Phyllis G. Cancienne

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 ...

Greg Anding is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based litigation attorney at Kean Miller who represents Fortune 500 and other manufacturer, energy, petrochemical, and pipeline companies in complex civil litigation. His practice focuses on defending product liability claims, toxic tort matters, hearing loss cases, and expropriation disputes. Greg currently serves as national defense counsel for two major businesses involved in hundreds of asbestos and benzene lawsuits with substantial alleged damages....

Scott Sternberg serves as Managing Partner of Sternberg, Naccari & White in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he helps guide the firm’s operations and works closely with individuals, businesses, and media organizations on complex legal matters. Scott maintains a national litigation practice with a focus on Commercial Litigation and First Amendment Law. He represents businesses of all sizes in a wide range of disputes, including personal injury, real estate, partnership, and contract mat...

Richard Matheny practices in the areas of tax, public utilities and electric power, energy, corporate and securities, and general business matters. He represents clients in mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions, electric utilities and other businesses, representing both buyers and sellers. Mr. Matheny served as an active duty officer in the U.S. Air Force, is a certified public accountant (inactive) and was a tax accountant with the international accounting firm of Ernst & Wh...

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...

Vance Gibbs is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana attorney with Kean Miller who has practiced in commercial litigation and malpractice defense for more than four decades, with a sustained focus on the healthcare industry. His practice includes defending physicians, medical professionals, physician groups, and clinics in medical malpractice matters, including medical review panel proceedings, lawsuits, peer review hearings, and credentialing issues. He also advises physicians and physician groups on sel...

Mark Marionneaux is a litigation attorney in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana office of Kean Miller . His practice focuses on products liability, toxic tort defense, and complex litigation matters, including Litigation – Environmental and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants . He represents chemical, fertilizer, and energy companies in a broad range of disputes involving alleged chemical exposure, toxic tort claims, products liability, insurance defense, workers’ comp...

A member of the Taylor Porter Executive Committee, Partner Brett P. Furr is engaged primarily in a real estate and commercial litigation practice. In the last several years, his work has been related to commercial bank workout and litigation, including foreclosures, bankruptcies, defense of lender liability suits, and oil and gas cases and related matters. Mr. Furr is the former chairman of the Banking Law Section of the National Lawyers Association. On behalf of the Louisiana Bankers Associa...

Tom Easterly, who was named a Partner at Taylor Porter in 2011, regularly advises local and national clients, including some Fortune 500 companies, with simple and complex business litigation matters, as well as various commercial transactions. Tom concentrates a substantial portion of his practice on the preparation and trial of complex commercial disputes. His work involves construction, real estate, redhibition, insurance, arbitration, toxic tort, workers’ compensation, breach of con...

Mr. McDermott has more than 35 years of experience in his primary practice area of taxation, including business and individual income tax, payroll tax, franchise tax, excise tax, ad valorem tax, sales and use tax, and gift and estate tax. Mr. McDermott has assisted tax-exempt organizations in making application for, obtaining, and maintaining status under IRC section 501(c). He is experienced in representing non-profit, tax exempt and charitable entities from initial consultation through orga...