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Nina Bianchi Skinner has joined Liskow as a shareholder in the firm’s Houston office. Her practice is focused on representing companies in the areas of corporate and business law.

Ms. Skinner has represented clients in a vast number of industries, including energy, health care, chemicals, manufacturing, telecommunications, consumer products, information management, media and entertainment, engineered products, commercial real estate and industrial services.

Along with her knowledge of multiple industry sectors, Ms. Skinner is also versed in advising privately-held and publicly-traded corporations, start-up companies and nonprofit organizations in various stages of commercial transactions.

Ms. Skinner simultaneously received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center and her Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston Bauer College of Business in 2001. Prior to law school, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Management from Tulane University, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Prior to joining Liskow, Ms. Skinner practiced at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and Nathan Sommers Jacobs.

Thirty-two Liskow attorneys have been named to the 2015 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters. Shareholders Marguerite L. Adams and S. Gene Fendler, as well as of counsel attorney Donald R. Abaunza, were named among the top 50 attorneys in the state of Louisiana, and shareholder Marguerite L. Adams was named one of the top 25 women attorneys in the state.

Attorneys selected from the firm’s New Orleans office include:

• Donald R. Abaunza
• Neil C. Abramson
• Marguerite L. Adams
• Robert S. Angelico
• John C. Anjier
• Wm. Blake Bennett
• James A. Brown
• George Denegre, Jr.
• Thomas P. Diaz
• Dana M. Douglas
• James C. Exnicios
• S. Gene Fendler
• Joseph I. Giarrusso, III
• Don K. Haycraft
• Robert E. Holden
• Jonathan A. Hunter
• R. Keith Jarrett
• Greg L. Johnson
• Philip K. Jones, Jr.
• Mark D. Latham
• David W. Leefe
• Wm. Brian London
• Thomas J. McGoey, II
• Mark L. McNamara
• Robert B. McNeal
• Joe B. Norman
• Leon J. Reymond, Jr.
• Raymond T. Waid
• John D. Wogan

Attorneys selected from the firm’s Lafayette office include:

• Brian W. Capell
• George H. Robinson, Jr.
• Lawrence P. Simon, Jr.

Since its inception in 1991, Super Lawyers has listed outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Louisiana Super Lawyers includes a statewide nomination process, a peer-review survey by practice area, and independent research on candidates. The process results in a list of the top five percent of attorneys in each state, as nominated by their peers, which is then reviewed by an independent research team that focuses on professional accomplishments, peer recognition, and community involvement.

The firm is pleased to announce the election of three new shareholders, effective January 1, 2015.

Collette R. Gordon is a shareholder in the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources Law and Business Law sections. Her practice in energy focuses on oil and gas acquisitions and divestitures, energy-related contract drafting, onshore and offshore title examination, and pipeline issues. She received her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2006. Ms. Gordon is also a 2003 graduate of the University of Virginia. Ms. Gordon has been recognized in Louisiana Super Lawyers and New Orleans Magazine for her legal acumen and professional achievements.

Staci A. Lowman focuses her practice primarily on various aspects of real estate law, including the acquisition and disposition of commercial office buildings, industrial sites, storage facilities and raw land for commercial and residential development. She received her Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from Tulane University Law School in 2006. Ms. Lowman received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with honors and highest distinction, from the University of Iowa, in 2003.

Stephen W. Wiegand is a member of the firm’s environmental section and assists clients with permitting, compliance, transactional, and litigation issues. He is a graduate of the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he received his Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, in 2007. Mr. Wiegand received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Tulane University in 2003. Prior to joining Liskow & Lewis, he served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, from 2007–2008.