Areas of Practice
- Appellate Litigation
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Business & Commercial Transactions
- Construction
- Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
- FEMA & SBA Assistance
- Insurance Coverage
- Real Estate: Land Use, Development & Finance
- 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 30 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® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Real Estate, and Litigation - Trusts & Estates (listed annually since 2005)
- Listed in the 2012 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Business Litigation (also listed 2008–2010)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
News
- Fifty-Six Jones Walker Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2012
- Eighty-Two Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
- Seventy-Three Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011
- Thirty-Seven Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2010
- 2010 Best Lawyers in America Rankings Showcase Jones Walker’s Depth, Growth
- Thirty-Eight Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in 2009 Issue of Louisiana Super Lawyers
Presentations
- "Business Interruption Insurance Claims—Lessons Learned From Hurricane Katrina", December 11, 2008
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
