Our Team

Francis Philip Accardo

Member

Frank Accardo is a founding member of the firm. He has been engaged in trial and appellate product liability litigation for over 30 years. His primary practice responsibilities include serving as mana...

Jamie H. Baglio

Special Partner

Ms. Baglio is a partner in the firm whose practice is concentrated in toxic torts and environmental litigation. She has specialized in asbestos litigation for over 20 years representing contractors, ...

Beth Bernstein

Special Partner

Ms. Bernstein’s practice focuses on the defense of employers and insurance carriers under the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, the Defense...

Alexander J. Brewster

Associate

Alexander Brewster is an Associate with the firm. In a short period of time, Alex has handled matters across multiple practice areas and enjoys solving complex issues for his clients. He has handled l...

Stephen W. Brooks, Jr.

Special Partner

Mr. Brooks was born August 18, 1965 in Metairie, Louisiana. Stephen relocated to Mandeville, Louisiana in 1976. He attended Mandeville High School for a single year and then traveled to Lugano, Switze...

Brent M. Burns

Special Partner

Brent Burns is a Special Partner with the firm. Brent Burns is an experienced litigation attorney who represents insurance companies in bad faith litigation, coverage disputes, and catastrophe mass fi...

Christopher E. Carey

Special Partner

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 di...

David L. Carrigee

Special Partner

Mr. Carrigee is a native of New Orleans. He received his bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in New Orleans and his law degree from Loyola University College of Law. His practice i...

Francis X. deBlanc, III

Special Partner

Francis X. deBlanc, III is a Special Partner with the firm. His practice consists primarily of complex mass litigation, and is concentrated in the areas of environmental and toxic tort liability, prod...

Douglas R. Elliott

Special Partner

Douglas R. Elliot is a special partner with the firm and practices in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Toxic Tort & Environmental, Labor & Employment, and Product Liability Law. Before joining the ...

Ernest George Foundas

Special Partner

Ernest Foundas is a Special Partner of Pugh Accardo Haas Radecker & Carey, LLC. Mr. Foundas graduated from Boston University with a B.S. degree in business administration and a concentration in finan...

Amanda Fraser

Special Partner

Amanda Fraser is a Special Partner with the firm. Her practice consists primarily of environmental and toxic tort liability, products liability, premises liability and asbestos. She is experienced at ...

John Hulse IV

Of Counsel

For over fifty years of practice, Mr. Hulse has handled the defense and trial of all aspects of liability and casualty claims. Mr. Hulse has extensive experience in products liability, as well as in...

Frederick T. Haas, III

Special Partner

Ted Haas is engaged in general admiralty and maritime trial and appellate practice concentrating in personal injury and wrongful death defense, oilfield contract negotiations, hull and machinery issue...

Perrey S. Lee

Special Partner

Perrey Lee rejoined Pugh Accardo as a Special Partner in 2022. She focuses her practice on a wide variety of areas including toxic tort and products liability. Prior to joining the firm, Perrey pract...

Amy Malish

Special Partner

Ms. Malish is a Special Partner with the firm. Her practices focuses on litigating commercial disputes, including defending life, health and disability and ERISA claims, fidelity and commercial crime ...

Sarah E. McMillan

Special Partner

As a multidisciplinary litigator, Sarah McMillan represents regional, national, and international clients in matters relating to products liability, toxic torts, construction, and insurance defense. S...

Taylor P. Mutavdzic

Associate

Taylor Mutavdzic joined the firm in 2025 as an Associate. Her practice includes premise and product liability litigation, toxic tort litigation, and insurance defense. Taylor attended Louisiana State ...

Daniel E. Oser

Special Partner

Daniel E. Oser is a Special Partner with the firm. His practice consists primarily of Environmental Litigation specializing in the defense of insurers and major corporations in toxic tort cases. Dan ...

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 Litig...

Lawrence G. Pugh, III

Member

The founding member of the firm, Larry Pugh has been practicing law in New Orleans since 1986. A skilled trial lawyer, he has defended businesses and individuals in complex civil matters and class act...

McGready L. Richeson

Member

McGready Richeson joined the firm in 2017 as a Special Partner primarily engaged in environmental litigation, toxic torts, products liability, and business litigation. A skilled litigator, McGready h...

Amber Sheppard

Associate

Amber Sheppard is a life-long Northshore Louisiana native who, alongside her service dog Tubbs, spends her time working with humility and humor for her Louisiana and Mississippi business, trademark, a...

Joseph L. Spilman, III

Special Partner

Joseph L. Spilman, III is a Special Partner with the firm. His practice consists primarily of complex, class action, casualty and commercial litigation, and is concentrated in the areas of products l...

Milele N. St. Julien

Special Partner

Milele St. Julien is a Special Partner at Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, LLC. Her practice primarily focuses on toxic tort litigation, premises liability, product liability, collections and s...

John A. Stewart, Jr.

Special Partner

John Stewart joined the firm in February 2022. His practice is primarily focused on construction litigation and professional liability defense. Before practicing law, he was the manager of the New O...

Gabriel J. Veninata

Special Partner

Mr. Veninata is a native of New Orleans where he has practiced law since 1995. He received his bachelor’s degree from Barnard Baruch College and his law degree from Loyola University College of Law....

Richard J. Voelker

Associate

Richard Voelker has been primarily engaged in the defense of employers and carriers with regard to Louisiana State Workers Compensation claims. In that practice, he has appeared in all of the Louisia...

Ingrid von Kleydorff

Associate

Ingrid von Kleydorff joined the firm in 2023 as an Associate. Her practice includes commercial litigation, defending insurers in litigation disputes, and counseling franchise companies with business a...

G. Benjamin Ward

Special Partner

Ben Ward practices in the areas of insurance coverage and defense litigation. Mr. Ward has experience counseling insurer clients in first and third-party coverage disputes, with a particular emphasis...

Donna M. Young

Special Partner

Donna was born and raised in New Orleans. She graduated from Rhodes College, a small liberal arts school in Memphis, TN. While at Rhodes, she was a member of the college’s first Mock Trial Competiti...

Scott DeRouen

Administrator

Scott was born in New Orleans and raised on the Northshore in Slidell. He has over 27 years’ experience in the legal industry. He works closely with the managing partner and the partnership team to...