Firms included in the 2018 "Best Law Firms" list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
The 2018 Edition of "Best Law Firms" includes rankings in 74 national practice areas and 122 metropolitan-based practice areas. One "Law Firm of the Year" is named in each of the 74 nationally ranked practice areas.
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Breazeale, Sachse and Wilson, L.L.P. received the following rankings in the 2018 U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms":
Metropolitan Tier 1
Baton Rouge
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Family Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Tax
- Tax Law
New Orleans
- Litigation - Labor & Employment
Metropolitan Tier 2
Baton Rouge
- Banking and Finance L
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law - Individuals
- Litigation - Construction
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Trademark Law
- Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
New Orleans
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 3
Baton Rouge
- Labor Law - Management
- Real Estate Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
About Breazeale, Sachse and Wilson, L.L.P.
BSW was founded in Baton Rouge in 1928. Today, BSW is a multi-specialty law firm with 70 attorneys serving the legal and business needs of people and companies throughout Louisiana. The firm has offices in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Baton Rouge, LA
- John T. Andrishok— Construction Law
- Robert L. Atkinson—Banking and Finance Law
- Robert T. Bowsher—Tax Law
- Jude C. Bursavich—Commercial Litigation
- David R. Cassidy—Litigation & Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- David M. Charlton—Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Cullen J. Dupuy—Litigation – Insurance
- Murphy J. Foster, III—Construction Law; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Construction
- Gregory D. Frost—Government Relations Practice; Health Care Law
- Judith W. Giorlando—Health Care Law
- Emily Black Grey—Health Care Law
- Paul M. Hebert, Jr.—Family Law
- Scott N. Hensgens—Trademark Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Michael R. Hubbell—Real Estate Law; Commercial Transactions/UCC Law
- David R. Kelly—Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Insurance; Insurance Law
- Van R. Mayhall, III—Corporate Law
- Van Mayhall, Jr.—Business Organizations(including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Government Relations Practice; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Litigation - Securities; Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Reinsurance Law
- Trenton J. Oubre—Workers' Compensation Law - Employers; Litigation – Insurance
- James R. Raines—Family Law
- Claude F. Reynaud, Jr.—Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Jerry L. Stovall, Jr —Employment Law - Individuals
- Thomas R. Temple, Jr.—Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Insurance
- B. Troy Villa—Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Stephen R. Whalen—Litigation – Insurance
- Douglas K. Williams—Transportation Law; Litigation – Insurance
New Orleans, LA
- Thomas M. Benjamin—Commercial Litigation; Litigation- Securities; Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Alan H. Goodman—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Eve B. Masinter—Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Richard G. Passler—Commercial Litigation
The BSW Practice Areas listed in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA include:
- Construction
- Gaming & Licensing
- Healthcare
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: General Commercial
- John T. Andrishok—Construction
- Robert L. Atkinson—Healthcare
- Thomas M Benjamin—Gaming & Licensing
- David R. Cassidy—Corporate/M&A: Tax
- Clay J. Countryman—Healthcare
- Murphy J. Foster, III—Construction and Labor & Employment
- Gregory D. Frost—Healthcare
- Alan H Goodman—Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Emily Black Grey - Healthcare
- Richard D. Leibowitz—Banking & Finance: Public Finance
- Steven B. Loeb—Construction
- Eve B. Masinter—Labor & Employment
- Van R. Mayhall, Jr.—Corporate/M&A
- E. Fredrick Preis, Jr.—Labor & Employment
- Claude F. Reynaud, Jr.—Litigation: General Commercial
Super Lawyers—Baton Rouge
- Robert L. Atkinson in Health Care
- Robert T. Bowsher in Mergers & Acquisitions
- Jude C. Bursavich in Business Litigation
- David R. Cassidy in Tax
- Murphy J. Foster, III in Employment & Labor
- Emily B. Grey in Health Care
- Paul M. Hebert, Jr. in Family Law
- Scott N. Hensgens in Business Litigation
- David R. Kelly in Tax
- Van R. Mayhall, Jr. in Business/Corporate
- Thomas Temple in Civil Litigation: Defense
- Thomas M. Benjamin in Business Litigation
- Alan H. Goodman in Business Litigation
- Eve B. Masinter in Employment & Labor
- Richard G. Passler in Business Litigation
- Joseph J. Cefalu, III in Workers' Comp
- Carroll Devillier, Jr. in Business Litigation
- Eric B. Landry in Banking
- Christopher A. Mason in Civil Litigation: Defense
- Rachael Jeanfreau in Employment & Labor
