Elite Lawyers

Elite LawyersFor the inaugural Inside New Orleans’ Readers’ Favorite Elite Lawyers, we asked you for your top picks in several categories from Admiralty & Maritime to Workers Compensation. Congratulations to the winners below!

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ADMIRALTY & MARITIME LAW

Paul M. Sterbcow - Lewis, Kullman, Sterbcow & Abramson,

LLC Patrick J. Babin - Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett Peter L. Hilbert - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein &

Hilbert, LLC Brett D. Wise - Liskow & Lewis Jeff E. McDonald, Randell Treadaway, Michelle O’Daniels -

Treadaway & Bollinger, LLC William “Bill” Schwartz - Baldwin, Haspel, Burke & Mayer, LLC Walter P. Maestri - Deutsch Kerrigan Scott A. Soule, Frank J. Torres - Blue Williams Jonathan Tweedy - Schouest, Bamdas, Soshea &

BenMaier, PLLC Michael W. Maldonado - Staines, Eppling & Kenney, LLC Daphne McNutt Barry - Barry & Co., LLC Brad J. Schlotterer - Kean Miller, LLP

ANTITRUST LAW

Darnell Bludworth - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein &

Hilbert, LLC Lance J. Arnold - Baldwin, Haspel, Burke & Mayer LLC Duris L. Holmes - Deutsch Kerrigan Perry R. Staub, Jr. - Taggart Morton, LLC

BANKING AND FINANCIAL LAW

Chad P. Morrow - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein &

Hilbert, LLC Alex S. Aughtry - Reasonover & Berg, LLC Barry H. Grodsky - Taggart Morton, LLC Sarah Edwards - McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDIT LAW

Tristan E. Manthey - Fishman Haygood J. David Forsyth - Sessions, Fishman & Nathan Jonathan R. DeTrinis - DeT Law Firm Thomas J. Madigan - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein &

Hilbert, LLC Richard Aguilar - McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC Benjamin W. Kadden, Jim W. Thurman - Lugenbuhl Wheaton

Peck Rankin & Hubbard

CLASS ACTIONS LAW

Jeremy J. Pichon - Pichon Law Firm Tony Le Mon - Antonio Le Mon, APLC Russ Herman, Stephen Herman - Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC James M. Garner - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein &

Hilbert, LLC Jeremy Z. Soso - The Lambert Firm Norman Hodgins III - Hodgins Law Group Anthony Irpino - Irpino, Avin & Hawkins Law Firm Stephen H. Kupperman, Richard E. Sarver, Craig Isenberg,

Judy Y. Barrasso - Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman,

Freeman & Sarver, LLC

Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, LLC Guice A. Giambrone, III; Nicholas P. Arnold; Aldric C. Poirier,

Jr. - Blue Williams Fritz Metzinger - Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC Lawrence DeMarcay - Miller, Sullivan & DeMarcay, LLC Daniel Plunkett - McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC Thomas M. Flanagan, Sean P. Brady, Camille E. Gauthier,

Anders F. Holmgren - Flanagan Partners, LLP

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS LAW

Leopold Z. Sher, Travis A. Beaton - Sher, Garner, Cahill,

Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC William Blake Bennett - Liskow & Lewis Leon H. Rittenberg III - Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, LLC Duris L. Holmes - Deutsch Kerrigan Danté V. Maraldo - Blue Williams Andrew Legrand, Vincent Trombatore - Spera Law Group

COMMERCIAL LITIGATOR

Michael Steven Ricci - Ricci Partners, LLC John Creevy - Herman, Herman & Katz Brett M. Bollinger - Treadaway & Bollinger, LLC Ted Le Clercq - Deutsch Kerrigan Elizabeth Roussel - Adams and Reese, LLP Mark E. Van Horn - Taggart Morton, LLC George C. Freeman, III; Steve W. Usdin; Jamie Berger; John

W. Joyce; David N. Luder; Michael A. Balascio - Barrasso,

CONSTRUCTION LAW

Martha Y. Curtis - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein &

Hilbert, LLC Meghan F. Grant - Flanagan Partners, LLP Robert E. Couhig, III - Couhig Partners, LLC Kelly Theard - Deutsch Kerrigan Brett W. Tweedel - Blue Williams Jerry A. Melchiode, Richard E. King - Melchiode Marks King

LLC

CORPORATE LAW

Ryan Monsour - HMS Law Firm John Creevy - Herman, Herman and Katz, LLC Brett M. Bollinger, Brad D. Ferrand - Treadaway &

Bollinger, LLC Leon Rittenberg III, Karl Zimmermann, John

Rouchell - Baldwin, Haspel, Burke &

Mayer, LLC Duris L. Holmes - Deutsch Kerrigan Dante V. Maraldo - Blue Williams Johnny Domiano - Adams and Reese, LLP

CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAW

Matt Coman - Garcia & Artigliere Charles V. Cusimano, III John E. Benz Rachel Yazbeck - Shah, Yazbeck & Almerico Elizabeth B. Carpenter Stephen D. Hebert - Stephen D. Hebert, LLC

ELDERLY LAW

Greg LaCour - Blue Williams Joel A. Mendler - Baldwin, Haspel, Burke &

Mayer, LLC Alex S. Aughtry - Reasonover & Berg, LLC

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW

Craig Watson - Blue Williams Debra Fischman - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter,

Klein & Hilbert, LLC Lance J Arnold - Baldwin, Haspel, Burke &

Mayer, LLC Ted Le Clercq - Deutsch Kerrigan Perry R. Staub, Jr. - Taggart Morton, LLC Magdalen Blessey Bickford - McGlinchey

Stafford, PLLC Laura Avery - Kerry Murphy Law, LLC

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Jennifer Adams - Deutsch Kerrigan Craig Isenberg, David N. Luder - Barrasso, Usdin,

Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, LLC Paul D. Palermo, Brian C. Bossier - Blue Williams

FAMILY LAW

Tammy Karas Griggs - Tammy Karas Griggs, LLC David Prados - Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss &

Hauver, LLC Stephen Rue Dennis M. LaBorde - Baldwin, Haspel, Burke &

Mayer, LLC Tre Roux - Deutsch Kerrigan Robin Penzato Arnold - Blue Williams Richard W. Watts - Richard W. Watts, LLC Chase R. Anderson - Chase R. Anderson, LLC Lacy M. Smith - Lacy M. Smith, LLC Sarah Pfeiffer - Sarah Pfeiffer, LLC

GAMING LAW

James M. Garner - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter,

Klein & Hilbert, LLC Fritz Metzinger - Stone Pigman

HEALTHCARE LAW

Leopold Z. Sher - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter,

Klein & Hilbert, LLC Karen Holland - Deutsch Kerrigan A. J. Herbert - Taggart Morton, LLC Robert I. Baudouin - Blue Williams Elizabeth Wilson - Kean Miller, LLP

IMMIGRATION LAW

Malvern C. Burnett, APLC David Whitaker - Kean Miller, LLP

INSURANCE LAW

Patrick J. Babin - Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand &

Brackett, LLC Jacob Young - Chehardy Sherman Williams Martha Y. Curtis - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter,

Klein & Hilbert, LLC Brett M. Bollinger Jeff E. McDonald, Randell

Treadaway, Michelle O’Daniels, Brad D. Ferrand,

Jeremy H. Call, Sarah Call - Treadaway &

Bollinger, LLC William “Bill” Schwartz, Jill Willhoft, John A. Stewart,

Jr. - Baldwin, Haspel, Burke & Mayer, LLC Jason Freas - Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith Joshua Keller, Jerry Glas - Deutsch Kerrigan A. Kirk Gasperecz - Adams and Reese, LLP Judy Y. Barrasso, Steven W. Usdin, John W. Joyce,

Michael A. Balascio - Barrasso, Usdin,

Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, LLC Wayne R. Maldonado - Ungarino & Maldonado Richard E. King, Jennifer L. Simmons - Melchiode

Marks King, LLC

LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW

James M Garner - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter,

Klein & Hilbert, LLC Jill Willhoft - Baldwin, Haspel, Burke & Mayer, LLC Melissa Lessell - Deutsch Kerrigan Richard E. King - Melchiode Marks King, LLC

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW

Jacob Best, Stephen M. Pizzo, Guice Giambrone -

Blue Williams Jessica Ibert - Lewis, Kullman, Sterbcow &

Abramson, LLC Debra Fischman - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter,

Klein & Hilbert, LLC Karen Holland - Deutsch Kerrigan Caleb H. Didriksen - Didriksen, Saucier &

Woods, PLC Michael J. Ecuyer - Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David,

Meunier & Warshauer, LLC Karen Fontana-Young - Kean Miller, LLP

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

LAW

Danté V. Meraldo, Christopher M. Hatcher - Blue

Williams Chip Saulsbury - Fishman Haygood Steven Klein - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC Matthew P. Miller - Miller, Sullivan & DeMarcay

OIL AND GAS LAW

Steven Klein - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC Caitlin J. Flanagan, Thomas M. Flanagan - Flanagan

Partners, LLP Walter Maestri, Cassie Gailmor - Deutsch Kerrigan James R. Morton - Taggart Morton, LLC

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATOR

Lee Plotkin - Plotkin, Vincent & Jaffe Donald D’Aunoy Jr., LLC Jeremy J. Pichon - Pichon Law Firm Doug McGinity - McGinity Law Firm Stephen Rue Debra Fischman - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter,

Klein & Hilbert, LLC Norman Hodgins III Craig Hart Dustin Poché - Perrier & Lacoste, LLC Charles V. Cusimano, III Christopher Grace III - Blue Williams Brian Katz - Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC Chip Cossé - Cossé Law Firm Kara Samuels - Kara Hadican Samuels &

Associates, LLC Tim L. Fields, LLC Edward Womac - Womac Law Firm Nat G Kiefer and Kris P Kiefer - Kiefer & Kiefer Dean Favret - Favret, Demarest & Russo

REAL ESTATE LAW

Frederick Yorsch - Yorsch Law Group Michael Steven Ricci - Ricci Partners, LLC James Mounger - Granite Title Agency Leopold Z. Sher - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter,

Klein & Hilbert, LLC Brian Johnson, Stephen Schott - Baldwin,

Haspel, Burke & Mayer, LLC Robert E. Couhig, III - Couhig Partners, LLC Jared Miguez - Fleur De Lis Title James R. Morton - Taggart Morton, LLC Wayne Kuhn - Kuhn Garver David Halpern - Kean Miller, LLP Robert T. Weimer - Brown Weimer, LLC

TAX LAW

April Watson - Blue Williams Steven Klein - Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter,

Klein & Hilbert, LLC Karl Zimmermann, Jerome J. Reso, Jr., Leon

Rittenberg III, John Rouchell - Baldwin,

Haspel, Burke & Mayer, LLC Matt Miller - Miller, Sullivan, and DeMarcay Jaye Calhoun - Kean Miller, LLP

TRANSPORTATION LAW

James M Garner - Sher, Garner, Cahill,

Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC Marianne Fletchinger, Raymond Lewis -

Deutsch Kerrigan Nicholas P. Arnold - Blue Williams Olivia Y. Truong - Melchiode Marks King, LLC Louis Bonnaffons - Leake and Andersson, LLC

TRUSTS AND ESTATES LAW

April Watson, Gregory S. LaCour - Blue

Williams Rose Sher - Jones Walker, LLP Charlton B. Ogden - Taggart Morton, LLC Andrew Sullivan - Miller, Sullivan &

DeMarcay Carole Neff - Sessions, Fishman & Nathan Kathy Conklin - McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC

WORKERS COMPENSATION

LAW

Patrick J. Babin - Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett Debra Fischman - Sher, Garner, Cahill,

Richter, Klein & Hilbert, LLC Brett M. Bollinger, Peter Englande -

Treadaway & Bollinger, LLC Lance J. Arnold - Baldwin, Haspel, Burke &

Mayer, LLC Eric E. Pope - Blue Williams Kevin A. Marks - Melchiode Marks King, LLC Marc E. Devenport - Leake & Andersson

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Blue Williams

3421 N Causeway Blvd., Ste 900 Metairie; 504-831-4091 1060 W. Causeway App. Mandeville; 985-626-0058 1100 Poydras St., Ste 2010 New Orleans BlueWilliams.com

Fleur De Lis Law & Title Company

5345 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-565-7220 100 W. Harrison Ave., Ste 201 B & C Lakeview; 504-339-4321 FDLTitle.com

Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith

3 Sanctuary Blvd., Third Floor Mandeville; 985-674-6680 701 Poydras St., 40th Floor; 504-525-6802 GallowayLawFirm.com

Schouest, Bamdas, Soshea & BenMaier, PLLC

365 Canal Street, Ste 2730 New Orleans 504-561-0323 sbsblaw.com

Sherman Law Firm

4905 Freret St. New Orleans 504- 896-7304 KeaShermanLaw.com

Stephen Rue, Attorney at Law

3309 Williams Boulevard, Kenner 504-529-5000 stephenrue.com