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Devin C. Reid
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DEVIN C. REID

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New Orleans
T  504.556.4151
dcreid@liskow.com

Practices

  • Emergency and Incident Response

Blogs

  • The Energy Law Blog - Devin C. Reid

“I take a professional, holistic approach to each matter focusing on the larger impact that results have on each client while also ensuring awareness of the intricacies of the law.”

Overview

Devin Reid is a litigator focusing on maritime, energy and environmental issues and related insurance matters. His practice includes federal multi-district litigation, offshore blowouts, personal injury, property damage, insurance coverage, vessel allisions, and joint operating agreement disputes.

He has completed a course in Well Control Fundamentals and served as an on-site attorney representing the interests of major oil companies during governmental forensic examinations of well control equipment as well as the preservation of physical evidence related to maritime casualties.

Devin’s environmental experience includes assisting with issues related to oil spills, including serving on a legal team providing support for response compliance under both federal and state laws.

His trial preparation experience includes managing discovery, deposition defense, preparation of expert reports and experts, assisting in direct and cross-examinations during trial, and motion practice.

During his studies at LSU, Devin served as a research assistant to Professor William E. Crawford, Director of the Louisiana State Law Institute, and as a judicial extern to the Honorable Robert D. Downing of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals in Baton Rouge.

Notable Experience

Environmental Litigation

  • Served on trial team defending major oil company in quantification of oil released from an offshore loss of well control under the Clean Water Act (U.S. v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., No. 10-4536 (E.D. La.)
  • Served as on-site attorney representing a lessee’s interest in the forensic examination of oilfield equipment during both a governmental investigation and civil litigation related to an offshore loss of well control
  • Defending major oil company against claims of toxic exposure related to response to oil spill off the coast of Louisiana
  • Served as part of team that won summary judgment in federal court against claims of oyster leaseholders for alleged damages to lease interests from offshore oil spill (In re Manson Constr. Co., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71114 (E.D. La. May 20, 2013))
  • Served as part of team that won summary judgment in federal court against intellectual property claims brought by claimant who alleged that major oil company appropriated individual’s suggestion to control offshore blowout without compensation to individual (Cutler v. BP, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143764 (E.D. La. Oct. 4, 2012))

Personal Injury

  • Obtained summary judgment that was subsequently affirmed for oilfield services contractor against personal injury plaintiff on grounds that contractor owed no duty of care to plaintiff during concurrent operations in the Gulf of Mexico (McCarroll v. Seatrax Servs., et al., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103452 (E.D. La. July 24, 2013),affirmed 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 6504, April 9, 2014 (U.S. 5th Cir. April 9, 2014))

Property Casualty

  • Served as on-site attorney for pipeline operator responsible for evidence preservation and legal supervision of repairs and remediation after allision of vessel with submerged pipeline in Louisiana territorial waters

Involvement

  • The Foundation For Natural Resources and Energy Law, Member
  • Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Member
  • Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Member
  • New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel, Member
  • New Orleans Bar Association, Member
  • Federal Bar Association, Member
  • Louisiana State Law Institute – Tutorship Procedure Committee, Member

Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, 2019-2023
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2021-2023
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers "Rising Star," 2016-2019, 2021

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Credentials

Education

  • Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D./D.C.L., summa cum laude, 2009)
  • Louisiana State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2006)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2009

Publications

  • "Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, February 26, 2021
  • "Riding to the Danger Zone: U.S. Fifth Circuit Panel Considers the Zone-of-Danger Test for Maritime Emotional Distress," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, February 9, 2021
  • "Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, November 18, 2020
  • "U.S. Fifth Circuit Clarifies 'Substantial Nexus' Test for LHWCA," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, August 19, 2020
  • "Louisiana Governor Signs 2020 Tort Reform Legislation," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, July 24, 2020
  • "Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Effect of Collateral Source Rule in Personal Injury Cases," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, May 10, 2019
  • The Fifth Circuit Rejects the DOJ’s Attempt to Charge Black Elk Contractors with OCSLA Felonies
  • United States Fifth Circuit Confirms Remedies Available to Subrogated Insurer
  • U.S. Fifth Circuit Adopts Broad Definition of “Good Faith” for Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Claims
  • United States Supreme Court Limits Forums Available to Railroad Workers
  • Fifth Circuit Limits Effect of Collateral Source Rule Under General Maritime Law
  • U.S. Fifth Circuit Limits Vessels’ Obligations Under Louisiana One-Call Reporting
  • "Availability of a Sliding Scale for Seaman Status: How and Why Pragmatism Has Survived," 8 Loyola Maritime Law Journal 73 (2010)

After Hours

“I enjoy quality time with my family, running, and organizing events for my alumni association.”

WHAT’S TRENDING WITH Devin

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    12.22.22
    Fifty-Five Liskow Lawyers Selected to 2023 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters
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  • News
    08.18.22
    85 Liskow Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings) 2023
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    01.12.22
    Forty-Eight Liskow Lawyers Selected to 2022 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters
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  • News
    08.19.21
    74 Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Edition
    3 minute read
  • Insights
    02.26.21
    Louisiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case
    less than a minute
  • Insights
    02.09.21
    Riding to the Danger Zone: U.S. Fifth Circuit Panel Considers the Zone-of-Danger Test for Maritime Emotional Distress
    less than a minute
  • News
    01.04.21
    Forty-One Liskow Lawyers Selected to 2021 Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
    less than a minute
  • News
    08.20.20
    Sixty-Two Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, BL Rankings, LLC, 2021 Edition
    3 minute read
  • Insights
    08.19.20
    U.S. Fifth Circuit Clarifies “Substantial Nexus” Test for LHWCA
    less than a minute
  • Insights
    07.24.20
    Louisiana Governor Signs 2020 Tort Reform Legislation
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