Mandeville, LA

Mary S. Johnson

Ms. Johnson is active in the defense of complex environmental, toxic tort, sinkhole, landfill, chemical exposure, insurance coverage, medical monitoring, oil spills, oyster leases, pesticides, carbon monoxide, naturally occurring radioactive material ("NORM"), nuisance, noise, industrial accidents, fires, explosions, and catastrophic personal injury, property damage, and class action litigation. She also has an active mediation and appellate practice in the same areas. Ms. Johnson has particular abilities in defending premises owners, employers and their executive officers in occupational exposure and related medical monitoring litigation throughout Louisiana. She has successfully defended multiple cases alleging damage to coastal marshes, wetlands, oyster leases, property and global warming claims. She has substantial experience in multi-party and class action lawsuits, and is currently handling a number of consolidated sinkhole, NORM, asbestos, coastal marshes, wetlands, nuisance, and chemical exposure cases. As lead trial counsel, she tried to verdict the emotional distress and diminution of property value claims brought by multiple plaintiffs in the Agriculture Street Landfill litigation in Orleans Parish. She prevailed in the Louisiana Supreme Court that the “all sums” language in a CGL policy does not provide coverage for claims falling outside of the policy periods. John Johnson, et al. v. Orleans Parish School Board, et al., No. 12-CC-0187 (La. 5/31/12); 90 So. 3d 389, obtained a summary judgment limiting the amount of insurance coverage available to the class plaintiffs, and negotiated a final resolution of the consolidated landfill cases against her client. She is actively litigating multiple property damage cases arising from the Bayou Corne Sinkhole in Louisiana. She previously defended a major shipyard in the In re: Combustion Inc. toxic tort litigation that included 17 toxic tort suits with over 12,000 plaintiffs alleging personal injury, property damage, and "fear of cancer" against 84 defendants, in addition to third-party demands against over 300 generator companies, the United States Government and the insurers of the former site owners and operators. Ms. Johnson successfully pursued the site owners, operators and their insurers in a CERCLA cost recovery action on behalf of a PRP Group.

Bruce A. Cranner

Bruce A. Cranner is a seasoned litigator with over 40 years of experience handling complex medical liability, product liability, asbestos, and insurance cases. He is admitted in Louisiana and Texas, all Federal Courts in Louisiana, The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Mr. Cranner’s commercial litigation practice is focused on representing healthcare providers in a broad spectrum of matters, including non-compete disputes, licensure defense, and business-related conflicts. He serves as Independent Counsel to the Louisiana Board of Dentistry, providing strategic legal guidance on regulatory and professional issues. In addition to his litigation work, Mr. Cranner is frequently appointed as a mediator in sophisticated cases-particularly those involving Medicare Secondary Payer issues. He also serves as national coordinating asbestos trial counsel for a New York-based engineering firm, overseeing litigation efforts across the United States. Over the course of his career, Mr. Cranner has tried more than 40 jury cases to verdict, including many involving complex medical issues and catastrophic injury or death. His trial experience covers a wide range of medical specialties, such as cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, pain management, orthopedics, and toxic substance exposure. Beyond his legal practice, Bruce is an avid sailor, recreational road cyclist, groomed slope skier, and licensed private pilot.

Joseph M. Miller

Joseph M. Miller is an attorney specializing in railroad law, personal injury, admiralty & maritime law, and aviation. He is a former President of the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys and has received multiple 'Lawyer of the Year' and 'Best Lawyers in America' recognitions.

Christine Remy

Christine Remy is a family law attorney in New Orleans, LA. She graduated cum laude from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a degree in Business Administration and later earned her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1991. She founded Remy Law Firm in 1994 after working in a law firm where she became a partner handling family law, wrongful death, and personal injury cases. She has received several honors and awards, including the American Jurisprudence Award. She has over 26 years of experience.

Edward J. Womac, Jr.

Edward J. Womac, Jr. is the founder of The Womac Law Firm. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University Law School and has been practicing law since 1983. The Womac Law Firm has represented over 40,000 personal injury victims. Ed Womac practices in the area of civil litigation with a concentration in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, 18 wheeler accidents, company car accidents, slip and falls, maritime personal injury, and property damage claims. In recognition of his service as member of the Alumni Board of Trustees for LSU Law Center, Mr. Womac has been designated as Trustee Emeritus. Mr. Womac is also on the Visiting Committee for Loyola New Orleans College of Law. He is a member of America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys as well as The National Trial Lawyer’s Top 100. The Womac Law Firm has been recognized by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys as one of the 10 Best Law Firms for Client Satisfaction.

Andrew C. Wilson

Andrew Wilson serves as both lead trial counsel and appellate counsel in all stages of federal and state civil litigation as well as in administrative proceedings before state and federal agencies. He has deep experience in maritime and environmental litigation and is a Board-Certified Appellate Practice Specialist. He is admitted in Louisiana, all Federal Courts in Louisiana, The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. His experience includes litigation related to maritime personal injury and death claims; pipeline ruptures, failures and explosions; oil & gas well blow-outs; major environmental disasters; ship collisions, groundings and sinkings; insurance coverage and defense, particularly marine insurance; yacht collisions, fires and damage; charter party disputes; oyster lease damage claims; natural resource damage claims; water bottom ownership; eminent domain matters including expropriation, inverse condemnation/”takings” and consequential damages; and, oilfield and environmental remediation matters. His involvement has extended from the original accident or field investigation through the final appeal if necessary. His most significant achievement to date involves the defense of the State of Louisiana and the outright dismissal of a class action and several other related suits seeking billions of dollars in alleged damages to oyster leases in Louisiana resulting from coastal restoration projects. He has served as a consultant to the State on coastal restoration issues, and has been involved with government relations such as permitting, drafting legislation and regulations, and has testified on several occasions before Louisiana Legislative Committees. He is also an External Advisory Board Member for the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio. In addition to these legal and professional activities, he also serves as Chancellor to All Saints Episcopal Church of River Ridge, LA; as a referee in the Louisiana High School Lacrosse League after playing amateur lacrosse for 27 years; and, is an active member of Fleet 7 of the National Rhodes 19 Class Association sailboat racing organization.

Charles A. Nunmaker

Building upon a background of maritime and commercial litigation, Mr. Nunmaker practices in the commercial, insurance, environmental, mineral law and admiralty fields. His experience includes the representation of surety interests in a number of contexts, including public and private works act claims, fidelity claims, bankruptcy claims and actions, and actions for extra-contractual damages. He has also been involved in the legacy litigation defense of mineral servitude interests against landowner claims of environmental damage. Other experience includes railroad and electric utility defense, asbestosis claim and toxic tort defense, and maritime personal injury, allision and collision, cargo, insurance and finance litigation, including vessel lien and foreclosure actions.