James D. Prescott III

Michael Hunt brings a career trial lawyer's perspective to helping clients resolve seemingly intractable disputes. With four decades of courtroom experience, he knows how to construct successful case strategies, develop compelling evidence and arguments, decide when to go to trial and bring opposing parties to the negotiating table. Known for getting quickly to the heart of disputes, Michael represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial cases with a focus on design, construction ...

Benn Vincent is a litigation attorney at Kean Miller in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, representing businesses and individuals in complex disputes where regulatory, technical, and commercial issues intersect. He approaches each matter with focus, preparation, and strategic judgment, recognizing that effective advocacy requires a clear understanding of both the legal framework and the real-world business considerations at stake. Benn’s practice centers on Energy Law and Environmental Litigation...

Thomas R. Peak is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management. Thomas R., who practices law in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Thomas R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Scott Sternberg serves as Managing Partner of Sternberg, Naccari & White in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he helps guide the firm’s operations and works closely with individuals, businesses, and media organizations on complex legal matters. Scott maintains a national litigation practice with a focus on Commercial Litigation and First Amendment Law. He represents businesses of all sizes in a wide range of disputes, including personal injury, real estate, partnership, and contract mat...

Trevor Wilson is a partner in the Tax Practice Group. His expansive tax practice includes federal income taxation, tax-exempt organizations, executive compensation, estate planning, and the administration of successions. A member of the firm’s federal and international, mergers and acquisitions and private equity, employee benefits, and trusts and estates teams, Trevor focuses his federal income tax practice on advising clients on structuring their US and international business activiti...

Scott Andrews is the 2024-2025 President-Elect of the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ). He is licensed to practice law in Louisiana (since 1996) and Texas (since 2006), and is admitted to practice in all Federal Courts in Louisiana, and before the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Since 2010, Scott has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Southern University Law Center teaching Advanced Louisiana Torts, Insurance Law, and Products Liab...

Blane Clark has more than four decades of experience negotiating, documenting, and closing complex business, commercial, industrial, healthcare, and oil and gas transactions. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he works with clients on corporate structuring and restructuring and advises on the legal considerations that arise in the day-to-day management and growth of a business. His practice includes Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, with a focus on helping organizations navigate t...

Diane is a member of Butler Snow’s Finance, Real Estate and Restructuring Group. She focuses her practice on commercial transactions, including secured financings, real estate and leasing in the chemical, food, retail, healthcare, banking and telecommunications industry sectors.

Jacob is a member of Butler Snow’s Business Services Group and focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law.

Rob Scheffy is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group, focusing on real estate, and a member of the Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Industry Team. Rob Scheffy has provided businesses with a steady, guiding hand through all phases of the economic cycle, from booms to busts and everything in between. Often described as a “hybrid” lawyer, he draws on his years of private practice and his service as in-house counsel for an interstate gas pipeline company to advise pip...