John has represented a wide range of clients in the environmental, energy and industrial arena from international producers, to historical operators and current independent operators.  His practice focuses on litigation plans that best suit the needs of each client, with the understanding that no two cases are the same.

For the past 25 years John’s practice has focused on environmental litigation and guiding clients through the complexities these claims present, both pre and post litigation.  John has extensive experience with the identification, migration and effects of varying constituents to the surface, subsurface and adjacent properties from the moment a discharge is discovered, to immediate reporting and remedial efforts, the private/3^rd party claims resulting (motion practice, expert depositions and jury trials), allocation of cleanup responsibility, administrative hearings before regulatory authorities and implementation and oversight of final remediation activities.

John has remained on the forefront of Legacy Litigation from the inception, achieving a number of zero jury verdicts and defense favorable jurisprudence that has shaped environmental law in Louisiana.  His experience in handling mass toxic torts, pipeline concerns, production and injection wells, storage and disposal of constituents and other matters all involving differing engineering principals, provides a unique perspective and ability to meet the needs of each particular client in varying scenarios.   

His practice also includes the area of premises liability, long haul trucking, asbestos and general insurance defense having handled and tried numerous cases from both the defense and plaintiff perspective in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.  John has also been retained by other energy producers/operators as a testifying expert in civil litigation and arbitration proceedings in the Gulf Coast region.  John was selected as a Fellow by the LA State Bar Foundation.  (“Fellows” are nominated by other distinguished members of the Bar, and consist of judges, lawyers, academics, and other individuals, whose professional, public and private lives demonstrate their commitment to ensuring access to the justice system for all.)

John originally hails from Lafayette, LA, and has resided in New Orleans, LA for the past 30 years along with his wife and two children.