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Holden and Waid Successfully Resolve International Child Abduction Case

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Associates Mirais M. Holden and Raymond T. Waid recently handled a pro bono international child abduction case. A Honduran mother’s five-year-old daughter was abducted to the United States on June 5, 2014. Over the next seven months, the Honduran government and the U.S. State Department worked to find the girl. The mother retained Liskow & Lewis APLC to obtain her daughter’s return immediately after the child and her abductors were located in Louisiana. Holden and Waid filed an emergency petition in the New Orleans federal court seeking the child’s return to Honduras pursuant to The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act. Within mere weeks, Holden and Waid obtained the child’s return and the recovery of monetary damages. 

This complex international case is just one example of the many pro bono cases that Liskow & Lewis attorneys handle every year. 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.

Maritime, Oilfield and Insurance Section Hosts Semiannual ABA/Tulane Maritime Law Journal Presentation

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The firm’s Maritime, Oilfield and Insurance section will host a presentation of selected works from Volume 39 of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal on March 26 from 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

The Tulane Maritime Law Journal, in conjunction with the Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, presents this event twice per year.

A recording of the presentations will be available for viewing following the event. 

Tulane Maritime Law Journal Event Flyer

Rolen-Ogden to Speak at LSU Mineral Law Institute

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Shareholder April L. Rolen-Ogden will be featured as a speaker at the LSU Mineral Law Institute. She will present “Reporting Duties Under La. R.S. 30:103.1” on the second day of the conference, Friday, March 20, 2015, in Baton Rouge.

Ms. Rolen-Ogden, whose practice includes both trial and appellate experience in the oil, gas, and mineral exploration and production industry, was also recently featured as a speaker at the Women Leaders in Environmental and Energy Law Conference in New Orleans in January.

LSU’s 62nd Annual Mineral Law Institute covers topics including oil and gas, water issues, drilling, regulation of oil and gas activities, and legacy litigation updates, among others. For more information about the program and to register, please visit the seminar website.

Reymond Named to Leadership in Law 2015

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Shareholder Leon J. Reymond III has been selected to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Leadership in Law 2015.

Mr. Reymond’s business practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, business and financing transactions, corporate planning and compliance, securities law compliance, and business entity structuring and formation. He has been recognized by publications such as The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA for excellence in the areas of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Mr. Reymond is a 1996 graduate of the Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he was selected to the Order of the Coif.

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.

This year’s honorees will be featured in a special Leadership in Law insert in the March 20 issue of CityBusiness, and will be honored at a special event at the New Orleans Museum of Art on March 23 from 5:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Click here for more information and to view this year’s class.

Nina Bianchi Skinner Joins Liskow & Lewis

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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.

Liskow & Lewis Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters 2015

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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.

Liskow & Lewis Announces Three New Shareholders

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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.