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Liskow & Lewis is pleased to congratulate Bob Angelico for being recognized by the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants (LCPA), the premier organization of accountants in Louisiana. Bob was awarded LCPA’s Distinguished Service Award for his significant work supporting the Society’s state and local taxation legislation efforts. Bob has been an active participant in LCPA for years. He is a past LCPA President and currently serves as the Society’s representative on the Louisiana Tax Institute.  He has previously received LCPA’s Outstanding CPA in Business and Industry Award and its Outstanding Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Discussion Leader Award.

Bob is a nationally known business lawyer with years of experience helping top-tier companies with sophisticated state and local tax issues throughout Louisiana.  He works to minimize the taxes of his clients, which include manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, non-profits, construction businesses and other entities of all types and sizes.

Clients benefit from Bob's extensive experience with Louisiana state and local taxes, advising clients in entity formations, restructurings, acquisitions and dispositions. Businesses facing litigation in the energy sector often turn to Bob for income and franchise tax, sales and use tax, severance, and ad valorem tax disputes and other state and local tax claims. 

Bob is a Board Certified Tax Specialist ­- as certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization ­- and a licensed Certified Public Accountant.  He is consistently recognized for his tax practice by both national and local publications.  Chambers USA has recognized Bob for his practice since 2013, ranking him in its highest tier–Band 1.  He has also been recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2003 and was listed as the New Orleans Tax Law “Lawyer of the Year” in 2018. Only one lawyer is recognized by Best Lawyers as a "Lawyer of the Year" for each practice area and geographic location. Bob has been recognized by Louisiana Super Lawyers since 2007, and by New Orleans Magazine as a “Top Lawyer” since 2015.

Liskow & Lewis is pleased to welcome Denice Redd-Robinette to the firm. 

Denice Redd-Robinette is a litigator in the firm’s Baton Rouge office. She has experience in multiple facets of litigation, including experience with legislative and regulatory matters.

Prior to practicing law, Denice served in the United States Navy.  She regularly draws on her experience as a plane captain, maintaining F14 aircrafts and training new pilots on preflight preparation.  Denice was also a Litigation Paralegal for the Louisiana Department of Insurance in Baton Rouge. She received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Southern University Law Center in 2019.

Liskow & Lewis is pleased to announce four attorneys have joined the firm.

Lance Bullock is a member of the firm’s Maritime, Oilfield, and Insurance practice group in the New Orleans office. Prior to joining the firm, Lance served as a police officer for the Kenner Police Department and the Loyola University Police Department. He also served the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Louisiana as a volunteer law clerk. Lance earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law.

Chelsea Fitzgerald is a business lawyer in the firm’s New Orleans office. She has experience in real estate, public finance transactions, commercial lending, non-profit tax matters, and Fair Housing defense. Prior to joining the firm, Chelsea was an associate at the Nashville office of a DC- based law firm focused on commercial real estate, public housing authority representation, and affordable housing development. Chelsea previously served as a public service fellow at Southeast Louisiana Legal Services in New Orleans representing low-income clients with housing legal issues, including defending clients in eviction proceedings, preserving clients’ subsidized housing, advocating for clients’ rights, and mediating landlord-tenant conflicts.

Rebecca Guidry is an energy litigator practicing in the firm’s Lafayette office. Prior to joining the firm, Rebecca served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable Judge L. Scott Coogler of the United States District Court of Northern Alabama. Rebecca received her Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University.

Hayley Landry is a member of the firm’s Energy Litigation practice group in the New Orleans office.  Prior to joining the firm, Hayley served as a student attorney at the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice where she represented clients in various employment litigation matters under the supervision of an experienced attorney. She also served as the Lawyer Referral Service Coordinator and Special Projects Coordinator for the New Orleans Bar Association. Hayley received her Master of Science in Applied Criminology from Texas A&M Commerce before receiving her Juris Doctor from Loyola University College of Law.

Liskow & Lewis is pleased to announce practice area and lawyer rankings in the 2019 edition of Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

Chambers and Partners, an independent research-based company, identifies a select group of lawyers based on client recommendations and publishes lawyer and firm rankings in its guides, including Chambers USA. In order to be ranked, a lawyer must portray technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client.

The firm was nationally ranked in Transportation: Shipping/Maritime Litigation. The firm received esteemed first-band (first-tier) rankings for the state of Louisiana in the areas of Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, and Litigation: General Commercial.

Additionally, the firm received recognition for Louisiana in the areas of: Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Labor & Employment, and Real Estate.

In addition, 16 Liskow & Lewis lawyers were ranked in the state of Louisiana in the 2019 edition of Chambers:

Banking & Finance
Wm Blake Bennett 

Banking & Finance: Marine Finance
Wm Blake Bennett 

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Joseph P Hebert
Philip K Jones Jr, Senior Statespeople

Corporate/M&A
Leon J Reymond III 

Corporate/M&A: Tax
Robert S Angelico
James C Exnicios 

Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
Joe B Norman, Recognized Practitioner
Lawrence P Simon Jr 

Environment
Louis Buatt
Greg L. Johnson
Robert B McNeal 

Environment: Litigation
Mark McNamara
Robert B McNeal 

Labor & Employment
Thomas McGoey II 

Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation
Randye C Snyder 

Litigation: General Commercial
James Brown

Real Estate
Marguerite L Adams

Liskow & Lewis is pleased to announce the following Lafayette-based attorneys have been selected to the 2019 list of Acadiana Profile’s Top Lawyers:

Vanessa Anseman, Oil and Gas Law

George Arceneaux III, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law

Emily Borgen, Insurance Law

Hunter A. Chauvin, Environmental Law

Julie S. Chauvin, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Transactions/LLS Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Trusts and Estates

Billy J. Domingue, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Transactions/LLS Law, Construction Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law

Joseph C. Giglio, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Real Estate Law

Joseph P. Hebert, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

Jeffrey D. Lieberman, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law

Penny L. Malbrew, Environmental Law, Natural Resouces Law

James N. Mansfield III, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law

C.J. Miller, Real Estate Law

Jamie D. Rhymes, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law

April L. Rolen-Ogden, Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law

Lawrence P. Simon, Jr., Appellate Practice, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law

Each year, Acadiana Profile publishes its Top Lawyers list. The voting to determine the 2019 top attorneys for Acadiana Profile magazine was open to all licensed attorneys in the Acadiana, Louisiana market area. Each attorney was asked which attorney, other than himself or herself, they would recommend in the Acadiana area.