Press Release

NEW ORLEANS—The firm is pleased to announce that 22 individual attorneys are recognized in “2008 Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” for the state of Louisiana, and nine practices received first-band rankings.

Jones Walker is ranked in the first band in each of the nine practice areas Chambers USA covers in Louisiana, and is the only law firm in Louisiana to receive first-band practice area rankings in every area Chambers USA covers in the state. The firm received first-band practice area rankings in the areas of Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Gaming & Licensing, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, and Real Estate. Chambers USA rankings list law firms and individual attorneys in six bands, with the first band being the highest ranking a firm or attorney can receive.

The 22 Jones Walker attorneys recognized by Chambers USA include: H. Hughes Grehan, F. Rivers Lelong, J. Marshall Page, III, and Thomas Y. Roberson, Jr. (Banking & Finance); Elizabeth J. Futrell and R. Patrick Vance (Bankruptcy/Restructuring); Robert R. Casey, Curtis R. Hearn, and Dionne M. Rousseau (Corporate/M&A); John J. Broders and Carl D. Rosenblum (Energy & Natural Resources); Michael A. Chernekoff and Thomas M. Nosewicz (Environment); J. Kelly Duncan (Gaming & Licensing); H. Mark Adams, Jennifer L. Anderson, Cornelius R. Heusel, Sidney F. Lewis, V, and Robert B. Worley, Jr. (Labor & Employment); Harry S. Hardin, III, and R. Patrick Vance (Litigation: General Commercial); Pauline F. Hardin (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations); and Charles A. Landry (Real Estate). 

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Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P. provides a comprehensive range of legal services to a national and international corporate client base through offices in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

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