Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard announces thirty-seven of our lawyers have been recognized in the 2024 Best Lawyers in America©, and Best Lawyers in America©: Ones to Watch lists, the oldest peer-review guide to the legal profession worldwide, and a highly-respected industry publication.

2024 Best Lawyers in America©

Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard would like to congratulate the following twenty-four lawyers named to 2024 Best Lawyers in America© list:

New Orleans, LA

  • Jennifer E. Barriere – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
  • Ashley Belleau – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Real Estate
  • Alicia M. Bendana – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Joseph Briggett – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Christopher T. Caplinger – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Thomas Louis Colletta, Jr. – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Railroad Law
  • Alan R. Davis – Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Elia Diaz-Yaeger – Insurance Law
  • Céleste D. Elliott – Insurance Law
  • Adelaida J. Ferchmin – Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Delos E. Flint, Jr. – Admiralty and Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation
  • Nathan P. Horner – Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Benjamin W. Kadden – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Rose McCabe LeBreton – Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
  • Kevin M. McGlone – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Stewart F. Peck – Admiralty and Maritime Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Frazer Rankin – Trusts and Estates
  • Anne E. Raymond – Real Estate Law
  • Seth A. Schmeeckle – Litigation – Insurance; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Shaundra Schudmak – Insurance Law
  • David B. Sharpe – Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Kristopher T. Wilson – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Rodger Wheaton – Admiralty and Maritime Law

Houston, TX

  • Todd G. Crawford – Admiralty and Maritime Law

2024 Best Lawyers in America©Ones to Watch 

Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard would like to congratulate the following thirteen lawyers named to 2024 Best Lawyers in America©Ones to Watch list:

New Orleans, LA

  • Tyler J. Arbour – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
  • Avery Autin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Real Estate Law
  • Stephen F. Butterfield – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
  • Abigail Gerrity – Insurance Law
  • Sarah Laurie – Insurance Law
  • Destinee F. Ramos – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law
  • Armand E. Samuels – Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates
  • Carter Sayers – Commercial Litigation; Transportation Law
  • Lorin Scott – Transportation Law
  • James W. Thurman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Coleman Torrans – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy

Baton Rouge, LA

  • Megan M. Clark – Insurance Law; Trusts and Estates

Houston, TX

  • Rachel Hancock – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law

For more than three decades, Best Lawyers has compiled annual lists of outstanding attorneys based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be included on the lists.

About Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck Rankin & Hubbard

Founded in 1986, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard is a nationally recognized full-service law firm specializing in core practice areas including admiralty and marine, bankruptcy, insurance, litigation, real estate, and estates and trusts. The firm has evolved and expanded with offices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houston and Gulfport to better serve the needs of its national and international clients. For more information, call (504) 568-1990 or visit lawla.com.

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