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Juvie Cruz Cardenas Appointed to Serve as the 2021 Regional Governor of the Southwest Region for the National Filipino American Lawyers Association
Juvie Cruz Cardenas Appointed to Serve as the 2021 Regional Governor of the Southwest Region for the National Filipino American Lawyers Association
Juvie Cruz Cardenas has been appointed to serve as the 2021 Regional Governor of the Southwest Region for the National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA). NFALA is the national voice for the Filipino American legal profession, comprised of members throughout…
Galloway Director Nicole Fluet to Speak at Perrin Conferences’ Insurance Coverage and Allocation Issues Conference
Galloway Director Nicole Fluet to Speak at Perrin Conferences’ Insurance Coverage and Allocation Issues Conference
Galloway Director Nicole Fluet will speak at Perrin Conferences’ Insurance Coverage and Allocation Issues Conference that will be held virtually on January 12, 2021. This high-level conference brings together panels of thought leaders from all perspectives of insurance—leading plaintiff and defense…
Galloway Sponsored the Houston Insurance Professionals’ Christmas at Kinder Event
Galloway Sponsored the Houston Insurance Professionals’ Christmas at Kinder Event
Galloway was pleased to sponsor the Houston Insurance Professionals’ “Christmas at Kinder” event for the second year. Volunteers in the Houston insurance industry, including Houston Associate, Juvie Cruz Cardenas (not pictured here), come together each year to coordinate this event in…
Galloway and Lafayette Attorneys Lindsay Meador-Young and Tyler Minick Recognized at the Lafayette Bar Foundation Champions of Justice Awards Program
Galloway and Lafayette Attorneys Lindsay Meador-Young and Tyler Minick Recognized at the Lafayette Bar Foundation Champions of Justice Awards Program
The Lafayette Bar Foundation (LBF) honored this year’s Outstanding Attorneys and Outstanding Firms at the virtual Champions of Justice Awards Program on October 30, 2020. Galloway was recognized as the Outstanding Medium Firm. Lindsay Meador-Young and Tyler Minick of Galloway’s…
Can Employers Require Workers to Take a COVID-19 Vaccine?
Can Employers Require Workers to Take a COVID-19 Vaccine?
The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history recently got underway when Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. As of December 14, frontline healthcare workers began being inoculated against the coronavirus. And on December 18, the FDA…
Galloway Announces Five New Directors
Galloway Announces Five New Directors
Galloway is pleased to announce the promotion of five attorneys to Director. Jose Barro, Jennifer Buckingham, Christine Freer, Edward Krakauer, and Katie Penny will take on their new role on January 1, 2021. To learn more about each of our…
Galloway Sponsored and Director Trip McCormick Presented at American Council of Engineering Companies of Louisiana (ACECL) 2020 Business Forum Webinar Series
Galloway Sponsored and Director Trip McCormick Presented at American Council of Engineering Companies of Louisiana (ACECL) 2020 Business Forum Webinar Series
Galloway was proud to sponsor ACECL’s 2020 Business Forum Webinar Series that took place on December 7-9. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Louisiana (ACEC of Louisiana) is a business association of over 130 Louisiana engineering firms providing tools…
Galloway Director Richard G. Duplantier Appointed to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East
Galloway Director Richard G. Duplantier Appointed to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East
Richard G. Duplantier, a Senior Partner in Galloway’s New Orleans office, has been appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards to serve as a Commissioner of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. The Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood…
Galloway to Sponsor and Managing Director Jason Waguespack to Present at Marine Insurance London’s 2020 Conference
Galloway to Sponsor and Managing Director Jason Waguespack to Present at Marine Insurance London’s 2020 Conference
Galloway will sponsor London’s premier Marine Insurance conference, ‘Marine Insurance London,’ on December 8-10, 2020. This event serves as London’s premier marine insurance conference where insurers, brokers and third parties can discuss the latest developments in the market. Galloway Managing…
Galloway Directors Kenneth Hall and Sarah Baggett Obtain Summary Judgment for Insurance Carrier
Galloway Directors Kenneth Hall and Sarah Baggett Obtain Summary Judgment for Insurance Carrier
Kenneth Hall and Sarah Baggett, Directors in Galloway’s Tampa, Florida office, prevailed on a motion for final summary judgment in Alachua County Circuit Court. An assignment of benefits contractor filed suit against our client after the insurer paid policy limits,…
Decoding Cyber Insurance: Building a Stronger Firewall for Digital Risk
Decoding Cyber Insurance: Building a Stronger Firewall for Digital Risk
Cyber insurance is often seen as the firewall of last resort, the last line of defense when technical safety measures fail. The truth is that many corporations need to further decode their cyber coverage policies. Carefully examining endorsements, exclusions, and…
New Orleans Litigator Ryan O’Connor Named Frank L. Maraist Award Finalist
New Orleans Litigator Ryan O’Connor Named Frank L. Maraist Award Finalist
Ryan O’Connor, a defense attorney in Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith’s New Orleans offices, has been recognized as a finalist for the Frank L. Maraist Award, presented by the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. The distinguished award, which will presented at an…
Turning Discovery into Dismissal: Galloway Wins Avocado Liability Case
Turning Discovery into Dismissal: Galloway Wins Avocado Liability Case
In one of the more unusual premises liability cases, Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith attorneys Autumn George and Catherine Arpen secured a strategic dismissal through disciplined case management and timely enforcement of discovery obligations in the case our Jacksonville team dubbed “the attack of…
Galloway Secures $800K Breach of Contract Trial Win in South Louisiana
Galloway Secures $800K Breach of Contract Trial Win in South Louisiana
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith attorneys Madeline Smith Hebert and Glenn Istre secured a significant trial victory in Franklin, Louisiana, on behalf of a land buyer in a breach of contract dispute involving a waterfront residential development on the Lower Atchafalaya…
Inbox Intruders: Understanding Email Scams and Cyber Threats
Inbox Intruders: Understanding Email Scams and Cyber Threats
In technological spaces, speed and innovation are prized commodities. Unfortunately for businesses, cyber-attacks and threat actors have evolved with the times. Network security has expanded beyond the IT department to the purview of corporate executives and to the cyber &…
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