COLBY WENCK is the founder of The Wenck Firm, LLC. His Firm represents a continuation of a 15+ year legal career focused entirely on personal injury, during which he has represented thousands of clients. Before starting his own firm, Colby worked for Michael Hingle and Associates, LLC, Morris Bart, PLC, The Law Office of Glenn Diaz…
Rodney “Rocky” Seydel has participated in over 1,500 mediations and has been a litigation attorney for over 30 years. His mediations have primarily involved commercial disputes, maritime and oilfield litigation, personal injury matters, and insurance disputes. He participated in over 100 mediations of Hurricane Katrina and Rita insurance claims. In his litigation practice, he has concentrated on general casualty…
J. DANIEL RAYBURN, JR. is a relationship builder known for driving outcomes. He is an ethical, energetic, “make-it-happen” professional. Dan has practiced law for over forty years, and attained the rank of Captain in the United States Air Force JAG Corps. He brings a comprehensive base of experience and business acumen to the negotiation table. His…
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…
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…
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…
Michele Crosby Over the course of her distinguished career, Michele accepted principal trial responsibility and defended clients in a full spectrum of litigation matters before judges and juries in state court, judges in federal court, before the US District Courts’ Panel for Multi-District Litigation (MDL) and before the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. These cases…
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…
