Gordon Arata is pleased to announce that 28 of our lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 edition. Two lawyers were named Lawyers of the Year: Samuel E. Masur was named the Lafayette Lawyer of the Year for Natural Resources Law and Marion Welborn Weinstock was named the New Orleans Lawyer of the Year for Commercial Transactions/UCC Law. Six lawyers were recognized as Ones to Watch, and 22 lawyers were named to the Best Lawyers list for 2022.
Lawyers of the Year
Samuel E. Masur – Lafayette Lawyer of the Year for Natural Resources Law
Marion Welborn Weinstock – New Orleans Lawyer of the Year for Commercial Transactions/UCC Law
The Best Lawyers in America© 2022
Michael E. Botnick – Construction Law
Steven W. Copley – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Bob J. Duplantis – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law; 2021 Lawyer of the Year, Oil and Gas Law in Lafayette
Gregory G. Duplantis – Oil and Gas Law
Ewell “Tim” E. Eagan, Jr. – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; 2021 Lawyer of the Year, Energy Law in New Orleans
A. Gregory Grimsal – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Real Estate
C. Peck Hayne Jr.– Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
Terrence K. Knister – Environmental Law
Caroline D. Lafourcade – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Martin E. Landrieu – Commercial Litigation, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Armistead M. Long – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization law
Daniel Lund – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Samuel E. Masur – Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law; 2022 Lafayette Lawyer of the Year – Natural Resources Law
Cynthia A. Nicholson – Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
Scott A. O’Connor – Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
John Y. Pearce – Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
Kelly D. Perrier – 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 Jr. – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Environmental
Marion Welborn Weinstock – Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Real Estate Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law; 2022 New Orleans Lawyer of the Year – Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
Steven W. Williamson – Litigation – Bankruptcy
Ones to Watch
Meghan K. Flannery – Commercial Litigation, Construction law, Energy Law, and Litigation – Construction
Brandon A. O’Quinn – Construction Law, Energy Law
James D. Rhorer – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, and Oil and Gas Law
Alex B. Rothenberg – Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, and Oil and Gas Law
Micah Zeno – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Ethan Zubic – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Real Estate, and Transportation Law
About Best Lawyers
The Best Lawyers list of outstanding lawyers is compiled by conducting extensive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers evaluate their professional peers. Recognition in Best Lawyers is widely considered as a significant honor and lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers. The Best Lawyers list reaches a broader audience than any other legal guide and appears in national publications across the globe including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Les Echos in France, Handelsblatt in Germany, and the Australian Financial Review among others.