Eric A. "Ric" Kracht

Taylor Porter Partner Tim Poché’s practice focuses on advising and defending clients on environmental issues across a broad range of industries including energy, petrochemical, wastewater, public utility, transportation, and solid and hazardous waste treatment and disposal. Tim counsels clients on a variety of compliance and permitting issues, with special emphasis on waste and water compliance and permitting, environmental remediation, and due diligence. He has extensive experie...

Gordon D. Polozola is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Environmental Law. Gordon D., who practices law in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gordon D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jeff Gray is a senior partner in the Corporate Practice Group. For more than 30 years, Jeff has concentrated on corporate and commercial transactions, with an emphasis on commercial real estate development. Jeff has served as outside counsel to numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as local, regional, and national real estate developers. Jeff has also served as outside counsel for a broad array of national and international clients in the energy sector, with a focus on industrial site acquis...

Karli Glascock Johnson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants. Karli Glascock, who practices law in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Karli Glascock is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Bob Barton serves as the Taylor Porter Managing Partner and as a member of the Firm's Executive Committee. Practicing law since 1994, Mr. Barton’s practice is varied, consisting of representation of local and national businesses in matters involving commercial litigation and transactions, regulatory and compliance matters, and general litigation. He is the co-chair of the firm's Business and Commercial Litigation practice. Mr. Barton has been selected for inclusion in both Louisiana Sup...

Kyle A. Ferachi is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Kyle A., who practices law in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kyle A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dionne Rousseau is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. She provides corporate finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, and other transaction and corporate counsel to public and private entities. Dionne has served as lead outside corporate and securities counsel for 12 public companies and as boardroom lawyer for four of these entities. With more than 25 years of experience handling corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions transactions, she has led client service teams and d...

Charles S. McCowan, Jr. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. Charles S., who practices law in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been recognized since 2003. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Charles S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Alan Harrell practices environmental law and litigation, with an emphasis on toxic tort litigation and class actions. He also counsels clients on environmental regulatory matters. Working at the intersection of substantive environmental law, science, and litigation, Mr. Harrell regularly works with a variety of expert witnesses in areas ranging from hydrogeology to vapor intrusion. Mr. Harrell’s practice includes representing chemical manufacturing facilities and environmental insurers ...

Practicing law since 1995, Taylor Porter Partner John S. Campbell III is engaged primarily in a litigation practice and serves as the co-chair of the firm's professional liability, insurance, casualty, product liability and personal injury litigation practice. In the last several years, his work has mainly involved commercial litigation, construction litigation, breach of fiduciary duty litigation, real estate litigation, class actions, admiralty and maritime cases, premises liability and gen...