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Twenty Liskow Lawyers, Seven Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA

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Liskow is pleased to announce practice area and lawyer rankings in the 2016 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 and peer 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 received esteemed first-band (first-tier) rankings for the state of Louisiana in the areas of Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, and Litigation: General Commercial. 

The firm also received recognition in: Banking & Finance; Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Corporate/M&A; and Real Estate. 

In addition, 20 Liskow & Lewis lawyers were ranked in the state of Louisiana in the 2016 edition of Chambers:

  • Donald R Abaunza, Litigation 
  • Marguerite L Adams, Real Estate 
  • Robert S Angelico, Corporate/M&A 
  • Wm Blake Bennett, Banking & Finance; Marine Finance 
  • James Brown, Litigation 
  • Louis Buatt, Environment 
  • James C Exnicios, Corporate/M&A 
  • Joseph P Hebert, Bankruptcy/Restructuring 
  • Robert E Holden, Environment 
  • Jonathan A Hunter, Energy & Natural Resources 
  • R Keith Jarrett, Litigation 
  • Greg L Johnson, Environment 
  • Philip K Jones, Jr, Bankruptcy/Restructuring 
  • Thomas McGoey II, Labor & Employment 
  • Robert B McNeal, Environment; Environment Litigation 
  • Dena Olivier, Bankruptcy/Restructuring 
  • Richard W Revels, Jr, Energy & Natural Resources 
  • Leon J Reymond III, Corporate/M&A 
  • Lawrence P Simon, Jr, Energy & Natural Resources 
  • Randye C Snyder, Labor & Employment 

Founded in 1935 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Liskow & Lewis has grown to nearly 140 lawyers in New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas. Since its inception, the firm’s practice has included a focus on the energy and oil and gas industries. The firm and its lawyers are recognized for contributions to the development of Louisiana’s mineral law, as well as for providing clients with exceptional counsel. 

Liskow & Lewis Recognized as a “Best Law Firm for Female Attorneys”

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Liskow is pleased to announce our listing on Law360’s 100 Best Law Firms for Female Attorneys list. Law360 ranks the 100 best U.S. law firms for women, based on the firm’s female representation at the partner and non-partner levels, as well as total number of female attorneys. 

We are pleased to be recognized, and thank the diverse group that contributes to the richness of our workplace. 

Liskow Shareholder Kelly Becker Named to Leadership in Law 2016

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Liskow Shareholder Kelly Becker has been selected to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Leadership in Law 2016. As one of Liskow’s younger shareholders, Kelly provides and demonstrates leadership within the firm as well as throughout the greater New Orleans community.

Kelly is a member of the firm’s litigation section. Her practice focuses on appellate and energy-related issues. In her appellate practice, she has been retained to assess the likelihood of success on appeal, and she has handled appeals in the Louisiana courts of appeal, the Louisiana Supreme Court, and the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.

Kelly has experience with administrative appeals, including numerous appeals to the Louisiana Tax Commission and the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals. Her oil and gas practice includes work on the cutting edge of a number of issues in Louisiana, including landowner/mineral lease disputes, interpretation of joint operating agreements, legacy litigation, payment of royalties, lease maintenance, lease developments, assignment of lease interests, severance tax payments, and ad valorem taxes. 

One of Kelly’s favorite things about her practice is the opportunity to take a complex legal issue and make it understandable and user-friendly to a specific audience. True to the leader she is, Kelly enjoys being active in cases that make their way to the Louisiana Supreme Court because this allows her to be involved in decisions that shape the policies of the state for years to come. 

She received her B.A. degree, with distinction, from the University of Virginia in 1998, and her J.D. degree, Order of the Coif, from the Paul M. Hebert, Louisiana State University Law Center in 2001.

Since 2005, CityBusiness has published a special edition of the publication profiling 50 area attorneys, court-associated professionals, and educators who have established themselves as leaders through their distinctive professional contributions and community involvement, and has spotlighted several of Greater New Orleans’ most prominent leaders in the legal field.

Click here to view this year’s class.

Liskow Attorneys Win $9.04 Million Verdict in Favor of Shell Offshore Inc.

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On February 26, 2016, after a two-week trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, a jury returned a $9.04 million verdict in favor of the firm’s client, Shell Offshore Inc. Keith Jarrett, Joe Giarrusso, and R.J. Marse represented Shell. 

The case involved a marine collision in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 70 miles offshore. Shell was in the midst of drilling operations on the Transocean rig Deepwater Nautilus, when one of the rig’s mooring lines was cut by a vessel towing a submerged object thousands of feet underwater. As a result, Shell had to suspend drilling operations for nearly two weeks. Shell proved that it was entitled to recover its costs for the time it was unable to drill, and the jury determined Shell and Transocean were 0% at fault for the incident.

Liskow Attorney Lawrence Simon Awarded IEL’s Lifetime Achievement in Energy Litigation Award

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Liskow is pleased to announce Lawrence Simon has been awarded the Institute of Energy Law’s Lifetime Achievement in Energy Litigation Award. 

At the Annual Energy Litigation Conference each November, this award is made to an energy litigator whose achievements either in the course of his or her career or during a particular piece or series of litigation have won the admiration of peers. 

Lawrence Simon graduated from Tulane Law School in 1972, and has practiced law with Liskow & Lewis in the firm’s Lafayette office for the past 43 years. Litigation matters involving oil, gas and property issues are the focus of Mr. Simon’s practice. For three decades, he has handled a wide variety of general commercial disputes in federal and state courts throughout Louisiana. 

His extensive experience in energy litigation cases covers all of the major substantive areas affecting the oil and gas industry for the past four decades, including broad experience litigating issues involving regulatory rulings and orders of the Department of Conservation. His litigation practice has emphasized oil and gas royalty and other mineral lease issues, energy marketing contract disputes and cases involving the processing of natural gas and the contracts affecting those operations. 

Mr. Simon has been recognized by Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers. He is also a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. In addition to his active practice, Mr. Simon has served both in the House of Delegates and on the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association and was president of the Young Lawyers section of the Louisiana Bar. He also served on the Board of the Young Lawyer Division of the ABA and on the Board of Directors of the American Judicature Society. He likewise was past president of the American Inn of Court of Acadiana. Mr. Simon has been active in the Institute of Energy Law for many years and is currently Senior Vice-Chair of the IEL.