Richard McConnell is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He is trial counsel for energy and financial companies in high stakes lawsuits involving a wide variety of claims. Prior cases involved soil and groundwater contamination, wetlands loss, toxic tort exposure, lost mineral leasing opportunities, mineral lease cancellation, pipeline right-of-way claims, expropriation/condemnation, and commercial litigation. Richard also serves as appellate counsel arguing before state and federal appellate courts.
Richard’s recent experience includes obtaining a successful verdict as trial counsel for national pipeline companies in a wetlands loss lawsuit involving canals that widened over time, he was lead counsel in obtaining a ruling that secured a $900 million dollar transaction, and appellate counsel for a financial institution seeking to overturn a multi-million dollar jury verdict.
Richard earned his B.S. in Biochemistry from Louisiana State University in 2000. He earned his J.D., cum laude, in 2005 from Tulane University Law School where he was articles editor for the Tulane Law Review.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Environmental Law
- Hearing Loss Defense
- Legacy Oil Field Sites
- Toxic Tort Litigation
- Louisiana
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- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
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- 5th Circuit
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- United States District Court for the Middle Districts of Louisiana
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- United States District Court for the Eastern Districts of Louisiana
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- United States District Court for the Western Districts of Louisiana
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- English
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- Kean Miller LLP
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- Tulane University School of Law
- J.D. | Law
- Honors: cum laude
- Activities: Articles editor for the Tulane Law Review.
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- Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
- B.S. | Biochemistry
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- Baton Rouge Bar Association
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- American Bar Association
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- Louisiana State Bar
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- Louisiana Oil & Gas Association
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- Natural Resources & Environment Vol. 22, No. 4
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