27 Chaffe McCall Partners Named as BestLawyers 2019

Posted on Monday, August 20th, 2018 | Posted in Acknowledgements & Press Releases

NEW ORLEANS, LA (August 20, 2018) – Chaffe McCall, L.L.P. congratulates its attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2019.  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.

New this Year

Four attorneys from our New Orleans office were included in The Best Lawyers in America® for the first time (Fernand L. Laudumiery, Charles D. Marshall, Anthony Dunbar, Sarah Voorhies Myers), increasing the total number of our firm’s listed lawyers to 27 in their respective practice area and cities.


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

Fernand L. Laudumiey IV
David J. Messina

Business Organizations
(including LLCs and Partnerships)

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

Closely Held Companies
and Family Businesses Law

William H. Langenstein III

Commercial Litigation

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

Commercial Transactions /
UCC Law

E. Howell Crosby
Anthony Dunbar
William H. Langenstein III

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

Julie D. Livaudais
Sarah Voorhies Myers
G. Phillip Shuler III

Insurance Law

Leah Nunn Engelhardt

Labor Law – Management

Julie D. Livaudais
G. Phillip Shuler III

Litigation-Banking and Finance

Robert S. Rooth

Litigation – Insurance

Leah Nunn Engelhardt

Litigation-Labor and Employment 

H. Michael Bush
Julie D. Livaudais
G. Phillip Shuler III

Litigation-Real Estate

E. Howell Crosby
William H. Langenstein III

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants 

John F. Olinde
Peter J. Rotolo

Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

G. Wogan Bernard
E. Howell Crosby

Oil and Gas Law

Katharine R. Colletta

Product Liability Litigation-Defendants

John F. Olinde
Peter J. Rotolo
Brent A. Talbot

Project Finance Law

E. Howell Crosby

Railroad Law

Brent A. Talbot

Real Estate Law

G. Wogan Bernard
E. Howell Crosby
Anthony Dunbar
William H. Langenstein III
Philip B. Sherman
Sabrina C. Vickers

Tax Law

Mandy Mendoza Gagliardi


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.”

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