Areas of Practice
- Appellate Litigation
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Business & Finance
- Construction
- Disaster Recovery Client Team
- Health Care
- Insurance & Litigation
- State & Local Tax
- Tax & Estates
- Tax & Fiduciary Litigation
Education
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1979; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Theta Phi
- Louisiana State University, B.A., 1977
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1980
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- 5th Cir., 1984
- E.D. La., 1980
- M.D. La., 1981
- W.D. La., 1984
- Cl. Ct.
- Tax, 1993
professionalsBio
Dirk Wegmann is a partner in the firm’s Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group with more than 20 years of litigation experience. His practice focus is commercial civil litigation in both federal and state courts, with substantial litigation experience in the areas of insurance coverage, tax, breach of contract, injunctions, fraud, unfair competition, landlord/tenant, construction, trusts and estates, franchiser-franchisee, partnership, shareholder, expropriation, public bid, mediation, real estate, banking, and intellectual property. Mr. Wegmann's practice also includes arbitration and appellate work in the state and federal appellate courts. Mr. Wegmann is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Commercial Litigation (listed annually since 2005)
- Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Business Litigation
- 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.
News
- Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
- Jones Walker Named to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Innovators of the Year 2006
- Forty-Eight Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2006
Memberships
- American Academy of Hospital Attorneys
- American Bar Association (Member, Sections on Litigation, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice, and Intellectual Property Law)
- Federal Bar Association (Member, Sections on Federal Litigation and Intellectual Property and Communications Law)
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Sections on Civil Law and Litigation; Insurance, Tort, Workers Compensation and Admiralty Law; Intellectual Property; Elected Member, Louisiana State Bar House of Delegates)
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Faculty, 1987–1995)
- New Orleans Bar Association
