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Jones Walker LLP

Since our inception in 1937, Jones Walker LLP has grown over the past several decades in size and scope to become one of the largest law firms in the United States. We serve local, regional, national, and international business interests in a wide range of markets and industries. Today, we have approximately 390 attorneys in Alabama, Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, and Texas.

Jones Walker is committed to providing proactive legal services to major multinational, public, and private corporations; Fortune 500® companies; money center banks and worldwide insurers; and family and emerging businesses located in the United States and abroad.

We have close ties to many types of businesses and industries, and our attorneys are heralded for their experience in several practice areas. We focus on building lasting relationships with clients and gaining a thorough understanding of our clients' businesses and industries. Regardless of the size of a client, we work with each client's specific needs in mind, focusing on achieving the best results in the most efficient manner.

Strong supporters of the economic, civic, and cultural communities in which we work and live, we participate in a broad range of volunteer activities that promote health, educational opportunity, and artistic development. Partners and associates in every office provide pro bono counsel to individuals and organizations that lack access to or the ability to pay for legal services, and many of our attorneys serve on the boards of arts, education, and service organizations across the region.

Partner
For more than 30 years, Mark Adams has defended employers in all manners of employment claims and litigation before federal and state courts and regulatory agencies. Drawing on his…
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Partner
Jay Adams is a partner in the Tax Practice Group and leader of the state and local tax team. Through partnering with his clients, Jay has developed a broad knowledge of the energy,…
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Partner
Jennifer L. Anderson is a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group and represents employers and management, exclusively, in labor and employment law matters. She is…
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Associate
Nnaemeka K. Anyanwu is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group.
Prior to joining Jones Walker, Nnaemeka served as a regulatory law clerk for the Financial Services Roundtable, an…
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Partner
Richard Bertram has over 30 years of experience in admiralty and maritime law. He handles a wide range of domestic and international admiralty and maritime matters, including transactions,…
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Attorney
Brett Beter is an associate in the firm's Corporate & Securities Practice Group and practices from the firm's New Orleans office. He is a 2015 graduate of Tulane University Law School,…
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Partner
Robert Bieck is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. He focuses on securities and other regulatory compliance and enforcement defense, and capital markets products and corporate…
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Associate
Jeff advises businesses from across the industry spectrum on the full range of state and local tax (SALT) issues, including corporate income, franchise, sales and use, property, severance,…
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Associate
Seth Blackledge is an associate in the Maritime Practice Group and a member of the maritime litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution team.
Seth's maritime litigation experience…
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Partner
John Blackman is a partner in the Tax Practice Group. He focuses on employee benefit plans, estate planning, and individual, corporate, and pass-through entity income tax planning.
John has…
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Partner
Mike Chernekoff is partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Practice Groups. He also participates in the Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resources…
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Steve Clement is an associate in the firm’s Admiralty & Maritime Practice Group and practices from the New Orleans office. Mr. Clement earned his juris doctor degree from Tulane…
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Associate
Katie Cordes is an associate in the firm's Admiralty & Maritime Practice Group and practices from the New Orleans office.
Ms. Cordes is a 2013 graduate of Tulane University Law School…
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Special Counsel
Liz Craddock is special counsel and a member of the government relations team.
Drawing on her two decades of legislative and private sector experience — including her service as the first…
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Partner
Ed represents banks, thrifts, and other financial institutions and concentrates his counsel in the areas of corporate and securities law, state and federal banking regulatory issues,…
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Partner
Luis Enrique Cuervo is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group, where he focuses primarily in the areas of oil and gas, energy, and natural resources.

Luis advises US and Europe-based…
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Associate
Aimee Andrepont Decuir is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group. Aimee’s practice focuses on drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, commercial lending and finance, mergers…
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Associate
Joshua A. DeCuir is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group, where he focuses his practice on financial and commercial transactions.

As a corporate transactional attorney with broad…
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Associate
Marisa focuses her practice in the areas of environmental and energy litigation.
An experienced researcher, Marisa has analyzed and reviewed a variety of legal topics, from general…
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Partner
Sarah Dicharry is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. She focuses her practice on counseling exploration and production companies on compliance with federal statutes and regulations…
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The Disaster Prep & Recovery Blog will provide timely insights and updates on recent local, state and federal developments focused on assisting individuals and companies impacted by a…
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Partner
Nicole Duarte is a partner in the firm’s Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group and practices from the firm's Houston office. She represents clients in the areas of oil and gas…
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Partner
John Fletcher is a partner in the firm's Tax & Estates Practice Group and practices from the Jackson, Mississippi office. With more than twenty years' experience in the legal, corporate…
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Associate
Michael Foley is an associate in the Labor & Employment Practice Group in the firm's New Orleans office.
Prior to joining Jones Walker, Mr. Foley was a law clerk for the Honorable Brian…
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Special Counsel
David Forestner is special counsel in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the insurance coverage team. David focuses his practice on litigation and arbitration for a variety of…
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Special Counsel
Memrie Fortenberry is special counsel on the Banking & Financial Services Industry Team and a member of the Corporate Practice Group. She advises community banks and other financial…
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Special Counsel
Memrie Fortenberry is special counsel on the Banking & Financial Services Industry Team and a member of the Corporate Practice Group. She advises community banks and other financial…
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Partner
George J. Fowler, III, is a partner in the Maritime Practice Group, where he focuses on litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution.

George Fowler is an internationally recognized…
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Partner
Alex’s experience includes the design, implementation, and administration of tax-qualified and non-qualified plans and arrangements. He also drafts and amends employment agreements, non-…
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Partner
Mac Greaves is a member of the Labor & Employment Practice Group. During his more than three decades in private practice, Mac has represented employers in the full range of workforce-…
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Special Counsel
Joan S. Guilfoyle is special counsel in the firm's Banking & Financial Services Practice Group in the Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Guilfoyle's practice concentrates on corporate and…
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The Jones Walker Gaming Practice offers full-spectrum legal, dispute resolution, government relations and legislative advocacy services to clients in every sector of the gaming industry. To…
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Associate
Katelyn Gunn is an associate in the firm’s Tax & Estates Practice Group and practices in the firm’s New Orleans office. Before joining Jones Walker LLP, Ms. Gunn’s previous legal…
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Partner
Jane Heidingsfelder is a partner in the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Group in the New Orleans office. She has extensive experience representing clients in a wide array of…
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Associate
Elise Henry is an associate in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group and practices in the firm's New Orleans office. Ms. Henry focuses her practice on environmental…
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Partner
Miriam Wogan Henry is a partner in the Tax Practice Group and a member of the firm’s board of directors. She focuses on estate planning, including family wealth transfer plans, charitable…
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Associate
Katherine Herbert is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group. She focuses on economic development and public finance.
Katie assists in public finance transactions. Her practice also…
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Partner
Marc C. Hebert is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group and focuses on the representation of energy, marine transportation, chemicals, pharmaceutical and manufacturing clients.
Marc…
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Special Counsel
Kathryn Hester is special counsel in the Litigation Practice Group. She focuses her practice on commercial disputes in state and federal courts and before Mississippi state agencies.…
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Government Relations Manager
Rhett Johnson worked for US Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis as well as for US Representative Richard Hudson (all representing North Carolina) before joining Jones Walker in 2019.
As a…
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Partner
Ted Jones is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He counsels companies, pooled investment vehicles and other funds, investment banks and underwriters, and individual and…
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Special Counsel
Mary Ellen Jordan is special counsel in the Labor & Employment Practice Group.
Mary Ellen concentrates on business immigration and immigration compliance matters. She assists corporate…
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Associate
Thomas D. Kimball is an associate in the firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group and practices from the firm’s New Orleans office. He is a 2016 graduate of the Loyola University…
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Partner
A trusted advisor and dependable advocate, Jennifer focuses on litigation, counsel, and training for large employers in the healthcare, retail, and energy industries. She has particular…
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Associate
Sara advises clients in a broad range of disputes with a concentration in maritime litigation, including allisions and collisions, claims under General Maritime Law, the Jones Act, the…
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Special Counsel
Brian E. Lawlor is Special Counsel in the firm's Real Estate Practice Group. His practice focuses on affordable housing and housing finance to which he offers deep industry knowledge and…
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Partner
Alexandra Layfield joined Jones Walker's Corporate & Securities Practice Group in 2008. Ms. Layfield's practice is exclusively transactional, concentrating principally on the areas of…
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Associate
Elisabeth LeBlanc is an associate in the firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group in New Orleans. Elisabeth is a 2016 graduate of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State…
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Partner
Edward has represented assureds, underwriters, and other industry participants in a broad range of disputes involving hull, cargo, builder's risk, P&I, MEL, CGL, control of well, and…
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Partner
Andy Lee is a partner in the Litigation Section and with the Corporate Compliance and White Collar Defense Team. He maintains an active national trial and appellate practice focused on…
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Associate
Matt Lejeune is an associate in the firm's Admiralty & Maritime Practice Group and practices from the firm's New Orleans office. Mr. Lejeune joined Jones Walker in August 2009,…
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Partner
Matthew McDonald is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation and Government Relations Practice Groups. He practices in the areas of civil litigation and government…
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Special Counsel
Dan counsels clients on a broad range of regulatory compliance and legislative advocacy matters, with an emphasis on issues involving Florida’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco,…
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Associate
Kaitlyn Daniel McGowan is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group.

While in law school, Kaitlyn externed for Judge John W. deGravelles of the US District Court for the Middle District…
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Partner
Alysse McLoughlin is a partner in Jones Walker's Tax Practice Group. She focuses her practice on state and local tax planning and controversies, with an emphasis on issues facing financial…
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Partner
Ben Meroney began practicing law in 1991, concentrating his practice in intellectual property matters in 1993. His practice encompasses the full range of intellectual property matters,…
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Special Counsel
Stan Millan is a member of the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group, and he divides his practice between transactional and litigation work. His practice consists of…
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Associate
Jacob Pritt is an associate in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group.

While attending Tulane University Law School, Jacob served as a notes and comments editor for the Tulane…
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Special Counsel
Alex Prochaska is special counsel in the firm’s Business & Commercial Transactions and Real Estate Practice Groups in the Lafayette and Baton Rouge offices. Mr. Prochaska’s practice…
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Brett Richards is special counsel in the firm’s Government Relations Practice Group. He works with businesses and industry associations to help shape emerging legislation and regulations…
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Partner
Laurie Riley defends employers in civil rights and other employment-related litigation, including litigation under federal laws, such as Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the…
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Special Counsel
Kathy A. Rito is special counsel in the Litigation Practice Group, where she focuses her practice on litigation, risk management, and regulatory matters for healthcare industry clients.…
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Partner
Peter Rivas is a partner in the firm's Banking & Financial Services Practice Group. He counsels clients on a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including mergers and…
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Partner
David R. Roth draws on his extensive in-house and private-practice experience to counsel energy and corporate clients in a broad range of transactions and financings. Prior to joining Jones…
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Partner
Dionne Rousseau has served as the lead outside corporate and securities counsel for 12 public companies, and as boardroom lawyer for three of those companies. She has more than 25 years of…
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Partner
Lara Sevener is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group and a member of the commercial transactions team. Lara’s practice focuses on advising clients with respect to strategic commercial…
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Associate
Bill Shaughnessy is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. He focuses on construction and infrastructure projects, contract review and negotiation, construction litigation,…
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Associate
Samantha Shear is an associate in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. She helps clients resolve employment-related disputes and provides day-to-day compliance advice regarding…
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Partner
Tommy Shepherd is a partner in the firm’s Business and Commercial Transactions Practice Group. As an accomplished gaming attorney, he served as President of the International Association of…
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Partner
Daniella Silberstein is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group and a member of the firm’s board of directors. She serves as co-head of the mergers and acquisitions and private equity…
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Partner
Kelly Simoneaux is a partner in Jones Walker LLP’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Her practice focuses primarily on the corporate, tax, and securities aspects of executive…
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Partner
Jeff Tillery is a partner in the Maritime Practice Group and co-leader of the maritime litigation and arbitration team. He helps maritime and marine industry clients prevent and resolve a…
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Partner
Alex Trostorff is a partner in the firm's Tax & Estates Practice Group. His practice primarily encompasses transactional work for corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies…
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Partner
Richard Tyler is a partner in the firm's New Orleans office and co-chair of its construction practice. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr…
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Partner
Trevor Wilson is a partner in the firm's Tax & Estates Practice Group. Mr. Wilson practices in the areas of federal income taxation, business formation, tax-exempt organizations,…
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Associate
Sam Winston is an associate on the Corporate Compliance & White Collar Defense team and represents companies and individuals in business crime and corporate compliance matters. His…
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Associate
Neal Wise is an associate in the firm’s Banking & Financial Services and Business & Commercial Transactions Practice Groups. His practice focuses on the representation of financial…
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Associate
Hansford (“Ford”) P. Wogan is an associate in the firm's Admiralty & Maritime Practice Group and practices from the New Orleans office. His practice is primarily litigation-oriented…
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Partner
Kary represents employers in the banking, fabrication and assembly, real estate development, mining, retail, government, and service industries.
Kary has represented employers in…
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Associate
Justin M. Woodard is an associate in the firm’s Business & Commercial Litigation Group and a member of the Corporate Compliance & White Collar Defense Team. He works on a diverse…
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The National Law Review selected Jones Walker attorneys Jesse (Jay) Adams, Robert E. Box, Jr. and Matthew A. Mantle as 2021 Go-To Thought Leaders for their coverage of natural disaster recovery best practices and federal and local aid programs.    Especially noteworthy is the firm's leadership and expertise in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.  NLR readers turned to Jones Walker’s articles for news on tax relief, business grant extensions, and managing property damage assessments which provided essential guidance for those impacted by the hurricane. 

Jones Walker was recognized as an NLR Go-To Thought Leader for their Maritime Law & Litigation Practice Group content.  Their work covers regulation, insurance concerns, and court cases with a significant impact on the legal landscape. Enlightening and erudite coverage comes from Jennifer A. David, Christopher Ulfers, William C. Baldwin, R. Scott Jenkins and other members of the practice, all of whom cover the major issues related to Maritime Law, with an emphasis on the US Fifth Circuit.

 

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