Paul H. Spaht

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.

Keith is a member of Butler Snow’s Constitutional and Civil Rights Litigation Group.

Karleen Green has a blended labor and employment practice which concentrates on employee benefits and employment matters for both public and private employers, including compliance with federal and state employment laws as well as ERISA, HIPAA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and COBRA. She represents clients in various industries, including construction, health care, public utilities, package and freight delivery, financial services, fueling, gaming, industrial equipment, insu...

After graduating in 1979 from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Mr. Womack won judicial clerkships in the Louisiana State District and Appellate Courts. Afterwards, in 1984, he began private practice with Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, working under Roger M. Fritchie, one of the premier trial lawyers in Louisiana. While working for Roger Fritchie, Mr. Womack began representing hospitals and physicians, defending medical malpractice, general liabil...

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...

Willie Kolarik is an attorney and certified public accountant at Kean Miller in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he focuses his practice on Litigation and Controversy – Tax and Tax Law. He serves as tax counsel to many large domestic and international businesses across a wide range of industry sectors, including energy, financial institutions, manufacturing, industrial products, retail, consumer goods, healthcare, gaming, entertainment, and utilities. His background includes in-house Fortu...

Vic Suane is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana attorney with Kean Miller whose practice centers on Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, and Oil and Gas Law. He represents clients in complex disputes in state and federal courts, as well as before administrative and regulatory agencies. Vic is known for a practical and thoughtful approach to advocacy that remains focused on client objectives both in and out of the courtroom. He has been recognized by The National Black Lawyers and ha...

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...

Katherine King is an attorney with Kean Miller in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where her practice focuses on Administrative / Regulatory Law, Communications Law, and Energy Law. She advises clients on project development and electric regulatory matters involving a wide range of generation projects. Katherine regularly works with electric generators and project developers on structuring generation projects to meet business objectives while complying with federal energy regulatory requirements and L...

Lee is a member of Butler Snow’s Business Services Group.