Law Firm Overview

The firm is committed to providing the highest quality of representation at a fair price. We believe professionalism, ethics, and civility are fundamental to this representation. As skilled professionals, we take pride in our ability to:

• objectively analyze complex issues and make them understandable to the client, adversary, judge and jury,
• organize voluminous documents,
• estimate expected fees and expenses and keep the client apprised of any changes in the scope and cost of the work,
• communicate important information to the client in clear and concise reports,
• advocate the clients cause effectively in writing and before the court,
• staff matters consistent with client expectations,
• set indentifiable goals and achieve those goals at the times promised,
• build strong personal relationships, and
• commit ourselves and our resources to the client's problems and issues as if they were our own.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Agency Proceedings
• Admiralty, Maritime and Jones Act Cases
• Antitrust
• Appeals
• Bad Faith Suits Against Insurance Companies
• Class-Action and Multi-district Litigation
• Collections
• Commercial Litigation
• Complex Personal Injury and Civil Litigation
• Construction and Engineering Litigation and Arbitration
• Consumer Law and Deceptive Trade Practices Litigation
• Employment & Labor Law
• Energy Law
• Environmental Litigation
• Governmental Immunity
• Insurance Coverage Opinions and Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Negligence Litigation
• Oil & Gas Litigation
• Premises Liability Litigation
• Products Liability Litigation
• Professional Malpractice Litigation
• Property Damage Litigation
• Real Property Disputes
• Securities Litigation
• Toxic Tort Litigation
• Trusts & Estates Litigation
• Wrongful Death Litigation
• Banking & Finance Law
• Contracts
• Ethics & Professional Responsibility
• Insurance Defense
• Legal Malpractice
• Lemon Law
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Whistleblower/Qui Tam
• Wills

Representative Clients

• American International Underwriters
• Amoco Chemical Co., now BP Amoco Chemical Co.
• Amoco Corporation, BP Corporation North America, Inc.
• Aon Risk Services of Texas, Inc.
• AMF Bowling Centers, Inc.
• AON Corporation
• Baker Marine Corporation
• Bechtel Corporation
• Connecticut Specialty Insurance Group
• CNA
• Dixie Carriers, Inc.
• Hitachi Cable Ltd.
• Hydril Company
• Ikegami Electronics, Inc.
• Kajima Engineering & Construction, Inc.
• Landmark Education Corporation
• Louisiana Workers Compensation Corporation
• Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company
• Rothe Development, Inc.
• Shand Morahan & Company
• Star Enterprises
• Sumitomo Marine Claims Services,(USA), Inc.
• Underwriters at Lloyds
• Amoco Production Co.
• Anglo American Insurance Co., Ltd.
• Becon Construction Co., Inc.
• Berco Services, Inc.
• BP America, Inc.
• BP International Limited
• Burns & Wilcox, Ltd.
• CBS Environmental, Inc.
• Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co., Inc.
• Cravens Dargen Energy & Marine Co.
• DiCarlo Construction Company, Inc.
• Dixie Carriers, Inc.
• Duke Energy Corporation
• Eagle Global Logistics
• EDI Architecture
• The Geon Co.
• Gullett & Associates
• Knight Oil Tools, Inc.
• Krueger Engineering & Mfr. Co.
• Lloyds of London
• Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.
• Ohio Casualty Group of Insurance Companies
• Quanta Services, Inc.
• Rohmann Services, Inc.
• Sharp Electronics, Inc.
• St. Katherine Ins. Co.
• Science Applications International Corp.
• Silicone Specialties, Inc.
• Teton Industrial Group, Inc.
• U.S. Fire Insurance Co.
• Valero Energy Corporation
• Volunteer Fireman's Insurance Services

West Practice Categories

Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Arbitration, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Bad Faith Insurance, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Lemon Law, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Collections, Construction Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Energy Law, Oil & Gas, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, Patents, Trademarks, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation, Personal Injury -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Legal Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Securities Law, Toxic Torts, Whistleblower/Qui Tam