 | Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard,
A Law Corporation | | | | | Pan-American Life Center, 27th Floor, 601 Poydras Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | General Civil Practice. Admiralty and Maritime Law, Insurance Coverage, Toxic Torts, Commercial Litigation, Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Finance, Corporate, Domestic and International Commerce, Environmental Law, Product Liability, Probate and Real Estate Law. | | | | Year Established: 1986 | | | | Firm Size: 27 | | | | Representative Clients: | | AmSouth Bank; Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc.; Baker Hughes, Inc.; Bank of Louisiana; E.N. Bisso & Son, Inc.; Budget Rent A Car System, Inc.; Cendant Car Rental Group; CitiCapital Commercial Corp.; Citrus Lands of Louisiana, LLC; Country-Wide Insurance Co.; Cruise America, Inc.; Diversified Group, Inc.; Dorignac's Food Center, LLC.; Double Eagle Marine, LLC; First Financial Insurance Company; Gallagher Basset Insurance Services; G.E. Capital Colonial Pacific Leasing; GMAC Business Credit; Gray Insurance Co.; The Hartford; House of Blues Entertainment, Inc.; HSBC Business Credit (U.S.A.), Inc.; Iberia Bank; Institute of London Underwriters; J.C. Penney Co., Inc.; LeBeouf Bros. Towing Co., Inc.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; Marine Office of America Corp.; North American Specialty Insurance Co.; Oceanografia, S.A. de C.V.; ORIX Financial Services, Inc.; Patterson Rental Tools, Inc.; Philadelphia Insurance Cos.; Point Eight Power, Inc.; Reagan Equipment Co., Inc.; Rigdon Marine, LLC; Schlumberger Ltd.; Seacor Marine, Inc.; The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Assn., Ltd.; Sun Drilling Products, Inc.; Superior Energy Services, Inc.; St. Paul Travelers; Trinity Yachts, LLC; Underwriters at Lloyds; U.S. Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc.; United Healthcare Corp.; United Tugs, Inc.; Wiser Oil Co. | | | | Reference: | | AmSouth Bank, New Orleans, Louisiana. | | | | Charles E. Lugenbuhl (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 13, 1928; admitted to bar, 1951, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University; Tulane University of Louisiana (LL.B., 1951). Professor, Tulane Law School, "Tugs and Towage," 1973—. Member: Institute Faculty, Program and Planning Committee, 1977—; Permanent Advisory Board, 1977— and Vice Chair, 1992—, Admiralty Law Institute, Tulane University Of Louisiana. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Chair, Rivers and Ocean Towing Committee, 1985-1990). Practice Areas: Admiralty; Trial and Appellate Litigation; Corporate. | | | | Scott R. Wheaton, Jr. (Member) born Durham, North Carolina, August 24, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana; 1980, New York. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1972); Columbia University (M.B.A., 1977); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1977). Member, Board of Editors, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1976-1977. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, New York State, American, Inter-American and International Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Maritime; Commercial; International; Insurance; Products Liability; Personal Injury. | | | | Stewart F. Peck (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, August 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Kenyon College (A.B. with distinction, Political Science, magna cum laude, 1974); Case Western Reserve University; Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Student Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Law Institute (Member, Special Advisory Board). Practice Areas: Commercial Law and Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights; Marine Finance; Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions. | | | | S. Frazer Rankin (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, February 2, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States. Practice Areas: Estates and Trusts; Real Estate; Finance; Corporate; Commercial Litigation. | | | | Ralph S. Hubbard III (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 19, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1972; M.A., 1974); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1977). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Environmental Law; Real Estate; Bankruptcy Litigation; Commercial Law; Toxic Torts. | | | | Stanley J. Cohn (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, October 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., cum laude, 1978; J.D., 1981). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: New Orleans (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1984-1985; Member, Executive Committee, 1985-1988; 2000-2004; Secretary, 2002-2003; Vice President, 2003-2005), Louisiana State, Federal and American (Member: General Practice Section Council, 1998-2002; Editorial Board GP Solo, 1995-2003; Chair, Tort and Insurance Committee, 2000-2001) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Maritime Law Association of the United States; American Counsel Association (President, 1997-1998; Secretary/Treasurer, 1999-2005). Practice Areas: Trial and Appellate Practice; Environmental Law; Maritime; Insurance; Business Litigation. | | | | Nathan P. Horner, Jr. (Member) born Greeneville, Tennessee, February 6, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Tennessee and Louisiana. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1978); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1983; LL.M. with distinction, 1984). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Marine and Commercial Finance; Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights; Commercial and Appellate Litigation; Environmental. | | | | Kristopher M. Redmann (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 12, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1981); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1986). Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. A. J. McNamara, U. S. District Judge, 1986-1987. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Trucking Litigation; Transportation Litigation; Admiralty; Maritime Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. | | | | Gordon P. Wilson (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, April 15, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1985); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1989). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Insurance Defense Law; Historic Preservation. | | | | David B. Sharpe (Member) born Bethesda, Maryland, August 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S.E.E., 1985); George Washington University (J.D. with honors, 1990). Author: Healy, Sharpe & Sharpe, "Cases & Materials of Admiralty," West 4th Ed.; Sharpe, Berns & Sharpe, "Maritime Arrest, 8 Benedict on Admiralty," 7th Ed. - Rev.; "Maritime E-Commerce in the U.S.," 8 Int'l Mar. L. 160, 2001; "The Law of Towage at the Millennium: What Changes are Needed?," 73 Tul. L. Rev. 1811, 1999. Adjunct Faculty Member, Tulane University Law School. Adjunct Faculty Member and Board of Directors, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Member: New Orleans (Member, Board of Directors), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Proctor, Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member, Committee on: Electronic Communications and Commerce). Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime Law; Trial and Appellate Litigation; Corporate. | | | | Simeon Bernard Reimonenq, Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana; September 1, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; 1990, Connecticut. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S.M.E., 1984); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1989). Recipient, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Scholarship, 1983-1984. Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Member: New Orleans (Member, Minorities in the Profession Committee), Louisiana State, American and National Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (Member, Committees on: Insurance Law; Employee Benefits); American Inns of Court; Louisiana Engineering Society. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Employee Benefits; ERISA; Employment Law; Intellectual Property; Creditors Rights; Workers Compensation; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice. | | | | Celeste Darmstadter Elliott (Member) born Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Virginia; 1995, Maryland; 1996, Louisiana. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1991); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif. Co-Author: "Bad Faith and Punitive Damage Claims in a Direct Action State," Insurance Litigation Reporter, Vol. 21, No.9, June 1, 1999; "Bloody But Unbowed: the Absolute Pollution Exclusion in Louisiana," Environmental Claims Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, Fall 1999. Member: Virginia State; Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Toxic Tort Litigation. | | | | Kristopher T. Wilson (Member) born Pensacola, Florida, July 22, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1991; J.D., 1995). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Obligations; Erick Vincent Anderson Memorial Scholarship; Tullis-Herget Scholarship. Member: Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Insurance Coverage; Toxic Tort Litigation; Occupational Disease; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Collections. | | | | Christopher T. Caplinger (Member) born Portsmouth, Virginia, November 10, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1994); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 1997; M.A. Religious Studies, 1997). Phi Delta Phi (Vice Magister, 1996-1997). Member: Federal Fifth Circuit; Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor. | | | | Joseph P. Guichet (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University, New Orleans (B.A., cum laude, 1993); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Law Clerk to the U. S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1994-1996. Associate Independent Counsel, U. S. Office of the Independent Counsel, In re: Espy, 1996-2000. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Environmental Law; Trial Litigation; Appellate Litigation. | | | | Seth A. Schmeeckle (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1997; J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Louisiana State University Law Review. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Environmental Law; Mass Torts Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation. | | | | —————————— | | | | W. Lee Kohler (Special Counsel) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 12, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 1987, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.S., 1983); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1986). Member: Louisiana State and American (Construction Law Forum) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Insurance; Mediation; Arbitration; Construction Law; Personal Injury Defense. | | | | Michael E. Holoway (Special Counsel) born Monroe, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: University of North Florida; Tulane University (J.D., 1983). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense. | | | | Elia Diaz-Yaeger (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S., Public Relations, 1987; M.S., Communications, 1989); Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans (J.D., 1994). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Mass Tort and Class Actions. | | | | Tina L. Kappen (Associate) born San Antonio, Texas, May 5, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, New York; 2005, Louisiana. Education: Stephens College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Phi Alpha Delta. Order of the Coif. Recipient: 4 CALI Awards for Excellence; European Legal Studies Certificate. Member: Tulane Maritime Law Journal (2001-2003); Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law (2002-2003). Chief Justice, Xavier Martin Chapter. Author: "International Law of the Sea: Reconciling the Law of Piracy and Terrorism in the Wake of September 11," 27 Mar. Law 257 (2002); "Domesticating International Corporate Responsibility: Holding Private Military Firms Accountable Under the Alien Tort Claims Act," 11 Tul. J. Int'l. & Comp. L. 325 (2003); "Pretender Defense Costs: To Pay or Not to Pay?" The Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin, Vol. 3, Nov. 2004. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense. | | | | Gregory C. Fahrenholt (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 17, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Civil Law Studies Award. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property; Construction Law. | | | | Benjamin Kadden (Associate) born Springfield, Illinois, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2001); Tulane University (J.D., 2005). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation. | | | | Katherine L. Osborne (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Southeastern Louisiana University (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., Moot Court Board, 2004). Member: New Orleans and American Bar Associations; Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Mass Torts; Insurance Coverage; Environmental Law. | | | | LaDonna G. Wilson (Associate) born Oak Grove, Louisiana, March 15, 1967; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Litigation; Insurance Defense. | | | | Lew Parks, Jr. (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 2001); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2004; B.C.L., 2004). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Litigation. | | | | Brad E. Harrigan (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2005, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1997); Boston University School of Law (J.D., Litigation, 2000). Eta Sigma Phi. Florida Academic Scholar, 1995. Presidential Recognition, 1995. University of Florida Honors Program, 1995. Boston University School of Law: Paul J. Liacos Scholar, 1999; Member, Civil Litigation Clinic, 1999. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; International Trademark Association (INTA)(Member, Bulletin Editorial Board); International Game Developers Association (IGDA)(Voting Member; Member, Intellectual Property Rights Committee); Lawyers for the Creative Arts. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Intellectual Property. | | | | Miles C. Thomas (Associate) born Columbia, South Carolina, January 22, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, South Carolina; 2007, Louisiana. Education: Clemson University (B.A., Speech and Communication, 2000); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2004). Member: New Orleans, Greenville County, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Maritime Law; Admiralty Law; Litigation. | | | | Rachel A. Meese (Associate) born Lafayette, Indiana, August 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: San Jose State University (B.F.A., Photography, summa cum laude, 1991); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Senior Research Attorney, Louisiana Supreme Court. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Litigation. | | | | Elizabeth Carter (Associate) born Denver, Colorado, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002; B.S., magna cum laude, 2002); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates. | | | | Jason P. Franco (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 15, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2002); Loyola University, New Orleans (J.D., 2005). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | | | Reed S. Minkin (Associate) born Plainfield, New Jersey, May 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana; 2006, Michigan. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1997); Santa Clara University (J.D., 2001). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. | | | | Halima N. Smith (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana. Education: Xavier University of Louisiana (B.A., 1999); Loyola University (J.D., 2002). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Toxic Exposure; Environmental Law; Medical Malpractice. |
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