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  • Yale Law School, J.D., 1982; Law Clerk, Judge John Minor Wisdom, 5th Cir., 1982–1983; Executive Director, Yale Legislative Services
  • Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Read M. Litt., 1979; Rhodes Scholar
  • Bowdoin College, A.B., 1977, summa cum laude; Brooks-Nixon Prize, first in graduating class; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, 1983
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
  • 5th Cir., 1983
  • E.D. La., 1983
  • M.D. La., 1983
  • W.D. La., 1983
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R. McHenry
Partner
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170
504.582.8300 tel
504.582.8583 fax


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Lewis McHenry is a partner in the firm's transactional groups.  His areas of concentration include advising closely held corporations and partnerships, debtor/credit relations, insolvency acquisitions and dispositions, corporate reorganization, commercial lending and finance, and real estate.

Noteworthy

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law and Real Estate Law (listed annually since 2003)
  • Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Real Estate (also listed in 2007)
  • AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.

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Memberships

  • American Association of Rhodes Scholars (Member, Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee for Louisiana, 2003)
  • American Law Institute
  • Friends of the Stables in Audubon Park (Past Chairman and President)
  • Louise S. McGehee School (Director, Officer, and Executive Committee Member, 2002)
  • Louisiana Bankers Association
  • Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Chair, 2004 to date)
  • Louisiana State Bar Association (Past Chairman, Sections on Consumer Protection Law and Bankruptcy Law, 1989–1990)
  • Oxford-Cambridge Society (Past President)