General Civil Litigation and Trial Practice, Insurance Defense, Insurance Coverage Law & Litigation, Casualty Defense, Products Liability, Personal Injury Defense, Road Hazard Defense, Workers’ Compensation Defense, Maritime, Admiralty Law, Merchant Liability, Environmental Law, Toxic Tort Litigation, Oil and Gas Law, Complex/Class Action/Multi-District Litigation, Antitrust Law, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Government Contracts, International Law, International, Local and Interstate Transactional Litigation, Construction Law, Commercial Litigation, Business Transactions, Business Litigation, Bankruptcy, Expropriation, Entertainment Law, Sports Law, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Law, Public Entity Law, Entertainment/Media Law, Medical and Legal Malpractice, Professional Liability Litigation, Health Care Law, Healthcare Professional Liability, Healthcare Licensing, Nursing Home Malpractice, Healthcare and Medical Malpractice Liability, Federal and State Employment Practices and Law,State Constitutional Law, Mediation, and Domestic and International Arbitration
NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Licensing Litigation,” Docket No. 4:09- cv-01967-CW, Northern District of California; Co-Chair, Litigation Committee, “In Re: Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation,” Multi-District Litigation No. 2406; and Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Louisiana, 1991-present. Teaching: Lecturer, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, College of Business Administration and School of Music, Lafayette, Louisiana; Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana; Music Business Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana; Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana; Various Continuing Legal Education Seminars regarding entertainment law topics. Education: Tulane University, College of Arts and Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana (B.A., Political Science and Sociology, 1987); and Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.D., 1990); Honors, Awards and Publications: Phi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honor Society, 1985- 1987; Tulane Environmental Law Journal, 1988-1990; Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, 1989-1990; Author: “Recent Developments in Environmental Law,” 41 Louisiana Bar Journal 2, August 1993; Author: “How to Get in on the Information; (Under the Louisiana Public Records Act and the Freedom of Information Act), Chapter 3, A Citizens Guide to Environmental Activism in Louisiana; Best Music Attorney, Offbeat Magazine, 2001, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2018. Member: Louisiana State, New Orleans and American Bar Associations. Languages: English. Concentration: Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Class Action, Corporate, Commercial, Environmental and Toxic-Tort Litigation, Products Liability, Casualty Defense and Corporate Governance.
Business Disputes
LLC, offers an extensive familiarity with the law across numerous practice areas as well as excellent service to our clients. Our team of attorneys pursue client results in an atmosphere that fosters teamwork and shared resources. The diversity of our attorneys’ expertise in both transactional matters and litigation allows us to assist clients in many highly specialized areas of the law. Much of our practice focuses on insurance and casualty defense, entertainment law, business law, and issues relating to the maritime industries.
Business Transactions
Intellectual Property
Antitrust
NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Licensing Litigation,” Docket No. 4:09-cv- 01967-CW, Northern District of California; Member, Damages Committee, “In Re: Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation,” Multi-District Litigation No. 2406; President, French American Chamber of Commerce, Gulf Coast Chapter, June, 2012-present, and Vice President, 2008-June, 2012; Jean Moulin, Lyon
From new companies to well-established corporations, our business clients call on us to create employment contracts, negotiate deals with customers or partners, and assist with buying and selling entities. In addition to the transactional side of business law, Provosty & Gankendorff’s attorneys have extensive litigation experience, which is essential for enforcing contracts and prevailing in disputes that arise with vendors, employees, customers, or competitors.
Employment Litigation
Provosty & Gankendorff’s maritime practice encompasses a depth of capabilities in admiralty and maritime law, including work related to transactions, litigation, and defense. We address trade and commerce issues related to the Jones Act, employment issues regarding the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (
LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002-2006; Associate with Oats & Hudson, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001-2002; Staff Attorney with New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999-2001; Staff Attorney with Citizens Consulting, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998-1999. Appointments: Board of Directors, Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orleans, 2008-2012; Board of Directors, Old Algiers Main Street Neighborhood Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2005-2008; Board of Directors, Teaching Responsible Earth Education, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001-2005; Judge, Teen Court Program, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000. Education: Tolbiac/Sorbonne Paris I, Paris, France (1989); Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (B.A. Public Policy 1991); Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.D., Cum Laude/European Community Law Certificate, 1998); Tulane University Graduate School (M.A. in Anthropology, 2001). Honors and Awards: Full Fellowship and Scholarship Award from the Tulane University Graduate Department 1994-1996; Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, 1996; Best Music Attorney, Offbeat Magazine, 2017. Member: Louisiana State and New Orleans Bar Associations. Languages: English, French. Concentration: Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Business Transactions, Corporate Law, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Defense, Casualty Defense, Government Contracts, Corporate Governance, Construction Law, Employment Law, Antitrust Law, Environmental and Toxic-Tort Litigation, and Medical Malpractice Liability.
TIDEX /Tidewater Inc., 1977-1978. Appointments: Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Louisiana, 1990- present; and Mediator, Louisiana Bar Association Fee Dispute Mediation Program. Education: University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (B.S., 1980); Internship, United States Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Washington, D.C. (1979); and Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.D., 1983). Member: Louisiana State and New Orleans Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; New Orleans Mariners Club, Member, President, 1997-1998; Houston Mariners Club; National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Ltd., Associate Member; Louisiana Surplus Line Association; Louisiana Claims Association; and New Orleans Claims Association. Languages: English. Concentration: Insurance Defense, Insurance Coverage Law & Litigation, Trucking and Wheels Litigation, Corporate, Environmental and Toxic-Tort Litigation, Class Action Litigation, Government Contracts, Admiralty, Maritime, Casualty Defense, Personal Injury Defense, and Healthcare & Medical Malpractice Liability.
Medical Malpractice
Partners Henry St. Paul Provosty and Edgar D. Gankendorff have decades of experience in the areas of insurance defense, maritime defense, legal and medical malpractice defense, entertainment law, complex litigation, class actions, and environmental and toxic tort litigation. On the strength of their experience, they were both appointed in the early 1990s to serve as Special Assistant Attorneys General for the State of Louisiana. To this day, the state calls on their legal expertise for a number of legal challenges, including health, transportation, infrastructure, and environmental matters.