Barrasso Usdin Named Louisiana Litigation Firm of the Year

March 1, 2019

Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. was named Louisiana Litigation Firm of the Year at the Benchmark US Annual Awards dinner held on February 28, 2019 at the Essex House in New York. This is the 6th time the firm has won this award.  The firm was also named Louisiana Firm of the Year in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018. Benchmark Litigation conducted research, collected peer reviews, and reviewed supplementary questionnaires of significant cases in order to select the four firms in the running for Louisiana, and to name Barrasso Usdin as the Louisiana Litigation Firm of the Year. 

Benchmark Litigation is the only publication on the market that focuses exclusively on litigation in the United States. Every year, Benchmark Litigation identifies the leading litigation firms and lawyers in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

Among litigation firms in Louisiana, Barrasso Usdin has been “highly recommended”—Benchmark’s premier designation—every year Benchmark Litigation has been published. Benchmark Litigation’s list of “local litigation stars” included six Barrasso Usdin attorneys, the “future stars” list included three Barrasso Usdin attorneys, and the "Under 40 Hot List" included one Barrasso Usdin attorney. 

Local Litigation Stars – Louisiana: Judy BarrassoGeorge C. Freeman, IIICraig IsenbergStephen H. KuppermanRichard E. Sarver, and Steven W. Usdin 

Future Litigation Stars – Louisiana: Michael A. BalascioJamie L. Berger, and David N. Luder.

Under 40 Hot List – Kyle W. Siegel.

Benchmark Louisiana Firm of the Year 2019 

Benchmark Litigation 
Benchmark Litigation identifies the leading US trial attorneys and firms at the local and national levels. Focused exclusively on the US litigation market, the publication’s rankings and editorials are the result of extensive interviews with private practice lawyers and in-house counsel. Supplementary firm information is also submitted in the form of a questionnaire. The guide’s “local litigation stars” reflect lawyers who are recommended by peers and clients to have established consistent reputations as trial attorneys, while “future stars” are those litigators who are highlighted as likely to be become “local litigation stars” in coming editions.

About Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C.
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., is a litigation law firm located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Firm has experience litigating complex civil cases throughout the country, including all types of commercial disputes, class actions, environmental cases, product liability and toxic tort cases, intellectual property cases, insurance bad faith and coverage cases, and securities arbitrations, litigation, and regulatory matters.