Paige Fussell

504.556.4065

Notable Experience

Some of his notable experience in litigation includes:

  • Defending a multinational company in a case involving a vessel collision in the Philippines which resulted in over 4,000 deaths. The case is currently pending in the Philippines.
  • Representing defendants in the Piper Alpha disaster in the North Sea and the Ocean Ranger incident in Canada.
  • Trial counsel in a significant case involving an alleged contamination by oil and gas operations. Trial counsel in several significant cases involving alleged contamination by oil and gas operations.

Involvement

Professional

  • American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow since 1994
  • Tulane Maritime Law Center
  • Tulane University – Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, 1981-1989
  • Maritime Law Association of the U.S. – Proctor
  • New Orleans, Louisiana State, American and Federal Bar Associations – Member
  • Louisiana State Bar Association – House of Delegates
  • Former Board Member – Louisiana Bar Foundation
  • Member of LSBA House of delegates for over 25 years

Community

  • Trinity Episcopal School – Former Member of Board of Trustees
  • Tulane Inn of Court – Master of the Bench

Recognition

  • New Orleans Magazine's List of "Top Lawyers," 2017-2018
  • BTI Client Service All-Star, 2017
  • Recipient of New Orleans Bar Association 2008 Distinguished Maritime Lawyer Award
  • Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business - Litigation: General Commercial, 2005-2018
  • The Best Lawyers in America©,  Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law selected for inclusion for nearly 35 years
  • New Orleans "Best Lawyers 2011 Maritime Lawyer of the Year"
  • New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law Award, 2005
  • Listed in Louisiana Life as Top 10 Louisiana Lawyer
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2007-2023
  • Louisiana State Bar Association President’s Award
  • Who’s Who of America
  • Who’s Who of the World

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Credentials

Education

  • Tulane University Law School (J.D., 1969)
  • Vanderbilt University (1966)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 1969

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1969
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Louisiana, 1969
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District, Louisiana, 1969
  • U.S. District Court, Western District, Louisiana, 1969

Presentations

  • "Indemnity & Insurance Issues in Offshore Service Contracts: Do We Need to Rethink the Approach to Risk Allocation," Institute for Energy Law, 2010
  • "Force Majeure: The Future Look of Offshore Contracts," Liskow & Lewis Oilfield, Maritime & Indemnity Seminar, 2010
  • "Opening Statements by the Masters," Louisiana State Bar Association, 2009
  • “Crisis or Casualty Response, Investigation & Management”, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2008
  • “Ethics and Professionalism in the Legal, Business, Political, and Judicial Professions,” GNOBFA River and Marine Industries Seminar, 2008
  • “Ethics – Lawyer Advertising: New Rules and New Issues,” Louisiana State Bar Association, 2007
  • “Katrina and Rita: What Have You Wrought,” LSU, Mineral Law Institute, 2006
  • “The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 – Potential Liabilities and Expenses That may be Recovered,” Liskow & Lewis Environmental Seminar, 2006
  • “Crisis Management Panel: There’s Been an Accident”, South Texas College of Law, 2005
  • “Risk Management in Accommodation Agreements,” The Center for American and International Law, 2005
  • “Alien Tort Statute: Subject Matter Jurisdiction and a Cause of Action in United States Courts for Suits by Aliens Alleging Torts in Violation of the Law of Nations [Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts Over Conduct of Corporate America on Foreign Soil],” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 2001

After Hours

"My wife and I are proud grandparents of a terrific little boy. I enjoy tennis, travel, fishing and riding my tractor at our farm in Mississippi. I am an avid reader of novels and history."

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