Mediator

  • Ron Richard

    RON RICHARD was admitted to the Bar in 1996, and in that same year, served as a judicial clerk in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court. Ron went into private practice in 1997 as a founding partner of Richard Law Firm, LLC. He has been involved in hundreds of mediations, including business disputes, personal injury matters and…

  • Randy Russell

    Randy Russell has been a Mediator 12+ years and recently rejoined the maps Mediation Panel. He is the owner/manager of his law firm located in Mandeville, LA, which he founded in 2004 and has since maintained an active practice. Randy has extensive litigation/trial experience, having successfully litigated and tried matters in Louisiana over the past twenty-five…

  • Kevin Phayer

    Kevin Phayer joined the maps panel after 35 years working as a complex case, insurance defense litigator for a national insurance carrier. He has tried hundreds of judge and jury trials in the federal and state district and appellate courts in Southeast Louisiana. He has also mediated over 100 cases as a party participant. His primary specialty areas…

  • Joe Messina

    JOE MESSINA brings to his mediation practice over 35 years of experience trying numerous bench and jury trials in state and federal court. His primary areas of experience include personal injury, property damage, automobile liability, premises liability, toxic torts/asbestos, first party hurricane claims, and bad faith litigation

  • Melanie Mabile Mulcahy

    MS. MULCAHY leverages more than 20 years of experience in commercial litigation and transactions across the business law spectrum to provide a creative, practical, persevering approach to mediation. Ms. Mulcahy’s mediation practice encompasses all types of civil matters, with an emphasis on business break-ups, member/shareholder disputes, liquidations, breach of contract matters, construction law, employment law, and…

  • John S. Lawrence, Jr.

    John Lawrence  is from Shreveport, LA. He was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1989, as well as the U.S. Districts Courts, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana, the Louisiana Supreme Court and all courts of Louisiana. In 1996, he was admitted to the bar of the State of Texas and to the U.S. District Courts for…

  • Hon. M. Lauren Lemmon (ret.)

    JUDGE M. LAUREN LEMMON is a retired judge and seasoned attorney with 34 years of legal experience. She specializes as a mediator and mindfulness instructor. Lauren combines her deep understanding of the law with a unique approach to conflict resolution that emphasizes clarity, empathy and creativity. Her expertise as a judge allows her to navigate complex…

  • Robert A. Jenks

    Mr. Jenks was admitted to the Iowa Bar, 1972. Past experience in private practice of law and corporate counsel. Currently engaged as Director of Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc. in Metairie, Louisiana; Qualified as a mediator under the Louisiana Mediation Act. He has mediated over 3000 cases involving class actions, mass tort, bad faith, personal injury,…

  • William Justice

    William H. Justice has over 30 years of litigation experience including numerous bench and jury trials.  He received his BA from Georgetown University in 1982 (during which time he served as an intern for U.S. Senator Russell B. Long), and his JD degree in 1985 from the Paul M. Hebert Law School. Since that time, Bill…

  • Grady S. Hurley

    Grady S. Hurley has broad-ranging dispute resolution and transactional experience at the intersection of energy and maritime law, including in areas such as offshore energy exploration, production, and distribution, where a range of complex legal, regulatory, and business issues collide. He regularly counsels clients on matters involving cargo, collision, allision, product liability, toxic tort, insurance, indemnity,…