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Emergency & Incident Response

Practices

  • Environmental – Litigation
  • Maritime Litigation & Casualty Response
  • Energy – Litigation

Liskow is uniquely qualified to assist clients in responding to emergencies and unforeseen incidents, whether offshore, onshore, or shoreside, with a deep bench of casualty and regulatory attorneys who are on-call to address exigent client needs.

Overview

Liskow developed an Emergency Response Team with high-level government and in-house corporate experience to assist clients in all aspects of emergency response. Team members often work with clients before an emergency takes place, having prepared emergency response plans for clients covering Louisiana, Texas, West Virginia, Colorado, and the Gulf of Mexico.

The firm is often the direct contact with representatives of OSHA, BSEE, USCG, and other agencies at the inception of and throughout an incident. The firm has represented oil & gas operators, nonoperators, pipeline owners, barge companies, vessel owners, cargo transfer facilities, and others in numerous major casualties involving drilling rigs and vessels, fixed platforms, transportation facilities, production facilities, refineries, and vessels of all types.

Liskow played a lead role in the response to major workplace safety events including fatalities and major injuries aboard fixed platforms, MODUs and drill ships on the Outer Continental Shelf, maritime incidents involving barges, ships, and terminals in the inland waters of the United States, and onshore incidents occurring at well sites and processing facilities. The firm has served as lead response counsel during recent incidents involving hydrocarbon releases, fires and explosions, vessel allision, barge sinkings, and structural failures occurring in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, and state and federal waters.

As part of its emergency response resources, team members stand ready to represent clients during agency inspections, agency interviews of company employees, document control and data preservation, internal investigations and root cause analyses, responses to civil and criminal subpoenas, and defense of administrative enforcement actions and criminal investigations.

Notable Experience

The firm’s emergency response experience is based, in part, on having responded to some of the most significant casualty and pollution events affecting the maritime and energy industries. Examples of these events include the Deepwater Horizon matter on behalf of BP, as well as incidents associated with the Deepwater Nautilus, Rowan Reliance, Noble Lorris Bouzigard, and Petronius. In Deepwater Horizon, Liskow served as lead environmental response counsel for the entire Gulf Coast response (Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida) and had several of its lawyers embedded in the claims team for the primary designated responsible party.

Initial Contacts

  • Michael Golemi
    magolemi@liskow.com
    713.651.2914713.651.2914
  • David Reisman
    dreisman@liskow.com
    504.556.4016504.556.4016
  • Jill Willhoft
    jwillhoft@liskow.com
    504.299.6104504.299.6104

Our Team

Shareholders

  • Media item displaying: John Almy

    John Almy

    Shareholder

    Houston
    713.651.2931713.651.2931
    995
  • Media item displaying: Lou E. Buatt

    Lou E. Buatt

    Shareholder

    Lafayette
    337.267.2343337.267.2343
    995
  • Media item displaying: Thomas P. Diaz

    Thomas P. Diaz

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.556.4165504.556.4165
    995
  • Media item displaying: Michael Fernandez

    Michael Fernandez

    Shareholder

    New York City
    332.286.5286332.286.5286
    995
  • Media item displaying: Michael A. Golemi

    Michael A. Golemi

    Shareholder

    Houston
    713.651.2914713.651.2914
    995
  • Media item displaying: Jana Grauberger

    Jana Grauberger

    Shareholder

    Houston
    713.651.2906713.651.2906
    995
  • Media item displaying: R. Keith Jarrett

    R. Keith Jarrett

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.556.4133504.556.4133
    995
  • Media item displaying: Greg L. Johnson

    Greg L. Johnson

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.556.4115504.556.4115
    995
  • Media item displaying: Mark D. Latham

    Mark D. Latham

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.556.4180504.556.4180
    995
  • Media item displaying: Elizabeth “Libby” McIntosh

    Elizabeth “Libby” McIntosh

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.556.4175504.556.4175
    995
  • Media item displaying: Devin C. Reid

    Devin C. Reid

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.556.4151504.556.4151
    995
  • Media item displaying: David L. Reisman

    David L. Reisman

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.556.4016504.556.4016
    995
  • Media item displaying: Michael D. Rubenstein

    Michael D. Rubenstein

    Shareholder

    Houston
    713.651.2953713.651.2953
    995
  • Media item displaying: Kelly T.  Scalise

    Kelly T. Scalise

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.299.6110504.299.6110
    995
  • Media item displaying: Sean Toomey

    Sean Toomey

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.556.4118504.556.4118
    995
  • Media item displaying: Raymond T. Waid

    Raymond T. Waid

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.556.4042504.556.4042
    995
  • Media item displaying: Jill S. Willhoft

    Jill S. Willhoft

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.299.6104504.299.6104
    995
  • Media item displaying: Charles B. Wilmore

    Charles B. Wilmore

    Shareholder

    New Orleans
    504.299.6113504.299.6113
    995

Of Counsel

  • Media item displaying: David W. Leefe

    David W. Leefe

    Of Counsel

    New Orleans
    504.556.4137504.556.4137
    995
  • Media item displaying: William W. “Bill” Pugh

    William W. “Bill” Pugh

    Of Counsel

    Houston
    713.651.2949713.651.2949
    995
  • Media item displaying: Carol “LuLu” Welborn Reisman

    Carol “LuLu” Welborn Reisman

    Of Counsel

    New Orleans
    504.556.4193504.556.4193
    995
  • Media item displaying: Brett D. Wise

    Brett D. Wise

    Of Counsel

    New Orleans
    504.556.4124504.556.4124
    995

Associates

  • Media item displaying: Lance C. Bullock

    Lance C. Bullock

    Associate

    New Orleans
    504.556.4012504.556.4012
    995
  • Media item displaying: Jonas S. Patzwall

    Jonas S. Patzwall

    Associate

    Houston
    713.651.2824713.651.2824
    995
  • Media item displaying: Jessie Elizabeth Shifalo

    Jessie Elizabeth Shifalo

    Associate

    New Orleans
    504.556.4015504.556.4015
    995
  • Media item displaying: Nicholas D. Simon

    Nicholas D. Simon

    Associate

    New Orleans
    504.556.4004504.556.4004
    995
  • Media item displaying: Elizabeth A. Strunk

    Elizabeth A. Strunk

    Associate

    Houston
    713.651.2813713.651.2813
    995
  • Media item displaying: Emily von Qualen

    Emily von Qualen

    Associate

    New Orleans
    504.556.4129504.556.4129
    995

INSIGHTS

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    04.12.22
    Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms that LDNR Can Only Recover Emergency Response Costs Under La. R.S. 30:93(A)(4) from the Operator of Record and its Working Interest Owners
    4 minute read
  • Insights
    04.12.22
    Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms that LDNR Can Only Recover Emergency Response Costs Under La. R.S. 30:93(A)(4) from the Operator of Record and its Working Interest Owners
    less than a minute
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