The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys has recognized the exceptional performance of Louisiana’s Personal Injury Attorney Frank Lamothe as AIOPIA’s 10 Best in Louisiana for Client Satisfaction for two years in a row. The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys is an attorney rating organization that publishes an annual list of the Top 10… Read More
LLF Attorney Richard Martin Gives Maritime Seminar
LLF attorney Richard Martin will be giving a Maritime Law 101 seminar as Continuing Legal Education to other attorneys this month. This Maritime CLE will be part of the Louisiana Association of Justice “CLE á la Carte New Orleans” program at the Windsor Court Hotel on December 29, 2016.
Lamothe Law Firm Selected Best Law Firm
Lamothe Law Firm was recently honored to be selected as one of the nation’s “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. The Firm was included as a Tier 1 firm for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiff and will be listed in the 7th Edition of the “Best Law Firms” for… Read More
Motorcycle Relief Project
The Motorcycle Relief Project is a nonprofit organization that provides relief to veterans with PTSD and other injuries by taking them on multi-day motorcycle adventure tours. Their mission is to honor and encourage veterans while providing them with opportunities to decompress, get unstuck, and connect with other veterans. For more information and to see how… Read More
Specially Licensed Attorney for Vaccine Injury Victims
Congress in 1986 passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (“the Act”) and established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Act was passed as a response to a considerable amount of vaccine-related injuries and deaths that resulted in litigation in the early to mid-1980’s. The Act acknowledges that vaccine injuries and deaths are real… Read More
ABOTA Masters in Trial Demonstration in Boston
The American Board of Trial Advocates partnered with the German-American Lawyers Association to present a Masters in Trial demonstration on a trial of a patent case during their annual meeting in Boston recently. A direct and cross-examination of experts, and jury instructions and deliberations were part of the demonstration. The ABOTA Foundation hosts Masters in… Read More
“Status Report” Article – Rise in Motorcycle Accident Head Injuries in Michigan?
Motorcycle Riders Foundation – For Immediate Release Industry-Funded Publication Makes Claims About Effects of Helmet Law in Michigan; Fails to Connect the Data to the Claim WASHINGTON, DC – In the recently issued publication, “Status Report,” a concerning article appeared citing a rise in head injuries in Michigan and attributed this to the State’s 2012… Read More
Confidential Settlement Plus $745K Jury Verdict
Our client was injured while working on a pipe lay barge. He tripped and fell over an upright metal flange directly across an upper deck stairway landing. He sustained a 40% permanent impairment of the left leg and two surgeries were needed. One defendant settled prior to trial for a confidential sum. We tried the… Read More
STAIR Affair – Annual Fundraiser
LLF attorney Michelle Cumberland is a board member for an organization called STAIR (Start the Adventure in Reading). STAIR operates 28 tutoring sites with more than 350 volunteers. They serve approximately 220 public elementary schools in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes. Teachers at those schools identify children that are behind in reading… Read More
DOT Unveils “Road to Zero” Traffic Deaths by 2030
October 5, 2016 Press Release from Motorcycle Riders Foundation Department of Transportation Unveils “Road to Zero” Sets Lofty Goal of Achieving Zero Traffic Deaths by 2030 WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, over 75 organizations dedicated to highway safety gathered to hear details about a new initiative from the Department of Transportation called, “Road to Zero.”… Read More
