- Chairman: Timothy W Hardy
- Number of partners in US offices: 19
- Number of other lawyers in US offices: 14
FIRM OVERVIEW: Lemle & Kelleher offers responsive, insightful, innovative, and experienced legal representation for a wide array of industries covering a broad range of practice areas. For over 100 years, the firm has focused on providing value to its clients by building client-oriented relationships centering on the client’s needs and objectives.The firm’s success has been—and will continue to be—dependant upon client satisfaction. Attorneys are licensed to practice in nine states and the District of Columbia. They regularly publish in legal, commercial, and industry journals, and are featured as speakers for professional, trade and business seminars, as well as law school courses.They include past and present officers of bar associations, law school faculty members, distinguished delegates and draftsmen of the Louisiana State Constitution and New Orleans City Charter, and fellows or members of many distinguished legal associations/organizations.The firm is committed to helping improve its communities by dedicating time, talent, and financial resources to many community, civic, and professional organizations.
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE: Admiralty and maritime law; antitrust law; appellate practice; bankruptcy and loan restructuring; business litigation; casualty litigation; class actions and complex litigation; construction law; corporate criminal law; corporate, commercial lending and real estate; energy, oil and gas, and public utility law; environmental law; gaming law; healthcare liability law; insurance coverage issues; intellectual property; labor and employment law; oil and gas drilling, completion and workover contractor operations; products liability; professional liability; securities litigation; tax law; toxic torts; transportation law; trusts, probate and estate planning.
CLIENTS: Lemle & Kelleher represents a wide array of clients from many different industry groups, including: agriculture, banking, business services, charitable organizations, chemical, construction, consumer products manufacturers, education, energy and utilities, environmental, financial services, food, gaming, government, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, insurance, leisure, metals and mining, pharmaceuticals, real estate, retail telecommunications, and transportation.
Representative Clients: AEP River Operations; Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company; Alter Barge Line, Inc; Anderson Oil & Gas, Inc; Ashland, Inc; BNP Paribas; Canadian National Railway Company/Illinois Central Railroad; CapitalOne, N.A.; Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc; Churchill Downs Incorporated; CIGNA/Connecticut General Life Insurance Co.; CitiBank, N.A.; City of Shreveport; Cleco Corporation; Cogentrix Energy, Inc; Cooper/T. Smith Corporation; Den Norske Bank ASA; The Dow Chemical Company; El Paso Energy Corporation; Elmer Candy Corporation;Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc; ING Barings; Ingram Barge Company; Ivan Smith Furniture Company; John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co; Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp; Kirby Inland Marine, Inc; Louisiana Municipal Association; Lykes Lines;Merrill Lynch & Co;Monsanto Company;Murphy Exploration & Production Company; Noble Drilling Corporation; Norfolk Southern Corporation; Ormet Corporation; Pan-American Life Insurance Company; Parish of Caddo; Reliant Energy Incorporated; Shell Oil Co.; Steel Forgings, Inc; Tenet Healthcare Corporation; Touro Infirmary; Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc.; The Travelers Companies, Inc.; TSE International, Inc; United Kingdom Protection and Indemnity Club; U.S. Bank National Association; URS Corporation; Weatherford International, Inc.