MBLB has also handled a broad range of asbestos, environmental and toxic tort litigation. Attorneys in our firm have significant experience in representing manufacturers, premises owners and employers in state and federal courts in the context of mesothelioma and asbestosis lawsuits. We have worked with medical, scientific, marine transport, industrial and other technical experts in the defense of our clients in asbestos lawsuits and have developed the institutional knowledge that is beneficial to the defense of our clients. We have partnered with criminal defense attorneys to provide responses to environmental investigations and prosecutions and assisted in counseling our clients on developing preventive programs and statutory compliance to avoid environmental problems.
Wrongful Death
A firm founder, Senior Counsel André Mouledoux is a seasoned litigator who brings his clients more than 40 years of battle-hardened experience. André’s practice focuses on maritime, insurance and transportation defense. He is also a skilled commercial and corporate counsel. He has successfully litigated serious commercial disputes and catastrophic tort cases from California to Rhode Island, the U.K. to Egypt. He has tried and won defense verdicts in a number of wrongful death, spinal injury and brain damage cases in state and federal courts. He will aggressively try those cases that need to be tried and negotiate favorable settlements in those that shouldn’t be.
Fraud
Misdemeanors
Katie attended Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where she graduated Cum Laude and earned certificates in Social Justice and Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. While attending Loyola University College of Law, Katie worked as a Rule XX student Practitioner handling misdemeanor and felony cases at the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic. In addition, Katie worked as a research assistant to Professor Sandi Varnado, assisting with courses and matters focused on the Louisiana Civil Code. Katie was also a member of the Sports and Entertainment Law Student Association, Maritime Law Society, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Society.
Restraining Order
We provide complete corporate and commercial services to our clients, from assisting in the preparation and negotiation of contracts, employment and labor issues, collection matters, creditor’s rights, and other corporate transactions. We handle all types of contract negotiation and enforcement matters and have particular expertise in the areas of leases and purchase agreements, contract services agreements, insurance and indemnity agreements, construction and repair contracts, sub-contracts and assignment agreements, master service agreements, vessel construction and financing, chartering, crewing, management, service, fleeting, brokerage, salvage and affreightment agreements. Our litigation practice includes representing corporate clients and individuals in business and claims, arbitration, possessory actions, mortgage foreclosures, garnishments and attachments, restraining orders, injunctive relief and judgment debtor issues. Our business and commercial clients range from sole proprietors to Fortune 500 companies and include maritime, agricultural and energy-related companies.
His practice focuses on defense of maritime personal injury and property damage claims on the river and offshore, as well as insurance, transportation, and contractual matters. His experience includes all aspects of brown water and offshore marine operations. He routinely defends serious personal injury and death claims arising under the Jones Act, the General Maritime Law, Section 905(b) of the Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and the Death on the High Seas Act. He also handles collision cases, pipeline damage cases, fleet breakaways, multiple types of marine and construction contracts, both inland and offshore, and marine insurance issues.
Member Patrick J. Babin has defended a variety of cases throughout the country, including workers’ compensation, maritime liability, and hearing loss. He handles claims under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, Section 905(b), Defense Base Act, War Hazards Compensation Act, Jones Act, and Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Act. As supported by the peer recognition he has received, including Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars and New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers, Patrick has developed a reputation as an extremely skilled attorney in workers compensation law.
Our attorneys also counsel governmental clients regarding contracts, public bid law issues and investigations, as well as handling public officials’ and officers’ defense, public and government property liability defense or premises liability defense, and public entity immunity cases. We have represented clients before city, parish and state administrative entities.
Construction Litigation
Member Mark Hanna has more than 30 years of experience as a litigator. Mark’s practice focuses on government and municipal liability, product liability, insurance defense litigation, and commercial/construction litigation. He is also skilled in handling toxic tort and asbestos cases. He has represented national insurers, governmental entities, construction and commercial-related businesses and oil and gas companies. As supported by the peer honors he has received, including Super Lawyers and
Land Use and Zoning
The attorneys at Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett (MBLB) represent a broad range of governmental entities in the State of Louisiana, including parish governments, municipalities, levee districts and sheriffs. We defend 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 claims, tort actions, zoning and land use matters, civil service, employment and workers’ compensation matters involving governmental entities and their employees.
Property Damage
The members of Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand and & Brackett’s (MBLB) Trucking, Transportation and Automobile Liability and Defense practice have decades of experience, handling every aspect of claims for trucking and transportation companies as well as personal auto, commercial auto and trucking insurers. We have successfully litigated personal injury, death, and property damage claims arising out of vehicular accidents, as well as cargo claims throughout Louisiana and Mississippi.
Member Rob Popich’s practice focuses on personal injury defense. He is highly experienced in defending claims arising under the Longshore Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and Defense Base Act as well as in maritime and asbestos litigation. As supported by his Super Lawyers Rising Star peer honor, Rob has developed a reputation as a skilled litigation attorney in workers’ compensation law. He has successfully tried cases before the Office of Administrative Law Judges and has developed the resources, experts, and methods to resolve his clients’ issues favorably.
Medical Malpractice
Phillip Prejean’s practice focuses on transportation, trucking, and insurance defense. Prior to joining Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett, Phillip worked as a Plaintiff’s attorney in Shreveport, Louisiana, in both personal injury and medical malpractice. This experience has given him specific insights into opposing counsel and working with doctors, an asset to MBLB’s clients.