Toxic Mass Tort/Complex Litigation
- Served as counsel for the City of New Orleans in a dispute over the remediation of a former city landfill site in New Orleans (United States v. City of New Orleans).
- Served as lead counsel in the remediation of underground storage tank site in LaPlace (Wallington v. Essex Insurance).
- Served as environmental counsel for landowner on former shipyard site (Batture Fleet v. Browner).
- Served as class counsel on the Plaintiffs' Legal Committee in class action litigation involving explosion at Mobil Oil Refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana (Lailhengue v. Mobil Oil).
- Served as class counsel on Plaintiffs' Legal Committee in class action litigation involving synergistic effects from pollution from several plants operating in Chalmette, Louisiana (Ford v. Murphy Oil).
- Served as co-counsel in class action litigation involving chemical/toxic exposure to workers at Bureau of Engraving & Printing facility in Fort Worth, Texas (Browne v. SICPA).
- Served as class counsel on Plaintiffs' Legal Committee in class action litigation involving explosion at Murphy Oil Refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana (Andry v. Murphy Oil).
- Served as special associate to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in the San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Served as lead counsel for plaintiffs in chemical litigation involving a ten ton chlorine release from Pioneer Chlor Alkali's St. Gabriel, Louisiana plant. (Bonifay v. Pioneer Chlor-Alkali).
- Served as lead plaintiffs' counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial release of hydrogen sulfide gas from a barge at Paktank’s Westwego, Louisiana facility. (Inniss v. Paktank Corporation).
- Served as plaintiffs' counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial explosion of a nitrogen tetroxide tank car at a paper mill in Bogalusa, Louisiana. (Johnson v. Gaylord Chemical Corporation).
- Served as plaintiffs' counsel in class action litigation involving pesticide poisoning of banana workers in Latin America. (Martinez v. Dow Corporation).
- Served as opt-out plaintiffs' counsel in litigation involving a substantial release of ammonia in Taft, Louisiana. (Baudoin v. Koch Nitrogen Company).
- Served as opt-out plaintiffs' counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial release of hydrogen chloride and hydrogen sulfide from a tank truck in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (In Re: Hydrochem Corporation; and Lang v. DSI Transports, Inc.).
- Served as opt-out plaintiffs' counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial release of antimony pentachloride in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Brown v. AlliedSignal Corporation).
- Served as opt-out plaintiffs' counsel in chemical litigations involving two releases of ammonia and EDC in Geismar, Louisiana. (Scott v. Borden Chemicals).
- Served as class plaintiffs' counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial release of pyrolysis gasoline from a barge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Robin v. Ingram Barge Company).
- Serving as class plaintiffs' counsel in litigation involving a substantial saltwater intrusion into the drinking water system in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. (Mabile v. Assumption Parish Waterworks).
- Served as class plaintiffs' counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial release of chlorine from a facility in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. (Hubbard v. Harcros Chemicals, Inc.).
- Serving as lead plaintiffs' counsel in multi-party chemical litigation involving a substantial release of ammonia from a facility in Luling, Louisiana. (Robertson v. Monsanto Company).
- Serving as lead counsel and plaintiffs' liaison counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial release of naphtha from a facility in Taft, Louisiana. (Howard v. Union Carbide Corporation).
- Served as plaintiffs' liaison counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial release of petroleum from a facility in Norco, Louisiana. (In re: Orion Tank Fire Litigation).
- Serving as lead counsel and plaintiffs' liaison counsel in litigation involving a substantial release of raw sewerage into a community in Jefferson, Louisiana. (Arnoud v. Jackson’s Grease Trap, Inc.).
- Serving as lead class plaintiffs' counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial release of ammonia and melamine from a facility in Waggaman, Louisiana. (Johnson v. Cytec Industries, Inc.).
- Served as co-lead class plaintiffs' counsel in HMO litigation involving the delay in payment by insurers and third party administrators to doctors. (Lakeland Anesthesia v. AETNA).
- Served as co-lead class plaintiffs' counsel in HMO litigation involving the delay in payment by insurers and third party administrators to doctors. (Lakeland Anesthesia v. CIGNA).
- Serving as co-class plaintiffs' counsel in HMO litigation involving the delay in payment by insurers and third party administrators to doctors. (Lakeland Anesthesia v. Blue Cross/Blue Shield).
- Serving as co-class plaintiffs' counsel in HMO litigation involving the delay in payment by insurers and third party administrators to doctors. (Lakeland Anesthesia v. SMA).
- Serving as co-class plaintiffs' counsel in HMO litigation involving the delay in payment by insurers and third party administrators to doctors. (Lakeland Anesthesia v. United Healthcare).
- Served as lead class plaintiffs' counsel in chemical litigation involving a substantial release of sulfur from a facility in Gibson, Louisiana. (Singleton v. Diamond Services Corporation).
- Serving as plaintiffs’ liaison counsel in class action chemical litigation involving a substantial release of acetic anhydride from a facility in Luling, Louisiana. (Matherne v. Monsanto Company).
- Appointed on executive committee with co-lead counsel in shareholder derivative claim in the District of New Jersey. (Staehr v. Merck and Halpert v. Merck).
- Serving as counsel in shareholder derivative claim in the Eastern District of Louisiana. (Feyler v. U.S. Unwired).
- Serving as counsel in shareholder derivative claim in the Eastern District of Louisiana. (Thompson v. Shaw Group).
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