Jeanne C. Comeaux Partner—Baton Rouge Phone: 225.381.8051 Fax: 225.381.8029 jeanne.comeaux@bswllp.com

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Jeanne Comeaux is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P.Jeanne Comeaux’s principal areas of practice include business and commercial litigation, antitrust litigation, healthcare antitrust litigation, unfair trade practice and unfair competition litigation,; corporate governance and fiduciary litigation (including shareholders derivative actions and officer and director disputes), automobile franchise dispute litigation, partnership dispute litigation, and contract dispute litigation.Her experience includes representing small and large businesses, hospital systems, physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers, corporate shareholders, directors and officers, banks, automobile dealerships, chemical companies, insurance companies, gaming concerns, and the tugboat servicing industry.

Education

Paul M. Hebert Law School, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1994

Louisiana State University, B.A., 1980

Admissions

1994, Louisiana State Courts, Eastern, Middle & Western Districts of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1998.

Professional Associations

American Bar Association, Antitrust Section

Louisiana State Bar Association, Antitrust Section

Baton Rouge Bar Association, At-large Board Member, Bench-Bar Conference Committee, Member

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

Graduate, ABA Antitrust Masters Course.

Publications

Get More Out of Your "Hold Harmless" Agreement

The Repo Man is Here

2005 Special Legislative Session Update

Healthcare Collaborations and Antitrust

Evanston - A Departure from Structural Remedies

Community Involvement

Hospice of Baton Rouge, Board Member

Junior League of Baton Rouge

2007 Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Leadership

Representative Matters

Represented financial institutions in defense of lender liability cases.

Represented defendants in shareholder derivative actions and corporate governance litigation.

Represented defendants in antitrust cases, involving the healthcare, automotive, real estate, and gaming industries.

Represented defendants’ class in antitrust, dual class action litigation.

Represented defendants in unfair trade practices and unfair competition litigation.

Represented chemical company in defense of an antitrust claim with international jurisdictional implications.

Represented hospital systems in contract disputes with insurance companies, including claims made against insurance companies in liquidation.

Represented automobile dealers in franchise contract disputes with manufacturers in front of the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission and in various courts.

Represented both plaintiffs and defendants in corporate and partnership dissolution and- related litigation.

Represented automobile dealers in General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcies.