Maritime

• Currently representing a state government in pursuit of damages suffered by critical infrastructure in a notable ship allision.
• Obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict for extra costs incurred by a major oil company after a survey vessel collided with its chartered drilling rig
• Defended a major oil company from claims arising out of a well blowout and the sinking of a semi-submersible drilling rig
• Successfully defended an independent oil company at trial from multi-million-dollar lawsuit by a pipeline owner who claimed its pipeline was damaged by a semi-submersible drilling rig
• Represented pipeline owners in trial seeking damages for a pipeline that was struck by a drilling rig that broke free during a hurricane
• Obtained a multi-million-dollar verdict in favor of a pipeline owner whose transmission line was damaged by a pipelay barge
• Obtained favorable result for a shipyard with a multi-million-dollar builder’s risk claim for an oil tanker that suffered major structural damage during construction
• Defeated class certification in a lawsuit alleging the monopolization of marine salvage services after Hurricane Katrina
• Defeated class certification for a vessel owner facing allegations that toxic fumes escaping from a barge injured citizens in nearby city
• Obtained a favorable result for vessel owner in multi-million-dollar claim against a shipyard for cost overruns associated with construction of a dive support vessel
• Regularly defends a leading marine construction company from suits by maritime workers claiming injury through offshore construction and diving operations

Environmental

• Defended a major oil company in a Clean Water Act penalty trial following an oil spill of national significance
• Successfully defended several oil companies in a claim by state agency seeking billions of dollars for alleged marsh loss in south Louisiana
• Defending a major oil company from claims by parish governments seeking damages for land loss allegedly caused by non-compliance with environmental permits
• Defended a major oil company at trial from claims by a land owner seeking billions of dollars in damages for alleged oilfield contamination resulting from decades of oil and gas production
• Defended a jury trial against a major oil company accused of contaminating 18,000 acres of marsh through 40 years of oil and gas production

Other

• Prevailed in over 200 Daubert motions striking unreliable expert testimony on medical causation, resulting in dismissal of those lawsuits
• Obtained a $21 million jury verdict for a large independent oil company in suit seeking indemnity for monies spent in settlement of disputed wrongful death claims
• Obtained a jury verdict against insurer for bad faith handling of a first-party toxic mold claim
• Secured a defense jury verdict in favor of an oil company accused of injuring a truck driver during the loading of a supply vessel
• Defended an exploration company from claims on behalf of seven workers killed during a well blowout that occurred during snubbing operations in the deadliest such accident in U.S. history
• Defended a production company from claims filed on behalf of four workers killed during a tank explosion during start-up operations at an on-shore oil production site