Paul Douglas "Doug" Stewart, Jr.

Practicing law since 2012, Taylor Porter Partner Ryan French handles cases in a variety of areas, including commercial and complex litigation, corporate ownership fights, appellate practice, property right disputes, construction litigation, church property law, and white collar criminal defense. Ryan has been ranked by his peers for six consecutive years (2015-2020) among Louisiana Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” in Business Litigation, and also by Best Lawyers in America (2020-2021)...

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 ...

Practicing law since 2004, Taylor Porter Partner Eddie Hughes serves as the Chair of the Oil/Gas/Regulated Industry practice, and as a member of the Firm's Executive Committee. Eddie's primary areas of practice include Commercial Litigation, Oil and Gas Litigation and Transactions, Toxic Tort Litigation, and Insurance Defense and Casualty Litigation. He brings his unique experience as a former independent petroleum landman to counsel clients on both transactional and litigation matters involv...

Trevor Haynes practices in the area of business and finance, with a focus on real estate, banking, and commercial transactions. His experience includes public finance transactions, public private partnerships, and economic development incentives. Trevor's practice also includes representing banking and lending institutions and borrowers in financing transactions; drafting and negotiating contracts, purchase agreements, leases, and servitude agreements; representing buyers and sellers in the a...

Jeff Barbin practices in the areas of commercial and industrial real estate and finance. He has extensive experience in corporate, transactional and regulatory matters related to casino gaming. He counsels developers and operators on acquisitions, site development, financing and disposition. He has focused on gaming transactions requiring local gaming regulatory approvals and other complex transactional and regulatory matters, often working closely with the firm’s gaming lawyers in Miss...

Through Warner's representation of both large and small companies, he has written and prosecuted numerous patent applications across a wide range of technologies, including medical and biomechanical devices, cancer diagnostic methods, sporting goods, firearms, watercraft, computer networking, wastewater treatment, recycling processes, metal cleaning and coating, electromechanical control systems, oil and gas extraction, coastal erosion mitigation systems, and manufacturing equipment. Warner h...

Jon Benda practices in the areas of contract preparation and negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, documentation of commercial loans, commercial real estate transactions, joint ventures, and general corporate and business law.

Jimmie Percy is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group and serves on the firm’s board of directors. Jimmie has a broad-based litigation practice that encompasses complex litigation involving business and commercial transactions, environmental and toxic torts, catastrophic injuries, police liability, municipal liability, state and local tax issues, as well as all aspects of insurance coverage disputes. He has extensive experience in oil and gas and pipeline-related litigation, includ...

Lexi T. Holinga is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. Lexi T., who practices law in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lexi T. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Charles Landry is a partner and member of Fishman Haygood’s Business Section. Charles concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate development, real estate finance, land use and zoning. He has represented numerous parties in a wide range of real estate transactions, which include residential developments (including Traditional Neighborhood Developments), office buildings, shopping malls and centers, hotels and medical facilities, golf course communities, and industrial developm...