About

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

Ranked Lawyers at
Fishman Haygood LLP

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Louisiana

Litigation: General Commercial

Brent B Barriere
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Brent B Barriere
1
Band 1
James R Swanson
1
James R Swanson
1
Band 1
Lori G Mince
1
Lori G Mince
1
Band 1
Kerry J. Miller
2
Kerry J. Miller
2
Band 2
Jason Burge
3
Jason Burge
3
Band 3
Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs

James R Swanson
1
James R Swanson
1
Band 1
Lance McCardle
1
Lance McCardle
1
Band 1
Stephen J Herman
1
Stephen J Herman
1
Band 1
Litigation: Securities

James R Swanson
1
James R Swanson
1
Band 1
Lance McCardle
1
Lance McCardle
1
Band 1

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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