NEW ORLEANS, LA – Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels LLC

Irwin Fritchie is excited to share that 41 of its attorneys – in both the New Orleans and Baton Rouge offices – have been honored in 2027 Edition of Best Lawyers^® in America, including 2027 Lawyer of the Year, and 2027 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America. These awards highlight attorneys who excel in their legal practice, exhibit professional excellence, and show unwavering dedication to their clients and communities.

The recognition reflects Irwin Fritchie’s longstanding dedication to excellence in litigation and client advocacy across a diverse range of practice areas, including products liability, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, transportation, professional liability, construction, and complex commercial litigation. 

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Click the categories below to view which Irwin Fritchie attorneys were honored and for which practice areas.

2027 Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year

Timothy F. Daniels

• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

2027 Best Lawyers in America^®

Baton Rouge, LA

Matthew W. Bailey

• Litigation - Insurance
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

New Orleans, LA

Betsy Britton 

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Camala E. Capodice 

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Timothy F. Daniels

• Litigation - Environmental
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Railroad Law

Gus A. Fritchie III 

• Insurance Law
• Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Litigation - Insurance
• Litigation - Real Estate
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

Elizabeth L. "Betsy" Gordon 

• Construction Law
• Litigation - Construction

Christopher Irwin 

• Insurance Law
• Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

Jimmy Irwin 

• Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law

Kelly Juneau Rookard 

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Steven E. Lacoste

• Environmental Law
• Litigation - Environmental

Laura A. Leggette

• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Jay M. Mattappally 

• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

David M. Melancon 

• Environmental Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - Insurance
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Scott Minyard

• Litigation - Insurance
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Douglas J. Moore

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Kim E. Moore 

• Insurance Law
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Stephen G.A. Myers 

• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Claire A. Noonan 

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

David W. O'Quinn 

• Insurance Law
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Darleene Peters 

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Gretchen F. Richards

• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Alexander R. Saunders 

• Litigation - Construction
• Litigation - Environmental
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Sarah Segrest-Jay 

• Litigation - Insurance
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Madison Sharko 

• Litigation - Insurance

Lloyd N. "Sonny" Shields 

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Litigation - Construction

John W. Sinnott 

• Construction Law
• Litigation - Construction
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Ali Spindler 

• Litigation - Environmental
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Edward W. Trapolin 

• Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - Insurance
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

Quentin F. Urquhart, Jr. 

• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - Insurance
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

2027 Top-Listed Firm Awards - Best Lawyers^® 

State Awards

• Top-Listed in Louisiana in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants with 13 lawyers

• Top-Listed in Louisiana in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants with 17 lawyers

Metro Awards

• Top-Listed in New Orleans in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants with 13 lawyers

• Top-Listed in New Orleans in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants with 16 lawyers

2027 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^®

Baton Rouge, LA

Katherine M. Cook 

• Insurance Law
• Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Alex E. Mouhot

• Insurance Law
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Catherine Rutherford-Kidder

• Insurance Law
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Transportation Law

New Orleans, LA

Patrick Bollman

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Legal Malpractice Law

Gabrielle C. Broders

• Litigation - Environmental
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Jourdan Curet

• Litigation - Environmental
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Dominic Dewey

• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Environmental
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Mary Claire Kramer

• Construction Law
• Litigation - Construction
• Litigation - Environmental
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Diana Masters

• Commercial Litigation
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Kelli Murphy Miller

• Construction Law
• Litigation - Environmental
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Connor W. Peth

• Litigation - Environmental
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Victoria Terranova

• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Environmental
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Transportation Law

2027 Top-Listed Firm Awards: Ones to Watch^®

State Awards

• Top-Listed in Louisiana in Litigation - Environmental with 7 lawyers

• Top-Listed in Louisiana in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants with 8 lawyers

Metro Awards

• Top-Listed in New Orleans in Litigation - Environmental with 7 lawyers

• Top-Listed in New Orleans in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants with 6 lawyers

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The Best Lawyers in America distinction is conferred upon attorneys in the metropolitan area who demonstrate significant peer respect, professional success, and strong community standing.

Read more about the Best Lawyers^® in America, Lawyer of the Year, and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America by clicking the link Best Lawyers Awards America 2027

About Irwin Fritchie (www.irwinllc.com)
With a national reputation as one of the premier defense litigation firms in the country, Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels LLC serves as national, regional and local counsel for public companies, privately owned businesses, governmental entities, non-profit organizations, individuals, and insurers with civil litigation needs, including Products Liability, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device, Construction, Railroad and Transportation, Trucking, Premises Liability, Professional Liability, and Casualty.

Irwin Fritchie was founded in 2000 by six partners from one of the oldest firms in New Orleans who had a collective vision of creating a firm that would provide clients with the highest level of service. With offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Irwin Fritchie has since become the only Louisiana-based law firm – and its individual attorneys are the only Louisiana lawyers – to be recognized by Chambers and Partners on the national level for Product Liability & Mass Tort.