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Lafayette Attorneys Tiger Pharr and Lindsay Meador Young Obtain Summary Judgment
Lafayette Attorneys Tiger Pharr and Lindsay Meador Young Obtain Summary Judgment
Tiger Pharr and Lindsay Meador Young of the Firm’s Lafayette Office successfully obtained a summary judgment in favor of their client, Site Engineering, Inc., where Plaintiffs alleged that Site failed to provide a proper groundwater analysis during the construction of their home. The court held that…
Cybersecurity Planning For Your Small or Medium-Size Business
Cybersecurity Planning For Your Small or Medium-Size Business
Please see the article on Cybersecurity planning for your small or medium-size Business below written by Lafayette attorney, Steven Bucher. Cybersecurity for your SMB – Bucher
Galloway Directors Michael Ruel and Mike Grimley Obtain Complete Defense Verdict
Galloway Directors Michael Ruel and Mike Grimley Obtain Complete Defense Verdict
Directors Michael Ruel and Mike Grimley obtained a complete defense verdict in a maritime action in the federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida arising out of a boat fire in the client’s marina storage yard. The claimant…
Mississippi Restaurant Defeats Pesty Plaintiff Tale
Mississippi Restaurant Defeats Pesty Plaintiff Tale
In Hinds County, Mississippi, Plaintiff accused our client of serving mashed potatoes with a bug in them, causing her to become ill. Kathryn Platt, of Galloway’s Gulfport, Mississippi office defended the case at trial. Kathryn argued that Plaintiff failed to…
Prior Mortgage Cancelled via Mandamus Action
Prior Mortgage Cancelled via Mandamus Action
Lindsay Meador Young and Benjamin G. Torian of the Firm’s Lafayette Office successfully obtained a Summary Judgment canceling a prior mortgage of record that primed their Client’s Mortgage. The holder of the prior mortgage initially failed to cancel same; however,…
Seven Galloway Attorneys Included in the 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
Seven Galloway Attorneys Included in the 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith would like to recognize John Galloway, Jim Tompkins, Larry Canada, Kathleen Charvet, Richard Duplantier, Joe Hassinger, and Les Pickett, who were named in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America©…
Summary Judgment Granted In Leon County Negligence Case
Summary Judgment Granted In Leon County Negligence Case
Ben Zimmern and Juan Fernandez of the Firm’s Pensacola Office successfully obtained a summary judgment in a premises liability and negligent security lawsuit pending in Leon County. The Plaintiff was shot multiple times while on our client’s premises and suffered…
St. Louis Director, Scott Mueller, Appointed to ABA’s Title Insurance Litigation Committee as Vice Chair and Treasurer for 2017-2018
St. Louis Director, Scott Mueller, Appointed to ABA’s Title Insurance Litigation Committee as Vice Chair and Treasurer for 2017-2018
The American Bar Association’s Title Insurance Litigation Committee has appointed Galloway’s Scott Mueller to serve as Vice Chair and Treasurer for the 2017-2018 year. Scott Mueller, a Director in our St. Louis office, joins the team made up of distinguished…
Evidence of Actual Knowledge Ends Futile Appeal of Reformation and Quiet Title Summary Judgment
Evidence of Actual Knowledge Ends Futile Appeal of Reformation and Quiet Title Summary Judgment
Galloway’s St. Louis office recently obtained the dismissal of an appeal pending in the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals. Galloway Direct Scott Mueller obtained summary judgment in St. Louis County on a reformation and quiet title action as to…
IRS Tax Lien Release in Response to Rescission
IRS Tax Lien Release in Response to Rescission
The St. Louis office obtained a full release of an IRS federal tax lien against its client’s real property in St. Louis, Missouri. At foreclosure sale, a third party “missed” the lien at issue and failed to give statutory notice…
Frederick “Billy” Swaim Presents at 2025 Energy Insurance Americas
Frederick “Billy” Swaim Presents at 2025 Energy Insurance Americas
New Orleans maritime attorney Frederick William (“Billy”) Swaim III led an insightful roundtable discussion at the 2025 Energy Insurance Americas conference that gathered energy industry insiders, insurance professionals, and legal professionals to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing…
Galloway Wins Summary Judgment in Louisiana Medical Malpractice Case
Galloway Wins Summary Judgment in Louisiana Medical Malpractice Case
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith attorneys Ryan O’Connor and Cody Castle secured a summary judgment win on behalf of the firm’s client, a Louisiana-based emergency medical transport company, in a medical malpractice case in Baton Rouge. Galloway continues to…
Jason Waguespack Named to CityBusiness Power List for Port & Maritime
Jason Waguespack Named to CityBusiness Power List for Port & Maritime
Jason Waguespack, a Director and Firm Managing Director at Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, has been named to the 2026 Power List: Port & Maritime by New Orleans CityBusiness. The prestigious honor recognizes a small group of influential professionals and…
Galloway Announces Four Attorney Promotions to Director
Galloway Announces Four Attorney Promotions to Director
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, a premier law firm with offices in Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama, and Georgia, is pleased to announce that four attorneys have been promoted to Director, effective January 1, 2026. Since its founding…
Refining Removal? A Question for the U.S. Supreme Court
Refining Removal? A Question for the U.S. Supreme Court
New Orleans Maritime Attorney Published in “Following the Fifth” Kathleen Charvet, an admiralty and maritime attorney in Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith’s New Orleans office, has published an article in the inaugural edition of Following the Fifth, a new publication from the Bar Association…
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