MATTHEW MANN is an experienced civil litigator with over seventeen years of practice focused on insurance defense litigation. His private practice has concentrated on a broad range of complex matters, including property and casualty claims, automobile liability, uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM)claims, bad faith litigation, insurance coverage disputes, defamation, premises liability, personal injury, and wrongful death. He…
Tim Hassinger has successfully negotiated settlements in a wide array of cases for almost 30 years. As a practicing attorney, he has litigated, tried, and mediated cases in state and federal courts throughout Louisiana and Texas. He has extensive experience in personal injury, mass torts, multi-party, construction defect, and insurance coverage litigation. He has served…
DWAYNE MARICLE is a trial-tested attorney with 34 years of litigation experience and a professionally trained mediator, having completed advanced mediation training at Pepperdine’s nationally renowned Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution. He brings a calm demeanor, sharp legal insight, and a practical, results-driven approach to his mediation and arbitration practice. Dwayne has litigated, mediated, and…
RAYMOND P. AUGUSTIN, JR. has more than 40 years of litigation experience, which has included trucking, transportation and automobile liability defense, premises liability defense, general casualty and insurance defense and workers’ compensation defense. He has represented national commercial and personal lines insurers and their insureds, including individuals, motor carriers, transportation companies and national retail outlets…
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…
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…
