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Four Liskow Attorneys Selected to Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2015

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Liskow is pleased to announce the following Houston-based attorneys have been selected to the 2015 edition of Texas Super Lawyers list: 

Michael Cash, Civil Litigation, Defense 

Marilyn Maloney, Real Estate 

Michael Rubenstein, Creditor Debtor Rights 

Robert Theriot, Energy & Resources 

Super Lawyers list outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Texas 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. 

Forty Liskow Attorneys Named “Top Lawyer” by New Orleans Magazine

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Liskow is pleased to announce forty firm attorneys are among New Orleans Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” 2015. 

The voting to determine the top New Orleans attorneys was open to all licensed attorneys in New Orleans, Louisiana. Voters were asked which attorney, other than themselves, should appear on the New Orleans list. The list includes: 

  • Neil C. Abramson, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions 
  • Marguerite L. Adams, Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates 
  • Robert S. Angelico, Tax Law 
  • John C. Anjier, Commercial Litigation, Securities/Capital Markets Law
  • Kelly B. Becker, Appellate Practice 
  • William B. Bennett, Banking and Finance Law, Gaming Law, Labor and Employment Law 
  • James A. Brown, Bet-the-Company Litigations, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law 
  • Louis E. Buatt, Environmental Law 
  • George Denegre, Jr., Bet-the-Company Litigations, Commercial Litigation 
  • James C. Exnicios, Tax Law 
  • Sherman G. Fendler, Admiralty & Maritime Law 
  • Don K. Haycraft, Admiralty & Maritime Law 
  • Robert E. Holden, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Environmental Law 
  • Shannon S. Holtzman, Commercial Litigation 
  • Jonathan A. Hunter, Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law 
  • R. Keith Jarrett, Admiralty & Maritime Law 
  • Greg L. Johnson, Environmental Law 
  • Philip K Jones, Jr., Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law 
  • Paul C. Kitziger, Real Estate Law 
  • Cheryl M. Kornick, Energy Law 
  • Gene W. Lafitte, Appellate Practice 
  • Mark D. Latham, Personal Injury Litigation, Workers Compensation Law 
  • David W. Leefe, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Personal Injury Litigation 
  • Thomas B. Lemann, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Trusts and Estates 
  • Thomas J. McGoey, II, Labor and Employment Law 
  • Robert B. McNeal, Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law 
  • Carey L. Menasco, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law 
  • Joe B. Norman, Appellate Practice, Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law 
  • Dena L. Olivier, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law 
  • Leon J. Reymond, III, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law 
  • Brianne S. Rome, Tax Law 
  • Scott C. Seiler, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation 
  • Randye C. Snyder, Employee Benefits Law 
  • Dorothy M. Taylor, Criminal Defense White Collar 
  • K. Todd Wallace, Antitrust Law 
  • Stephen W. Wiegand, Environmental Law 
  • Charles B. Wilmore, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions 
  • John M. Wilson, Bet-the-Company Litigations, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law 
  • John D. Wogan, Trusts and Estates 

Fifty Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc.

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Liskow is pleased to announce attorney listings in the 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc.

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” 

Fifty Liskow attorneys are ranked in the 2016 edition of Best Lawyers in America: 

  • Donald R. Abaunza, Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Marguerite L. Adams, Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
  • Robert S. Angelico, Tax Law
  • John C. Anjier, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities, Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • George Arceneaux III, Litigation – Environmental, Oil and Gas Law
  • Wm. Blake Bennett, Banking and Finance Law, Gaming Law
  • James A. Brown, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Louis Buatt, Environmental Law
  • Michael P. Cash, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • George Denegre, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities
  • Thomas P. Diaz, Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Billy J. Domingue, Corporate Law
  • James C. Exnicios, Tax Law
  • S. Gene Fendler, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Joseph I. Giarrusso III, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Joseph C. Giglio, Jr., Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
  • Don K. Haycraft, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Robert E. Holden, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
  • Shannon Skelton Holtzman, Commercial Litigation
  • Jonathan A. Hunter, Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
  • R. Keith Jarrett, Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Greg L. Johnson, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
  • Matt Jones, Energy Law
  • Philip K. Jones, Jr., Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Paul C. Kitziger, Real Estate Law
  • Cheryl Mollere Kornick, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Litigation and Controversy – Tax
  • Gene W. Lafitte, Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
  • David W. Leefe, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Thomas B. Lemann, Non-Profit / Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
  • Marilyn C. Maloney, Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Trademark Law
  • James N. Mansfield III, Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
  • Everard A. Marseglia, Jr., Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
  • Thomas J. McGoey II, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and      Employment 
  • Robert B. McNeal, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Oil and Gas Law
  • Joe B. Norman, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
  • William W. Pugh, Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Gary Rachlin, Real Estate Law
  • Carol W. Reisman, Commercial Litigation
  • Richard W. Revels, Jr., Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
  • Leon J. Reymond III, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Leon J. Reymond, Jr., Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
  • Jamie D. Rhymes, Oil and Gas Law
  • George H. Robinson, Jr., Admiralty and Maritime Law, Energy Law
  • Scott C. Seiler, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Lawrence P. Simon, Jr., Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
  • Randye C. Snyder, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Charles B. Wilmore, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • John M. Wilson, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • John D. Wogan, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates
  • Andrew Wooley, Commercial Litigation

Six Liskow Attorneys Receive Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” Honors

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Liskow & Lewis is pleased to announce six attorneys have been recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® (Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). 

In addition to other practice area-specific listings in the 2016 edition of Best Lawyers, the attorneys below were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective areas of practice: 

  • George Arceneaux III, Litigation – Environmental, Lafayette
  • George Denegre, Jr., Litigation – Securities, New Orleans
  • Jonathan A. Hunter, Energy Law, New Orleans
  • Robert B. McNeal, Environmental Law, New Orleans
  • Richard W. Revels, Jr. Oil and Gas Law, Lafayette
  • Leon J. Reymond III, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, New Orleans

Only a single attorney in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as a “Lawyer of the Year.” Selections for this honor are based on voting averages received during Best Lawyers peer review assessments. This designation reflects a high level of respect an attorney has earned among his or her peers regarding abilities, professionalism, and integrity. 

A Liskow Team Obtains Dismissal of Deportation Proceedings Against Abandoned Child

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Last summer a young abandoned child arrived on the U.S. border. Earlier this month two Liskow associates, Wm. Brian London and Raymond T. Waid, obtained dismissal of deportation proceedings on the child’s behalf. The child was part of a wave of young immigrants fleeing unprecedented violence in Central America.  The influx of children overwhelmed an immigration system already stretched thin, and ill-prepared for a mass of children without guardians, let alone legal representation. 

London and Waid successfully represented the client through proceedings in the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court and the Federal Immigration Court.  The firm’s representation resulted in a custody determination that placed the child in a safe and stable environment, as well as dismissal of deportation proceedings.  The child can now proceed forward on the normal administrative process to obtain citizenship.

This case is just one example of the many pro bono cases that Liskow & Lewis attorneys handle every year.  We believe pro bono work and other community service activities are an important professional responsibility and a key to advancing the legal interests of diverse and historically underserved populations.

Liskow & Lewis Adds Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and ERISA Compliance Shareholder in New Orleans

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Liskow is pleased to announce that Michael S. Williams has joined the firm as a shareholder. Mr. Williams practices in the firm’s New Orleans office where he will focus on representing companies in the areas of Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and ERISA Compliance.

Mr. Williams advises clients on all aspects of employee benefits programs, including the design, implementation and compliance of retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and executive and incentive compensation arrangements. He regularly performs due diligence review and analysis for mergers and acquisitions and conducts employee benefits training for legal and non-legal audiences. 

In addition, Mike provides counsel to clients in tax controversies, individuals and businesses with respect to transactional matters, and nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations regarding all aspects of their enterprise.

Mr. Williams received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Management from Samford University. Prior to joining Liskow & Lewis, Mr. Williams practiced at Proskauer Rose LLP and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. He is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and Ohio.

Louisiana Supreme Court Denies Plaintiff-Landowner’s Writ Application in Legacy Case Dismissed on the Basis of the Subsequent Purchaser Doctrine

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In a significant decision for the legacy docket in Louisiana, the Louisiana Supreme Court recently denied a Plaintiff-landowner's writ application which sought review of a Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal opinion that affirmed dismissal of the landowner's claims based upon application of the subsequent purchaser doctrine in favor of defendants who were mineral lessees.

In many cases alleging damage to property arising from historic oil and gas operations, the plaintiff was not the owner at the time of the alleged damage, but instead is the subsequent purchaser of the property at issue.   In Eagle Pipe and Supply, Inc. v. Amerada Hess Corp., 10-2267 (La. 10/25/11), 79 So. 3d 246, a case that involved a predial (not a mineral) lease, the Louisiana Supreme Court held that whether damage to property is apparent or unapparent, the right to sue for such damage is a personal right that belongs to the landowner at the time the damage occurred unless the right has been explicitly assigned or subrogated to the subsequent buyer of the land.  The rationale of the holding is that a claim for damage is a personal, not a real, right and that a subsequent purchaser’s remedy is limited to a suit to rescind the sale or recover damages against its seller.  After this decision, plaintiffs involved in legacy litigation have taken the consistent position that Eagle Pipe’s holding was inapplicable to damage caused by parties holding rights to explore for oil and gas under mineral leases or other instruments since the nature and source of those rights is different from rights flowing under a typical commercial or other predial lease. 

In Global Mktg. Solutions, L.L.C. v. Blue Mill Farms, Inc., 2013-2132 (La. App. 1 Cir. 9/19/14), 153 So. 3d 1209, the First Circuit considered directly the applicability of the subsequent purchaser doctrine in a case involving mineral leases.  The First Circuit rejected plaintiff’s argument that the subsequent purchaser doctrine was inapplicable to mineral rights and applied the Supreme Court’s opinion in Eagle Pipe to bar the Plaintiff’s tort, contract, and Mineral Code claims for alleged contamination of property caused by oil and gas operations that occurred prior to the Plaintiff’s acquisition of the property.   On April 23, 2015, the Louisiana Supreme Court denied the Plaintiff’s writ application in a 4-2 vote.  In a separate concurrence, Justice Crichton unequivocally stated that the analysis of the subsequent purchaser rule articulated in Eagle Pipe is equally applicable in the Mineral Code context.

For more information, contact Joe Norman, Kelly Becker, James Lapeze or Kathryn Gonski.

Twenty-One Attorneys, Seven Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA

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Liskow & Lewis is pleased to announce practice area and attorney rankings in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

Chambers and Partners, an independent research-based company, identifies a select group of attorneys based on client and peer recommendations, and publishes attorney and firm rankings in its guides, including Chambers USA. In order to be ranked, an attorney must portray technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client. A client of Liskow & Lewis quoted, “You have all their attention; they are committed to you and do whatever it takes to get it done.”

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; Energy & Natural Resources; Environment; Litigation: General Commercial; and Real Estate.

In addition, 21 Liskow & Lewis attorneys were ranked in the state of Louisiana in the 2015 edition of Chambers:

  • Donald R Abaunza, Litigation
  • Marguerite L Adams, Real Estate
  • Robert S Angelico, Corporate/M&A
  • Wm Blake Bennett, Banking & 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
  • 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
  • John D Wogan, Banking & Finance

Liskow & Lewis Announces The Election Of Robert S. Angelico As Firm President and Managing Partner

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The Shareholders of Liskow are pleased to announce the election of Robert S. Angelico as the firm’s new President and Managing Partner. 

Mr. Angelico succeeds R. Keith Jarrett who served in the position for the past six years. “Bobby has long been one of our most capable leaders,” said Mr. Jarrett. ”His election as President and Managing Partner insures that the firm is in skillful hands.” 

Mr. Angelico received his J.D. from Loyola University in 1986, was elected a Shareholder of Liskow & Lewis in 1993, and has served as head of the firm’s business and tax section. His practice serves multinational, national, and local business clients in matters pertaining to Louisiana tax law. 

Upon assuming his new role, Mr. Angelico expressed appreciation for the legacy of the position. “Liskow & Lewis has always enjoyed a reputation of excellence,” he said. “We owe a debt to all who have provided the solid and visionary leadership that positions us to meet today’s challenges, and to continue to deliver the highest level of service to our clients.” 

Mr. Angelico served as the President of the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants from 2010 — 2011, is past chairman of the Tax Section of the Louisiana State Bar, and currently serves on the Board of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.