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Mark D. Latham
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MARK D. LATHAM

Shareholder

,
New Orleans

President / Managing Partner

T  504.556.4180
mdlatham@liskow.com
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Practices

  • Litigation
  • Maritime Litigation & Casualty Response
  • Refinery Incidents & Litigation
  • Maritime Liens & Vessel Arrests
  • Emergency and Incident Response
  • Products Liability
  • Blowouts and Well Control Issues
  • Personal Injury
  • Pipeline Litigation
  • Toxic Tort, Mass Torts & Class Actions

Blogs

  • The Energy Law Blog - Mark Latham

Assistant

Sharon Brown

504.556.4071

“I talk to investigators…engineer to engineer. This mutual understanding improves communication and can streamline investigations.”

Overview

Mark is the firm’s President / Managing Partner. For over 30 years, Mark has helped companies involved in the petrochemical industry throughout Louisiana, southeast Texas and the surrounding region. His maritime and state law practice includes:

  • Personal injury defense and property damage
  • Claims arising out of the drilling, production and refining of oil and gas
  • Tort claims involving construction and manufacturing facilities
  • Contractual indemnity and insurance coverage
  • OSHA investigations and defense

Mark’s experience also includes defending companies in large complex toxic tort matters, including occupational diseases and asbestos claims. He regularly advises clients in worker’s compensation matters and represents employers defending such claims under state law and the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act.

A trained and experienced petroleum engineer, Mark also represents clients in various industries before the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. He helps clients solve problems and advises them during OSHA investigations and defends subsequent litigation brought by the Department of Labor. Recent examples include:

  • A contractor client was facing a whistleblower complaint involving a refinery. Mark led the response and helped keep the client focused on the allegation and relevant, technical issues. Thanks to his quick response, guidance, preparation and management of the process, the client was not cited.

  • When a facility had a fire and explosion, two people were killed and 80 were injured. Mark and his team got to the bottom of the real cause of the accident, proving that his client was not responsible and using the evidence to obtain summary judgment.

In his admiralty practice, Mark has practical, in-depth experience with contractual indemnity and insurance issues, offshore drilling practices, vessel collisions, drilling and completion accidents, well blowouts and reservoir damage. He has also handled pipeline accidents and other oilfield-related claims, vessel construction and repair litigation, and maritime finance and liens.

Talks about

#maritimelitigation #personalinjury #propertydamage #toxictorts #OSHA

Highlights

Involvement

Professional

  • Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, Hearing Committee Member, 2018 - Present
  • Louisiana State Bar Association - House of Delegates, 2015 - Present
  • International Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • Defense Research Institute - Member
  • Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • New Orleans Bar Association Inn of Court - Member
  • New Orleans Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section - Vice-chair, 1997 - 1998 and Board Member
  • New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations - Member
  • Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute - Member
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers - Member
  • VIA LINK - President, 2004 - 2006 and Board Member Emeritus
  • Dowell Schlumberger, Inc. - Field Engineer, 1985 - 1986

Community

  • Jesuit High School - Tri-Chair for Parents Annual Giving Drive, 2003 - 2008
  • Holy Name of Jesus Parent-Teacher Association - President, 1998 - 1999 and Board Member
  • ViaLink – Past Board Member and Past Chair

Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Admiralty and Maritime Law and Environmental Law, 2021-2023
  • New Orleans Magazine’s List of “Top Lawyers,” 2015-2017, 2019
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2012–2020

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Credentials

Education

  • Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 1989)
    • Order of the Coif
    • Louisiana Law Review, Member
  • Louisiana State University (B.S., Pet. Engr., 1984)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 1989

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

Presentations

  • "Oilfield Casualty Insurance – Is it Covered?" Liskow Maritime Seminar, October 26, 2022, Houston, Texas
  • "Oilfield Casualty Insurance – Is it Covered?" Liskow Maritime Seminar, October 30, 2018, Houston, Texas
  • "Return to Work and Vocational Rehabilitation" (panel presentation) Loyola Annual Longshore Conference, 2016
  • "Update on Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits" Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 2007
  • "Recent Developments in Maritime Law" 22nd New Orleans Fall Maritime Law Seminar Tulane University Law School, 2006
  • "Jurisdiction Revisited: Longshore Worker or Jones Act Seaman? What Constitutes a “Vessel” Under the Law?" Loyola Annual Longshore Conference, 2005
  • "What Do You Mean We Don’t Have Insurance Coverage? - Recognizing Coverage Problems in Advance," Oilfield Indemnity and Insurance Seminar, 2004
  • "Theories of Liability – Traditional and Not So Traditional," Toxic Tort Seminar, 2004
  • "Recent Developments in Maritime Law," NOBA Mardi Gras CLE, 2003
  • "Recent Developments in Tort Reform," Tort and Oilfield Update Seminar, 1999
  • "Environmental Exposures in the Oilfield and Allocating and Insuring Environmental Risks," Oilfield Indemnity and Insurance Seminar, 1998

Publications

  • "Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Effect of Collateral Source Rule in Personal Injury Cases," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, May 10, 2019
  • Comment, "Plaquemines Parish Commission Council v. Delta Development Co.: Contra Non Valentem Applied to Fiduciaries," 48 La. L. Rev. 967 (1988)

After Hours

Now that his children are grown, Mark spends his spare time reading, exercising, attending sporting events, and learning to fish the waters of southeast Louisiana.

WHAT’S TRENDING WITH Mark

  • News
    08.18.22
    85 Liskow Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings) 2023
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  • News
    08.19.21
    74 Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Edition
    3 minute read
  • News
    08.20.20
    Sixty-Two Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, BL Rankings, LLC, 2021 Edition
    3 minute read
  • News
    12.19.19
    Forty-Six Liskow Lawyers Selected to 2020 Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
    less than a minute
  • News
    11.07.19
    Forty-Two New Orleans Liskow Lawyers Named “Top Lawyer” by New Orleans Magazine
    2 minute read
  • Insights
    05.10.19
    Louisiana Supreme Court Limits Effect of Collateral Source Rule in Personal Injury Cases
    less than a minute
  • News
    12.27.18
    Thirty-Nine Liskow Lawyers Selected to 2019 Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
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  • News
    12.27.17
    Forty-Four Liskow Lawyers Selected to 2018 Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
    less than a minute
  • News
    11.03.17
    Forty Liskow Lawyers Named “Top Lawyer” by New Orleans Magazine
    2 minute read
  • News
    12.29.16
    Forty-One Liskow Lawyers Selected to Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters 2017
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