Areas of Practice
Education
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1999
- University of Louisiana, Lafayette, B.A., 1993
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1999
- Texas, 2000
Court Admissions
- 5th Cir., 2000
- E.D. La., 2000
- M.D. La., 2000
- W.D. La., 2000
- S.D. Tex., 2001
professionalsBio
Tara Richard is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group. She joined the firm as an associate in 2000 after completing a clerkship with the Honorable Catherine D. Kimball, Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Ms. Richard primarily practices in the fields of bankruptcy and creditors-debtors rights. She also handles other commercial litigation matters. Since joining Jones Walker, she has worked on class action litigation, citizen suits, environmental enforcement actions, toxic tort claims in Louisiana and Texas, and has represented creditors and debtors in bankruptcies under Chapters 7, 11, and 13.
News
- Richard Named Outstanding Young Lawyer for 2008 by LSBA
- Jones Walker Attorneys Participate in 2008 New Orleans Bar & Grille
- Jones Walker Plays Secret Santa to 100 Children
- Richard Presents Donation to New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation
- Richard Receives Michaelle Pitard Wynne Professionalism Award
- Jones Walker Attorneys Participate in New Orleans Bar & Grille
Publications
- "PLANO Legal Update – Important Changes to Reclamation and Administrative Expense Claims in Bankruptcy"
PLANO Bulletin. No. 041, October 2006 - Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code After BAPCPA: It's More Than Consumer Changes
June 13, 2005 - "Environmental Justice: A Choice Between Social Justice and Economic Development?"
28 Southern University Law Review 123, Spring 2001 - American Bar Association Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee Newsletter
Memberships
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter (Member, Board of Directors; Board Member, Young Lawyers Division)
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 2008)
- New Orleans Bar Association (Board Member, Young Lawyers Section)
- The New Orleans Bar Association American Inn of Court
- State Bar of Texas
