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Galloway Johnson Doubles Number of Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America©
Galloway Johnson Doubles Number of Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America©
Directors John Galloway, Jim Tompkins, Larry Canada, Les Pickett, Joe Hassinger and Tim Hassinger have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 Best Lawyers in America© listing. Larry Canada has been included since 2012. Jim Tompkins and Les Pickett have…
Mary Giles Appointed to Missouri Land Title Association's Legislative Committee
Mary Giles Appointed to Missouri Land Title Association's Legislative Committee
Mary Giles, an attorney in the firm’s St. Louis, Missouri office, has been asked to serve on the Missouri Land Title Association’s Legislative Committee for 2016. The Missouri Land Title Association was founded in 1907 as a professional association of…
Galloway Johnson to be a Silver Sponsor of the 2015 CLM Claims College
Galloway Johnson to be a Silver Sponsor of the 2015 CLM Claims College
Galloway Johnson is a Silver Sponsor for the upcoming 2015 Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s (CLM) Claims College in Philadelphia, PA on September 9-12th. The School of Casualty Claims Management is designed for claims professionals from all industries. Students will…
Adraon Greene Elected Secretary of The National Bar Association’s Corporate Law Section
Adraon Greene Elected Secretary of The National Bar Association’s Corporate Law Section
At the National Bar Association’s 90th Annual Convention, Adraon Greene, a Director in the Firm’s Houston office, was elected as the Secretary of the Association’s Corporate Law Section. The National Bar Association is the nation’s oldest and largest national association of…
Louisiana – Bad Faith Update: Kelly vs. State Farm
Louisiana – Bad Faith Update: Kelly vs. State Farm
Michael Lonegrass and Scott Raney of the firm’s New Orleans office prepared the update below regarding the Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision in Kelly vs. State Farm. The decision concerns the court’s interpretation of portions of the Louisiana Bad Faith Statutes.…
Galloway Johnson Secures Defense Verdict for Vessel Owner
Galloway Johnson Secures Defense Verdict for Vessel Owner
Tim Hassinger and Patrick Schepens of Galloway Johnson obtained a defense verdict for our client following a non-jury trial in the Eastern District of Louisiana. The Plaintiff claimed he injured his hip and back during a personnel basket transfer from…
The National Black Lawyers Announces Adraon Greene as One of Its Top 100 Black Lawyers
The National Black Lawyers Announces Adraon Greene as One of Its Top 100 Black Lawyers
The National Black Lawyers: Top 100 is pleased to announce that Adraon D. Greene of Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith’s Houston office has been selected for inclusion into its Top 100 Black Lawyers, an honor given to only a select…
St. Louis Attorney Mary Giles Receives Client Distinction Award from Martindale-Hubbell
St. Louis Attorney Mary Giles Receives Client Distinction Award from Martindale-Hubbell
Galloway Johnson is pleased to announce that Mary Giles, an attorney in the firm’s St. Louis office, has received the Client Distinction Award from Martindale-Hubbell®. Martindale-Hubbell has been facilitating Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ for more than 130 years and has…
Lee Harang Selected to the 2015 Florida Rising Stars List
Lee Harang Selected to the 2015 Florida Rising Stars List
Galloway Johnson is pleased to announce that Lee Harang of the firm’s Tampa, FL office has been selected to the 2015 Florida Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected…
Houston Director Anthony Sullivan Secures Complete Victory in Defense of Contractor
Houston Director Anthony Sullivan Secures Complete Victory in Defense of Contractor
Anthony Sullivan, a Director in the firm’s Houston office, recently secured a complete victory for a contractor client in a two-week construction trial in Galveston County. The client, a Texas-based contractor, was not paid for its work on an apartment…
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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