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 [...]

“Show me the Money” - Recent Changes to the City of New Orleans Judgment Payout Process Authors – Jonathan S. Forester and Olivia Maynard The City of New Orleans (“the City”) recently enacted an ordinance requiring the City to begin issuing payments for years of unpaid legal judgments. For decades, the City has been able to ignore paying judgments due [...]

October 11, 2024 – Riess LeMieux is pleased to welcome Stuart “Stu” Richeson to the firm as Of Counsel in New Orleans. Stu’s primary areas of practice are construction litigation and commercial litigation. In particular, he practices in the area of commercial litigation with an emphasis on construction matters.  He has more than twenty-five years of experience in litigation and [...]

Crescent City Remodeling LLC v. CMR Construction and Roofing LLC – Navigating Complexities in Construction Contracts and Insurance Coverage Disputes Authors: Jonathan S. Forester and Antonio Torres Background of the Dispute In Crescent City Remodeling LLC v. CMR Construction & Roofing LLC, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana was tasked with adjudicating a contractual dispute arising [...]

Riess LeMieux is proud to announce that Michael R. C. Riess, Christopher K. LeMieux, Jonathan S. Forester, Liz Lambert and Michael S. Blackwell are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. M. Robert C. Riess and Patrick “Trey” Talley are recognized in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch.  The Best Lawyers in America (2025 [...]

Overturning Glencoe v. Clerk of Court & Bear Industries v. Hanover: The effects of Louisiana Legislative Session 2024 Act 761 & Act 758. Authors: Christopher K. LeMieux and Emilia W. Duncan With the 2024 Louisiana Legislative session coming to an end this past June, the Legislature enacted two significant Acts regarding the Public Works Act located in La. R.S. Title [...]

Barber Bros. Contracting Co. v. Capitol City Produce Co., 2023-C-00788, 2024 WL 3218636 (La. June 28, 2024). Authors – Liz Lambert and Jennifer Mura Construction Zone Caution: The High Stakes of Safety Protocols – Lessons from Barber Brothers v. Capitol City Produce on Roadwork Construction Safety and Liability. In March 2018, Barber Brothers was performing road construction and asphalt concrete [...]