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Elizabeth Haecker Ryan

Coats Rose, P.C.
  • Recognized Since:
    2010
  • Recognized in:
    Litigation - Environmental
    Product Liability Litigation - Defendants...
  • Law School:
    Tulane University
  • Website:
    http://www.coatsrose.com
  • E-mail:
    eryan@coatsrose.com
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    365 Canal Street, Suite 800
    New Orleans, LA 70130
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Elizabeth Ryan joined Coats Rose as a Director in 2012. A former editor of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s magazine, she has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America® in the area of professional malpractice law, and was most recently featured in their 2012 listing. Additionally, Elizabeth has been named a Louisiana Super Lawyers® in 2007-2009 and 2012 for her work in class action/mass torts, transportation/maritime and environmental law. She has lectured on numerous occasions regarding environmental, insurance and professional topics, and is an adjunct professor at the Tulane University Law School.

Elizabeth pursued architecture studies at the Tulane School of Architecture (1975-1976). In law school she served on the Moot Court of Tulane University Law School, and as an editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal. Additionally, she clerked for the Honorable George Arceneaux, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1980-1981).  Her former employment includes partner at Lemle and Kelleher, and partner at Montgomery Barnett.

Practice Emphasis

Elizabeth practices in the area of general civil litigation, with a concentration in construction, environmental, insurance defense and coverage, admiralty and pharmaceutical and medical device law. For over 30 years, she has litigated matters involving toxic tort, class action, maritime personal injury and property damages, personal property damage arising out of fire, products liability, pharmaceuticals, interstate transportation of hazardous substances and the sale of same by maritime transporters; and truck and auto litigation.  Elizabeth also serves as a mediator and an umpire in insurance appraisal matters and is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

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Elizabeth Ryan joined Coats Rose as a Director in 2012. A former editor of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s magazine, she has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America® in the area of professional malpractice law, and was most recently featured in their 2012 listing. Additionally, Elizabeth has been named a Louisiana Super Lawyers® in 2007-2009 and 2012 for her work in class action/mass torts, transportation/maritime and environmental law. She has lectured on numerous occasions regarding environmental, insurance and professional topics, and is an adjunct professor at the Tulane University Law School.

Elizabeth pursued architecture studies at the Tulane School of Architecture (1975-1976). In law school she served on the Moot Court of Tulane University Law School, and as an editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal. Additionally, she clerked for the Honorable George Arceneaux, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1980-1981).  Her former employment includes partner at Lemle and Kelleher, and partner at Montgomery Barnett.

Practice Emphasis

Elizabeth practices in the area of general civil litigation, with a concentration in construction, environmental, insurance defense and coverage, admiralty and pharmaceutical and medical device law. For over 30 years, she has litigated matters involving toxic tort, class action, maritime personal injury and property damages, personal property damage arising out of fire, products liability, pharmaceuticals, interstate transportation of hazardous substances and the sale of same by maritime transporters; and truck and auto litigation.  Elizabeth also serves as a mediator and an umpire in insurance appraisal matters and is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

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Education:

  • Tulane University, J.D., graduated 1980
  • Tulane University, BA, graduated 1975

Bar Admissions:

  • Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • District of Columbia Bar Association - Member
  • International Association of Defense Counsel - Board of Editors; Member & Vice Chair of Articles of Defense Counsel; Former Chair, Energy, Environmental & Maritime Committee, Former Chair National Membership Committee; Former Chair, Ressoure Development Committee
  • John R Brown National Moot Court Competition - Judge
  • Louisiana Bar Association - Fellow, Louis Moreau-Lislet; Judicial Liaison Committee, 1999-2001
  • Louisiana State Bar Association - Member; Former Secretary; Long-Range Planning Committee Member, 1998; Professionalism & Quality of Life Committee Chair, 1991-92
  • LSBA Board of Governers - Former Governer, Secretary, Liaison to Professionalism & Quality of Life Committee, Liaison to Public Information Committee, Liaison to Federal Bench Bar Committee, Appointee to Civil Justice & Law in Education Diversity Forum
  • Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems - Mediator
  • New Orleans Bar Association - Member
  • Texas State Bar Association - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
 

Awards:

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America - Professional Malpractice Law
  • Listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers, Top 25 Women Attorneys in Lousiana
  • Listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers, Class Action/Mass Torts, Transportation/Maritime, Environmental
  • Young Career Women Citation of Honor
  • APEX Award Winner, Louisiana State Bar Association Journal

Federal Clerkships:

  • United States District Court
 

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Coats Rose, P.C.
http://www.coatsrose.com
 
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