Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 504-410-2795
- Fax: 504-410-2796
- E-Mail: attorneys@provostylaw.com
- Website: www.provostylaw.com
Practice Areas
- General Civil Practice
- Insurance Defense
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Litigation
- Casualty Defense
- Product Liability
- Personal Injury
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Environmental Law
- Toxic Torts
- Oil and Gas
- Complex Litigation
- Class Actions
- Antitrust
- Corporate Law
- International Law
- Construction Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Bankruptcy
- Sports Law
- Copyright and Trademark Law
- Intellectual Property
- Public Entities
- Medical Malpractice
- Legal Malpractice
- Professional Liability
- Health Care
- Nursing Home Liability
- Mediation
- Business Transactions
- COVID-19/Coronavirus
- Bad Faith
- Cargo
- Transportation
- Road Hazard Defense
- Merchant Liability
- Multi-District Litigation
- Corporate Governance
- Government Contacts
- International, Local and Interstate Transactional Litigation
- Expropriation
- Entertainment and Media Law
- Healthcare Professional Liability
- Healthcare Licensing
- Healthcare and Medical Malpractice Liability
- Federal and State Employment Practices and Law
- State Constitutional Law
- Domestic and International Arbitration
- Event Cancellation Litigation
- Workers' Compensation Defense
About Us
Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, Provosty & Gankendorff, L.L.C. is a full service law firm that represents foreign and domestic businesses, entertainers and athletes, insurance companies, and medical and legal professionals in a number of highly specialized areas of the law.
Client Information
Corporate Clients
- Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE
- Raven Energy, L.L.C.
- Solomon Group Entertainment, L.L.C.
- Wright Enrichment, Inc.
Insurance Clients
- AIG
- Alterra Specialty Insurance Company / Markel
- Berkley Life Sciences, L.L.C.
- Canopius Managing Agents Limited
- Cathedral Underwriting, Ltd.
- Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London
- Fleming & Hall, LTD
- QBE European Operations
- State of Louisiana, Office of Risk Management
- Westfield Insurance Company
Third Party Administrators
- Affirmative Risk Management, Inc.
- American Claims Services, Inc.
- Burns & Wilcox Ltd.
- SyNerGy Adjusting Corporation
Personnel Information
Partners
Henry St. Paul Provosty
New Orleans, LA
- E-Mail: hprovosty@provostylaw.com
Admitted
- Louisiana, 1983
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships:
- Louisiana State and New Orleans Bar Associations
- New Orleans Mariners Club (President, 1997-1998)
- Houston Mariners Club
- National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices
- Louisiana Surplus Line Association
- Louisiana Claims Association
- New Orleans Claims Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
Education:
- University of Oregon, B.S., 1980
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1983
Edgar D. Gankendorff
New Orleans, LA
- E-Mail: egankendorff@provostylaw.com
Admitted
- Louisiana, 1991
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships:
- American, Louisiana State and New Orleans Bar Associations
- New Orleans Mariners Club
Education:
- Tulane University, B.A., 1987
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1990
Honors:
Phi Sigma Alpha
Christophe B. Szapary
New Orleans, LA
- E-Mail: cszapary@provostylaw.com
Admitted
- Louisiana, 1998
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Memberships:
- Louisiana State and New Orleans Bar Associations
- World Trade Center of New Orleans
Education:
- Duke University, B.A., 1991
- Tulane University Law School, J.D. (cum laude), 1998
- Tulane University Law School, M.A., 2001
Language:
- French
Eric R. G. Belin
New Orleans, LA
- E-Mail: ebelin@provostylaw.com
Admitted
- Louisiana, 2001
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Memberships:
- American, Louisiana State and New Orleans Bar Associations
- French-American Chamber of Commerce
Education:
- Université Jean Moulin Faculté de Droit, LL.M., 1990
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1996
Language:
- French
- German
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