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| Practice Areas | Civil Practice; Highway Design Liability; Self Insured Defense; General Liability Defense; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Products Liability; Architects and Engineers Liability; Toxic Torts; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Construction Law | | | Education | Loyola University School of Law, J.D., 1981, University of Scranton, B.S., 1978 | | | Admitted | 1981, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits | |
| Memberships | Jefferson (Board of Directors; Past President) and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute (Vice Chair, Law Institute; Past Officer; Past Board of Directors, Product Liability Committee; Past Chair, Technology Committee; Past Chair, Electronic Discovery Task Force); International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy. | | | Born | Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1956 | | | Biography | Paul Lavelle practices and has extensive trial experience in the areas of commercial litigation, products liability, construction, environmental law, and general civil litigation. Representative Cases Include: - Obtained an injunction in a copyright infringement and Lanham Act false advertising case involving proprietary programming software. The case was tried in US District Court in the Southern District of New York - In a similar copyright infringement case involving proprietary programming software, we obtained a preliminary injunction for our client directed at a former employee. The case was tried US District Court in the Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division - Multiple plaintiff personal injury claim allegedly caused by exposure to a chemical leaking from a tanker truck. The case was tried in state court in Washington Parish, Louisiana The jury returned a defense verdict in just 45 minutes of deliberation after a five week long trial - Class action alleging exposure to a chemical dispersed into a neighborhood as fugitive dust during reclamation of the chemical substance from a former industrial site. The case was tried in Civil District Court in New Orleans - In a case involving claims for injunctive relief, breach of fiduciary and defamation, we defended the Board of Trustees of a Church in connection with a suit by its former Pastor who was dismissed by the Board. The case was tried in Civil District Court in New Orleans amid local media attention - In premises liability case obtained the dismissal of a business owner in connection with a shooting that occurred in the business' parking lot by a security guard. The case was tried in Civil District Court in New Orleans - Successfully mediated a multi fatality and catastrophic injury case resulting from a tractor trailer accident - Obtained a defense verdict for a vessel owner in Jones Act personal injury case in US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Defeated a brain injury claim arising out of a low speed impact motor vehicle accident after a three week jury trial involving a great deal of expert biomechanical and medical testimony. | | | ISLN | 905597964 | |
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