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 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
Nat G. Kiefer, Jr. brings decades of experience in personal injury trial litigation to your mediation. Nat has handled over 10,000 cases representing both injured plaintiffs and defendants. In his 41 year career, Nat has successfully litigated over 200 jury and judge trials in state and federal courts. He has also argued dozens of appellate cases…
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…
Nick Gristina’s mission is to build meaningful, lasting relationships with his mediation clients. Nick understands the importance of diligent preparation, responsiveness and professionalism. As lead counsel, Nick has successfully represented clients in thousands of civil cases involving premises liability, casualty, bad faith and automobile personal injury tort claims throughout Louisiana’s State and Federal Courts. Successful practices…
RONALD L. FAIA, Jr. has been a litigation attorney for over 35 years concentrating on general casualty litigation, including automobile liability, premises liability, insurance coverage, property, first party hurricane claims and bad faith litigation. Immediately upon graduating from law school, he spent two years as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Patrick M. Schott, then…
Mickey Stephens deLaup grew up in North Louisiana and has resided in Metairie since graduating law school in 1981. In recent years her law firm, Mickey S. deLaup, APLC, had offices in the greater New Orleans area (Metairie) and in Monroe, Louisiana. She has more than 40 years’ experience as an attorney practicing in all state…
JUDGE PAUL A. BONIN (ret.) served for more than 23 years as a judge. His earliest service, an appointment, was in 1990 in Civil District Court as Commissioner and Judge ad hoc. In 1997, he was elected to the New Orleans Traffic Court. His community involvement and service as a traffic court judge led to awards…
ROBERT BAUDOUIN has been a mediator and litigator for over 35 years. His mediations have primarily involved medical malpractice disputes including physician and hospital negligence, premises liability, motor vehicle accidents, boundary disputes, and various other personal injury and property damage disputes. His litigation practice has been extremely diverse with a focus on healthcare law including physician…
T. Peter (Pete) Breslin was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 1975, and subsequently admitted to the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Breslin was an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish. His areas of practice are: Personal Injury, Wrongful…
