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Larry G. Canada: Lawyer with Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith A Professional Law Corporation

Larry G. Canada

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Mr. Canada is a seasoned trial attorney with significant experience in handling large complex matters. He has tried numerous cases to Judges and Juries in both State and Federal courts in Louisiana and Mississippi. He has also mediated and arbitrated cases in Texas, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Mr. Canada understands both sides of litigation, as he began his legal career representing injured plaintiffs, handling toxic tort, maritime and product’s liability claims. After two and a half years, he was hired by his current firm: against whom he had litigated several cases. Mr. Canada is a Director with the firm of Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith and is in charge of the firm’s Gulfport office.

Mr. Canada is panel counsel for several insurance companies in Louisiana and South Mississippi in the areas of employment law, construction law and professional malpractice defense. He is also general counsel for several local and regional companies to whom he gives legal advice related to all aspects of their businesses. Mr. Canada also serves as an Assistant Bar Examiner for the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Mr. Canada is a frequent lecturer in the areas of commercial transactions, insurance, employment, risk management and construction law having presented seminars annually since 1997. He is accredited by the Louisiana State Insurance Commissioner, the American Institute of Architects and the Louisiana Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors to provide continuing education credits to attendees of his seminars.

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Named "Top Lawyer" by New Orleans Magazine, November 2009

Publications:

The ADA – Just When You Thought It was Safe To Go Back In The Water: Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys, June 2002

Examining ADA’s Title I and the "Regarded As" Claim, For the Defense; March 2004, p 51

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Practice Areas

  • Products Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Construction
  • Public Entity Liability and Civil Rights
  • Employers Liability
  • Environmental and Toxic Tort
  • Trucking and Transportation
 
University University of Alabama, B.A., Chemistry, 1979; University of Alabama, Graduate Studies in Chemistry, 1983
 
Law SchoolUniversity of Alabama, J.D., 1986
 
Admitted1987, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1994, Texas; 1996, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 1997, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court; 2010, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
 
Memberships Louisiana State Bar Association (Member: House of Delegates, 1995-1997; Medical/Legal Interprofessional Committee, 1995-1997); State Bar of Texas; The Mississippi Bar; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Bar Foundation; Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Federal Bar Association.
 
BornSavannah, Georgia
 
Biography

Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, 1984-1985; Justice, 1985-1986). Member: Jasons; Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society; John A. Campbell Moot Court Board. Associate Editor, American Journal on Tax Policy, 1984-1985.

 
Reported CasesBrown v. Dynacare, 836 So. 2d 252 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2002); Bailey v. Borden, 750 So. 2d 289 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1999); Greenhouse v. C.F. Kenner Assoc. Ltd. Partnership, 723 So. 2d 1004 (La App 4th Cir. 1998); Cole v. Celotex, 588 So. 2d 376 (La. App. 3d Cir. 1991)
 
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Larry G. Canada
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins,
Burr & Smith
A Professional Law Corporation

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1400
Houston, TX 77010




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