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Hiring/Firing: A Few Do’s and Don’ts by Mandeville Attorney Doris Bobadilla
Hiring/Firing: A Few Do’s and Don’ts by Mandeville Attorney Doris Bobadilla
Exhilarating and heartbreaking moments often mark a relationship’s beginning and end. The employer and employee relationship can frequently display such moments too. To help employers navigate the employee relationship in Louisiana, we offer just a few hiring and firing tips.…
Galloway Trial Success in Calcasieu Parish
Galloway Trial Success in Calcasieu Parish
Lafayette attorneys, Katie Penny and Tiger Pharr were successful in a jury trial this week in Calcasieu (Lake Charles) Parish where the jury found the Plaintiff 50% at fault and awarded him over $400,000 less than his request from the…
Successful Defense to Zoning and Development Attack
Successful Defense to Zoning and Development Attack
Representing a national developer, Scott Mueller and Anne Kelly successfully obtained the dismissal of a disgruntled resident neighbor and neighborhood association that contested the development of a premium 20 lot development in St. Charles County, Missouri. Over the course of…
Galloway St. Louis Office Successfully Defends Positive Precedent In Illinois for Mortgage Lenders
Galloway St. Louis Office Successfully Defends Positive Precedent In Illinois for Mortgage Lenders
Representing a national lender in the Chicago “collar counties”, Scott Mueller and Anne Kelly previously obtained the dismissal of an action to set aside a decade old foreclosure due to a technicality on the face of the summons in the…
Lafayette Attorney Obtains Successful Trial Court Defense Ruling on UM Summary Judgment
Lafayette Attorney Obtains Successful Trial Court Defense Ruling on UM Summary Judgment
Katie Penny, an attorney in Galloway’s Lafayette office, was successful in having the trial court grant our client’s Motion for Summary Judgment, finding no coverage existed under the Business Auto policy in an uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) claim because the insured company’s coverage selection of…
Houston Attorney Kelly C. Hartmann Named Super Lawyers Texas Rising Star 2017
Houston Attorney Kelly C. Hartmann Named Super Lawyers Texas Rising Star 2017
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith would like to congratulate Houston attorney, Kelly C. Hartmann, for being named Super Lawyers Texas Rising Star 2017. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by…
St. Louis Director Scott Mueller Co-Moderated A Panel at the ABA Conference
St. Louis Director Scott Mueller Co-Moderated A Panel at the ABA Conference
Scott Mueller, Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Title Insurance Litigation Committee, co-moderated a panel at the organization’s annual Spring Meeting in Charleston. The panel consisted of four underwriter’s managing claims counsel and a 90 minute discussion/Q&A, engaging the…
Mobile Attorneys David Jester and Natalie Daugherty Secure Summary Judgment With Prejudice
Mobile Attorneys David Jester and Natalie Daugherty Secure Summary Judgment With Prejudice
David Jester and Natalie Daugherty recently secured a Summary Judgment with Prejudice in a case pending in Covington County, Alabama. The case was the result of a fall from a bridge construction site that caused a catastrophic injury to the…
St. Louis Attorneys Scott Mueller and Mary Giles Prevail on Summary Judgment
St. Louis Attorneys Scott Mueller and Mary Giles Prevail on Summary Judgment
St. Louis attorneys, Scott Mueller and Mary Giles prevailed on summary judgment (after a yearlong period of court contemplation) to reform the legal description in a national lender client’s purchase money loan. Unfortunately, an attorney for the junior judgment lien…
Jason Waguespack Selected to New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law Hall of Fame
Jason Waguespack Selected to New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law Hall of Fame
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith Managing Director Jason Waguespack has been named a 2025 Leadership in Law Honoree by New Orleans CityBusiness. Because this marks Jason’s third time receiving this honor, he will be inducted into the Leadership in Law Hall…
Galloway Attorney Delivers Remarks at U.S. District Court Naturalization Ceremony in New Orleans
Galloway Attorney Delivers Remarks at U.S. District Court Naturalization Ceremony in New Orleans
Special Counsel Megan Jackler, an attorney with Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith in the firm’s New Orleans and Mandeville offices, was invited to serve as guest speaker at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana’s…
Katrina at 20: How Galloway Turned Crisis Into Growth
Katrina at 20: How Galloway Turned Crisis Into Growth
In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina entered the Gulf of Mexico, quickly intensifying to an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane. On August 29, 2005, it made landfall as a powerful Category 3 storm which caused major devastation in the Greater…
Texas Defense Attorney Adraon D. Greene Joins Prestigious FDCC
Texas Defense Attorney Adraon D. Greene Joins Prestigious FDCC
Texas defense attorney Adraon D. Greene, a Director at Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith in the firm’s Houston and Dallas offices, has been accepted as a member of the exclusive Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). Adraon joins…
Galloway Secures Rare Dismissal of Longshore Claim in 11th Circuit
Galloway Secures Rare Dismissal of Longshore Claim in 11th Circuit
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith recently obtained a favorable result for their client before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Special Counsel Susan F. E. Bruhnke and her sophisticated strategies led the team to secure the dismissal of a Longshore…
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