Pugh Accardo is proud to announce the election of their Administrator, Scott DeRouen, as the President-Elect for 2023-2024 for the New Orleans Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators. Scott has been a member of the NOLA Chapter since 2014 and has served on the Business Partner committee for several years. Recently, Scott has servedRead more
Pugh Accardo LLC is pleased to announce that 4 lawyers have been selected as 2023 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 and evaluations are combinedRead more
The firm “Construction Law Update” addresses recent developments in Louisiana State and Federal court construction law matter. Construction Law Update – December 2022 For more information or questions, contact John Stewart at (504) 799-4529.Read more
Pugh Accardo LLC attorney Francis Philip Accardo was recently recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation – Defendants. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peerRead more
Pugh Accardo LLC is pleased to announce that 3 lawyers have been included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. “Best Lawyers was founded more than 40 years ago to recognize the exceptional accomplishments of topRead more
Pugh Accardo was a proud sponsor of The Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Society’s Annual Jazz Brunch and Scholarship Gala, which was held on September 24. The Louis Martinet Society was founded in 1957 by some of Louisiana’s most prominent African-American attorneys and is named after one of the African-American pioneers of the legalRead more
Pugh Accardo was a proud sponsor of the Goldman Criminal Justice Reform Awards at the recent gala of the CourtWatch NOLA Project. CourtWatch NOLA is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting transparency, equity and justice through the tracking, observation and reporting of thousands of criminal cases in New Orleans per year. It was founded inRead more
On September 21, 2022, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment in favor of a trailer manufacturer sued in an asbestos case in New Orleans. Plaintiffs alleged that their decedent’s mesothelioma was caused by exposure to trailer brakes repaired and replaced in the course of his work as a mechanic. On behalfRead more