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Lauren Bridges
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LAUREN BRIDGES

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New Orleans
T  504.556.4096
lbridges@liskow.com
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Practices

  • Maritime Litigation & Casualty Response
  • Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
  • Legacy/Oilfield Contamination Litigation
  • Toxic Tort, Mass Torts & Class Actions

Blogs

  • The Energy Law Blog - Lauren Bridges

Assistant

Sharon Brown

504.556.4071

“I grew up surrounded by the maritime industry having lived in major port cities across the U.S. including New Orleans, Charleston, Houston, Virginia Beach/Norfolk, and Tampa. I enjoy being a part of the industry and engaging in the local and international community, including being an active member of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (“WISTA”).”

Overview

Lauren Bridges is a maritime and environmental lawyer focusing on toxic torts, personal injury, property damage, economic loss, and other disputes in the maritime and energy industries. She has experience advocating for her clients in federal and state courts, at the trial and appellate levels, in both single-plaintiff and mass tort actions. She also handles discovery and docket management for Fortune 500 clients. Lauren often takes a lead role in complex litigation involving multiple defendants and often hundreds or thousands of plaintiffs where the scope of discovery and e-discovery can be particularly voluminous.

Shipping and Maritime

Throughout her career, Lauren has represented a variety of maritime operators, including international shipping lines, in personal injury suits involving seamen and longshoremen as well as cargo claims. She has also gained extensive experience representing and defending clients in the maritime and energy sectors in Jones Act and Longshore Act claims, disputes involving land contamination, toxic torts, and personal injury toxic tort exposure from Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM), refinery emissions, and oil spills.

Lauren’s passion for maritime law began well before her legal career. She grew up in a shipping family living in various ports in the southeastern United States. In addition to her formal legal education, she gained valuable insight while interning on the London marine insurance market and for a major shipping company in Hamburg, Germany.

Energy

Lauren handles a high volume of claims and she is experienced in guiding clients through the difficult process of complex litigation management. She routinely advises clients on strategies to minimize litigation costs and exposure to liability based on the client’s goals and the unique facts of each claim. She then works hand-in-hand with her clients to execute that strategy.

Lauren served as a legal intern to the Honorable Paula A. Brown in Division “J” of Orleans Parish Civil District Court from 2010 to 2011.

Talks about

#discovery #documentmanagement #maritime #shipping #womeninshipping

Highlights

Experience

Negotiated settlements covering an entire docket for a major energy company

Involvement

Co-President of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) – New Orleans Chapter

Involvement

President of the Board of Directors of the Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS)

Notable Experience

  • Member of trial counsel for a marine client that was involved in a multi-party, multi-vessel fleeting incident that resulted in a Jones Act seaman’s personal injuries. The court granted summary judgment on all claims of unseaworthiness against the client, and after a weeklong bench trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division, the client’s Complaint for Exoneration From and Limitation of Liability was granted, exonerating the client and dismissing all claims against the client with prejudice.
  • Negotiated settlements covering an entire docket for a major energy company.

Involvement

Professional

  • Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) - New Orleans Chapter Co-President (2021-Present)
  • Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS)
    • President of the Board of Directors (Present)
    • Board of Directors Member (2018-2021)
  • Jefferson Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division Executive Board
    • Chair (2020)
    • Vice Chair (2019)
    • Secretary/Treasurer (2018)
    • Director (2016-2017)
  • Women's Energy Network, Southeast Louisiana Chapter
  • New Orleans Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association

Community

  • Junior League of New Orleans
    • Staffing Committee (2021-2022)
    • Finance Council Secretary (2020-2021)
    • Planning & Development Council Secretary (2019-2020)
    • Bloomin' Deals Vice Chair - Community Outreach (2017-2019)

Recognition

  • Louisiana Super Lawyers "Rising Star" in Environmental Litigation, 2022-2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, 2022-2023
  • Louisiana State Bar Association "Outstanding Young Lawyer of Louisiana Finalist," 2021
  • Best Lawyers® "One to Watch", 2021
  • New Orleans CityBusiness "One to Watch" in Law, 2020
  • New Orleans Magazine, “Top Lawyers,” 2018

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Credentials

Education

  • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (J.D., 2012)
  • Tulane University (B.S.M., cum laude, 2008)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2012
  • Texas, 2021

Court Admissions

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

Presentations

  • "Ethics: The Right to Counsel, the Attorney-Client Privilege, and Preparing the Corporate Witness," Liskow Maritime Seminar, October 26, 2022, Houston, Texas
  • Lauren regularly presents on how to effectively prepare for and defend a corporate deposition. She also presents on best practices for discovery and docket management.

Publications

  • "U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Circuit Split Regarding “Bare Metal” Defense in Products Liability Action Under General Maritime Law," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, March 20, 2019
  • "Responsible Parties Under OPA ’90: Who Is Left Holding The Bag?"
  • "FBA Provides Update on Maritime Developments in New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi River Region," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, March 8, 2018
  • "U.S. Fifth Circuit Issues CAFA Opinion in Mass Action Addressing Two Issues of First Impression," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, January 12, 2018
  • "Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Are Available Under General Maritime Law Against Products Liability Defendant," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, October 25, 2017
  • "U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms $20 Million Judgment Against Barge Owner as Responsible Party Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, November 10, 2017

After Hours

“I am a creative person—I enjoy mixed media painting and searching for vintage pieces in my spare time. I also play in a skeeball league and do various community work for the Junior League of New Orleans and Re-Entry Court Program.”

WHAT’S TRENDING WITH Lauren

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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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    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
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    06.10.21
    All Claims Dismissed for Client
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  • News
    05.17.21
    Lauren Bridges and Trinity Morale were both honored as finalists at the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Louisiana Young Lawyers Conference
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  • News
    01.06.21
    Liskow Announces Six New Shareholders
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  • News
    08.20.20
    Sixty-Two Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, BL Rankings, LLC, 2021 Edition
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  • News
    08.13.20
    Liskow Lawyer Lauren Bridges Recognized as One to Watch in Law
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  • Insights
    03.20.19
    U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Circuit Split Regarding Bare Metal Defense in Products Liability Action Under General Maritime Law
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