Our Clients, Our Wins, and Our Work

A New Jersey appellate panel sided with the firm's insurance client and unanimously rejected a hair salon's COVID-19 coverage appeal, finding that a virus exclusion clearly prevents coverage.

The firm successfully obtained an early dismissal with prejudice of plaintiffs’ claims for COVID-19 related business income losses in Louisiana federal court.

The firm had a huge win in the Fifth Circuit against Regions Bank, which was sued for mishandling the renewal of oil & gas leases for three ladies who were longtime clients.

Judy Barrasso and Viviana Aldous of Barrasso Usdin, together with Jenner & Block, represented a group of math and computer science professors at Louisiana State University and Tulane University who filed an amicus brief advocating for the rejection of the Louisiana congressional map enacted by the legislature and submitting a proposed map based on science.

The firm obtained summary judgment on behalf of a knee and bone cement manufacturer. The firm then defended the victory on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed the client’s complete victory.

The Fifth Circuit affirmed a ruling denying class certification against a purported class of Louisiana GEICO insurance holders, who alleged that the valuation system GEICO used to pay total loss automobile accidents violated Louisiana state law.

The firm was pleased to defend Tiger Athletic Foundation in the pending Title IX suit against the LSU Board of Supervisors and others. 

The firm secured a victory for an insurance client in Louisiana state court, which granted summary judgment based on coverage issues in the policy and dismissed claims stemming from a multi-million dollar alleged bank fraud.

Representing one of the largest property and casualty insurers in the country at the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the firm successfully defended a district court’s summary judgment ruling.

Representing one of the largest property and casualty insurers in the country at the U.S. Fifth Circuit, the firm successfully defended its district court summary judgment ruling, which favorably interpreted liability policy language to exclude coverage under a $1 million policy for all of the third-party plaintiff’s claims.

On behalf of an international insurance provider defending against COVID-19 business interruption claims, the firm obtained another early dismissal with prejudice from a federal district court in Los Angeles, California.

The firm was successful in securing compassionate release for an incarcerated pro bono client suffering from Parkinson’s disease.