Claude F. Reynaud, Jr. Partner—Baton Rouge Phone: 225.381.8012 Fax: 225.381.8029 Email: claude.reynaud@bswllp.com

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Claude F. Reynaud, Jr. is a partner is the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. He has been a partner since 1981. Mr. Reynaud is a member of the firm's Management Committee. His principal areas of practice include litigation involving: antitrust; intellectual property; RICO; unfair competition; fiduciary duties of corporate officers, directors, and trustees; securities; contracts; general business or commercial issues; lender liability; and health care. Mr. Reynaud specializes particularly in complex commercial litigation with its attendant discovery issues and motion practice. Mr. Reynaud also assists clients in the areas of antitrust, corporate governance, and prosecutes trademark and copyright applications.

Education

Admitted to practice: Louisiana, 1977; Louisiana Supreme Court, 1977; U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1977; U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Louisiana, 1978; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, 1981; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, 1981; Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal, 1994; Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal, 1981; U.S. Supreme Court, 1989; various district courts on an ad hoc basis.

Tulane University School of Law, J.D., 1977

Louisiana State University, B.S., Corporate Finance, 1974

Professional Associations

Louisiana Bar Association, Business and Antitrust Section, Intellectual Property Section, Member of Committee to revise the Louisiana State Anti-trust laws

American Bar Association, Business and Antitrust Section, Intellectual Property Section

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

NASD Arbitrator, and has served as Chairperson of numerous arbitration panels

General Counsel, Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association

General Counsel, Baton Rouge New Car Dealers Association

Representative Matters

Mr. Reynaud represented the Louisiana Public Service Commission in its consideration of the application by Entergy, Inc. to merge with Florida Power and Light Company (Docket No. U-25354).

Mr. Reynaud has represented financial institutions in lender liability cases where the total exposure has exceeded $100 million.

Mr. Reynaud has represented defendants in antitrust cases where the total exposure has exceeded over $270 million.

Mr. Reynaud has represented clients in adversary proceedings in bankruptcy courts where the total amount of the estate is over $1.65 billion.

Mr. Reynaud has represented defendants in antitrust cases and civil RICO actions wherein the total exposure is $1.8 billion.

Mr. Reynaud has appeared as lead counsel in litigation in all district courts in the State of Louisiana, federal district court in Jackson, Mississippi, federal district court in Houston, Texas, federal district court in Columbus, Ohio, and the Southern District of New York.

Community Involvement

Former Board Member, Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Board of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

Member of the Board and Executive Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Baton Rouge Convention and Visitors Bureau

Member of the Board and Treasurer of FuturePAC, the Greater Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce's "large" PAC.

Past Co-Chair, Plan Baton Rouge Steering Committee to revitalize downtown Baton Rouge

Past President, Board of Volunteer Baton Rouge

Graduate of 1989 Leadership Baton Rouge Graduate of 2002 CABL Louisiana Leadership

Past Chairperson, Baton Rouge Assembly

Past Chairman, Board of Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana