Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett is pleased to announce our 20 lawyers selected by their peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America© 2020 edition. Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in over 75 countries. “Best Lawyers was founded in 1981 with the purpose of highlighting the extraordinary accomplishments of those in the legal profession. After three decades, we are proud to continue to serve as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals worldwide,” says CEO Phillip Greer.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing. Gordon, Arata, Montgomery, Barnett, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLC would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2020 The Best Lawyers in America list:

• Michael E. Botnick – Construction Law
• Steven W. Copley – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Donna Phillips Currault – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Labor Law -Management, Employment Law – Management, Employment Law – Individuals
• Bob J. Duplantis – Energy Law, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Gregory G. Duplantis – Oil and Gas Law
• Ewell E. Eagan – Energy Law, Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Greg Grimsal – Commercial Litigation, Litigation  – Real Estate
• Peck Hayne – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Terrence K. Knister – Environmental Law
• Caroline D. Lafourcade – Tax Law
• Martin E. Landrieu – Commercial Litigation
• Daniel Lund – Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Samuel E. Masur – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Cynthia A. Nicholson – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Scott A. O’Connor – Oil and Gas Law
• John Y. Pearce – Natural Resources Law, Mining Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Gerald H. Schiff – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Paul B. Simon – Oil and Gas Law
• Howard E. Sinor – Construction Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation -Construction
• Marion Welborn Weinstock – Securitization and Structured Finance

About Best Lawyers

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”