Commercial Litigation

The courtroom puts an attorney's entire skill set to the test. And avoiding litigation is an equally demanding challenge. BSW's litigation teams are highly skilled, no matter where the action takes place.

Our commercial litigation group focuses on swift, thorough resolution of business disputes through litigation, litigation prevention, mediation and arbitration. Our attorneys also counsel clients on legal, governance and operational matters, and assist in contract negotiations and regulatory compliance. From simple contract disputes to complex federal multi-party, multi-issue litigation, our range of experience and proven results are indisputable.

The Firm is listed in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers For Business as a leading firm in the area of Litigation.

Attorneys

News

Non-Compete Agreements Survive in 2025 (Feb. 14, 2025)
Get Your New Physician Non-Compete Agreements in Place (Dec. 09, 2024)
Dani Borel Sworn in as the 2024-25 Chair of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (Aug. 05, 2024)
Breazeale Welcomes Jordan S. Varnado (Jul. 24, 2024)
Louisiana Senate Bill No. 165 Limits the Use of Non-Compete Agreements with Physicians (Jun. 12, 2024)
What Louisiana Businesses Should Do in Preparation for the FTC's Nationwide Ban On Non-Compete Agreements (Jun. 04, 2024)
The FTC's Nationwide Ban on Non-Compete Agreements (Apr. 25, 2024)
Non-Compete Agreements Are Enforceable in Louisiana (Jan. 17, 2024)
Use Trade Secrets Law to Protect Your Business -- While the FTC Considers Banning Non-Compete Agreements Nationwide (Oct. 20, 2023)
Breazeale Welcomes Mary Katherine Loos (Sep. 11, 2023)
What Version of Louisiana Law Governs Your Non-Compete Agreements? (Aug. 24, 2023)
FTC "Apparently" Delays Vote on Final Rule Banning Most Non-Compete Agreements Nationwide (Jul. 13, 2023)
Protecting Your Business with Non-Compete Agreements (Dec. 05, 2022)
Take Advantage of Louisiana Law to Protect Your Practice (Sep. 20, 2022)
What Law Applies to Your Louisiana Non-Compete Agreement? (Sep. 16, 2022)
Protecting Your Trade Secrets: Confidentiality Agreements Can't Transform Generally Known Information Into Trade Secrets (Jul. 20, 2022)
Proposed Bill Would Prohibit the Use of Non-Compete Agreements with Certain Physicians (Mar. 24, 2022)
An Employee/Employer Relationship Must Exist for An Enforceable Non-Compete Agreement in Louisiana (Mar. 14, 2022)
Will 2022 Be the Year You Protect Your Business? (Dec. 08, 2021)
Can Louisiana Non-Compete Agreements Prohibit Competition in Other States? (Nov. 09, 2021)
Physician Noncompete Agreements In Louisiana--Still Viable (Aug. 18, 2021)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. Recognized by Chambers 2021 (May. 20, 2021)
Understanding Louisiana Non-Compete Law (Feb. 18, 2021)
Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements in Louisiana (Oct. 13, 2020)
2020 Change to Louisiana's Non-Compete Law--Have Your Agreements Re-Executed After August 1, 2020, or Be Sorry Later (Jul. 29, 2020)
Dani Borel Named a Top 40 Young Lawyer by the American Bar Association (Jun. 16, 2020)
Non-Compete Agreements Versus Non-Solicitation Agreements: The Better Choice For Louisiana Businesses (May. 06, 2020)
Peter Butler selected to City Business Leadership in Law Class of 2020 (Mar. 30, 2020)
Beware Louisiana Law On Non-Compete Agreements: It Differs From Most Other States (Mar. 27, 2020)
Coronavirus: Its Impact on Chapter 11 Cases (Mar. 09, 2020)
Outsiders Beware of Louisiana Law on Non-Compete Agreements (Feb. 26, 2020)
2020: Time to Protect Your Louisiana Business with Non-Compete Agreements (Jan. 02, 2020)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson Names New Partner Danielle L. Borel (Jan. 01, 2020)
Understanding Louisiana Law on Non-Compete Agreements: A Question and Answer Approach (Dec. 19, 2019)
Breazeale, Sachse and Wilson, L.L.P. ranked in 2020 "Best Law Firms" (Nov. 01, 2019)
38 BSW Attorneys Listed in 2020 Best Lawyers in America (Aug. 15, 2019)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. is Pleased to Announce That it Received High Rankings in Five Practice Areas and had Thirteen Attorneys Listed in Chambers USA:America's Leading Lawyers for Business (May. 08, 2019)
BSW Welcomes New Partner Thomas Clark (May. 01, 2019)
Beware Non-Compete Agreements in Louisiana: ‘Toto, I've a Feeling We're Not in Texas Anymore' (Mar. 01, 2019)
Recent Jurisprudence Suggests Caution in Drafting Physician Non-Compete Agreements (Feb. 25, 2019)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Jim Raines is to serve as Chair of LABI's Emerging Leaders Council (Feb. 13, 2019)
Louisiana Non-Compete Agreements – Are They Enforceable? (Jan. 02, 2019)
BSW Ranked in 2019 "Best Law Firms" (Nov. 01, 2018)
Jeanne Comeaux will be presenting at A Jury Trial Haunting hosted by the Louisiana State Bar Association on October 26 (Oct. 26, 2018)
Alan Goodman selected to City Business Leadership in Law Class of 2018 (Feb. 19, 2018)
2018 is Here: NOW is the Time to Utilize Non-Compete Agreements (Nov. 30, 2017)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. congratulates Baton Rouge attorney Carroll Devillier on being named one of the Baton Rouge Business Report's Forty Under 40. (Nov. 26, 2017)
Eight BSW Attorneys Named Top Lawyers by New Orleans Magazine (Nov. 01, 2017)
David R. Kelly named to Opéra Louisiane Board of Directors (Jul. 13, 2017)
Get Your Non-compete Agreements In Place...Or Regret It Later (Mar. 28, 2017)
Danielle Borel Named to Lighthouse Louisiana Baton Rouge Advisory Board (Mar. 15, 2017)
Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements In Louisiana: A Litigator's Perspective (Mar. 06, 2017)
Sunny Mayhall named to inaugural Boys and Girls Club Great Futures Gala Honorees Class (Oct. 17, 2016)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson Congratulates Jude Bursavich and Trenton Oubre on their recent trial victory. (Oct. 14, 2016)
The Emerge Center has announced Managing Partner Scott N. Hensgens as one of the 2016 Baton Rouge Area Volunteer Activist award winners. (Sep. 19, 2016)
Ten BSW Attorneys Named to Top Lawyers in New Orleans List (Aug. 30, 2016)
Twenty-six Attorneys named to Best Lawyers in America 2017 (Aug. 15, 2016)
Maximize The Protection Offered By Louisiana’s Non-Compete Law When Buying a Louisiana Business (Jun. 28, 2016)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson congratulates Danielle Borel on being named the American Bar Association Young Lawyer's Division, Health Law Committee Chairman. She will be traveling to ABA's headquarters (Jun. 10, 2016)
Enforcing Your Non-Compete Agreements is Good Business Strategy (May. 25, 2016)
Class Action Alert – A New Strategy: An Unconditional Tender to the Named Plaintiff to Moot a Class Action (Apr. 20, 2016)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson congratulates Jude Bursavich, Robert Atkinson and Carroll Devillier on their trial victory on March 8, 2016. (Mar. 08, 2016)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson congratulates Claude Reynaud, Jr., Jeanne Comeaux and Danielle Borel on their trial victory on February 4. More information on the case can be found here. (Feb. 04, 2016)
Congratulations to Alan H. Goodman of BSW's New Orleans office on being named to the firm's Management Committee. (Jan. 01, 2016)
Using Non-compete Agreements in 2016 to Protect Your Business (Dec. 31, 2015)
Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Louisiana’s Non-Compete Law (Nov. 04, 2015)
Baton Rouge attorney Carroll Devillier was featured on the front page of the Feliciana Explorer on October 27. (Oct. 28, 2015)
Criminal Liability: The Difference between Conditions of Participation and Conditions of Payment (Oct. 27, 2015)
Twenty-three lawyers from Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016 (Copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, (Aug. 17, 2015)
Recent SCOTUS Ruling Adds New Discrimination Claim under Fair Housing Act (Jul. 14, 2015)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson's Baton Rouge attorney Joseph J. Cefalu was profiled in the Baton Rouge Business Report for his work with the Boys & Girls Club of Baton Rouge. The full article can be found (May. 28, 2015)
Are Independent Contractors Subject to Louisiana’s Non-Compete Law? (Apr. 20, 2015)
Navigating the Muddy Waters of Spoilation of Evidence (Apr. 01, 2015)
Danielle Borel's article "Navigating the muddy waters of spoliation of evidence" was featured in the March issue of Around the Bar. (Mar. 31, 2015)
Improve Your Chances of Enforcing Your Non-Compete Agreements in Louisiana (Jan. 30, 2015)
Douglas K. Williams will speak at ABOTA Masters in Trial at Le Petit Theater in New Orleans on December 5, 2014. More information can be found here. (Dec. 05, 2014)
U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers® have released the 2014 “Best Law Firms” (Nov. 01, 2014)
Jeanne C. Comeaux presented at GBRIA's Plant Managers Quarterly Meeting on Antitrust and Survey on October 28, 2014. (Oct. 28, 2014)
Jeanne C. Comeaux was on a panel entitled "What Associates Need to Know About Law Practice" at LADC's Associate Skills Set Seminar on October 16, 2014. (Oct. 16, 2014)
Land of Oz: Spoliation of Evidence in Louisiana, 74 LA. L. REV. 507 (Sep. 26, 2014)
Updating Your Non-Compete Agreements Annually is a Smart Business Practice (Jul. 16, 2014)
Alan H. Goodman was named a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. The full press release can be found here. (Jun. 27, 2014)
Jude C. Bursavich spoke on Non-Compete agreements to the Northeast Chapter of the LCPA on May 14. (May. 14, 2014)
Outsiders Beware of Louisiana Law on Non-Compete Agreements (Feb. 25, 2014)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that it received high rankings for five Practice Areas and had twelve attorneys listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Jan. 30, 2014)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. (BSW) congratulates Christopher D. Billings, Joseph R. Hugg and Wesley M. Plaisance for being named Partners, effective January 1, 2014. Full press release. (Jan. 02, 2014)
Jude C. Bursavich and Nicole Gould spoke on "50/50 Stock Ownerships: Guiding Your Clients through Ownership Issues and Out of the Maze" and "Officer's Liability" for the Society of Louisiana Certified (Nov. 21, 2013)
Jude C. Bursavich spoke on "50/50 Stock Ownerships: Guiding Your Clients through Ownership Issues and Out of the Maze" for Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accounts, Shreveport Chapter. (Nov. 18, 2013)
Thomas M. Benjamin, Peter J. Butler, Jr., Alan H. Goodman, Eve B. Masinter, and Wesley M. Plaisance were named "Top Lawyers of New Orleans" by New Orleans Magazine. (Sep. 17, 2013)
Gregory Frost and Claude Reynaud III spoke at the E-Discovery Roundtable Discussion on "Discovery in an Electronic Health Information Environment" on June 24, 2013 at Woman's Hospital. (Jun. 24, 2013)
2013 Chambers (May. 24, 2013)
Jude C. Bursavich spoke on "Non-Compete Agreements" for the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accounts, Shreveport Chapter, March 18, 2013 (Mar. 18, 2013)
Sixteen BSW Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers, Three Rising Stars (Jan. 03, 2013)
Trade Secret Protection in the Healthcare Industry - Fact or Fiction? (Dec. 07, 2012)
"Top Lawyers"—New Orleans Magazine (Sep. 27, 2012)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson Recognized by Best Lawyers (Aug. 22, 2012)
New Developments In Workers Compensation Law Effective August 2012 (Aug. 01, 2012)
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. Recognized by Chambers (Jun. 08, 2012)
Drafting Enforceable Non-Compete Agreements (Mar. 04, 2012)