Elizabeth Haecker Ryan graduated from Tulane University Law School where she was a member of: The Board of Editors of The Maritime Lawyer and Moot Court. She was previously a partner at Montgomery Barnett and Lemle & Kelleher. She is currently a Director at the firm of Coats Rose. She practices in the areas of maritime personal injury, construction, pharmaceuticals and medical device, environmental, products liability, toxic tort and class action litigation. She has written in numerous legal publications, and lectured extensively in fields of litigation and in continuing legal education programs and law school settings, including for the LSBA, Tulane University Law Center, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, International Association of Defense Counsel and the ABA. She is an adjunct professor teaching “Negotiation and Mediation Advocacy”, Tulane Law School; former Louisiana Bar Association Board of Governors member; she received the Citation of Honor, from the Young Career Women Program, and the APEX Award, 2000.