- GuardianshipKean Miller Associate Lauren Veillon 's article, “Guardianship: Protecting Your Child Past Minority,” was published in the Parents in Law issue of
- Criminal Defense
- Sex CrimesChris has extensive trial experience and served as lead counsel for two multi-week securities fraud (insider trading) trials. He also tried cases related to health care fraud, conspiracy, drug trafficking, and firearm offenses. His work involved a wide variety of criminal matters, including investment and securities fraud, public corruption, false statements, embezzlement, tax violations, bank fraud, insurance fraud, wire and mail fraud, cyber offenses, civil rights violations, theft of government funds, counterfeiting, environmental crimes, child pornography, and violent crime. Before joining the U.S. Department of Justice, Chris served as an Assistant District Attorney in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- Fraud
- Theft
- Embezzlement
- Drug Crimes
- Corporate LawKean Miller opened an office in Shreveport, Louisiana in January 2014. This office location assists clients in a wide variety of matters in state and federal courts in North Louisiana and East Texas, including labor and employment counseling, EEOC claims, construction law advice, upstream oil and gas title projects, commercial litigation, business and corporate law, real estate, and estate planning.
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Business Disputes
- Business TransactionsKean Miller opened its office in The Woodlands, Texas in August 2018. This office location assists clients in all phases of upstream oil and gas title projects, exploration and production matters, transactions, regulatory law, litigation defense, commercial transactions, business and corporate, real estate, M&A, banking, commercial litigation, and labor and employment matters.
- Intellectual Property
- Unfair CompetitionBill Caughman is a Partner in the Baton Rouge office, practicing in the Business & Corporate, Intellectual Property, and Business Litigation groups. Bill assists businesses both large and small in resolving the myriad of legal issues and problems that are encountered on a day-to-day basis. He has extensive experience in litigation matters, as well as business sales and purchases, and general contracting. Bill also assists clients in intellectual property matters involving trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and allegations of unfair competition. In the community, Bill serves on the board of the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.
- Antitrust
- Workers CompensationThe New Orleans office of Kean Miller is its second largest. This office location assists clients in a variety of matters in state and federal courts in the Greater New Orleans region, including admiralty and maritime law, Jones Act cases, Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, labor and employment law, construction litigation, energy law, offshore drilling accidents, pipelines, OPA 90, NRDA, environmental litigation, appeals, anti-trust litigation, legacy oil field litigation, state and local tax, hospitality and entertainment, environmental regulation, commercial litigation, real estate, vessel finance, vessel documentation, and international trade.
- Employment ContractBen Jumonville practices in the business and corporate group. He assists clients across a diverse range of industries with complex and day-to-day transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, employment agreements, lease agreements, procurement and construction agreements, and organizational documents. Ben has been listed in
- Real Estate LitigationKean Miller opened an office in Lafayette, Louisiana in August 2018. This office location assists clients in all phases of upstream oil and gas exploration and production, handling transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters, as well as business corporate and real estate matters.
- Premises LiabilityKean Miller opened its office in Houston, Texas in December 2017. This office location assists clients in business litigation, appellate and constitutional law, business disputes, securities litigation, toxic tort defense, products and premises liability litigation, upstream oil and gas title projects, admiralty and maritime, Jones Act defense, emergency and incident response, bankruptcy and restructuring, probate and fiduciary litigation, and commercial litigation.
- Construction LitigationKean Miller has maintained an office in Lake Charles, Louisiana for nearly 25 years. The office location provides legal support to the energy, petrochemical, and forestry industries, including labor and employment advice, timber law, construction law, toxic tort defense, mass tort defense, environmental litigation, environmental regulation, real estate, business and corporate transactions, and commercial litigation.
- Eminent Domain
- Land Use and Zoning
- Landlord-Tenant DisputesPro bono volunteers handle a wide variety of matters, including litigating civil rights cases, advising non-profit organizations, assisting non-profit community organizations in transactions and employment matters, obtaining proper court jurisdiction for non-spousal abuse victims, assisting victims of human trafficking, and representing indigent persons in consumer, landlord-tenant, and family law matters. We directly aid people with limited means and substantial legal needs, provide legal counsel to help organizations advance their community service programs, and regularly accept court appointments to provide
- Medical MalpracticeKean Miller is headquartered in downtown Baton Rouge. The firm is housed in state-of-the-art office space designed to maximize efficiency and employ new technologies. The office handles all manner of legal projects for clients, including appeals, banking and finance, business and corporate law, bankruptcy and reorganization, municipal finance, litigation defense, class action defense, real estate, construction, emergency response, environmental regulation and permitting, expropriation and land use, lobbying and legislative affairs, health care regulatory law, insurance coverage and recovery, environmental and energy litigation, medical malpractice defense, OSHA, toxic tort and mass tort defense, utilities regulation, white collar criminal defense, and workers compensation.
- Estate PlanningKean Miller's second office in the Baton Rouge area is located on Bluebonnet Boulevard by the Mall of Louisiana. The office handles sophisticated wills, trusts, estates, and succession matters, as well as federal tax and estate planning advice.
- Wills
- Probate
- Bankruptcy
- Tax Law