Litigation: General Commercial
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![James R Swanson](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3174895/e30bd35b-a16f-4c9f-b2e5-72b1e1add6f5/profile.png)
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Provided by Fishman Haygood LLP
Our firm regularly represents clients in various types of litigation:
- Commercial: Breach of contract, products liability, construction defect, unfair trade practices, non-competition, breaches of fiduciary duty, construction, tax, business torts, and receivership cases
- Environmental: Represents private landowners and governmental entities seeking to restore land loss caused by pipeline canals across Louisiana; represents landowners in oil and gas plug and abandonment and equipment removal cases; has obtained favorable outcomes in multiple actions brought on behalf of clients whose private property has been contaminated by oil and gas exploration and production activities
- Class Actions: Plaintiff and defense side
- Securities Litigation & Arbitration: Represents states, municipalities, pensions, hospitals, and high net worth individual plaintiffs; also represent investors in court or in arbitration proceedings administered by FINRA, JAMS, or AAA
- Tax: Represents the Louisiana Dept. of Revenue in cases seeking to collect corporate income, franchise, and sales taxes
- First Amendment & Media Law: Louisiana’s "go-to" firm
- Post-Bankruptcy Specialty Litigation: Asserts claims on behalf of liquidating companies, bankruptcy trustees, or assigning creditors against officers and directors of the defunct company; also asserts Debtor’s claims against third parties
- Private International Arbitrations: Represents claimants before the International Chamber of Commerce, UNCITRAL, and ICSID
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Litigation: General Commercial
![Brent B Barriere](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3286689/651f76cd-3302-4bdb-9b07-bce1451341bb/profile.png)
![James R Swanson](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3286706/e46374c9-532e-4870-ba7f-126d2855e54d/profile.png)
![Lori G Mince](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3286741/5b8af907-bcf4-4f55-a59a-98f2f90c02a1/profile.png)
![Kerry J. Miller](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3286937/223ce19b-8c3a-42e9-b49e-b22c20c35a9b/profile.png)
![Jason Burge](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3298301/2bb04cd1-ea77-4888-bdb3-c88fe424ae00/profile.png)
Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs
![James R Swanson](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3286706/e46374c9-532e-4870-ba7f-126d2855e54d/profile.png)
![Lance McCardle](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3286874/5d8516fd-6554-4e7a-a55e-045bc1f8ca21/profile.png)
![Stephen J Herman](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3286709/55f3f1ca-0385-4707-bdbc-a4b35ba81938/profile.png)
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Clients
Provided by Fishman Haygood LLP
ASM Global, LLC
Alcoa Corporation
Autoliv ASP, Inc.
Choice Foundation
GAF Materials, LLC
GoAuto Insurance Company
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.
Halliburton
Knauf Gips KG
Louisiana Department of Revenue
Orleans Parish School Board
Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC
Transocean
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