ANNOUNCEMENT
The staff and lawyers of Wagner Bagot Rayer have joined Porteous, Hainkel and Johnson.
FIRM PUBLICATIONS
The U. S. Maritime Lien For Necessaries In The Wake Of The OW Bunker Financial Collapse, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, June 2017
Maritime commerce, by its very nature, depends …
USEFUL LINKS
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Fifth Circuit Streamlines Test for Maritime Contracts.
Sitting en banc, the U.S. Fifth Circuit abandoned its six part Davis test to determine whether providing services for the exploration, drilling and production …
Our Attorneys
Michael H. Bagot, Jr.
CONCENTRATION: Maritime and Casualty Litigation; Salvage; Environmental and Insurance Disputes; Personal Injury Defense; Maritime Contracts.
J. McCaleb Bilbro
REPRESENTATIVE CASES: Oubre v. E-Z Serve Corp., 713 So.2d 818 (La. App. S. Cir. 1998) (successful defense of hot coffee matter); Ortega v. Semco, 762 So.2d 276 (La. App. S Cir. 1999)
Thomas A. Rayer, Jr.
CONCENTRATION: Admiralty Law; Maritime Personal Injury Law; Insurance Defense Law; Commercial Law; State and Federal Worker’s Compensation Defense.
Christian J. St. Martin
CONCENTRATION: Admiralty Law; Maritime and Insurance Defense Law; Business and Transactional Law.
Thomas J. Wagner
Of Counsel
CONCENTRATION: Maritime, Employment, Casualty Matters; Commercial and Marine Transactions; Personal Injury Defense; Commercial, Environmental and Energy Litigation, Appeals and Counseling.