Best Lawyers and Lawyer of the Year 2018

NEW ORLEANS, LA (August 15, 2017) – Chaffe McCall, L.L.P. congratulates its attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018.  We are proud to have them recognized by fellow peers for this prestigious ranking and in one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession.

Lawyer of the Year

We are also pleased to share that due to the high feedback provided to Best Lawyers G. Wogan Bernard has been recognized as the 2018 Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law “Lawyer of the Year” for New Orleans. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and community is honored with a “Lawyer of the Year” award.

New this Year

Three attorneys from our New Orleans office were included in Best Lawyers in America® for the first time, increasing the total number of our firm’s listed lawyers to 23. The following partners were listed for the first time:

• H. Michael Bush –  Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Peter J. Rotolo – Product Liability Litigation: Defendants
• Mandy Mendoza Gagliardi – Tax Law

The full list of Chaffe McCall attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018 is listed below.

 

Admiralty and Maritime Law

• Thomas D. Forbes
• J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr.
• Harold K. Watson

Banking and Finance Law

• E. Howell Crosby

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

• David J. Messina

Business Organizations

• E. Howell Crsoby
• Edward N. George
• William F. Grace, Jr.
• William H. Langenstein III

Closely Held Companies and
Family Businesses Law

• William F. Grace, Jr.
• William H. Langenstein III

Commercial Litigation

• Walter F. Becker, Jr.
• E. Howell Crosby
• Edward N. George
• Douglas R. Holmes
• Corinne Morrison
• John F. Olinde
• Robert S. Rooth
• Brent A. Talbot

Commercial Transactions/ UCC Law

• Howell Crosby

Corporate Compliance Law

• Walter F. Becker, Jr.

Corporate Law

• E. Howell Crosby
• Edward N. George
• William H. Langenstein III

Criminal Defense: White Collar

• Walter F. Becker, Jr.

Employment Law –Management/
Labor Law – Management

• Julie D. Livaudais
• G. Phillip Shuler III

Litigation – Banking and Finance

• Robert S. Rooth

Litigation – Labor and Employment

• H. Michael Bush ^(new)
• Julie D. Livaudais
• G. Phillip Shuler III

Litigation – Real Estate

• E. Howell Crosby
• William H. Langenstein III
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Mass Tort Litigation
Class Actions –Defendants

• John F. Olinde

Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

• G. Wogan Bernard
• E. Howell Crosby

Oil and Gas Law

• Katharine R. Colletta

Project Finance Law

• E. Howell Crosby

Product Liability Litigation –
Defendants

• John F. Olinde
• Peter J. Rotolo ^(new)
• Brent A. Talbot

Railroad Law

• Brent A. Talbot

Real Estate Law

• G. Wogan Bernard
• E. Howell Crosby
• Philip Sherman
• Sabrina C. Vickers

Tax law

• Mandy Mendoza Gagliardi ^(new)

 

About Best Lawyers

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

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About Chaffe McCall

^{At Chaffe McCall we work with clients regionally, nationally, and internationally to address the challenges they face in numerous areas of law. Our attorneys are devoted to understanding our clients’ businesses and are known for successfully providing clients with practical legal guidance consistent with their interests and goals. Our mission is to provide the highest quality of legal services in a timely and cost-effective manner. Founded in 1826, Chaffe McCall LLP is Louisiana’s oldest full-service law firm, centrally located in downtown New Orleans with additional offices in Houston, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles.}