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…
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 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 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,…
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…
HARVEY GODOFSKY is a St. Tammany resident. he graduated Loyola in the top 2.5% of his class and with Honors. He has been a partner with Mang, Batiza, Gaudin, Godofsky & Penzato since 1988. Mr. Godofsky has defended malpractice claims against physicians and hospitals since 1985 and has represented Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company and its…
David Frohn has over 30 years of product liability and insurance litigation experience. He focuses his practice on the defense of domestic and international manufacturers of consumer and industrial products. He has extensive experience defending recreational vehicles and boats; personal watercraft; medical equipment, implants and devices; firearms; industrial tools and machinery; refinery and chemical plant process vessels; commercial transportation…
Frank Fertitta was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1967 and simultaneously served as Captain in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1969. Mr. Fertitta was a Senior Partner in Lane, Fertitta, Janney & Thomas engaged in over thirty years of active litigation practice in the areas of casualty, products liability, medical malpractice, professional liability and insurance law. He…
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…
James “Jim” Dill began in the practice of insurance defense at Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell in 1988. Six years later, Mr. Dill became a partner at Borne, Wilkes, Gibson & Gill practicing insurance defense, eventually going on out his own to establish the Dill Firm APLC in 1998. With an emphasis on trucking defense,…
