Recent Representative Matters:

Environmental Litigation

• Served on trial team defending major oil company in quantification of oil released from an offshore loss of well control under the Clean Water Act (U.S. v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., No. 10-4536 (E.D. La.)

• Served as on-site attorney representing a lessee’s interest in the forensic examination of oilfield equipment during both a governmental investigation and civil litigation related to an offshore loss of well control

• Defending major oil company against claims of toxic exposure related to response to oil spill off the coast of Louisiana

• Served as part of team that won summary judgment in federal court against claims of oyster leaseholders for alleged damages to lease interests from offshore oil spill (In re Manson Constr. Co., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71114 (E.D. La. May 20, 2013))

• Served as part of team that won summary judgment in federal court against intellectual property claims brought by claimant who alleged that major oil company appropriated individual’s suggestion to control offshore blowout without compensation to individual (Cutler v. BP, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143764 (E.D. La. Oct. 4, 2012))

Personal Injury

• Obtained summary judgment that was subsequently affirmed for oilfield services contractor against personal injury plaintiff on grounds that contractor owed no duty of care to plaintiff during concurrent operations in the Gulf of Mexico (McCarroll v. Seatrax Servs., et al., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103452 (E.D. La. July 24, 2013),affirmed 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 6504, April 9, 2014 (U.S. 5th Cir. April 9, 2014))

Property Casualty

• Served as on-site attorney for pipeline operator responsible for evidence preservation and legal supervision of repairs and remediation after allision of vessel with submerged pipeline in Louisiana territorial waters