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September 28 - New Orleans BRIAN K. ABELS is a partner with Boyer, Hebert & Abels, LLC, in Denham Springs, where his practice concentrates on automobile liability, uninsured motorist claims, insurance coverage, contractual indemnity claims, products liability, premises liability, and workers' compensation. Mr. Abels has litigated cases in state and federal district courts throughout Louisiana, and has conducted oral arguments in several state appellate courts and the Louisiana Supreme Court. He is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, as well as the Louisiana Eastern, Middle and Western districts of the U.S. district courts, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Abels is a member of the Louisiana State, Baton Rouge and American bar associations, as well as the Louisiana City Attorneys Association. He also is a founding member of Workers' Compensation Mediators of Louisiana, LLC, a mediation firm focusing exclusively on the resolution of workers' compensation claims. Mr. Abels earned his bachelor's and J.D. degrees from Louisiana State University. PABLO GONZALEZ is an attorney in the insurance and reinsurance group in the New Orleans office of Phelps Dunbar LLP. He represents clients in insurance coverage litigation, including both first-party and third-party coverage disputes. Mr. Gonzalez has been involved in litigation arising out of first-party insurance claims, including claims for property damage, business interruption, loss of rental income, and additional living expenses arising out of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He has experience representing third-party liability insurers in complex coverage litigation in state and federal court, with a particular focus on construction defect, employer's vicarious liability, excess insurance and auto liability claims. Mr. Gonzalez earned his B.A. degree from the University of the South, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Loyola University. He is a member of the New Orleans Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association (2009-2010 Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, Leadership Class of 2009, Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute - 2009 Observer of the Young Lawyer's Section), American Bar Association, Young Leadership Council, Thomas More Inn of Court, and Isidore Newman School Alumni Board. MARK D. KUSS is a sole practitioner in Louisiana, where his main areas of practice are civil litigation, personal injury and domestic law. He has taught at the college level for 25 years and is currently teaching at Our Lady of Holy Cross College. Mr. Kuss earned his B.A. degree from the University of New Orleans, his J.D. degree from Tulane University, his M.A. degree from the University of New Orleans and is currently a doctoral student at Louisiana State University. He is a member of the Louisiana State and American bar associations. WADE A. LANGLOIS III is a member with the law firm of Gaudry Ranson Higgins & Gremillion LLC, where he practices in the areas of personal injury, workers' compensation, casualty and insurance defense and coverage. Mr. Langlois has previously lectured on his areas of practice and has spoken for the National Business Institute on "Handling Complex Auto Insurance Coverage Disputes." He earned his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University and his J.D. degree from Loyola University in New Orleans. Mr. Langlois is a member of the New Orleans, Louisiana State and American bar associations, and the Louisiana Association of Defense Council. September 29 - Baton Rouge YIGAL BANDER is an attorney in the Baton Rouge law firm of Manasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger, PLC, where he practices in the areas of personal injury, workers' compensation and mediation, teachers' rights and criminal defense. He earned his B.A. degree from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and his M.S.W. and J.D. degrees from Louisiana State University. Mr. Bander is admitted to practice in Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. 5th Circuit, and the U.S. District courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western districts of Louisiana. He has written several articles on different legal subjects, including workers' compensation, Medicare and ERISA subrogation and evidence. Mr. Bander is a member of the Baton Rouge and Louisiana State bar associations, and District of Columbia Bar, the American Association for Justice, and the Louisiana Association for Justice. He also is a licensed clinical social worker. E. SCOTT HACKENBERG is an attorney with the law firm of Henchy, Verbois & Hackenberg, L.L.C., in Baton Rouge, where he concentrates in the areas of insurance defense, personal injury, construction litigation and commercial litigation. Mr. Hackenberg earned his B.A. degree from Calvin College and his J.D. degree from the Paul M. Herbert Law Center at Louisiana State University. He is a member of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American bar associations. PATRICK H. PATRICK is a partner in the New Orleans firm of Patrick Miller LLC, where he practices in the areas of maritime law, insurance litigation and regulation, commercial litigation, administrative law, workers' compensation defense, and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Patrick is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Maritime Law Association of the U.S., the Association of Average Adjusters of the U.S., the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute and past president of the Propeller Club of the United State Port of New Orleans. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of South Alabama and his J.D. degree from Tulane University of Louisiana, where he was articles editor of the Tulane Law Review. KEITH P. RICHARDS is a sole practitioner in Baton Rouge, where he maintains a civil litigation practice devoted primarily to the representation of plaintiffs in personal injury litigation. Mr. Richards has previously provided continuing legal education instruction on an array of topics including proving damages in personal injury litigation, nursing home malpractice litigation, automobile accident litigation, insurance bad faith litigation and insurance coverage litigation. He earned bachelor's, master's and law degrees from LSU, and is a proud member of the Louisiana Association for Justice.
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