Commercial Litigation Construction Law Environmental Law Insurance Law Litigation - Construction Litigation - Insurance Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Richard G. "Rick" Duplantier, Jr.
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Richard G. Duplantier, Jr. is a senior partner at Galloway, a respected trial lawyer, and accomplished business consultant known for his critical and innovative approach to litigation and case handling. He focuses his commercial litigation practice on products liability, construction, environmental, professional liability, and insurance defense and coverage, with extensive trial experience and a success rate of over eighty percent. Rick also represents entertainment industry clients in litigation, contracts, trademark, and related matters. He is regularly invited to present seminars on risk management across the country.
More about Rick’s leadership and legal practice: gallowaylawfirm.com
Overview
- Loyola University New Orleans, JD, graduated 1988
- Marquette University, Undergraduate degrees in Communications and Political Science
- Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
- Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East - Commissioner
- New Orleans Bar Foundation - Board of Directors
- New Orleans Bar Association - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel - Member
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance - Member
- Professional Liability Defense Federation - Member
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
- Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East - Commissioner
- New Orleans Bar Foundation - Board of Directors
- New Orleans Bar Association - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel - Member
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance - Member
- Professional Liability Defense Federation - Member
- Loyola University New Orleans, JD, graduated 1988
- Marquette University, Undergraduate degrees in Communications and Political Science
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC
- U.S. Supreme Court
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Environmental Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Construction
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Litigation - Insurance
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Entertainment Law - Music
- Leisure and Hospitality Law
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