Jonathan C. McCall   Direct Dial Number: (504) 585-7270 Cell Phone Number: (615) 483-6928 email:   After graduation from Princeton University in 1972, Jonathan C. McCall worked for the City of New Orleans as an Administrative Assistant to Mayor Moon Landrieu.  He attended Tulane Law School, was elected Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review, and wrote a case-note published in Volume 50.  In 1977, he joined the Monroe & Lemann firm in New Orleans where he engaged in a general litigation practice, representing such firm clients as Ochsner Foundation, Cummins Engine Company, and The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. At the beginning of 1984, Jonathan joined Chaffe McCall and became a General Partner in 1986.  He continued his general litigation practice of commercial litigation and a variety of casualty defense (products liability, FELA, and self-insured clients), in federal and state courts, and in mediations and other ADR. Among other things he has defended Sears, Roebuck and Co. in a $100 million breach-of-contract case, represented life-insurance companies in a range of claims from individual policies to class actions, and defended a variety of products, including multi-piece wheels, garden equipment, and pharmaceuticals. In 2003 Jonathan became a member of the firm's Appellate Practice Section, where he has prepared and argued appeals in Louisiana and federal appellate courts, as well as participating in and drafting dispositive motions in the district courts. Jonathan is a founding co-chair of the New Orleans Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Committee and has been listed in select lists of appellate lawyers in various publications.  A full description of the section's work may be found on the firm's Appellate Page. Jonathan is a member emeritus of the Board of Governors of Tulane University Health Sciences Center and a former Chairman of the Board of Tulane University Hospital.  He is a member of the local board of the American Red Cross, incoming Chair of the Board of Trustees of WYES-TV (New Orleans’ public television station), President of Friends of the Stables in Audubon Park, and has participated in other civic endeavors.

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