December 1, 2011
Edward T. Hayes served as a panelist on Trade Policy in the Caribbean at the 35th Annual Conference on the Carribean and Central America, held in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 1, 2011.
November 2, 2011
George Fagan, a partner in the New Orleans, Louisiana ALFA International member firm of Leake & Andersson, L.L.P. was recognized with the 2011 Nathan Fishbach Service Award (previously known as the Outstanding Individual Contribution Award) in recognition of his outstanding individual contribution and leadership to the ALFA International vision. George has maintained and encouraged an active participation of his firm and has assumed leadership roles across several practice groups within the ALFA organization. He has chaired both the Insurance and Labor & Employment Practice Group, two of ALFA’s strongest and most high profile groups. He has also served on the ALFA International Board of Directors.
October 13, 2011
Leake & Andersson, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Donald A. Hoffman is now of counsel to the Firm, and will be based in the New Orleans office. Mr. Hoffman's nearly forty year legal career includes service as the City Attorney for New Orleans under Mayor Dutch Morial and decades of leading roles with several law firms. He is a highly respected and very experienced litigator who has made countless appearances before state and federal courts in many different jurisdictions.
September 26, 2011
Leake & Andersson, L.L.P. congratulates the following attorneys for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012: Paul Andersson, George Fagan, Donald McKay, and Stan Shuler.
September 1, 2011
Leake & Andersson partner Edward Hayes was recently interviewed by Inside Counsel magazine regarding the first investor-state dispute brought under the DR-CAFTA trade agreement. Pacific Rim initiated consultations and now arbitration regarding El Salvador's refusal to grant gold mining concessions. The dispute raises numerous important procedural and substantive issues that could have wide-ranging implications.
May 25, 2011
On May 25, 2011 the US Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee conducted a hearing on strengthening international trade and customs enforcement. Edward Hayes, leader of Leake & Andersson's international trade and business practice, was invited to testify by Subcommittee Chairwoman Mary Landrieu (D-LA) to share his ideas on how to improve the enforcement of United States' trade remedy and customs laws. Mr. Hayes offered recommendations on improving antidumping and countervailing duty collection efforts, including enhanced bonding measures and cash deposits for new shipper reviews. The US has failed to collect approximately $1.5 billion in duties owed under various antidumping and countervailing duty orders. In his testimony Hayes noted that the government's failure to collect duties seriously compromises the integrity of the trade remedy system, and more particularly denies affected industries the full relief of the law.
April 4, 2011
On April 4, 2011, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling affirming and upholding a unanimous jury verdict denying any relief to the owner of a large commercial building seeking recovery from Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut for damages that the owner claimed were caused by Hurricane Katrina. George Fagan and Roumain Peters of Leake & Andersson, LLP represented Travelers in the case, which was tried from November 30 through December 4, 2009 in federal court in New Orleans. See SJD-CC, LLC v. Marsh USA, Inc., et al., U.S. 5th Cir. Docket No. 10-30131 c/w 10-30605.
March 2, 2011
Lauren Bartlett was featured in the Leadership Spotlight section of DRI's The Voice on March 2, 2011
January 1, 2011
The firm takes great pleasure in announcing that Lauren Bartlett was made Partner, and Eddy Hayes was elected a Principal of the firm, effective January 1, 2011. Both have distinguished themselves at the firm, in professional societies in which each is exceptionally active, and in community work. Our firm continues to benefit by their greater role in future management and client representation.