Scott N. Hensgens Managing Partner—Baton Rouge Phone: 225.381.3171 Fax: 225.381.8029 Email: scott.hensgens@bswllp.com

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Scott Hensgens is the managing partner and practices in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P.  Scott’s principal areas of practice include business and commercial litigation, contract litigation, consumer credit litigation, and trademark and copyright registration and litigation.  His experience includes representing individuals, small and large businesses, insurance companies, corporate shareholders, automobile dealerships, and credit reporting agencies.

Education

Admitted to practice:  1997, Louisiana State Courts, Eastern, Middle & Western Districts of Louisiana, Fifth and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Tulane Law School, J.D., 1997, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif

Louisiana State University, B.A., 1993, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Associations

Baton Rouge Bar Association; Member of the Baton Rouge Bar Association’s Bench Bar Committee (1998-present); Chair (2003) and Vice-Chair (2002) of the Baton Rouge Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference Committee; Recipient of the 2003 President’s Award for service to the Baton Rouge Bar Association in 2003.

Louisiana State Bar Association

American Bar Association

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

Publications

E-Discovery: Out-of-Sight Does Not Mean Out-of-Mind

What a Tangled Web (Site)!

2005 Special Legislative Session Update

Insurance Coverage in the Storms' Aftermath

Community Involvement

Baton Rouge Area Chamber Business Development Committee member (2008-present).

Member of the Board of Directors of Forum 35 (2002-2004); Vice President of Individual Membership for Forum 35 (2003).

Baton Rouge Chamber Canvas Series participant (2003-2009)

Member of the Board of Directors of Volunteer! Baton Rouge (2006-present); Secretary (2008); Vice Chair (2009-2010)

Baton Rouge Area Chamber Leadership Program (2009)

Council for a Better Louisiana, Leadership Louisiana (2007).

Capital Area United Way, New Campaigns Division (2007).

Awards: 2004 Recipient of the Top Forty Under Forty, Baton Rouge Business Report

Representative Matters

Represented insurance company in breach of contract dispute with former agent in which plaintiff demanded over $10 million in damages.

Represented a minority shareholder in an involuntary dissolution proceeding involving companies worth approximately $25 million.

Represented local credit reporting agency in Fair Credit Reporting Act claims asserted by consumers.

Represented automobile dealers in various types of lawsuits, ranging from redhibition claims to Fair Credit Reporting Act and Truth-in-Lending Act claims.

Represented a nationwide insurance company on numerous claims involving life, health and disability policies, during which time several claims have been disposed of on summary judgment.

Represented a nationwide distributor of heavy machinery in various redhibition actions in Louisiana and Texas.

Represented the inventor of corrosive-resistant piping in a patent infringement matter.