Edward F. LeBreton III

Edward F. LeBreton III


Jones Walker LLP

Recognized since 2013

New Orleans, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Admiralty and Maritime Law

Insurance Law

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Edward F. LeBreton, III, is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the insurance coverage and maritime teams. He has practiced in all facets of maritime, energy, and marine and non-marine insurance law. Edward has represented assureds, underwriters, and other industry participants in a broad range of disputes involving hull, cargo, builder's risk, P&I, MEL, CGL, control of well, and excess and umbrella policies. He has given opinions regarding coverage, prepared reservations of rights, and advised lenders with respect to the insurance aspects of maritime finance transactions. From 1990 to 1994, Edward served as chairman of the US Maritime Law Association sub-committee on P&I insurance and, from 1994 to 1998, as chairman of the organization’s standing committee on marine insurance and general average. In non-marine insurance, Edward has represented insureds and underwriters with respect to property, general liability excess, pollution, fidelity bond, and title coverage questions. He also defends insureds under general and other liability policies. Edward is an experienced maritime attorney who has represented numerous vessel, charter, and cargo interests. He has obtained judgments for carriers on the basis of error in navigation, customary freight unit, and lack of a recoverable property interest, as well as for charter and cargo interests recovering for the loss of packaged and bulk shipments. He has litigated collision, removal of wreck, pollution, products liability, and other vessel-related cases in inland and blue-water settings; prosecuted complaints for exoneration from limitation of liability and obtained judgments of no fault in collision cases; and has arrested vessels in the assertion of various maritime liens, including those arising from charter parties. Edward has defended numerous personal injury cases involving jury and judge trials, including claims that have arisen in inland waters and ocean trades and include limitations on the rights of foreign seamen. Such matters have involved a variety of injuries, including toxic torts, as well as issues of contract and indemnity and the application of the Louisiana and Texas anti-indemnity statutes. In the energy field, Edward has prosecuted and defended control of well and loss/delayed production claims. He also has defended personal injury claims arising on offshore and inland rigs, including fire and explosion, defended claims involving damage to production equipment and underground pipelines, and obtained a substantial recovery in the capsize of a drill barge. In bankruptcy court, he has represented claimants and defended various adversary proceedings, including claims for preference, avoidance, and fraudulent transfer.

Location
  • 201 Saint Charles Avenue
    New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
Education
  • Tulane University, JD, graduated 1975
  • Tulane University, BA, graduated 1971
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, Louisiana
  • Texas, Texas
Affiliations
  • Average Adjusters Association of the United States - Member
  • Maritime Law Association of the United States - Board of Directors (2003-2006)
  • Tulane Admiralty Law Institute - Planning and Program Committees
Court Admissions
  • US Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit
  • US Supreme Court
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
  • US Bankruptcy Court Western District of Texas
  • US Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Louisiana
  • US Bankruptcy Court Western District of Louisiana
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • US District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • US Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Insurance Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Energy Law

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