Kay Baxter Email & Phone Number

Kay Baxter is a partner at Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, and practices in its New Orleans office. She is a 1994 graduate of Loyola University's School of Law; and is admitted to practice in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas.While she has successfully practiced in many areas of the law, she has always been a litigator. In recent years she has specialized in toxic tort and environmental law in both state and federal courts. Her litigation practice focuses on the defense of toxic torts, occupational disease and environmental claims alleging personal injury, property damage, as well as issues involving various areas of construction litigation. These matters include individual claims as well as mass torts and class actions. Her defense in these areas has encompassed a wide range of industries, including public utilities, shipyards, chemical facilities, refineries, as well as local manufacturing and construction.She has become a widely acknowledged expert in her field of practice, most recently being asked to defend the first Chinese Drywall claim accepted for defense by one of the largest insurance companies in the United States. Several Fortune 500 companies, one of which has selected her to be one of few female attorneys on their national trial team, retain Kay for their litigation programs. Kay has extensive experience in the defense of cases involving asbestos, benzene, silica, chemical solvents and noise, to name a few. In October 2011, Kay was one of fewer than 100 professionals in the nation to successfully complete the Litigation Management Institute (LMI). This prestigious program was conducted jointly by the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance and Columbia Law School. It is the first certification program specifically designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of litigation management. Ms. Baxter also is routinely invited to speak at, and chair, national seminars in her practice specialties.

Listed skills include Product Liability, Toxic Tort, Litigation, Personal Injury, and 20 others.

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  Loyola University New Orleans School Of Law

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