Four Attorneys Selected as 2027 Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year 51 Breazeale Sachse Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers® Award Recipients 13 Breazeale Sachse Lawyers Named to 2027 Best Lawyers: Ones
Lawyers of the Year
Breazeale Sachse is pleased to announce that four lawyers were recently recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in the 2027 Edition of Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this a significant and coveted accolade. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments.
Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.
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Dani Borel – Litigation - Intellectual Property
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V. Thomas Clark, Jr. – Administrative / Regulatory Law
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James R. Raines – Litigation - Insurance
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Melissa M. Shirley – Employment Law - Management
Best Lawyers
Breazeale Sachse is pleased to announce that 51 lawyers have been included in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
Breazeale Sachse would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2027 The Best Lawyers in America list:
Baton Rouge, LA
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John W. Barton, Jr. – Real Estate Law
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Christopher D. Billings – Litigation - Insurance
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Dani Borel – Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
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Robert T. Bowsher – Corporate Law, Tax Law
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Jude C. Bursavich – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Health Care, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Trade Secrets Law
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David R. Cassidy – Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax Law
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Joseph J. Cefalu III – Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
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David M. Charlton – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
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V. Thomas Clark, Jr. – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation, Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, Government Contracts, Government Relations Practice, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
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Jeanne C. Comeaux – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Insurance, Trade Secrets Law
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Clay J. Countryman – Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care
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Carroll Devillier, Jr. – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Health Care
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David C. Fleshman – Litigation - Construction
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Murphy J. Foster III – Construction Law, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Construction
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Gregory D. Frost – Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care
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Nicole Gould Frey – Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax Law
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Emily Black Grey – Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care
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Timothy W. Hardy – Litigation - Environmental
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Michael R. Hubbell – Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Real Estate Law
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Carrie L. Jones – Litigation - Health Care
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Lance J. Kinchen – Corporate Law, Tax Law
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John B. King – Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
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Eric B. Landry – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
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Kelsey Clark Luckett – Insurance Law
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Catherine M. Maraist – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care, Qui Tam Law
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Jackie M. Marve – Environmental Law
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Christopher A. Mason – Litigation - Insurance
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Van R. Mayhall, Jr. – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Government Relations Practice, Insurance Law, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation - Securities, Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Reinsurance Law
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C. Stokes McConnell, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law, Economic Development Law, Public Finance Law
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Catherine Breaux Moore – Health Care Law
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Trenton J. Oubre – Litigation - Insurance, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
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James R. Raines – Elder Law, Family Law, Government Relations Practice, Litigation - Insurance, Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
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Claude F. Reynaud, Jr. – Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
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Melissa M. Shirley – Employment Law - Management
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Thomas R. Temple, Jr. – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Health Care, Litigation - Insurance, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
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Terrel A. Thomas – Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
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B. Troy Villa – Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Economic Development Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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Stephen R. Whalen – Litigation - Insurance
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Douglas K. Williams – Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Transportation LawScott D. Wilson – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
New Orleans, LA
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J. Patrick Beauchamp – Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
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Thomas M. Benjamin – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities, Securities / Capital Markets Law
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Peter J. Butler, Jr. – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Compliance Law
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Alan H. Goodman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation - Real Estate, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
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Rachael Jeanfreau – Litigation - Labor and Employment
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Vinson J. Knight – Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care
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Michael C. Luquet – Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
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Eve B. Masinter – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
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Harry McClellan Moffett IV – Litigation - Health Care
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Richard G. Passler – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
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Wesley M. Plaisance – Litigation - Real Estate
Ones to Watch
Baton Rouge, LA
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Alexa N. Candelora – Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
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Robert Hinyub – Health Care Law
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Connor J. Krone – Insurance Law
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Kelsey C. Luckett – Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
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Catherine Breaux Moore – Health Care Law
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Kristin Oglesby – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law
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Sarah Perkins – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Government Relations Practice, Insurance Law
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Robert M. Schmidt – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
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Charles Christian Szeszycki – Insurance Law
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Jordan S. Varnado – Commercial Litigation
New Orleans, LA
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Philip Giorlando – Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
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Kayla M. Jacob – Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law – Management, –Litigation - Labor and Employment
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