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Five Louisiana Galloway Johnson Attorneys Named Super Lawyers 2017
Five Louisiana Galloway Johnson Attorneys Named Super Lawyers 2017
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith would like to congratulate the following five Louisiana attorneys on being selected at Super Lawyers 2017: John Galloway (New Orleans) Jason Waguespack (New Orleans) Larry Canada (New Orleans) Kathleen Charvet (New Orleans) Tim Hassinger…
Galloway Johnson Defeats Class Certification in Katrina Levee Failure Case
Galloway Johnson Defeats Class Certification in Katrina Levee Failure Case
On behalf of our client, the State of Louisiana, Tim Hassinger of Galloway Johnson tried and defeated attempts to certify a class for what the Court termed the largest natural disaster in the history of the City of New Orleans. …
Trial Victory For Hotel and Restaurant Operator in Orleans Parish
Trial Victory For Hotel and Restaurant Operator in Orleans Parish
In a week-long jury trial last week, attorneys Joe Hassinger and Jason Camelford were privileged to represent a local hotel and restaurant owner. The case stemmed from a fight between two employees (the chef and the food and beverage manager)…
Florida Supreme Court: STOLI Fraud Scheme Does Not Extend Two-Year Contestability Period for Life Insurance
Florida Supreme Court: STOLI Fraud Scheme Does Not Extend Two-Year Contestability Period for Life Insurance
Wells Fargo Bank v. Pruco Life Ins. Co., 2016 WL 5242593 (Fla. 2016). Life insurance case involving stranger-originated life insurance (STOLI) where insureds participated in a scheme to obtain an overinflated life insurance for a family member based on fraudulent…
General Contractor Wins Summary Judgment In Louisiana State Court
General Contractor Wins Summary Judgment In Louisiana State Court
Galloway Johnson attorneys, Joe Hassinger and Jeff Siemann, were privileged to represent a general contractor in a construction defect case in Jefferson Parish. With excellent client partnership, and precise discovery efforts, they successfully demonstrated to the trial court that summary…
Galloway Johnson Earns 90 on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Fourteenth Annual Scorecard on LGBT Workplace Equality
Galloway Johnson Earns 90 on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Fourteenth Annual Scorecard on LGBT Workplace Equality
New Orleans, Louisiana – December 6, 2016 – Galloway Johnson, received a score of 90 on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…
Client Wins Summary Judgment in Mississippi Premises Liability Case
Client Wins Summary Judgment in Mississippi Premises Liability Case
Kathryn Breard Platt, in our Gulfport, Mississippi office, was recently awarded summary judgment in a premises liability case on behalf of a fitness club where Plaintiff argued he was injured while using a piece of equipment that malfunctioned causing him…
Houston Attorney Alexis Hester Named to Board of Texas Advocacy Project
Houston Attorney Alexis Hester Named to Board of Texas Advocacy Project
Alexis Hester, from our Houston office, has been elected to the board of the Texas Advocacy Project, 2017. Texas Advocacy Project is a non-profit law firm that works directly with victims, shelters, law enforcement agencies, and courts across Texas to…
Employers Should Consider Ruling That Stops DOL From Implementing, Enforcing New Overtime Rule
Employers Should Consider Ruling That Stops DOL From Implementing, Enforcing New Overtime Rule
On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, a Texas federal district court judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the new U.S. Department of Labor overtime rule changes set to go into effect on December 1, 2016. State of Nevada, et al. v. United…
Lindsay Meador Young and Benjamin Torian of The Lafayette Office Successfully Defend Recent Professional Liability Claim
Lindsay Meador Young and Benjamin Torian of The Lafayette Office Successfully Defend Recent Professional Liability Claim
In a professional liability suit, Lindsay Meador Young and Benjamin Torian, from the Firm’s Lafayette Office successfully defended claims made against an attorney for malpractice in rendering an erroneous title opinion, as well as claims made based on assurances and…
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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