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Lafayette Attorney Tiger Pharr received AV Preeminent Award 2016
Lafayette Attorney Tiger Pharr received AV Preeminent Award 2016
Congratulations to Lafayette Attorney, Tiger Pharr, who received the Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent Award 2016! The attorney is ranked by their peers at the highest level of professional excellence and ethical standards. This is Tiger’s second year in a row receiving…
Six Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith Attorneys Named to 2017 Best Lawyers® List
Six Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith Attorneys Named to 2017 Best Lawyers® List
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith would like to recognize John Galloway, Jim Tompkins, Larry Canada, Kathleen Charvet, Joe Hassinger, and Les Pickett, who were named in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America© list are…
Pensacola Attornerys Scott Traweek and Alexis Kessler Granted First Motion to Dismiss Against Llano Financing Group, LLC
Pensacola Attornerys Scott Traweek and Alexis Kessler Granted First Motion to Dismiss Against Llano Financing Group, LLC
Galloway Johnson Attorneys, Scott Traweek and Alexis Kessler, of the firm’s Pensacola, Florida office, were granted a Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice against Llano Financing Group, LLC relating to a lawsuit filed against a Florida appraiser. Llano has initiated numerous…
Mobile Attorney George Gaston Earns Complete Defense Victory in Automobile Wrongful Repossession and Theft Case
Mobile Attorney George Gaston Earns Complete Defense Victory in Automobile Wrongful Repossession and Theft Case
George Gaston from the Mobile office won a trial in an automobile wrongful repossession case in Escambia County, Alabama. The Plaintiff sought numerous claims against the defendant repossession agent and car title loan company, including wrongful repossession and theft. The…
Tampa Attorney Autumn George Won a Complete Defense Verdict in Theft Case
Tampa Attorney Autumn George Won a Complete Defense Verdict in Theft Case
Autumn George from the Tampa office won a trial in a negligence/theft case in Charlotte County, Florida. The Plaintiff alleged the Defendant business and business owner were liable for stolen property outside the business store. Trial resulted in a complete defense…
Tampa Attorneys Phillip Howell and David Burr Earn Complete Defense Victory on Longshore Action
Tampa Attorneys Phillip Howell and David Burr Earn Complete Defense Victory on Longshore Action
Tampa attorneys Phillip Howell and David Burr obtained a complete defense victory in a 6-day final hearing of a complex and hotly contested longshore action. Claimant was seeking nearly a million dollars in damages, fees and costs from multiple claims,…
Tampa Attorney Lee Harang Named Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2016
Tampa Attorney Lee Harang Named Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2016
Congratulations to attorney, Lee Harang, in the Tampa office who was named to Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2016. The Legal Elite special report appears in the July issue of Florida Trend Magazine. The list features 1,144 honorees including attorneys…
Joe Hassinger and Jason Camelford Win Summary Judgment on Behalf of National Retailer
Joe Hassinger and Jason Camelford Win Summary Judgment on Behalf of National Retailer
In a Federal Court case, Joe Hassinger and Jason Camelford recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of a major national retailer. In the case, the plaintiff kicked the leg of a display table, and alleged that the display was unreasonably…
Adam Breeze Secures Circuit Court Victory in Hotly-Contested Unjust Enrichment Trial
Adam Breeze Secures Circuit Court Victory in Hotly-Contested Unjust Enrichment Trial
In a bifurcated case that required nearly four years to complete, Mr. Breeze, of the firm’s St. Louis office, successfully tried the issue before the Missouri Circuit Court of whether a landlord is liable to its tenant(s) for improvements made…
Kathleen Charvet and Heather Waterman Angelico Join Galloway Johnson's New Orleans Office
Kathleen Charvet and Heather Waterman Angelico Join Galloway Johnson's New Orleans Office
NEW ORLEANS (APRIL 13, 2016) – Regional law firm Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith announced today that attorneys Kathleen Charvet and Heather Waterman Angelico have joined the firm’s New Orleans office. Charvet joins the firm as Director and Angelico…
Employment Law Lessons from the Tyler Skaggs Civil Trial
Employment Law Lessons from the Tyler Skaggs Civil Trial
Setting the Scene Effective workplace oversight isn’t just an HR ideal — it’s a company’s first line of defense against risk, liability, and reputational harm. When managers enforce policies consistently and act on warning signs, they protect both people and…
Ticket for Due Process – The Right to Live Testimony in DBA Claims
Ticket for Due Process – The Right to Live Testimony in DBA Claims
A recent decision by Administrative Law Judge John Herke provides guidance when a claimant attempts to submit deposition or unsworn testimony in lieu of testifying live at Formal Hearing. With DBA claimants continuing to allege claims related to delayed-onset psychological…
Galloway Named Among 2026 Best Law Firms® by Best Lawyers
Galloway Named Among 2026 Best Law Firms® by Best Lawyers
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith has been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms®. As a full-service and proactive corporate defense firm that prioritizes the highest level of client service and strategic partnerships, Galloway stands at the…
Richard Duplantier Selected to American Board of Trial Advocates in Louisiana
Richard Duplantier Selected to American Board of Trial Advocates in Louisiana
Louisiana trial attorney Richard Duplantier, a Director at Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith in the firm’s New Orleans offices, has been selected to be a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. In joining ABOTA, Rick brings decades…
Strategies Highlighted at 2025 Galloway Claims & Litigation Conference, New Orleans
Strategies Highlighted at 2025 Galloway Claims & Litigation Conference, New Orleans
Now in its eighth year, the Galloway Claims & Litigation Conference in New Orleans was held on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at The Ritz-Carlton. The session insights, conversations, and connections combined for an incredibly successful event that industry professionals traveled…
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