Howard E. Sinor Jr.
Of Counsel
201 St. Charles Avenue
40th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70170
Howard Sinor has extensive trial and appellate experience spanning four decades. He has handled hundreds of cases at all levels of the federal and state judicial systems, up to and including the United States and Louisiana Supreme Courts. He is also experienced in alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.
Howard's experience in the practice of commercial litigation is broad and deep and includes class action, multi-district and other complex litigation. He has handled cases involving construction, environmental, corporate, securities, contract, technology, intellectual property, banking, health care, products liability and antitrust claims.
Howard has represented developers, contractors and subcontractors, as well as owners, in litigated and arbitrated construction disputes. He advises such parties, as well as design professionals, with respect to construction law issues and has experience in negotiating and drafting construction related documents.
Howard has experience representing corporate clients in environmental actions and advising them on compliance with federal and state environmental statutory and regulatory requirements. He has similarly advised clients, and defended them in litigation, with respect to employment and occupational safety issues.
Another area of concentration in Howard’s practice has been the field of antitrust and trade regulation. He has handled numerous private actions arising under federal and state antitrust and unfair competition laws and has represented clients in antitrust investigations by federal and state regulatory agencies. Howard has successfully represented a number of clients before the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Reserve Board, as well as before state regulators, with respect to the competitive issues of proposed mergers and acquisitions. He is former Chairman of the Louisiana State Bar Section of Antitrust and Trade Regulation.
He has been ranked in the prestigious Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Litigation: General Commercial since 2008. In 2023, Chambers noted, "Howard Sinor is regularly called upon by clients for representation in complex litigation, including class action disputes. He offers particular expertise handling a full array of disputes arising from construction projects. 'He's a damn good lawyer.'"
Ranked in Chambers USA, Litigation: General Commercial, 2008 to Present
Howard Sinor has extensive trial and appellate experience spanning four decades. He has handled hundreds of cases at all levels of the federal and state judicial systems, up to and including the United States and Louisiana Supreme Courts. He is also experienced in alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.
Howard's experience in the practice of commercial litigation is broad and deep and includes class action, multi-district and other complex litigation. He has handled cases involving construction, environmental, corporate, securities, contract, technology, intellectual property, banking, health care, products liability and antitrust claims.
Howard has represented developers, contractors and subcontractors, as well as owners, in litigated and arbitrated construction disputes. He advises such parties, as well as design professionals, with respect to construction law issues and has experience in negotiating and drafting construction related documents.
Howard has experience representing corporate clients in environmental actions and advising them on compliance with federal and state environmental statutory and regulatory requirements. He has similarly advised clients, and defended them in litigation, with respect to employment and occupational safety issues.
Another area of concentration in Howard’s practice has been the field of antitrust and trade regulation. He has handled numerous private actions arising under federal and state antitrust and unfair competition laws and has represented clients in antitrust investigations by federal and state regulatory agencies. Howard has successfully represented a number of clients before the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Reserve Board, as well as before state regulators, with respect to the competitive issues of proposed mergers and acquisitions. He is former Chairman of the Louisiana State Bar Section of Antitrust and Trade Regulation.
He has been ranked in the prestigious Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Litigation: General Commercial since 2008. In 2023, Chambers noted, "Howard Sinor is regularly called upon by clients for representation in complex litigation, including class action disputes. He offers particular expertise handling a full array of disputes arising from construction projects. 'He's a damn good lawyer.'"
Ranked in Chambers USA, Litigation: General Commercial, 2008 to Present