Areas of Practice
- Banking & Financial Services Litigation
- Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors'-Debtors' Rights
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Tax & Estates
- Tax & Fiduciary Litigation
Education
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1996, Order of the Coif; Appellate Advocacy Board
- Louisiana State University, B.A., 1990
- Certified Public Accountant, Inactive
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1996
Brandon Black is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group. His practice focuses primarily upon commercial litigation, bankruptcy, banking, construction, and personal injury.
Prior to joining Jones Walker, Mr. Black was a staff accountant at KPMG from 1991–1993. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Polozola, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, from August 1996–July 1997. Mr. Black was an associate from 1997–2002 and a partner from 2003–2004 at the law firm of Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he practiced commercial litigation, bankruptcy, banking, corporate, general federal practice, and state procurement.
Mr. Black has handled numerous matters including creditors' rights cases in bankruptcy court, federal district court and state court, consumer lending cases, foreclosures, lender liability, personal injury defense, insurance coverage disputes, construction litigation, state deceptive trade practice laws, mortgage servicing matters, general commercial litigation, state procurement disputes, employment disputes, government contracts, and federal False Claims Act cases.
Noteworthy
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
News
- Jones Walker Attorneys Participate in LawCon Conference
- Jones Walker Names Twelve New Partners
- Black Joins Jones Walker's Baton Rouge Office
Memberships
- American Association of Certified Public Accountants
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Bar Association
- Association of Retarded Citizens of Baton Rouge (Member, Board of Directors, July 2003 to date; Treasurer, Board of Directors, July 2004–June 2006; Vice President, July 2006–June 2007; President, July 2007–June 2009)
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association Seminar (Chair, 2004)
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- St. Aloysius Catholic Church & School (various committees and activities, 1995 to date)
- Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants
- Special Olympics Louisiana (Competitions Committee, January 2004–2006; Swim Meet Director, March 2000–2006; Board Member, 2007–2008)
- The Wex S. Malone American Inn of Court
- Tiger Aquatics Board Member (President, 2011)
