Riess LeMieux is pleased to welcome Molly M. Jones to the firm as an associate. Prior to joining the firm, Molly gained extensive experience in the New Orleans real estate industry working as a title attorney, property manager, and realtor. Additionally, Molly has experience handling estate planning, succession, property disputes, corporate disputes, contract and corporate litigation.  Molly received her juris [...]

Hard Stop on Arbitration Agreements in Louisiana Public Contract Insurance Agreements Authors: Robert W. Tschirn and Antonio J. Torres The Louisiana Supreme Court has laid down a decisive ruling in Police Jury of Calcasieu Parish v. Indian Harbor Ins. Co., et. al., 2024-00449 (La. 10/25/24), reinforcing the state’s long-standing prohibition on compulsory arbitration provisions in insurance contracts issued in Louisiana. [...]

The Fourth Circuit Explores the Limits of Contractual Indemnity versus Insurance Obligations in Riggio v. Ports America. Thomas Riggio v. Ports America Louisiana, L.L.C. et al., --- So.3d ----, 2024-0436 (La. App. 4 Cir. 12/5/24). Authors: Christopher K. LeMieux and Jena Mura In Riggio v. Ports America Louisiana, LLC, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal examined issues of indemnification [...]

Know Your Limits - Protections for Employers Utilizing Independent Contractors are Narrowed by the Louisiana Second Circuit Authors: Christopher K. LeMieux and Hannah M. Marler Under Louisiana’s worker’s compensation statutes, independent contractors are “expressly excluded” from seeking worker’s compensation benefits unless that independent contractor spent a substantial part of their work time performing manual labor. If the independent contractor has [...]

Fifth Circuit Emphasizes Compliance in Contractual Dispute Resolution; Reverses Arbitration Award and Affirms Waiver of Litigation Rights Case: Mary John Family LLC v. Stevens Construction & Design LLC, --- So.3d ---- (2024), 24-132 (La. App. 5 Cir. 10/30/24). Authors: Christopher K. LeMieux and Jennifer Mura Mary John Family, LLC (“MJF”) contracted with Stevens Construction & Design, LLC (“SC&D”) in 2020 [...]

Mid-Am. Milling Co., LLC v. United States Dep’t of Transportation, No. 3:23-CV-00072-GFVT, 2024 WL 4267183 (E.D. Ky. Sept. 23, 2024). US Court applies the Fourteenth Amendment to preclude the US Department of Transportation or other government agencies from enacting policies on public bid projects that classify bidders by race or gender. Authors: Jonathan S. Forester and Trey A. Talley In [...]

Riess LeMieux has been ranked in the 2025 Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list regionally. This is the fifteenth consecutive year that Best Lawyers® has published the “Best Law Firms” rankings and the second year Best Lawyers has published the list independently. This announcement follows the news that seven Riess LeMieux attorneys were selected to Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch [...]

Congratulations to Trey Talley for his appointment as a delegate from the Forty-First Judicial District to the House of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association, covering Orleans Parish, for the 2025 to 2027 term. The House of Delegates is the policy-making body of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Established in 1957, the House of Delegates is responsible for approving [...]