchell's team placed second in the country. Mr. Mitchell was also a member of the National Moot Court Team and was...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
William S. Shepherd
Metairie, LA Attorney with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationSecurities
Georgetown University Law Center and South Texas College of Law
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Glenn P. Orgeron
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 46 years of experience
Business
The George Washington University Law School, Tulane University School of Law, George Washington University and Louisiana State University
Glenn Orgeron is of counsel to the New Orleans office of Kean Miller and a Registered Professional Engineer. He practices in the construction and litigation groups. Glenn has over 25 years of experience in complex construction law matters, mold litigation, and product liability litigation in state and federal courts.
Glenn is a Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) in the United States Marine Corps. He has served in a variety of legal positions for the United States Marine Corps, including assignments as Deputy General Counsel, Assistant General Counsel, and General Counsel in wide range of jurisdictions including Hawaii, Japan, the Indian Ocean, Washington, D.C.,...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Bradley J Spedale
Metairie, LA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business, Employment and Real Estate
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Brad’s practice utilizes the Master of Business Administration he earned in addition to his Juris Doctor. In addition to representing businesses of all kinds, he practices many different areas of law, performing both transactional work and litigation. Brad’s trust and estate practice covers everything from simple wills and successions to complex trusts and advanced estate planning. As part of his real estate practice, he is a title agent for Gulf Title Corporation, which is an agent for First American Title Insurance Company of Louisiana. Brad’s collection practice specializes in purchased debt. He also litigates many labor and employment matters and...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Marynell Lapuyade Piglia
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 34 years of experience
Employment and Workers' Comp
Loyola University New Orleans
Marynell Piglia exudes confidence in her practice and epitomizes the effectiveness of hard work and tenacity. Practicing civil litigation, family law, and employment law, she represents clients in matters such as discrimination, sexual harassment, workers’ compensation, divorce, and related family law matters. Ms. Piglia earned her undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University, magna cum laud. She was the recipient of a President’s Medal for Academic Excellence. She went on to receive her law degree from Loyola University, where she served on the Loyola Law Review, as chair of the Moot Court Board, and a member of the Moot Court teaching...
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Laura N. Buck
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Immigration
Tulane University School of Law
Laura Buck is an associate attorney at Phelps Dunbar LLP. Laura is particularly experienced in immigration law, having practiced in the immigration section of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice before joining the firm. Laura is the Co-Founder and member of the Immigration Law Member Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association. She is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Laura focuses on all areas of immigration law with a particular emphasis on employment based immigration.
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Michael A. McGlone
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Appeals
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Claimed Lawyer Profile
Christopher L. Williams
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Entertainment & Sports
Tulane University School of Law
Christopher L. Williams focuses his practice on complex employment litigation, including cases involving violations of wage-and-hour laws, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, unpaid wages, breach of contract, whistleblower claims, and non-compete issues. After working for some of the nation’s largest labor-and-employment law firms, he opened his own practice in 2014 to concentrate on protecting the rights of workers and employees. Mr. Williams draws on his previous experience representing employers to provide legal advice to individuals regarding potential claims and legal remedies under state and federal employment laws. Mr. Williams has litigated a wide variety of employment issues in...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial MediaResponsive Law
Christopher Szeto
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationLoyola University New Orleans College of Law
Personal experience with racial injustice infused with an awareness of the judicial system motivates Mr. Christopher Szeto. Mr. Szeto recognized law as his calling from an early age. This internal drive led him to volunteer for numerous courts across the country. Mr. Szeto’s dedication to courts in Louisiana, New York, and Massachusetts showed him the endless caseloads lawyers face. Inspired by Charles Houston, who was key in disrupting the Jim Crow era, Mr. Szeto set off for law school.
Mr. Szeto graduated from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He majored in Philosophy, Political Science, and History. Mr....
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Blair B. Alford
New Orleans, LA Attorney
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg SearchSocial Media
Richard S. Pabst
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation and Environmental
Tulane University School of Law and Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial MediaResponsive Law
Megan Chauffe Kiefer
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims
Tulane University School of Law
Megan handles cases in the greater New Orleans area and around Louisiana. She is nationally ranked in the top ten personal injuries under 40* and in the top ten personal injury attorneys in Louisiana. She is a trial attorney who has a proven track record in and out of court. She has a reputation as a fierce litigator and fights hard for her clients to get them the justice and compensation that they deserve. She has handled cases involving car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, severe spinal injuries, traumatic brain injuries, wrongful death, sexual harassment and assault,...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Mr Eric Malveau
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Loyola University New Orleans
Malveau Law Firm, L.L.C. provides legal representation for clients with Criminal, Family, Juvenile, Personal Injury, Traffic & Municipal matters in the New Orleans metropolitan area.
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
John D. Ray
Metairie, LA Lawyer with 25 years of experience
1000 Veterans Blvd.
Suite 203
Metairie, LA 70005
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Southern University Law Center
John D. Ray is the owner and operator of The Ray Firm, LLC and has practiced law for over 20 years and specializes in workers’ compensation. He opened his law firm in Baton Rouge in 2016 after years of working for New Orleans and Lafayette based defense firms, serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Louisiana Department of Justice and then serving as the Section Chief of Workers’ Compensation Section of LDJ. In addition to his role as Section Chief, he served as an in-house legal advisor to the Office of Risk Management and the Louisianan Department of Justice regarding...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Dylan Knoll
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Appeals, Business and Real Estate
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota School of Law
Dylan is an associate at Denechaud & Denechaud. He was born in Melbourne, Australia. Dylan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and earned a Juris Doctor cum laude and a Master of Arts from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. In law school, Dylan was a senior editor on law review and a moot court participant. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable Donald E. Rysavy and the Honorable Fred W. Wellmann in Minnesota’s Third Judicial District. Dylan met his Covington-born wife while studying abroad in Germany. They live in New Orleans with...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Nicholas Berg
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Securities
Tulane University School of Law
Mr. Berg’s practice has an emphasis on commercial litigation and arbitration, including securities litigation and arbitration. He represents individual and institutional investors, public pension funds and hedge funds in investment disputes with investment banks and brokerage firms in state and federal court, and in arbitration before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Mr. Berg also represents businesses and individuals in complex commercial litigation matters, including derivative suits and claims involving unfair trade practices, fraud, negligence and breaches of fiduciary duties by managers, directors and officers of corporations. In addition to his commercial litigation practice, Mr. Berg has also represented many...
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Clinton McGrath Jr
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 21 years of experience
Business and Tax
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and Tulane University School of Law
Tax Lawyer and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with over 15 years' professional experience within the "Big 4" and regional firms, including the Washington National Tax Office of one "Big 4" firm and the New York M&A-Transactions practice of another "Big 4" firm, having significant Director/Senior Manager-level experience. Licensed as both an Attorney (DC) and CPA (LA, DC).
Claimed Lawyer ProfileSocial Media
Robert Toale
Gretna, LA Attorney with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationLoyola University New Orleans
Robert Toale is the founder of the Law Office of Robert S. Toale, a practice focusing exclusively on criminal defense. He works on state, federal, and juvenile criminal cases throughout Southeast Louisiana. He has tried over 100 jury trials and represented over 5,000 clients.
He is a Life Member of NACDL, which he joined in 1986. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Public Defense Committee. Mr. Toale is a member of NACDL’s Budget and Death Penalty Committees. In addition to his contributions to NACDL, Mr. Toale is a Lifetime Member of NACDL's affiliate, the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense...