Tim Eagan

Practice Areas

• Commercial Litigation

• Corporate and Securities Litigation

• Oil, Gas and Energy Litigation and Arbitration

• Environmental and Toxic Torts

• Appellate

• Arbitration and Mediation

• Banking

• Class Actions

• Employment

• Antitrust and Trade Regulation

• Insurance

• Products Liability

Career

Tim Eagan enjoys a diverse legal practice encompassing complex commercial litigation in the trial and appellate courts in state and federal court systems. He represents business clients in a range of industries including energy, securities, exploration, health care, banking, and construction. Tim serves as lead counsel in national and state class actions; multidistrict litigation; regulatory, antitrust, RICO, and securities fraud actions; shareholder and corporate disputes; technology, patent, and intellectual property matters; products liability and contract claims, including rights of first refusal, recovery of expenses under joint operating agreements, and gas balancing cases; and fraud, misrepresentation, and other business torts. In 1995, he was selected as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and in 2009, he was inducted into the International Society of Barristers.

A significant portion of Tim's practice is dedicated to defending consumer class actions. He has successfully defended national firms in the brokerage and retail industries in class action suits filed in Louisiana. He has also defended a major utility company against antitrust class action claims regarding rates and represented that utility company before the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the New Orleans City Council on those matters.

In the area of business litigation, Tim has represented exploration companies pursuing and defending claims for breach of contract involving hundreds of millions of dollars, handling all strategy decisions as lead counsel.

Tim is also an experienced construction law attorney, having represented owners, contractors, and subcontractors for more than 25 years. He has advised clients in negotiating construction contracts, subcontracts, and other related agreements and has litigated and arbitrated construction claims involving change orders, oral modifications, cardinal changes, disruption and delay claims, and scheduling issues. He has also assisted clients with filing, enforcing, and resolving construction liens.

In law school, Tim served on the Georgetown Law Journal. Prior to law school, he served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1969 to 1973.

Recognition:

• Ranked in Chambers USA, Energy & Natural Resources: Utilities; Litigation: General Commercial

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation, Energy Law; Litigation - Construction; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, and Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

• Named the 2015, 2021, and 2024 New Orleans Lawyer of the Year for Energy Law, The Best Lawyers in America®

• Selected to Louisiana Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2007 to Present

• Named a Louisiana Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2021

• Designated as a BTI Client Service All-Star, 2022

• Named a New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyer - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Energy Law (2013, 2014, 2018, and 2019)

• Selected by LawDragon as one of its 500 Leading Litigators in America 2022

• American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow

• International Society of Barristers

• Louisiana Bar Foundation - Fellow