Areas of Practice
Education
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., 1967
- Loyola University, B.B.A., 1967
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1967
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1990
- 1st Cir., 2006
- 4th Cir., 1997
- 5th Cir., 1981
- 6th Cir., 1994
- 8th Cir., 1993
- 11th Cir., 1981
- E.D. Ark., 1995
- W.D. Ark., 1995
- D. Colo., 1998
- E.D. La., 1967
- M.D. La., 1967
- W.D. La., 1987
- E.D. Tex., 1999
- N.D. Tex., 1980
- W.D. Tex., 2002
Neil Heusel is a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, and since 1979 has primarily represented management in the field of labor relations.
After graduation from law school in 1967, Neil Heusel served for three years as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Following his career with the FBI, he served as an assistant district attorney for Orleans Parish and was the executive assistant district attorney in charge of capital cases. In 1972, he joined the United States Attorney’s Office in New Orleans, where he served as chief of the Criminal Division and first assistant United States attorney. In 1976, he received the United States Attorney General's Exceptional Service Award. Beginning in 1977, he headed the Department of Justice Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force with jurisdiction over the states of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama. He also served as an assistant special prosecutor appointed by the federal courts to look into allegations of corruption involving members of the White House staff.
Mr. Heusel has been a guest lecturer at the United States Department of Justice Trial Advocacy Institute on Trial Tactics, and he was also a member of the Tulane University Law School Panel of Instructors on Trial Advocacy.
Since 1979, Mr. Heusel has represented management in a broad range of labor and employment litigation matters, before federal and state courts and agencies throughout the United States.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Labor and Employment Law (listed annually since 2005)
- Recognized in "Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business" in the area of Labor & Employment (annually since 2005)
- Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Employment & Labor (also listed in 2007)
News
- Jones Walker Attorneys and Practices Ranked by “Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business”
- 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
- Five Attorneys Recognized in Labor & Employment by Chambers USA
- Forty-Seven Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in the 2007 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers; One In Top Ten, Four In Top Fifty, Two In Top Twenty-Five Women
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- New Orleans Bar Association
