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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.

Liskow & Lewis is pleased to welcome Regan Canfill to the firm.

Regan is a business lawyer practicing in the firm’s New Orleans office.  She has experience helping clients with a variety of tax and corporate matters. 

Regan received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Loyola University College of Law where she was a Dean’s Scholarship Recipient and Comment Editor of the Loyola Maritime Law Journal. Upon graduating from Loyola, Regan obtained her L.L.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

Liskow & Lewis is pleased to congratulate Tommy McGoey for being selected to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Leadership in Law Class of 2019. Tommy is being recognized for his Labor & Employment practice, commitment to the firm, community and professional involvement, and awards and achievements. 

TOMMY’S PRACTICE

Tommy is a go-to labor and employment lawyer with experience throughout Louisiana and the U.S. He helps employers across a wide range of industries with contentious human resources claims and issues, both inside and outside the courtroom. He has 31 years of litigation experience, 24 of which have been devoted to labor and employment. Tommy handles difficult cases in federal and state trial and appellate courts, and arbitrations. He also counsels employers on compliance with a myriad of employment laws related to hiring decisions, compensation, discipline, termination, reductions in force and responding to catastrophes affecting the workplace.  He conducts training for managers and supervisors on substantive issues, employee relations and litigation avoidance.

Tommy is respected by his colleagues and peers not just as a lawyer, but also a leader.  He has served Liskow & Lewis in countless ways, but to name a few, he has served as the Firm Administration Partner and as a member of the firm's Compensation Committee, Board of Directors and Strategic Planning Committee.  Tommy is the leader of Liskow’s Labor & Employment Practice group and has also been instrumental in the firm’s recruitment of law students, devoting countless hours to mentoring and leading law students and young lawyers.  

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Tommy is a Star Ambassador for the Volunteers of America, an organization that provides life-saving programs for the most vulnerable people in our community—children and families, the elderly, veterans, and persons with disabilities. He co-chairs Volunteers of America’s annual Reach for the Stars Breakfast, which is the organization’s primary fundraising event.  Tommy is a past Board Chair for the New Orleans Speech and Hearing Center, and he currently serves on the organization’s strategic planning committee.  He has also volunteered as a youth baseball coach at PAC and basketball coach at Carrollton Boosters.

AWARDS

Tommy is consistently recognized for his practice by both national and local publications.  Chambers USA has recognized Tommy for his Labor & Employment practice since 2006 and has ranked him in its top level–Band 1.  He has also been recognized by The Best lawyers in America for the last 13 years.  Best Lawyers ranked Tommy as the Litigation-Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” for 2019, and in 2018, he was ranked as the New Orleans Employment Law-Management “Lawyer of the Year.”  Only one lawyer is recognized by Best Lawyers as a "Lawyer of the Year" for each practice area and geographic location. Tommy has been ranked by Louisiana Super Lawyers since 2008, and by New Orleans Magazine as a “Top Lawyer” since 2004.

Started in 2005, Leadership in Law recognizes legal professionals based on their professional and community involvement and achievements that have set the pace for the overall community. The firm is proud to congratulate Tommy on this recognition.