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A Registered Limited Liability Partnership including a Professional CorporationContact InformationPhone: 504-582-1500 Visit Our Websitehttp://www.sessions-law.comSend Us Email

Location: Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 3500, New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-3500, (Orleans Parish)View Map

(Main Office) Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law: General Civil Practice. Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Construction, Corporate, Environmental, Estate Planning and Estate Administration, Finance, Insurance, Labor Relations, Equal Opportunity, First Amendment, Media, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate, Shopping Centers, Office Buildings and Hotels, Surety, Taxation, Trusts, Arbitration, Trials and Appeals.Year Established: 1958Firm Profile: Founded in 1958, the firm now known as Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, L.L.P. is primarily a business-oriented firm which represents businesses, individuals, and insurance companies in a broad spectrum of legal matters, including complex litigation, commercial transactions, real estate and tax matters, as wells as wills, successions and estate planning. The firm requires its attorneys to provide it clients with high quality services in a timely manner and with a sensible business approach.Firm Size: 36Representative Clients:ACE USE Claims; A.I.G. Technical Services, Inc.; American Automobile Association; American Express; American International Group; Amtrak; AT&T; J.C. Bradford & Co.; Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health & Welfare and Pension Funds; CNA Insurance Companies; Cold Stone Creamery, Inc.; Corporate Express; Corporate Realty, Inc.; Crescent Bank & Trust Co.; Entergy New Orleans, Inc.; Entergy Services, Inc.; Expotel; First American Title Insurance Co.; General Growth Properties, Inc.; Gerber Products Co.; The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.; Heidelberg USA, Inc. Helis Oil & Gas Co., LLC.; Intercontinental Hotel Group; J.C. Penney Co., Inc.; Johnson Bros. Corp.; Lennar Partners; Louisiana Department of Revenue; Massman Construction Co.; Midland Loan Services, Inc.; NCO Financial Systems, Inc.; Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.; Novartis, Inc.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.; Pan American Life; Passman Galleries; Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc.; Reliance Insurance Co.; Rouse's Enterprises; Rubenstein Bros., Inc.; Southern Holdings, Inc.; Stirling Properties, Inc.; St. Jude Medical, Inc.; Standard/Taylor Industries, Inc.; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.; Sugar Bowl; Super Fresh/Sav-A-Center, Inc.; Thomas & Betts Holdings, Inc.; Traylor Bros., Inc.; Tulane University; United National Insurance Co.; Universal Personnel; Volkswagen of America, Inc.; Westport Insurance Corp.; West Corporation; Wink, Inc.; Xerox Corporation.APPROVED ATTORNEYS AND AGENTS FOR: First American Title Insurance Co.AUTHORIZED CLOSING ATTORNEYS FOR: First American Bank; Liberty Bank; Parish National Bank; National City Mortgage; National City Bank; Regions Bank; Regions Mortgage, Inc.; Whitney National Bank.Other Office Locations of Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, L.L.P.San Diego, California, U.S.A.Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.A.Amherst, New York, U.S.A.Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.MEMBERS OF FIRMMax Nathan, Jr. (P.C.) (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, November 21, 1934; admitted to bar, 1960, Louisiana. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1956); Yale University; University of Geneva; Tulane University (J.D., 1960). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1997—. Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1959-1960. Co-Author: Louisiana Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration, (Lexis Law Publishing, Second Edition, 1999). Law Clerk to Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1960-1961. Associate Professor of Law, 1969-1975 and Full Professor of Law, 1975—, Tulane University School of Law. President, 1999-2001, Chairman, 2002—. Reporter and Member, Committees on: Revision of Louisiana Law of Partnership, 1974— and Louisiana Law of Successions, 1986—, Louisiana State Law Institute. Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1987-1995. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member, Board of Governors, 1988—) and American Bar Associations; International Academy of Estate and Trust Law; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 1988—). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; American Bar Foundation; American Law Institute. (Board Certified Tax Law and Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Debtor Creditor Law; Estate Planning; Financial Planning Law; Successions; Tax Controversies; Local, Personal Property, State, Federal, International Taxation; Trust Administration; Trust Law; Will Contests; Wills. Email: Max Nathan, Jr. (P.C.)Robert E. Winn (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 24, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Louisiana; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1960; J.D., 1962); Tulane University (LL.M., Environmental Law, 1992). Alpha Sigma Nu; Blue Key; Delta Theta Phi. Member, Loyola Law Review, 1960-1961. [Judge Advocate, U.S. Army, 1962-1965]. Practice Areas: Products Liability Law; Construction Law; Environmental Law; Libel and Slander Law; Maritime Personal Injury Law. Email: Robert E. WinnWilliam M. Lucas, Jr. (Member) born Natchez, Mississippi, November 9, 1927; admitted to bar, 1950, Louisiana; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tulane University (B.B.A., 1948; LL.B., 1950). General Counsel, New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, October, 1986-2003. Member: First Amendment Lawyers Association; New Orleans Estate Planning Council; American and Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Health and Hospital Law. Email: William M. Lucas, Jr.Jack M. Alltmont (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (J.D., 1970). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1969-1970. Practice Areas: Arbitration Law; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Professional Malpractice Law. Email: Jack M. AlltmontJ. David Forsyth (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Louisiana. Education: Brown University (A.B., cum laude, 1968); Tulane University (J.D., 1972). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge Alvin B. Rubin, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1973. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy, 1995-2003. Member, Attorneys' Advisory Rules Committee to Enact Local Bankruptcy Rules for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1986-1987 and 1993-1997. Chairman on Subcommittee on Chapter 11 and Debtors' Responsibilities, 1986-1987. Member, Libel Defense Resource Center, 1999-2003 and Co-Author, Survey of Louisiana Libel Law. Contributing Author, Wiley Bankruptcy Law Update, 1998-1999. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Secretary-Treasurer, Corporation and Business Law Section, 1981-1982; Vice-Chairman, 1982-1983; Chairman, 1983-1984) and American (Member, Subcommittees on Executory Contracts and Leases and Secured Creditors of Business Bankruptcy Committee, Section of Business Law) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; International Council of Shopping Centers (Louisiana State Government Affairs Committee Chairman, 1989-1995 and 1997-2002; Member: Law Committee; Bankruptcy Task Force); Products Liability Advisory Council (Sustaining Member, 1991-1996). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Law; Creditors Rights Law; Loan Workouts; Shopping Center Law; Defamation; First Amendment Law. Email: J. David ForsythPeter S. Title (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 24, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1972); Tulane University (J.D., 1975). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1974-1975. Law Clerk to Associate Justice Walter F. Marcus, Jr., Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1975-1976. Lecturer in Civil Law Property, Tulane University School of Law, 1978. Author, Louisiana Real Estate Transactions, West Group, 2000. Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Commercial Law; Bankruptcy Law. Email: Peter S. TitleCarole Cukell Neff (Member) born Geneva, New York, August 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., magna cum laude, 1973); Tulane University (J.D., 1977). Order of the Coif. Assistant Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1976-1977. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1997-2003. Law Clerk to Justice John A. Dixon, Jr., Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1977-1978. Co-Author: Louisiana Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration (Lexis Law Publishing, Second Edition, 1999). Member, 1984—, 1st Vice-President, 1989-1990 and President, 1990-1991, Women's Professional Council Board. Member, Rotary Board, New Orleans Estate Planning Council Board, President, 2002-2003. Member: New Orleans Bar Association (3rd Vice-President, 1989-1990; Chair, Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning Committee, 1991-1999); Association for Women Attorneys. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Wills; Probate Law; Trust Administration; Trust Law. Email: Carole Cukell NeffJoy Goldberg Braun (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 16, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: Duke University (B.S.N., 1976); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Sigma Theta Tau; Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Presiding Judge, Tulane Moot Court, 1981. Law Clerk to: Hon. Walter Marcus, Louisiana Supreme Court; Hon. F.J.R. Heebe, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. Practice Areas: Medical Litigation; Products Liability Law. Email: Joy Goldberg BraunSharon Cormack Mize (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 29, 1953; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1975); Loyola University (J.D., 1986). Beta Alpha Psi. Comment Editor, Loyola Law Review, 1985-1986. Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1980. Law Clerk to the Hon. Pascal Calogero, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1986-1987. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability Law; Commercial Law; Employment Law. Email: Sharon Cormack MizeMichael A. Berenson (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16, 1938; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana; 1997, Colorado. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S., 1961; M.S., 1963; J.D., cum laude, 1990). Sigma Xi. Member, 1988-1990, Managing Editor, 1989-1990, Tulane Law Review. Co-Author: "Federal Regulation of Real Estate and Mortgage Lending," The West Group. Member, Governing Board, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, La., 1985—, Chairman, 2002—. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Business Litigation; Environmental Law; Housing Discrimination. Email: Michael A. BerensonBrian D. Roth (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1991, North Carolina; 1993, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1981; M.S., 1983); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Managing Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1990-1991. Board Member, Hematology and Oncology Services Foundation, New Orleans. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. (Resident, Metairie Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Banking Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law. Email: Brian D. RothKevin G. Barreca (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 31, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1988); Loyola University (J.D., 1995). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. (Resident, Metairie Office). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Kevin G. BarrecaSPECIAL COUNSELDavid Israel (Special Counsel) born Middletown, Connecticut, November 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1976); Rutgers University; Seton Hall University (J.D., 1981). Assistant Professor, Loyola University Graduate Business School, 1983- 1986. Past, Contributing Editor, SHRM Magazine and SHRM News, 1984-1995. Construction Arbitrator, Board Member, Grace House. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Commerce Clearing House's National Human Resources Board, 1992—; Chairperson, Commerce Clearing House's National Affirmative Action Advisory Board, 1995—); ABA Commercial Law League of America. (Manager, Metairie Office). Practice Areas: Labor and Employee Relations (Management); Civil Litigation. Email: David IsraelASSOCIATESEric M. Schorr (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 20, 1965; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Loyola University (J.D., 2002). General Securities Representative, Series 7. General Securities Principal, Series 24. Registered Investment Advisor, Series 66. Practice Areas: Trust Law; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Eric M. SchorrApril B. Watson (Associate) born Anchorage, Alaska, April 12, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: California Lutheran University (B.A., 1996). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability. Email: April B. WatsonDanielle M. Ross (Associate) born Metairie, Louisiana, September 15, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 2002); Boston University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Litigation. Email: Danielle M. RossBryan C. Shartle (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 28, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2001). Law Clerk, Louisiana Supreme Court, Justice Jeannette Theriot Knoll, 2001-2002. (Resident, Metairie Office). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Bryan C. ShartleMichelle H. Lyon (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 12, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1990); Loyola University (J.D., 1994). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. (Resident, Metairie Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Michelle H. LyonMayas D. Erickson (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S.; J.D., 2002). (Resident, Metairie Office). Email: Mayas D. EricksonE. Lillian Wise (Associate) born Sonora, Mexico, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Mexico; 2004, Louisiana. Education: University of Sonora, Sonora, Mexico (Bachelor of Law, 1996). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. (Resident, Metairie Office). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Regulatory Law. Email: E. Lillian WiseAllison L. Cannizaro (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002; J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. (Resident, Metairie Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Allison L. CannizaroJustin H. Homes (Associate) born Long Beach, Mississippi, October 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Member: New Orleans, Fifth Circuit, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States. (Resident, Metairie Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation. Email: Justin H. HomesOther Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices

Metairie, Louisiana Office: Lakeway II, 3850 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite 1240, 70002-1752. Telephone: 504-828-3700. Fax: 504-828-3737. URL: http://www.sessions-law.com.

Dallas, Texas Office: 900 Jackson Street, Suite 440, 75202-4473. Telephone: 214-741-3001. Fax: 214-741-3055. URL: http://www.sessions-law.com.

Tampa, Florida Office: 9009 Corporate Lake Drive, Suite 3000-S, 33634-2367. Telephone: 813-889-9757. Fax: 813-889-9757. Email: elizabeth.fite@fitelaw.com. URL: http://www.sessions-law.com.

Wilmette, Illinois Office: 1000 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 430, 60091-1181. Telephone: 847-853-6100. Fax: 847-853-6105. URL: http://www.sessions-law.com.

San Diego, California Office: 3667 Voltaire Street, 92106-1253. Telephone: 619-758-1891. Fax: 619-222-3667. URL: http://www.sessions-law.com.

Fort Collins, Colorado Office: 645 Stonington Lane, 80525-8286. Telephone: 970-223-4420. Fax: 970-223-4490. URL: http://www.sessions-law.com.

Amherst, New York Office: 130 John Muir Drive, Suite 106, 14228-1148. Telephone: 716-636-5178. Fax: 716-626-7497. URL: http://www.sessions-law.com.

Buffalo, New York Office: 150 CrossPoint Parkway (Amherst), 14068. Telephone: 716-404-2317. Fax: 716-404-2120. URL: http://www.sessions-law.com.Maintains an office in more than one location.
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