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Fishman Haygood partner Lance McCardle practices in the areas of securities arbitration and litigation, environmental law, and general commercial litigation. Lance regularly represents investors (both individuals and institutions) in claims against their brokers, investment advisors, and/or investment banks in court or in arbitration proceedings administered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). He also represents several landowners in claims against oil and ga...

Paul Guarisco practices in the areas of administrative law, business and finance, telecommunications, energy and utilities, and regulatory and governmental matters. He practices primarily before the Louisiana Public Service Commission, representing telecommunications and pipeline carriers, and electric, gas, sewer and water public utilities in all aspects of regulation, including certification, compliance, tariffs, litigation, hearings, audits, rate cases, rulemakings, dispute resolution/medi...

A. Paul LeBlanc, Jr. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. A. Paul, 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 A. Paul is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Fishman Haygood’s Jason Burge represents victims of financial misconduct in single plaintiff, mass action, and class action cases against banks, loan servicers, stockbrokers, and investment firms. Jason is also an Appellate Practice Specialist, certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. With a background in economics, Jason can distill complex financial transactions into terms that judges, arbitrators, and jurors can understand; Chambers and Partners has described him as ...

As a Board-Certified Health Law specialist, Scott represents hospitals and health systems, single- and multi-specialty physician practices, pharmacies and other health care providers in federal and state health law regulatory, operational, transactional and litigation matters. Scott also represents clients in certain complex commercial litigation matters.

Practice Group Leader of Taylor Porter's Criminal Defense and Domestic Relations Law practices, Mike Walsh has more than 35 years of experience representing individual and corporate clients in complex criminal and civil litigation and enforcement cases throughout the country. His practice, which includes a variety of grand jury and trial matters, involves public corruption, antitrust, healthcare, False Claims Act, Lacey Act, environmental matters, and alcoholic beverage licensing and related ...

Gordon Polozola draws on decades of experience representing public utilities and industrial clients across a wide range of regulated industries, including electric generation and project development , telecommunications, water and sewer services, gas and petroleum pipeline regulation, and trucking and transportation companies. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Gordon focuses on helping clients align legal strategy with business objectives while addressing regulatory, compliance, and operationa...

Practicing law since 1980, Taylor Porter Partner Vicki M. Crochet serves as the Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Employment, Labor and Benefits practice. Ms. Crochet also serves as the Vice-Chair of the Taylor Porter Executive Committee. Ms. Crochet practices all areas of employment law, advising clients regarding policies and procedures; representing them before governmental agencies including the EEOC, OFCCP, the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights (LCHR), and the Louisiana Civil ...

Etienne Balart is a partner in the Maritime and Litigation practice groups, in the Construction Industry Team, and co-leads the firm's Latin America working group. He provides transactional and litigation counsel to clients in the energy and maritime industries. Etienne helps clients identify and quantify financial, compliance, and other risks associated with disputes and litigated matters, negotiate, and, where necessary, bring to trial commercial and other disputes. Relying upon this deep e...

Larry Shea works primarily in the energy industry representing oil and gas producers and pipeline companies. He has handled numerous matters involving legacy litigation, environmental issues, oil and gas leasing rights, and operations. He commonly represents defendants, including the defense of clients in class actions and mass joinder litigation. Larry has played an integral role in landmark cases, such as AmCom v. Patterson, one of the first modern era decisions of the Louisiana Supreme Cou...