Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC.

Experience
Our lawyers have decades of experience litigating complex civil cases throughout the Gulf South Region. We have represented clients in virtually every type of complex civil case. Our lawyers are at ease with complex civil cases because they always have excelled. More than seventy-five percent served as members of law reviews, most as editors. Almost half clerked for federal judges, both at the appellate and district levels.

We handle virtually every type of complex civil case and regularly provide legal services in the following litigation practice areas:

Recognition
Barrasso Usdin has received a #1 ranking for Commercial Litigation in Louisiana in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers. The firm has earned this distinction each year since opening in 2003. Chambers notes, “The firm's 20 lawyers all specialize in complex commercial litigation, forming a team noted for its combination of youthful vigor and the presence of some of Louisiana's top litigators.”

Chambers described the firm as a “commercial litigation boutique [specializing] in complex commercial cases, representing Fortune 500 corporations, insurance companies, and brokerage firms in disputes throughout the Gulf South.” Chambers highlighted that unbiased peer firms and clients alike “acknowledged that the team's senior partners can rely on the support of a 'terrific collection of young lawyers'” and that “its attorneys have particular expertise in defending class actions and undertaking securities arbitrations for brokerage firms.”

Our lawyers also have received a number of professional awards. Our firm includes three partners recognized as among the leading litigators in the State of Louisiana, five partners among The Best Lawyers In America, a member of Lawdragon's “Leading Litigators in America,” a member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow to the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, and a member of the Inaugural Leadership Class for the Louisiana State Bar Association. Our attorneys are also accomplished instructors and teachers in the legal arena. We regularly teach courses at Tulane University Law School, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, and American Bar Association and Louisiana State Bar Association programs.

Pro Bono and Community Activities
Consistent with the Rules for Professional Conduct, we believe an attorney should provide at least fifty hours of pro bono representation. Toward that goal, we encourage our lawyers and staff to handle pro bono cases. They have responded and handled a myriad of pro bono tasks ranging from chairing The Pro Bono Project, working on the Justice For All Ball Committee, representing individual pro bono clients in litigation, manning the phones at The Pro Bono Project, representing indigent criminal defendants, and serving on the Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board. One of our lawyers, Meredith Cunningham, explained why she handles pro bono cases in an interview for The Pro Bono Project Newsletter (PDF file).

Our firm is also contributing to the ongoing revitalization of New Orleans and the city's rebirth.  Our partnership with Habitat for Humanity helps victims of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their homes and lives, and our attorneys volunteer to serve as counsel for indigent defendants in Katrina related cases. In an effort to strengthen education in the new landscape, we are a sponsor of the New Orleans Science and Math Charter School, and we rebuilding the music culture of New Orleans through our involvement in the Tipitina's Foundation Fundraiser.