Pugh Accardo LLC is pleased to announce that Larry Pugh has been selected as a 2025 Super Lawyers. The Super Lawyers patented selection process is peer influenced and research driven, selecting the top 5% of attorneys to the Super Lawyers lists each year. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations andRead more
Pugh Accardo is a proud Platinum Sponsor of the New Orleans Bar Association’s Annual “Bench Bar” Conference to be held at the Hilton Lodge in Gulf Shores Alabama on March 28-30, 2025. The Bench Bar conference is one of the signature events of the New Orleans Bar Association, and it provides a forum for attorneysRead more
The firm “Construction Law Update” addresses recent developments in Louisiana State and Federal court construction law matters. To view the update click here: Construction Law Update – January 2025 Some of the topics included: Judgment Granting Affirmative Defenses Judgment Awarding Damages for Automobile Accident Reversed and Amended on Rehearing Amended The Tangled Webs WeRead more
Dismissal of Direct Action Claim in Marine Insurance Coverage Dispute Christopher Carey, Special Partner, Pugh Accardo, prevailed on a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, dismissing a general maritime law personal injury Direct Action claim against a contractor’s Marine General Liability insurer. After investigation, it was determined that the barges on which the alleged accident occurredRead more
The firm is pleased to announce that Larry Pugh was elected President Elect on the New Orleans Bar Association at NOBA’s Annual Meeting/Dinner on November 2, 2024. He will preside as President Elect until his term as President commences in November 2025. Larry has been on the Board for 6 years and has acted asRead more
Special Partners Frederick T. Haas, III, Christopher E. Carey, and Joseph L. Spilman, III represented Coastal Drilling Company, LLC in the successful negotiations with multiple parties to amend a drilling contract, a master time charter, a salvage contract, equipment contracts, associated work orders and related insurance contracts (Hull and Machinery, Wreck Removal, Protection and Indemnity,Read more
Pugh Accardo Sponsors Story Corps WWNO Pugh Accardo proudly sponsored WWNO – New Orleans Public Radio to host StoryCorps, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds and beliefs. The program’s Airstream trailer studio resided at City Park outside the New Orleans Museum of Art’s SydneyRead more
Pugh Accardo is pleased to announce Chris Carey, Special Partner, was voted as a 2024 New Orleans Top Lawyer in Admiralty & Maritime Law. Mr. Carey is engaged in general admiralty trial and appellate practice, with particular emphasis in cargo subrogation, personal injury defense, limitation of liability, LHWCA defense, charter party disputes, collisions, sinkings, strandings,Read more