Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard

Managing Partner: Benjamin W. Kadden
Number of partners: 29
Number of lawyers: 55

Firm Overview:
Lugenbuhl serves clients across Louisiana, the Texas Gulf Coast and beyond through experienced attorneys dedicated to solving its clients’ complex legal issues. With offices located in New Orleans, Houston, Baton Rouge and Gulfport, Lugenbuhl is positioned to effectively and efficiently address the needs of its clients. The firm’s diverse group of attorneys has roots across the nation and degrees from top-tier college and law schools. Lugenbuhl attorneys regularly speak and publish on cutting-edge issues in their respective fields of practice. This array of experiences and perspectives allows the firm to respond to clients with a focus traditionally found in larger firms. Lugenbuhl provides unmatched litigation experience, grown from its attorneys’ service as lead counsel in complex cases in state and federal courts across the Gulf Coast. The firm provides a full spectrum of transactional and commercial services for industry leaders, small businesses, and individuals alike. The firm specialties include bankruptcy/restructuring, insurance law coverage, commercial litigation, admiralty and maritime, along with general commercial law, civil litigation and real estate practices.

Main Areas of Practice:
-Admiralty & Maritime
-Bad Faith Claims
-Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights
-Business Immigration
-Commercial Finance
-Commercial Property & Homeowners’ Property
-Insurance Coverage
-Commercial Real Estate
-Construction Defect Liability Coverage
-Corporate & Commercial Law
-Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection
-Employer’s Liability Coverage
-Employment Law
-Environmental & Toxic Tort Insurance Coverage
-Estate Planning, Trusts, Successions & Probates
-General Liability Coverage
-Inland Marine Coverage
-Intellectual Property
-International & Cross-border Law
-Litigation Maine Finance & Vessel Documentation
-Marine Insurance Coverage
-Oil & Gas Liability Coverage
-Professional Liability Coverage
-Professional Liability Defense
-Public Sector Coverage
-Surety & Fidelity
-Tax Uninsured/Underinsured
-Motorist Coverage

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights:
■ Represented significant land rig operator in the out-of-court restructuring of approximately $120m of secured debt and $50m of unsecured debt
■ Debtors’ Lead Counsel for Gulf Fleet Holdings, Inc., as well as 10 of its subsidiaries and affiliates in Chapter 11 with over $35m in assets and approximately $65m in claims
■ Debtor’s Lead Counsel for Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. in Chapter 11 with over $100m in assets and $100m in claims
■ Debtor’s Lead Counsel for Torch Offshore, Inc. in a Chapter 11 proceeding with over $125,000,000 in claims and $100m in assets
■ Debtor’s Lead Counsel for East Cameron Partners, LP in Chapter 11 proceeding with assets of over $100m and debt of approximately $185m
■ Debtor’s Lead Counsel for Conmaco/Rector, LP in a Chapter 11 proceeding
■ Debtor’s Lead Counsel for Sun Drilling Products Corporation in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case
■ Lead or Special Unsecured Creditors’ Committee in the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases of Burkhalter Rigging, Inc., Midway Oilfield Constructors, Inc., Saratoga Resources, Inc., Trico Marine Group, Force Energy, Equinox Energy, Virgin Oil Company, Inc., as well as others
■ Representation of Citicorp North America, Inc. in the foreclosure of Oakwood Mall, a shopping mall in metropolitan New Orleans
■ Represented Secured Creditors in numerous Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases

Contact: Stewart Peck
Tel: 504 568 1990
Email: [email protected]

Contact: Benjamin Kadden
Tel: 504 568 1990
Email: [email protected]

Admiralty & Maritime:
■ NuStar Energy Services v. M/V Cosco Auckland, 760 Fed. Appx. 245 (5th Cir. 2019)
■ Chenevert v. Travelers Indemnity Co., 746 F.3d 581 (5th Cir. 2014)
■ Canal Barge Co. v. Torco Oil Co., 220 F.3d 370 (5th Cir. 2000)
■ Trico Marine Operators, Inc. v. Falcon Drilling Co., 116 F.3d 159 (5th Cir. 1997)
■ In re ENSCO Offshore Company, as Owners of the MODU ENSCO 74 for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, No. 09-cv-02838 (S.D. Texas – Houston)

Contact: Delos Flint, Jr.
Tel: 504 568 1990
Email: [email protected]

Insurance Law - Insurance Coverage & Liability:
■ La. United Bus. Ass’n. Casualty Ins. Co. v. J&J Maintenance, Inc. et al., (E.D. La. 10/13/16), 2016 WL 6038031
■ Maldonado v. Kiewet Louisiana Co., (La. App. 1st Cir. 3/24/14), 2014 WL 120744
■ Weinstein, et al, LLC v. Anthony Hinyard D/B/A Acadian Paint Contracting, et al, (La. 3rd Cir. 3/11/13), unpublished
■ Burrows v. Executive Property Management Co., (La. App. 4th Cir. 3/12/14), 2014 WL 1028541)
■ In re Jillian Morrison, L.L.C., (5th Cir. 6/4/12), 482 Fed. Appx. 872
■ Leaming v. Century Vina, Inc., (La. App. 4th Cir. 6/1/05), 908 So. 2d 21
■ Little v. USAA Cas. Ins. Co., (5th Cir. 4/2/10)
■ St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Board of Com’rs of Port of New Orleans, (5th Cir. 3/15/11)

Contact: Seth Schmeeckle
Tel: 504 568 1990
Email: [email protected]