- Assisted the firm’s lobbying effort to amend Louisiana law to allow commercial airlines to provision planes with alcohol.
- Appointed outside General Counsel for a lender under an O.T.S. consent order.
Appointed outside General Counsel for a lender under an O.T.S. consent order, and as part of the new management team, turned the lender around and had the consent order removed, and then acted as counsel when the lender sold to another lender in a multimillion-dollar cash and stock transfer transaction.
- Beating the Odds: Convergence of Tactical Government Relations, Lobbying, and Legal Reasoning Persuades Lawmakers to Change Course, Granting Client Breathing Room
Where we started: Our long-time client, the grocer Winn Dixie, encountered a barrier to the way it has done business for decades. A very powerful lobby, the Beer Industry League of Louisiana, convinced the Louisiana legislature to remove a provision of a state law that allowed Winn Dixie to distribute alcohol from its warehouse toMore
- Defended a large managed healthcare company in a public records dispute following a public bid.
Represented a large managed healthcare company in a public records dispute following a public bid brought by a competitor who filed a public records request seeking to obtain confidential trade secret information contained within the bid.
- Defended the State of Louisiana in litigation and arbitration following termination of $200-million Medicaid services contract awarded after a public bid.
Represented the State of Louisiana, Department of Health in a dispute concerning a $200-million contract awarded after a public bid. The contractor sued multiple State defendants, claiming that the contract with LDH was wrongfully terminated, in bad faith. The Medicaid contract was terminated by the State following an investigation by the Louisiana Attorney General’s OfficeMore
- Prosecuted claims on behalf a healthcare provider seeking a federally funded grant award in a public bid protest.
Represented a healthcare provider in district court in a public bid protest seeking a contract for a federally funded grant. Following suit and initial discovery, the local government agreed to award a contract and funding was provided.
- Prosecuted claims seeking $20 million in compensation on behalf a general contractor on a PPP interstate project in Indiana.
Represented the general contractor of Section 5 of I-69, which is the section of interstate from Bloomington to Martinsville, Indiana. We brought an arbitration proceeding in Indiana against the owner, seeking certain claims for relief in accordance with the Public Private Agreement (PPA) existing between the parties. The claims sought extensions of time to completeMore
- Represented client who was an occupier of a condominium unit under a disputed life estate as remainderman
Successfully terminated the co-tenancy of the condominium, all without litigation.
- Represented manufacturer and provider of medical technologies, as defendant, in a government contract bid protest case in the 24th Judicial District for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana.
The issue of the case centered on the defendant hospital’s award of a contract to defendant for the installation of a nurse communication system throughout the hospital. Successfully obtained dismissal, with prejudice, of all claims and causes of action asserted against the defendant. Responsibilities included reviewing plaintiff’s pleadings and analyzing for potential defenses, coordinating caseMore
- Represented national mortgage servicer in two separate, but related, False Claims Act lawsuits that involve allegations concerning participation in the Treasury Department’s Home Affordable Modification Program (“HAMP”)
Responsibilities included researching legal issues pertaining to relators’ underlying claims and issues related to discovery, assisting in the drafting of several motions including motions to dismiss and motion for protective order to quash subpoenas, preparing and serving third party subpoenas, and drafting motion to compel third party response to subpoenas.
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