Kevin Ellis Joins Kean Miller in Lafayette

Kean Miller continues to grow as the 214-attorney, full-service law firm announces the addition of Kevin C. Ellis as an associate. Kevin joins the firm in the Lafayette office, where he practices with the offshore energy and marine litigation group.

Kevin has experience in a wide range of areas including complex litigation, commercial litigation, and professional liability litigation, including litigation involving attorney malpractice, accountant malpractice, architect and engineer malpractice, insurance agent malpractice, real estate malpractice, and ethical complaints against lawyers and judges. Prior to private practice, Kevin served as a governmental extern for the Louisiana Department of Justice Civil Rights Litigation Division and as a judicial extern to the Honorable Shelley D. Dick of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Prior to law school, Kevin was an oil and gas landman where he specialized in title research and abstracting on projects across several states.

Kevin earned his J.D./D.C.L., magna cum laude, and Energy Law and Policy Graduate Certificate from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2019. He earned his B.A. in International Studies and Minor in History from Louisiana State University in 2010. While in law school, Kevin served as an Academic Tutor to Professor Margaret Thomas for Federal Civil Procedure I. He received CALI Awards for the highest grade in Criminal Law, International Tax Law, Mineral Rights, Intro to Environmental Law, Administrative and Environmental Law Policy Seminar, Energy Law and Regulation, and Natural Resources Law. Kevin was a participant in the LSU Law Transactional Competition on transactional drafting and negotiation.

Kean Miller is one of the largest and best recognized law firms in the Gulf South region. For more than 40 years, the Firm has been innovating and growing, revolutionizing the standards for excellence in client service, and earning numerous awards for its market-leading practices and thoughtful and creative legal representation. Consistently named to the National Law Journal’s NLJ 500 and the Law360 Top 400 lists, Kean Miller is Mansfield 6.0 certified, an honor bestowed for a select group of law firms which demonstrate a genuine commitment to diversity in the legal profession. The Firm’s collaborative culture, people-first approach, and devotion to quality are foundational to the Firm’s continued success, reflecting its reputation in the market. From the Firm’s eight offices in Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport, Lake Charles, Houston, and The Woodlands, and more than 200 attorneys, Kean Miller delivers sophisticated and meaningful counsel to Fortune 500 leaders, national businesses, and local companies.