Emile C. Rolfs, III Partner—Baton Rouge Phone: 225.381.8035 Fax: 225.381.8029 emile.rolfs@bswllp.com

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Emile C. Rolfs, III, a partner in the Baton Rouge office, practices primarily in the areas of corporate and environmental law. In addition to his membership in the U.S. Fifth Circuit, American, Louisiana State, and Baton Rouge Bar Associations, he is involved with both the Louisiana and International Associations of Defense Counsel. A member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Mr. Rolfs has served as Secretary-Treasurer, Vice President, and as President of the Louisiana Chapter. He has been a Master of The Dean Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court since January of 1993 and served as the chapter’s President for four years, beginning in September of 1999. Mr. Rolfs is frequently engaged as a mediator, and has also been appointed by federal and state courts to serve as Special Master in complex litigation.

Employment

Law clerk to Honorable E. Gordon West, Chief Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division August, 1967 - April 1969.

Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie - April, 1969 through December, 1983. Elected Partner in December, 1970; elected Managing Partner April, 1976.

Partner - Broadhurst, Brook, Mangham & Hardy - January, 1984 through April, 1987.

Partner - Mangham, Hardy, Rolfs, Bailey & Abadie (ultimately, Mangham, Hardy & Rolfs), May, 1987 through December, 1991.

Partner - Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson - February, 1992 to present.

Forty-three years practice in litigation with extensive trial and appellate experience in both federal and state courts in each area.

Subspecialty in Alternative Dispute Resolution; service as mediator and court appointed Special Master.

Years of service as a special master, appointed by State and Federal courts to investigate, compile evidence and/or documents to inform on future action taken by the court, carrying out some direct action on the part of the court.

Completion of 40 hours of Louisiana State Bar Association approved training in Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Lectured on the use of federal and state rules governing class action and mass joinder procedure in the management of complex, multi party chemical exposure claims at continuing legal education seminars presented by the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

Professional Associations

Baton Rouge Bar Association

Louisiana State Bar Association

American Bar Association

Graduate, Inaugural Session, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Boulder, Colorado, June - July, 1972

Member, Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Legal Aid Society, 1973 - 1977

Member, American Board of Trial Advocates

Member, Board of Directors, SEABOTA (Southeast Chapter, American Board of Trial Advocates)

Member, International Association of Defense Counsel

Master, The Dean Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court, January 1993 to present. Elected President for two consecutive two-year terms beginning September, 1999.

Awards and Honors

Listed in the 2012 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Environmental

Community Involvement

Member, Board of Directors, City Club of Baton Rouge, 1984 - 1987; President, 1985

Member, Board of Directors, Friends of the Magnolia Mound Plantation, Inc., Owner/caretaker of antiques and artifacts on exhibit in one of Louisiana’s oldest, antebellum plantation homes

Vestryman, St. James Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; (five terms); Lay reader