Brett E. Emmanuel Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

Greater New Orleans Area

New Orleans

Advise retailers, hotels, restaurants and other premise owners in claims involving employment law, director and officer liability, homeowner and condominium owner associations, municipal entities, public housing groups, professional liability, OSHA, workers compensation, trucking and automobile accidents, and general liability.

Greater New Orleans Area

Personal Injury and Automobile Wrecks; Offshore Accidents; Workers' Compensation (State and Longshore Harbor); Wrongful Termination; Title VII employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation; EEOC and LDOL, ADA, FLSA, and FMLA claims; Louisiana employment discrimination, unpaid wages, unemployment compensation; and employment contracts. Advise artists in the entertainment industry as to their intellectual property matters.

Greater New Orleans Area

Traffic and Municipal Court of New Orleans.

Greater New Orleans Area

Advised retailers, hotels, restaurants and other premise owners and their insurers during litigation. Also, assisted artists in the entertainment business as to their intellectual property matters.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Represented clients accused of felony crime at all levels of proceedings from initial court appearances to jury trials.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Assisted the Special Counsel in the investigation of judicial misconduct before the Judiciary Commission of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Greater New Orleans Area

Assigned to defend civil service appeals by all city employees to the New Orleans Civil Service Commission. Litigated claims of alleged employment discrimination; wrongful death and lethal force, the use of non-lethal compliance weapons, and wrongful arrest and confinement. Assigned to monitor, coordinate and assist the Workers Compensation Third Party Administrator in the subrogation of workers' compensation benefits paid to injured employees.Case Management Skills: client interviews, developing case strategy, and advising departmental appointing authorities. Case Discovery Skills: taking expert and fact witness depositions and propounding and responding to written discovery. Writing Skills: drafting summary judgment motions, motions to dismiss, discovery motions, and motions in limine. Oral Advocacy Skills: appellate experience in state and federal court. Appeared on written briefs filed before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court E.D. and M.D. of Louisiana; the Louisiana Fourth Circuit and the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Indianapolis, Indiana

Coordinated the purchase of stationery products for all state agencies in a cost-effective manner based upon quality and price. Leadership and supervisory experience of staff assigned to tabulate and analyze sealed bids and routine quotes for selection of vendors on a contractual basis.Legal intern to the Commissioner of the Department of Administration to serve in Governor Evan Bayh's Public Service Summer Internship Initiative. Conducted legal research and prepared a comprehensive study of the feasibility of procuring recycled paper products for all state agencies, as well of participation, monitoring, and reporting to the Commissioner of Administration as regards to legislative sessions concerning procurement laws.

Distinguished Fellow Of The Nancy M. Marsiglia Institute For Justice

J.D., Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Finance

M.B.A.

Nominated for the G. Ralph Smith Outstanding M.B.A. Graduate Award

B.S., Finance And Financial Management Services

Competed in collegiate tennis; Dean's Honor List (1988-1990); Athletic Academic Achievement Award (1989)

Diploma

State Championship Tennis Team 1984-1985; Chess Club