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Martha Young Curtis

Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
  • Recognized Since:
    2013
  • Recognized in:
    Insurance Law
    Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Law School:
    Tulane University
  • Website:
    http://www.shergarner.com
  • Location:
    909 Poydras Street, Suite 2800
    New Orleans, LA 70112
Martha Young Curtis is a member (partner) of Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.  Ms. Curtis was one of the founding members of Sher Garner law firm when it opened its doors in January, 1999.  It has since grown into one of the top New Orleans law firms with over 40 attorneys and more than 80 employees.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree,summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University and her Juris doctorate, summa cum laude, from Tulane Law School where she served as Senior Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review. In her legal career, Ms. Curtis has represented insurers, for-profit businesses, and non-profits in commercial litigation.  Before beginning private practice, Ms. Curtis clerked for Honorable W. Eugene Davis on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1990 to 1991.  Ms. Curtis was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to serve as an assistant Bar Examiner from 1997 to 2000.  She also served as an appointee of the Louisiana Supreme Court on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Committee on Uniform Judicial Rules Committee. 
Ms. Curtis has been involved in numerous other community and legal organizations, including the following: Tulane Law Review, Board of Advisory Editors; Tulane Alumni Association, Board of Directors; Louisiana Bar Foundation, Fellow; Association for Women Attorneys; and Federal Bar Association.  She has received numerous recognitions including: “Local Litigation Star” in Louisiana recognition by Benchmark Litigation Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys (2012); New Orleans City Business’s 2010 Leadership in Law Award; New Orleans Magazine’s recognition as one of the Top Lawyers in New Orleans (2009); Martindale-Hubbell A-V rated since 1999; Rittenberg-Weinstein Award, Tulane Law Review (1990); and Harry S. Truman Scholar from Louisiana (1985).  Ms. Curtis also has authored several scholarly articles and has been a faculty member on numerous Continuing Legal Education panels for both the legal profession and the judiciary.
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Martha Young Curtis is a member (partner) of Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.  Ms. Curtis was one of the founding members of Sher Garner law firm when it opened its doors in January, 1999.  It has since grown into one of the top New Orleans law firms with over 40 attorneys and more than 80 employees.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree,summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University and her Juris doctorate, summa cum laude, from Tulane Law School where she served as Senior Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review. In her legal career, Ms. Curtis has represented insurers, for-profit businesses, and non-profits in commercial litigation.  Before beginning private practice, Ms. Curtis clerked for Honorable W. Eugene Davis on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1990 to 1991.  Ms. Curtis was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to serve as an assistant Bar Examiner from 1997 to 2000.  She also served as an appointee of the Louisiana Supreme Court on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Committee on Uniform Judicial Rules Committee. 
Ms. Curtis has been involved in numerous other community and legal organizations, including the following: Tulane Law Review, Board of Advisory Editors; Tulane Alumni Association, Board of Directors; Louisiana Bar Foundation, Fellow; Association for Women Attorneys; and Federal Bar Association.  She has received numerous recognitions including: “Local Litigation Star” in Louisiana recognition by Benchmark Litigation Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys (2012); New Orleans City Business’s 2010 Leadership in Law Award; New Orleans Magazine’s recognition as one of the Top Lawyers in New Orleans (2009); Martindale-Hubbell A-V rated since 1999; Rittenberg-Weinstein Award, Tulane Law Review (1990); and Harry S. Truman Scholar from Louisiana (1985).  Ms. Curtis also has authored several scholarly articles and has been a faculty member on numerous Continuing Legal Education panels for both the legal profession and the judiciary.
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Education:

  • Tulane University , J.D., graduated 1990
  • Vanderbilt University , BA, graduated 1987

Bar Admissions:

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

Affiliations:

  • Association for Women Attorneys - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2008 - Present - Fellow
  • New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • Tulane Alumni Association, Board of Directors Representing Law School, 1995 - 1997 - Member
  • Tulane Law Review, Board of Advisory Editors, 1992 - Present - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
 

Awards:

  • Benchmark Plaintiff Litigation Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys has recently named Ms. Curtis a “Local Litigation Star” in Louisiana for her representation of plaintiffs in commercial, insurance and tort litigation for 2012
  • New Orleans City Business has awarded Mrs. Curtis the 2010 Leadership in Law Award
  • New Orleans Magazine named Mrs. Curtis one of the Top Lawyers in New Orleans, 2009
  • Martindale-Hubbell A-V rated since 1999
  • Senior Managing Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1989 - 1990
  • Rittenberg-Weinstein Award, Tulane Law Review, 1990
  • Harry S. Truman Scholar from Louisiana, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, 1985

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  • COVID-19
 

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Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
http://www.shergarner.com
 
Headquarters
909 Poydras Street, Suite 2800
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 299.2100

Lawyer Case History

Nassar v. Academy Sports and Outdoors

227 Fed.Appx. 392 (Miss. 2007)

Touro Infirmary v. Sizeler Architects

948 So.2d 261 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2006)

Touro Infirmary v. Sizeler Architects

947 So.2d 740 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2006)

Fergusson v. Allstate Property and Cas. Ins. Co.

Not reported in F. Supp. 2d. (S.D. Miss. 2006)

Touro Infirmary v. Sizeler Architects

900 So.2d 200 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2005)

Exposition Partner, L.L.P. v. King, LeBlanc & Bland L.L.P.

869 So.2d 934 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2004)

Ackel v. Academy Louisiana Co.

821 So.2d 109 (La.App. 5 Cir. 2002)

Estate of Patout v. City of New Iberia

813 So.2d 1248 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2002)

Squirrel Run Inv. Group, Inc. v. City of New Iberia

813 So.2d 1253 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2002)

Brown v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co.

791 So.2d 74 (La. 2001)
 
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