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Practicing law since 2005, Katie Goodson represents business clients across various industries in land use, zoning and planning issues; alcoholic beverage licensing and related enforcement issues, regulated industries, and commercial litigation. Katie is a member of the Taylor Porter alcoholic beverage licensing and related enforcement issues practice and represents national and local companies in the hospitality industry, including restaurants, hotels and retail stores, with an emphasis in a...

Gordon Polozola draws on decades of experience representing public utilities and industrial clients across a wide range of regulated industries, including electric generation and project development , telecommunications, water and sewer services, gas and petroleum pipeline regulation, and trucking and transportation companies. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Gordon focuses on helping clients align legal strategy with business objectives while addressing regulatory, compliance, and operationa...

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)...

Michael Hunt brings a career trial lawyer's perspective to helping clients resolve seemingly intractable disputes. With four decades of courtroom experience, he knows how to construct successful case strategies, develop compelling evidence and arguments, decide when to go to trial and bring opposing parties to the negotiating table. Known for getting quickly to the heart of disputes, Michael represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial cases with a focus on design, construction ...

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...

Barrye Panepinto Miyagi, JD, CMSP-F, is a Partner at Taylor Porter. She practices in the areas of general litigation, toxic tort defense, alternative dispute resolution, and Medicare Secondary Payer and MMSEA (Section 111) Compliance. Barrye has more than 25 years of experience defending some of the region’s most prominent petrochemical, energy and manufacturing companies. She defends premises owners in chemical exposure cases and other personal injury claims. She also defends premises ...

Steve Levine practices in the area of litigation with a focus on environmental counseling. Mr. Levine has wide experience in environmental litigation arising from enforcement, toxic tort, and business-related claims, and as a significant part of these engagements, he works closely with experts in a variety of professional fields. He routinely interacts with the Environmental Protection Agency in several regions and state environmental regulatory agencies in several states in matters relating ...

Practicing law since 1997, Taylor Porter Special Counsel John Andrishok represents clients in construction litigation and labor and employment law. John is an active member of Associated Builders and Contractors and Louisiana Associated General Contractors and has litigated construction matters throughout the Gulf South. He represents all aspects of the construction industry including public and private owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals. His exper...

Esteban Herrera is an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Environmental Law, and included on the Lawyers of Color Power List. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he is a member of Kean Miller and represents local, national, and international energy and industrial clients in matters involving environmental regulation and litigation, oil and gas law and litigation, insurance coverage disputes, and toxic tort defense . Throughout his decades-long l...

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