John W. Jewell

Kevin Curry is an estate, wealth, and business planning attorney at Kean Miller in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He advises individuals, families, and privately held and family-owned businesses on estate planning, business succession planning, federal gift and estate tax planning, probate, and nonprofit law and administration. His practice includes counseling clients on federal income tax matters affecting partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations, particularly in connection with ...

Alston Johnson practices in the area of litigation, particularly at the appellate level and with particular emphasis in the areas of tort litigation, insurance coverage and litigation, and administrative law. He has extensive experience in legislative and regulatory and governmental matters and has represented numerous public entities in both counseling and litigation capacities. Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar in 1984, Mr. Johnson was a member of the full-time law faculty at the Hebert Law Ce...

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 ...

Jim Doré is an attorney with Kean Miller in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and practices in the firm’s litigation group. His work focuses on Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental, and Timber Law, along with related matters involving class actions, legacy oil field litigation, toxic tort claims, commercial litigation, gaming industry litigation, and medical malpractice defense. He represents clients in state and federal courts throughout Louisiana. Jim has served as trial counsel...

Practicing law since 1979, Nancy C. Dougherty is experienced in several practice areas, including higher education law, non-profit and charitable foundation work, governmental law, real estate transactions, museum law, and healthcare. Ms. Dougherty is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, ranked by Best Lawyers in America, and is a former "Influential Women in Business" honoree by Baton Rouge Business Report for both her professional accomplishments and her contributions to the community...

Jennifer is a member of Butler Snow’s Labor and Employment group. She represents management clients in connection with a broad range of employment law issues, including litigation, counseling and the preparation of contracts, employee handbooks, policies and procedures.

Brandon Black is a CPA (inactive) and a partner in the Litigation Practice Group, where he advises clients on a range of complex commercial disputes. Brandon represents clients in litigation in state and federal courts and in arbitrations involving business and commercial transactions, the federal False Claims Act, defamation, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, consumer banking litigation, construction matters, bankruptcy, foreclosures, creditors’ rights, family bus...

Trey Wesley Cloud is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Trey Wesley, 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 Trey Wesley is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

Len Kilgore is a founding member of Kean Miller and has over 30 years of experience handling complex litigation matters. His practice focuses on environmental law and environmental litigation, including environmental and toxic tort matters and class actions. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Len represents local, national, and international commercial, energy, and industrial clients. Len’s litigation experience includes matters involving toxic tort claims, personal injury, property damag...