Louisiana Complex Litigation Law Firm

Keogh Cox has the experience and capacity to manage and try complex cases, including mass torts, class actions and multi-party disputes. Our lawyers have been involved in many of Louisiana’s high-profile and most contentious court cases, including matters involving:

• Asbestos/Toxic Torts. Our lawyers have handled many high-exposure lawsuits involving asbestos, benzene, and other toxic tort claims. Because of our experience in this area of law, we are skilled at early investigation, understanding the science, management of expert witnesses, and the discernment of technical facts, which are all components of a favorable resolution.
• Business Litigation. Our lawyers regularly represent companies in complex corporate law issues, including contract preparation, business formation, risk avoidance and litigation assistance. Our experienced lawyers use years of practical experience to protect and equip clients to operate new and existing businesses in an efficient manner. We also provide business clients with strategies to avoid or minimize exposure to litigation so that clients may focus on business operations without the distractions, costs, and time often associated with the litigation process.
• Class Actions. These claims cover a wide variety of business issues and industry sectors.  We have handled a large volume of claims following hurricanes, floods, industrial accidents, and other catastrophic events, as well as claims arising from defective medical devices or medication.  We have also defended insurance advisers and other professional service providers against professional liability class actions.
• Construction. We have an attorney on our team who is also a Professional Engineer. This technical “know how” assists in management of the litigation process, whether with the selection and management of technical experts or the beginning-to-end execution of a plan to deal with difficult delay, product, equipment, or other construction-related claims and disputes.
• Hurricane Litigation. Our firm has experience handling commercial and residential first-party claims resulting from hurricanes in state and federal court. Our attorneys handle all aspects of hurricane litigation, including complex case management and settlement programs, discovery, experts, trials and appeals. These claims often involve sensitive discovery issues, multiple experts, changing insurance laws, nuanced court decisions, and bad faith and extra-contractual claims. Our team approach to this area of law provides clients prompt, confident and cost-effective representation.
• Insurance. Our firm has extensive experience handling complicated, high-exposure insurance coverage litigation at the trial and appellate levels.  These cases often arise from fires, explosions, floods, and other catastrophic losses. We represent several major insurance companies as well as provide litigation defense for the businesses they cover.
• Environmental Litigation. Our firm represents local and national companies involved in environmental litigation, which typically includes air, ground and water contamination, injuries, ruined habitats, extraction of minerals, or the migration of chemicals, as well as environmental regulations and complex insurance issues.
• Legacy Litigation. Our firm represents companies in the oil, gas and chemical industries in lawsuits brought by landowners seeking compensation for clean-up and other damages. In these matters, plaintiffs claim that the companies caused their property to become polluted and contaminated as a result something done in the past, often decades earlier.
• Products liability. Our lawyers handle lawsuits involving a wide range of alleged defective products and equipment from medical devices and drug recalls to heavy industrial equipment at chemical and petrochemical plants to construction equipment.

Our litigation support, e-discovery and document management systems set us apart.  Our team is supported by an experienced staff and sophisticated technology capable of managing millions of documents. Our firm was an early adopter of a paperless file system (almost two decades ago), and we effectively use the latest technology in court filing systems, court reporting, document management and cybersecurity. These methods allow for efficient, large-scale, paperless bates-numbering and document production, and voluminous document reviews and court filings. The result – early understanding of the key facts and issues in a case, timely and substantive updates to our clients, and the ability to remain focused on the best resolution.