Maura Pelleteri

Special Partner

Maura Z. Pelleteri is a Special Partner with the firm engaged primarily in commercial litigation since 1985. Ms. Pelleteri’s practice areas include Surety and Fidelity Law; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Life, Health & Disability Insurance; Labor and Employment Litigation; Class and Mass Action Litigation; ERISA Litigation; Securities Litigation; Construction Litigation; Errors and Omissions Litigation and Directors & Officers Litigation. Ms. Pelleteri represents clients, mainly primary and excess insurers, statewide and regionally. Ms. Pelleteri has made numerous presentations sponsored by sections of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and other attorney conferences. Ms. Pelleteri has also received an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards. She has also been named a SuperLawyer from 2012 through 2015 and The Best Lawyers in America© from 2009 through 2017.

Name:

Maura Pelleteri

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Phone:

504-799-4526

Fax:

504-799-4520

Education:

J.D. Loyola University College of Law, New Orleans, La (1983); Member Loyola Law Review
B.S. University of Maryland, College Park (1977)

Admissions:

United State Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western District of Louisiana
Supreme Court of Louisiana and all Louisiana state courts

Representative Cases:

Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. Precision Construction & Maintenance, et al., No. 14-1420, 2015 WL 5254706 (E.D. La. Sept. 8, 2015).
Hambrick v. Frances Drilling Fluids, Ltd., OSHA Case No. 6-0150-14-125; DOT -234393.Piro v. Nexstar Broad, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. 81444 (W.D. La. 2013), aff’d 2014 App. LEXIS 13937 (5^th Cir. 2014).
Gulf Coast Refrigeration, LLC v. Houma Terrebonne Housing Authority, et al., No. 2013-1512 (La. App. 1 Cir. 3/24/14),writ denied, 2014-0855 (La. 6/20/14); 141 So.3d 811.
In re Lalehparvaran, 132 So.3d 439 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1/15/14).
Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. Vigilotti (In re Vigilotti), 518 B.R. 191 (D. Conn Bankr. 2014).
Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. JVV Consulting-Construction Management, L.L.C., No. 11-0079, 2012 WL 1028607 (M.D. La. Mar. 26, 2012)
New York Life & Annuity Corp. v. Cannatella, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15044 (E.D. La. 2012).
Johnson v. Orleans Parish School Board, 012-0190 (La. 2012), 90 So.3d 386.
Palm Hills Properties, L.L.C. v. Continental Casualty Co., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56095 (M.D.La. 2008).
Cunningham v. Petroleum Professional Int., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37709 (W.D.La. 2006).
Mahbod v. Ebrahimi, 06-235 (La.App. 5 Cir. 11/28/2006), 947 So.2d 90.
Shermohmad v. Ebrahimi, 06-512 (La.App. 5 Cir. 10/31/06), 945 So.2d 119.
Simoneaux v. New York Life Ins. Co., 54 Fed. Appx. 406, 2002 WL 31688900 (unpublished) (C.A.5 (La.)).
Devillier v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md., 709 So.2d 277 (La. App. 3 Cir. 3/6/98).
Speaks v. New York Life Ins. Co., 693 So.2d 340 (La. App. 4 Cir. 4/30/97)
Lauren Plaza Associated Ltd. v. Gordan H. Kolb Development, 853 F.Supp. 941 (E.D. La. 1994).
State of Louisiana through DOTD v. Acadia Parish Policy Jury, 631 So.2d 611 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2/2/94).
Jefferson Parish School Board v. Rittiner Engineering Co., Inc., 570 So.2d 528 (La. App. 5 Cir. 11/14/90).
Z. Ellis Roofing Co. v. McDonnel Enterprises, Inc., 562 So.2d 1191 (La. App. 5 Cir. 6/6/90).
Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court Health Ins. Trust Fund v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. , 673 So.2d 1238 (La. App. 4 Cir. 4/30/90).
Hageman v. Foreman, Inc., 539 So.2d 678 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2/8/89).
Choy v. Gatlin, 527 So.2d 442 (La. App. 5 Cir. 6/7/88).
Hogeman v. Foreman v. Kingsberry Homes, Inc., 525 So.2d 73 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2/8/88).

Professional membership:

American Bar Association, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
Federal Bar Association
Louisiana Bar Association
New Orleans Bar Association
Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
National Association of Women in Construction
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation