Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani continues its national expansion with the opening of an office in New Orleans, Louisiana. The New Orleans office, the firm’s 51st nationwide, will complement its existing offices in the southern portion of the United States, including Atlanta, Birmingham, Charleston, Louisville, Miami and Tampa. The firm also welcomes nine new attorneys in the New Orleans office which includes five partners Julie Araujo, David Bland, Brian Comarda, Beau LeBlanc, and James Prescott, III; one of Counsel, Allison Colon; and three associates Rachel Bland, Jack Byrom and Mallory Wynne. David Bland will serve as the Office Managing Partner of Gordon & Rees’ New Orleans office. All attorneys join Gordon & Rees from Bland & Partners law firm in New Orleans. More >>

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Jacqueline Griffith and Meredith Mayberry as partners in its New Orleans office. More >>

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome James W. Hailey III and Shannon Burr to its New Orleans office as partners in the Insurance Coverage Practice. More >>

National law firm Wilson Elser announced the opening of a New Orleans office, the firm’s 30th U.S. office and the fourth opened in the past 12 months. Lisa Africk, formerly of Burleson LLP, has joined Am Law 200 firm Wilson Elser as regional managing partner of the new office, accompanied by Katherine May, a former Burleson associate. More >>

Baker Donelson announces the addition of seven attorneys to the Firm’s New Orleans office.

“We are pleased to welcome this outstanding group of practitioners to our New Orleans office,” said Roy C. Cheatwood, managing shareholder of Baker Donelson’s Louisiana offices. “The addition of these highly qualified attorneys is a tremendous asset to our clients with business interests located in Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and throughout the Southeast.” More >>