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In another win for our forest products team, on February 21, 2020, FormanWatkins won summary judgment on all counts on behalf of a dimensional lumber manufacturer in a case involving a plaintiff’s alleged childhood exposure to softwood dust in his father’s hobby woodshop.

Win Gault and Spencer Ritchie recently won in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, where the Court affirmed the District Court’s ruling that awarded our client contractual damages, attorney fees, pre-judgment interest, and post-judgment interest totaling more than $900,000.

FormanWatkins is proud to announce that Tim Gray has been selected by New Orleans CityBusiness to its 2020 Leadership in Law class.

FormanWatkins recently hosted a lunch and learn at Southern University Law School in Baton Rouge. Our attorneys structured the lunch and learn as a roundtable discussion with over 65 first year students to encourage them to ask the questions they need answers to the most.

Malissa Wilson, Vernon McFarland, and Trey Williams represented the Firm today at the annual National Bar Association Corporate Counsel Conference in New Orleans. The conference was a great success as both attendees and exhibitors!

FormanWatkins attorneys Chelsea Favret, Elizabeth Penn, and McCann LeFeve participated in the three-day DRI 2020 Women in the Law Seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona, during January.

On January 31, 2020, New Orleans attorneys Charles Abbott and Margaret McLaughlin guest lectured a Toxic Tort Class at LSU Law School.

FormanWatkins is proud to announce that Caroline Upchurch, Mitch McGuffey, and Sam Kapoor have been selected by the Mississippi Business Journal as part of the 2019 Leadership in Law class.

The votes are in!! Here are the winners from the FormanWatkins Mississippi Photography Contest!

FormanWatkins is excited to announce that Elizabeth Penn, Patrice Pujol, and Spencer Ritchie have been promoted to Partner!