Metairie, LA Lawyers

Civil Litigation

3838 N Causeway Blvd suite 2800, Metairie, LA 70002, USA

Bryan C. Shartle is one of the two managing partners of the Firm and assists in the management of the Firm’s 10 offices. Bryan specializes in representing collection agencies, debt buyers, student loan servicers, banks, credit issuers, financial institutions, and telemarketers. He has extensive experience in consumer litigation, including claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the myriad of state consumer laws. He has been the lead attorney in several landmark decisions involving the collection industry. Due to his expertise and trial experience, Bryan has been retained by clients to handle consumer cases and arbitrations throughout the United States. He is also approved counsel for several large insurance companies. Following his 2001 graduation from Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, where he was one of only a few whose work was published in the Louisiana Law Review, Bryan served as a law clerk for The Honorable Justice Jeannette Theriot Knoll of the Louisiana Supreme Court. After finishing his clerkship, Bryan joined the Firm and helped grow the consumer defense practice group into the largest practice in the country dedicated solely to protecting collection agencies, debt buyers, student loan servicers, banks, credit issuers, financial institutions, and telemarketers. Bryan has special expertise in complex litigation and consumer class actions and has defended hundreds of class actions involving many hundreds of millions of dollars in exposure. He has assisted clients in settling consumer claims on a class-wide basis and is very familiar with the requirements of class certification. He has handled multidistrict litigation and was designated as coordinating counsel for over 150 consumer-related lawsuits filed in California state court. Bryan also assists clients with compliance, regulatory, bankruptcy, and licensing issues. He has represented clients in CFPB readiness assessments and enforcement actions and is familiar with many of the employment issues affecting the collection industry. In addition to leading the Consumer Defense Section and Bankruptcy Law Section, Bryan also leads the Appellate Practice Section. Bryan has significant appellate experience and has represented clients in appeals before 8 of the 13 federal circuit courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Bryan is a regular presenter for ACA International and RMA International, both international trade organizations for credit and collection professionals. Bryan has spoken at numerous conferences throughout the country and often publishes and edits articles through the Firm’s website and alerts. Bryan has served as the Louisiana MAP State Chair Representative for ACA International and on several occasions has been retained by various trade organizations to assist in litigation involving important industry issues. In his spare time, Bryan likes to stay active and enjoys travelling and the outdoors. He has completed several ultra-marathons and difficult hikes and climbs over the years. Recently, Bryan trekked into Everest Base Camp and climbed Mt. Rainier.

Corporate and Transactional Law

2701 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006

Personal Injury Law

3636 S Interstate 10 Service Rd E, Metairie, LA 70001, USA

Damon Kirin is identified by Kirin Law Firm in Metairie, Louisiana, as its attorney and managing member. He founded the firm in 2017, following an earlier partnership with Robert Diliberto. His firm biography lists toxic tort and oil and gas litigation, insurance claims, defective drug claims, personal injury and complex litigation as areas of focus. Before establishing those firms, Kirin worked on both sides of civil disputes. Tulane Law School’s account of his career describes representation of injured plaintiffs as well as insurance companies and other corporate defendants. That work included environmental law, toxic tort litigation, insurance claims and serious personal injuries. His education began at the University of Michigan, where he earned a bachelor’s degree with distinction from the School of Natural Resources and Environment. At Tulane, he completed both his law degree and an environmental law certificate, graduating cum laude in 1996. He then spent a year in a judicial clerkship before joining a small New Orleans defense firm. Contracts and medical malpractice were among the matters he handled there, alongside insurance defense, toxic torts and personal injury. Murray Law Firm brought Kirin on as an associate in 2000; his work there included oil and gas law and complex litigation. In 2005, he and Robert Diliberto established Diliberto & Kirin. Beyond his casework, Kirin has written Louisiana Bar Journal notes on toxic tort litigation and environmental insurance law. Tulane also credits him with serving as a moderator and panelist at Louisiana continuing education symposiums on environmental law and toxic tort litigation.

Civil Litigation

3838 N Causeway Blvd suite 2800, Metairie, LA 70002, USA

As one of the Firm’s named members and its senior partner, David Israel helps manage the Firm’s 10 offices. Using his nearly 40 years of experience, Dave provides guidance to all practice areas with a special focus on consumer defense, employment, business & transactions, commercial litigation, compliance & regulatory and licensing. In cases that have had industry setting precedent, he has earned a national reputation for defending some of the largest collection agencies, debt buyers and their clients in courts throughout the United States. Dave has represented debt collectors and debt buyers before the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and many state Attorneys General, along with protecting client interests before all debt collector and debt buyer licensing jurisdictions. Dave has extensive experience handling employment-related class actions, including wage and hour collective actions throughout the nation, along with matters before every federal and most state agencies that enforce employment laws. Following his graduation from Cornell University’s New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations with a bachelor of sciences degree in labor law, Dave attended Rutgers University Law School and Seton Hall University Law School, receiving his law degree in 1981. Before attending law school, Dave worked as a management labor relations representative for a Fortune 100 company. Since 1981, his practice has always included employment law, representing management interests. Having served for many years on the Commerce Clearing House’s National Human Resources Board, he also worked as an executive committee member of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division Labor Law Committee. He has been an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. While now part of OutSolve, Dave was a founding member of Pinnacle Affirmative Action Services, one of the nation’s largest preparer of affirmative action plans. Dave was a contributing editor to the journal SHRM Magazine and the Legal Trends editor of the monthly newspaper, HRNews, both published by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and has been a speaker for SHRM’s national conferences and regional seminars. Presenting at many national and regional conferences Dave has been an active member of various trade organizations that represent debt collectors, including the American Collectors Association and the Membership Attorney Program for appointed counsel for debt collectors. He has spoken at the National Association of Attorneys General, along with other state and federal regulators. Dave has been a part-time associate professor at Loyola University’s Graduate Business School in New Orleans, teaching a joint course in the business and law schools. Dave has received recognition in various “best attorney” listings in Louisiana and New Orleans and named a recipient of the national BTI All-Stars Counsel Award, as chosen by corporate counsel for providing outstanding legal services. For many years, he has been an AV Preeminent rated Martindale lawyer being recognized as an attorney that is “ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by . . . [his] peers.”

Corporate and Transactional Law

1 Galleria, Metairie, LA 70001, USA

Mr. Sherman has a multifaceted transactional practice. He represents businesses in all aspects of their business planning including structural planning, tax planning, corporate compliance/operations and negotiating all types of contracts. He handles the sale and acquisition of businesses. Mr. Sherman assists individuals in their business planning, tax planning and estate planning. He also serves as legal counsel to numerous healthcare providers including full service hospitals, surgery/imaging centers and medical practices. Mr. Sherman graduated from the Loyola University School of Law in 1977, where he was a member of its Law Review. In 1978, he received his Masters of Law in Taxation from Boston University. He is a Louisiana Board Certified Tax Attorney and Louisiana Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist. Mr. Sherman is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and has been awarded the designation of Accredited Estate Planner by the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils.

Personal Injury Law

111 Veterans Boulevard, Suite 740, Metairie, LA 70005

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana and first born son of Darryl Breaux & Associates’ founder, Darryl Breaux, Evan Breaux has been around the field of personal injury law since he was young. Evan knew he wanted to be an attorney at a young age. Towards that end, he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management from the University of New Orleans in 2011. While a student at the University of New Orleans, Mr. Breaux worked for Darryl Breaux, thus beginning his experience in the field of personal injury law. Upon graduating from UNO’s business program, Evan Breaux began his tenure at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center. While in law school, Mr. Breaux worked as a law clerk for a Baton Rouge mixed litigation firm with a concentration in personal injury. In May of 2014, Evan earned his Juris Doctorate and a graduate diploma in comparative law from LSU. Soon after obtaining his Louisiana Bar license in January of 2015, Evan began working as an Associate Attorney at a well-known, large, personal injury firm in New Orleans. Evan gained valuable experience at that law firm and, in January of 2017, he joined the law office of Darryl Breaux & Associates. Mr. Breaux’s lifelong vocation is the study and the practice of personal injury law and he strives to get the very best results for his clients. Like his father, Darryl, Evan is accessible; he believes the idea of personal injury personal attention is what sets DB&A apart from the others. Mr. Breaux is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and is licensed to practice law in the state of Louisiana.

Civil Litigation

3540 S I 10 Service Rd W, Suite 300, Metairie, LA 70001

Galen M. Hair, an aggressive and relentless litigator, is licensed in multiple states and boasts clients from around the world. With large wins both at home and across the country and an impressive record of favorable results, Mr. Hair gained a reputation for getting the job done both inside and outside the court room early on in his career. He focuses not only on the litigation in front of the client, but the long term personal and business effects that his clients’ issues will cause. Viability is key and no small victory is worth it if the client is put in a more detrimental position. With both large firm and boutique firm experience, he combines a large firm comprehensive approach to a small firm low-cost model to achieve impressive results with minimal financial expense. His clients are family to him and it shows. Mr. Hair has been fortunate enough to have several clients enlist him in “bet the company” litigation and has been tasked with protecting clients’ assets during litigation. He enjoys nothing more than fighting for his clients and his uses his unique work ethic, his diverse background, and his courtroom skills to do just that. Mr. Hair is involved in several community-based organizations including Access Louisiana and the 610 Stompers. When he is not fighting for clients or raising money for a good cause, he is focused on skills enrichment – often attending continuing education “just to brush up.” This unwavering success to continual improvement has led him to be named as a Super Lawyer Rising Star, a Top Lawyer by New Orleans Magazine, the Pro Bono Publico Award and numerous other accolades.

Personal Injury Law

One Galleria Blvd., Suite 1100, Metairie, LA 70001

George Recile is a Partner at Chehardy Sherman Williams. His primary practice area is personal injury. He also handles general litigation and represents clients with labor & employment issues. Mr. Recile has been named to America’s Most Honored Lawyers list and Outstanding Lawyers of America. He was named on several occasions as a Top Lawyer in Louisiana and was recognized by New Orleans Magazine as a “Top Lawyer.” He also holds the highest rating of AV-Preeminent from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory regarding legal ability and adherence to ethical standards, professional reliability and diligence. Mr. Recile graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts and earned his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University School of Law. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law Trial Advocacy at Tulane University School of Law. Mr. Recile is a former member of the House of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association and a former chairman of the House of Delegates liaison committee to the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association.

Civil Litigation

1 Galleria Blvd, Metairie, LA 70001, USA

Inemesit U. O'Boyle, a partner in the firm Chehardy Sherman Williams Murray Recile Stakelum & Hayes, LLP, specializes in Complex Litigation and has extensive experience working as both a defense attorney and a plaintiff's attorney. Some of her career highlights include: 2018 Perrin San Francisco Conference Mock Trial winner; serving as lead trial counsel and successfully defending the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office at trial against a former employee who alleged employment discrimination based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act; and, being an essential part of the legal team representing Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson. Ms. O'Boyle is a member of many local and national legal organizations such as: the Federal Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the Louisiana Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute. Ms. O'Boyle has also served as the past president of the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Society.

Real Estate Law

3540 S I-10 Service Rd W #300, Metairie, LA 70001, USA

Area of Practice: First Party Property Casualty After many years of practicing as a corporate defense attorney, Lori Waters has dedicated herself to protecting the rights of injured Louisianans. The significance of having seen both sides in the courtroom makes her a valuable and respected asset to her clients. Her understanding of corporate defense has prepared her to take on the challenges of seeking justice for plaintiffs who require an experienced and empathic voice to represent them in their time of need. As a skilled property casualty and personal injury trial attorney, Lori is both diligent in her practice of law and wholly committed to the legal profession.

Immigration Law

3445 N Causeway Blvd, Metairie, LA 70002, USA

Michael W. Gahagan is the owner of Gahagan Law Firm, LLC, The Immigration Law Firm of New Orleans. Mr. Gahagan practices Immigration Law and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law exclusively in federal courts and federal immigration courts nationwide. Mr. Gahagan was selected by Super Lawyers as a 2015, 2016, and 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star. Mr. Gahagan has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 2008 and the AILA Federal Litigation Section since 2013; and Mr. Gahagan has been the AILA Mid-South Chapter Federal Court Litigation Chairman since 2013. Mr. Gahagan has also been an AILA National Committee Member on the Distance Learning Committee since 2017. In addition to holding positions within AILA, Mr. Gahagan is consistently invited to be an expert speaker at AILA conventions nationwide on the topics of immigration law, federal immigration litigation, FOIA and FOIA litigation.

Corporate and Transactional Law

2701 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006