A
YRES
W
ARREN
S
HELTON
W
ILLIAMS
14th Floor, Regions Tower
333 Texas Street
Shreveport, LA 71101
333 Texas Street
Shreveport, LA 71101
Post Office Box 1764
Shreveport, LA 71166
Telephone: 318-227-3500
Facsimile: 318-227-3980
Shreveport, LA 71166
Telephone: 318-227-3500
Facsimile: 318-227-3980
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January, 2012. Lee H. Ayres, J. Benjamin Warren, John R. Williams and J. Todd Benson have been selected to Super Lawyers for Louisiana for 2012. Lee was selected in the areas of general litigation, business litigation, and personal injury defense. Ben and John were selected in tax, business, corporate, estate planning and probate law. Each of Lee, John and Ben have been selected in past years. Todd was selected in business litigation, energy and tatural resources, and plaintiff's personal injury areas.
Also selected for 2012 as a "rising star" is Stephen. J. Paine. Stephen was so selected in the areas of business and corporate law.
Also selected for 2012 as a "rising star" is Stephen. J. Paine. Stephen was so selected in the areas of business and corporate law.
Lee J. Ayres, J. Benjamin Warren, Jr., J. Todd Benson, and John R. Williams continue to be listed in Best Lawyers, and the firm continues to be a top listed firm in the area of tax law, corporate law and personal injury litigation. Lee has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2005; Ben since 2007 and Todd and John since 2010. The U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.
RECENT NOTABLE LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
In First National Bank v. DDS Construction, 2011-C-1418 (La. 1/24/12), the Louisiana Supreme Court rules that an act cancelling a mortgage can be corrected by a notarial acto fo correction under La. R.S. 35:2.1 with retroactive effect.
In Oubre v. Louisiana Citizens Fair Plan, 2011-C-97 (La. 12/16/11), the Louisiana Supreme Court reinstated a trial court's award of $92,865,000 against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance finding that an insurer is liable for failing timely to initiate adjustment of a claim of a catastrophic loss without regard to good or bad faith.
In First National Bank v. DDS Construction, 2011-C-1418 (La. 1/24/12), the Louisiana Supreme Court rules that an act cancelling a mortgage can be corrected by a notarial acto fo correction under La. R.S. 35:2.1 with retroactive effect.
In Oubre v. Louisiana Citizens Fair Plan, 2011-C-97 (La. 12/16/11), the Louisiana Supreme Court reinstated a trial court's award of $92,865,000 against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance finding that an insurer is liable for failing timely to initiate adjustment of a claim of a catastrophic loss without regard to good or bad faith.