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Kean Miller Adds Business, Corporate, and Real Estate Talent Six Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2024 Edition of Texas Super Lawyers Kean Miller Highly Ranked in 2025 Edition of Best Law Firms Anna Carey Joins Kean Miller in New Orleans Kean Miller Adds Litigation Trio in The Woodlands Ben Jumonville Recognized as a 2024 Forty Under 40 Recipient Kean Miller Continues to Grow Across Louisiana and Texas Derek J. Anchondo Joins Kean Miller in Houston, Strengthens Business, Corporate, M&A, Oil and Gas Teams Kean Miller Named One of the Best Places to Work for Eleventh Consecutive Year Kean Miller Achieves Mansfield Certification for Fifth Consecutive Year Kean Miller Launches Wildlife & Fisheries Practice Madeleine Breaux Rejoins Kean Miller in Lafayette Seventy-Eight Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America Kean Miller Names Chief Financial Officer Kevin Ellis Joins Kean Miller in Lafayette Caroline Castigliola Joins Kean Miller in Baton Rouge Kean Miller Listed in The American Lawyer’s 2024 Diversity Scorecard Shiena Marie Burke Joins Kean Miller in New Orleans Chauvin Kean Recognized as a 2024 Leadership in Law Honoree Mike Lemoine Joins Kean Miller in Lafayette, Bolsters Offshore Energy and Marine Litigation Team Fourteen Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA Kean Miller Continues to Grow in New Orleans Aaron Ruffin Recognized as a 2024 National Bar Association 40 Under 40 Recipient Monica Manzella Joins Kean Miller in New Orleans, Bolsters Business, Corporate, and Data Privacy Practices Kean Miller Celebrates 10 Years in Shreveport Jacob Malatek Joins Kean Miller in Houston Kyle Polozola appointed member, State Board of Commerce & Industry Kean Miller Adds Houston Trial Talent Kean Miller Selected Among 2024 Best Companies to Work For: Law Firms by U.S. News and World Report Mark Stipe Joins Kean Miller in Lafayette, Strengthens Business and Corporate Practice John Jakuback and Sean McLaughlin Elected to Management Committee Brian Albert Joins Kean Miller in The Woodlands, Bolsters Business, Corporate, and Real Estate Practices Kean Miller Adds Legal Talent in Houston Kean Miller Names Three New Partners Twenty-Nine Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2024 Louisiana Super Lawyers Raven Bourque Joins Kean Miller in Baton Rouge Kean Miller Continues Growth Trajectory Across Louisiana and Texas Jill Gautreaux Recognized as a 2023 Leadership in Law Honoree Adrien Busekist Joins Kean Miller’s Baton Rouge Office Kean Miller Continues to Grow Across Louisiana and Texas Kean Miller Achieves Mansfield Certification for Fourth Consecutive Year Kean Miller Adds Litigation Talent in Houston Kean Miller Named One of the Best Places to Work for Tenth Consecutive Year Chevron Honors Kean Miller for Diversity and Inclusion Kean Miller Grows E-Discovery Practice with the Addition of New Legal Talent Sixty-Seven Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2024 John Smither Joins Kean Miller in Houston, Bolsters Eminent Domain, Energy, and Commercial Litigation Practices Kean Miller Continues to Grow Across Texas, Adding Legal Talent in Houston Thirteen Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA Sarah Guidry Joins Kean Miller’s Corporate, Real Estate and Hospitality Practice in New Orleans Kean Miller Names Chief Information Officer Kean Miller Continues to Grow Across Louisiana and Texas, Adding Legal Talent in Houston, Shreveport, and Lafayette Rachel Kubanda Listed in 2023 Texas Super Lawyers Bill Caughman Elected to Management Committee Chris Dippel Joins Kean Miller to Lead White-Collar Criminal Defense Practice Kean Miller Names New Partners in Baton Rouge and New Orleans Twenty-Eight Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2023 Louisiana Super Lawyers Kelicia Raya Recognized in Lawyers of Color Hot List 2022 Texas Bankruptcy Practice Flourishes at Kean Miller Kean Miller Ranked in 2023 Best Law Firms Kean Miller Growth Trajectory Continues with Addition of Seven Attorneys Kean Miller Achieves Mansfield Certification, Third Year in a Row Forty-Eight Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2023 Kincaid Jackson Joins Business, Corporate, and Real Estate Teams in Baton Rouge Kean Miller Adds Texas Legal Talent Kean Miller Named a Top Workplace in New Orleans Hannah Crosby Joins Baton Rouge Office Eleven Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA Josiah Kollmeyer Joins Baton Rouge Office Kean Miller Adds Houston-Based Probate Litigation Practice; Growth Accelerates In Texas Kean Miller Adds Environmental Partner to Industrial Legal Team Kean Miller Attorneys Selected for Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and Pathfinder Programs Kean Miller Continues to Grow in Lake Charles Kean Miller Adds Bankruptcy Practice in Houston William “Willie” J. Kolarik, II Elected to Kean Miller Partnership Twenty-Four Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2022 Louisiana Super Lawyers Kean Miller Adds Shelley Jourdan Harrison in Baton Rouge Office Kean Miller Expands Offshore Energy, Marine Litigation, and Emergency Response Teams in Texas Kean Miller Adds Associate Attorney in Baton Rouge Jim Hall Invited to Prestigious ABOTA Organization Kean Miller Named One of The Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge Linda Broocks Named Super Lawyer New Associate Joins Kean Miller’s Lafayette Office Kean Miller Adds Associate Attorney to New Orleans Office Kean Miller Achieves Mansfield Certification Plus Status for 2021 Forty-Three Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2022 April L. Walter Joins Kean Miller in The Woodlands Kean Miller Named One of the Best Places to Work in New Orleans Kean Miller Recognized for Exceeding Client Expectations Nine Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA Laura F. Dumas Joins Kean Miller in The Woodlands Kean Miller Nationally Recognized for Improving Client Service During Pandemic Kean Miller Attorney Joins Pathfinder Programs In Memoriam – Carey J. Messina Kean Miller Adds Ross Roubion in Lafayette Office Nineteen Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2021 Louisiana Super Lawyers Kean Miller Names New Partners in New Orleans Tim Robinson Joins Kean Miller in Baton Rouge Chuck Boudreaux Joins Kean Miller in Lafayette Laura Rahman Joins Kean Miller in Houston Kean Miller Relocates Lafayette Office Two Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2020 Texas Super Lawyers Gordon Polozola Rejoins Kean Miller Utility Regulatory Team Tammy Scelfo Joins Kean Miller in Lafayette Kean Miller Adds Legal Talent in New Orleans Kean Miller Achieves Mansfield Rule Certification Forty-Six Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2021 Mark Dore Elected to the Lafayette Economic Development Authority Board of Commissioners New Orleans Office Adds Energy and Environmental Litigation Attorney Ambrose Stearns Joins Kean Miller in Lafayette Will Huguet Selected as ALTAPL Board Member Ten Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA Kayla Bourgeois Joins Kean Miller in Baton Rouge Randy Cangelosi Recipient of the Board Chairman Award from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber Kean Miller Putting the CARES Act to Work for Your Business Webinar Available for Streaming Kean Miller Covid-19 Legal Issues Webinar Available for Streaming Kean Miller Relocates The Woodlands Office Kean Miller Adds Legal Talent in New Orleans Kean Miller Partners listed on Lawyers of Color's Power List 2020 Kean Miller Adds Partner in Shreveport Erin Kilgore Named Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2020 Louisiana Super Lawyers Kean Miller Names New Partners in Baton Rouge and New Orleans Kean Miller Relocates to the 18th Floor of the Pennzoil South Tower Kean Miller Bolsters Energy and Environmental Litigation Practices Chris Matulis Joins Kean Miller in Baton Rouge Retirement of Long Time Kean Miller Partners Brian Klaslo Joins Kean Miller as Director of Business Development Thirty-Two Kean Miller Attorneys Named 2020 Best Lawyers Vicki Elmer Joins Kean Miller in New Orleans Victor Gregoire Elected President of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel Kean Miller Adds Legal Resources in Lafayette Noted Litigator Joins Kean Miller as a Partner in Lafayette Kean Miller Adds Legal Talent in New Orleans Ten Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA Kean Miller Adds Legal Talent in Baton Rouge Twenty-One Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2019 Louisiana Super Lawyers Linda Perez Clark Named Managing Partner; Michael deBarros, Zoe Vermeulen and Devin Ricci Elected to the Partnership Randy Cangelosi Named Board Chairman of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber Kean Miller Ranked in 2019 Best Law Firms Kean Miller Named One of Baton Rouge's Best Places to Work for a Fifth Consecutive Year Thirty Attorneys Named As 2019 Best Lawyers Forrest Guedry Joins Baton Rouge Office Nine Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA David Whitaker Named to 2018 Leadership in Law Awards List Kean Miller Names Victor J. Suane, Jr. as Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow Twenty-Five Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2018 Louisiana Super Lawyers Kean Miller Names Three New Partners. Kean Miller Launches Houston Office Kean Miller Named One of Baton Rouge's Best Places to Work for the Fourth Consecutive Year Trey McCowan Named Advisory Council Chair Kean Miller Responds to Hurricane Harvey Twenty-Eight Attorneys Named as Best Lawyers Chevron Corporation Honors Kean Miller for Diversity and Inclusion Louis M. Grossman Rejoins Kean Miller in New Orleans Kean Miller Joins Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Jaye Calhoun Elected Fellow of American College of Tax Counsel Nine Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers Jaye Calhoun and William Kolarik Join Kean Miller Karli Johnson Elected President of the Baton Rouge Bar Association Tod Everage Elected to the Partnership Kean Miller Launches An Intellectual Property Law Blog Kean Miller Named One of the Best Places to Work in New Orleans Kean Miller Adds Legal Talent State and Local Tax Team Obtains Louisiana Supreme Court Decision On Further Processing Exclusion Kean Miller Launches Online Calendar for Flood-Related Volunteer Efforts, Fundraising Events Kean Miller Establishes Employee Assistance Fund Unprecedented Flooding Impacts South Louisiana Twenty-Eight Attorneys Named Best Lawyers Eight Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers 2016 David Halpern Named to Leadership in Law Class of 2016 Kean Miller New Orleans Office Named Top Workplace Kean Miller Connects Minority College Students With Information on Attending Law School and Becoming an Attorney Kean Miller Named One of The Ten Best Law Firms for Black Attorneys in the U.S. Renowned ERISA and Employee Benefits Practitioner Joins Kean Miller Vic Suane Honored by the Louis A. Martinet Society Experience Kean Miller: 2016 Interactive Announcement and Year in Review Released Kevin Curry Elected as Senior Officer of The Louisiana Law Institute M&A Team Advises Lamar Advertising on $485M Acquisition of Outdoor Advertising Assets Twenty-Four Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2016 Louisiana Super Lawyers Shreveport Office Recognized with 2015 HR Excellence Award New Orleans Office Recognized by CityBusiness as 2015 Best Place to Work Kean Miller Recognized in 2016 Best Law Firms List in U.S. News Kean Miller Adds Legal Talent Twenty-Five Attorneys Named as 2016 Best Lawyers Kean Miller Named One of Baton Rouge's Best Places to Work for a Second Consecutive Year David Halpern and Jill Gautreaux Join Kean Miller in New Orleans Vance A. Gibbs Appointed Chairman of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Board of Trustees Kevin Curry Elected to the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association Jay Jalenak Recognized for Pro Bono Service Seven Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA Kean Miller Recognized as a Top Workplace in New Orleans Kean Miller Connects Minority College Students With Opportunities in the Legal Profession Corporate Counsel Recognize Kean Miller in 2015 Brand Elite Survey Kean Miller Receives Dutch Morial Award from Martinet Society Stephen Hanemann Elected to the Board of Directors of the World Trade Center of New Orleans Kean Miller Names Three New Partners Twenty-Five Kean Miller Attorneys Listed in 2015 Louisiana Super Lawyers Kean Miller Recognized for Client Service Performance In Memoriam - Ben R. Miller, Jr. Kean Miller Recognizes Angela Ciccolo with the Kean Miller Diversity Achievement Award Kean Miller Adds New Legal Talent Kean Miller Named One of the Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge Jim Silverstein Admitted to the American College of Trial Lawyers Twenty-Five Attorneys Named as 2015 Best Lawyers Vic Suane Presented With Outstanding Young Lawyer Award By The Louisiana State Bar Association Seven Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA Blane Clark Featured in Business Report Kean Miller Named to BTI Brand Elite 2014 Kean Miller Welcomes Will Huguet - Shreveport Office Adds Oil & Gas Talent, Grows to Eight Attorneys Kean Miller Connects Minority College Students to Opportunities in the Legal Profession Kean Miller Recognized for Chemical Industry Client Relationships Linda Clark Honored by National Diversity Council Kean Miller Expands to North Louisiana Kean Miller Adds New Legal Talent Karen Fontana Joins Kean Miller Chuck Talley Named to Leadership in Law List Twenty-Eight Kean Miller Attorneys Listed as Super Lawyers Kean Miller Names Four New Partners Kean Miller Recognized for Client Service Performance Twenty Attorneys Named as 2014 Best Lawyers Tyler Moore Kostal Joins Kean Miller Kean Miller Recognized by Corporate Counsel / Law.com New View. 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Kean Miller Adds New Legal Talent Victor Gregoire Named to Legacy Disputes Committee Kean Miller Recognized by ABA Council on Legal Education Opportunity Three Kean Miller Attorneys Named Baton Rouge Lawyers of the Year Seven Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA Jay Jalenak Elected to the Board of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporate Counsel Recognizes Kean Miller as Go-To Law Firm Kean Miller Recognized for Diversity Efforts Kean Miller Expands New Orleans Office Kean Miller Elects New Managing Partner; Vic Suane Elected Partner Kean Miller Recognized for Client Service Performance Karen Waters Shipman Named to Women of the Year List Kevin Curry Appointed Chairman of Trust Code Committee of the Louisiana State Law Institute Kean Miller Adds New Attorneys Five Partners Named “Lawyers of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America; 13 Additional Attorneys Recognized Kean Miller Employment Law Forum Scheduled for November 16 Kean Miller Recognized as One of New Orleans CityBusiness Best Places to Work Michael deBarros Joins Kean Miller Kean Miller Receives Human Rights Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association Seven Kean Miller Attorneys Recognized as Leading Louisiana Lawyers Vance Gibbs Named General Counsel of the Board of Directors of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Tiffany Sues Pucheu Rejoins Kean Miller Jim Silverstein Joins Kean Miller in New Orleans Carrie Tournillon Joins Kean Miller Stephen Hanemann Named to Leadership in Law List Amanda Stephens Joins Kean Miller Kean Miller Recognized for Client Service Performance Admiralty Team Obtains Defense Verdict in Jones Act Trial in St. Mary Parish Kean Miller Dictionary Project: The Power of Words National Aid and Defender Association Recognizes Kean Miller with Beacon of Justice Award Kean Miller Selected as Go-To Law Firm for Top 500 Companies Jim Doré Admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers Three Kean Miller Partners Named Baton Rouge Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers Kean Miller Client Relationship Featured in Corporate Counsel / law.com Mike McGlone Honored as Jesuit High School Alumnus of the Year Claire Juneau Joins Kean Miller Sixteen Kean Miller Attorneys Selected by Best Lawyers in America Glenn Orgeron Elected to Crimestoppers Board Kean Miller Adds Attorneys in Baton Rouge, New Orleans Eight Kean Miller Partners Recognized by Chambers USA Kean Miller Recognized as Go-To Firm for Corporate Counsel Kean Miller Connects Minority College Students to Legal Profession Karen Waters Shipman Named to Leadership in Law List Kean Miller LLP Relocates Baton Rouge Office to II City Plaza Trippe Hawthorne Featured in United Way's More Than 1000 Words Photo Documentary Kean Miller LLP Names Four New Partners Louisiana Appleseed Selects Kean Miller LLP for Good Apple Award Sixteen Kean Miller LLP Attorneys Listed in 2011 Louisiana Super Lawyers Kean Miller LLP Delivers the Power of Words to Local Third-Grade Students Charles S. McCowan, Jr. Named Baton Rouge Mass Tort Litigator of the Year Micro Chemical Company Team Recognized By LDEQ and U.S. EPA Kean Miller LLP Adds New Attorneys to Environmental, Litigation and Construction Teams Chevron Honors Kean Miller LLP for Diversity and Inclusion Kean Miller LLP Recognized by Corporate Counsel Trippe Hawthorne Selected to Receive Crystal Gavel Award Seven Kean Miller Lawyers Recognized by Chambers USA Karli Wilson Presented with Outstanding Young Lawyer Award Kean Miller LLP Partner Honored with Sustainable Environment Award Kean Miller LLP Team Secures Important Lease for Cameron Parish LNG Terminal How to Sell Your Business Brad Schlotterer Named to Leadership in Law List Kean Miller LLP Names New Partner Eric Lockridge Selected for 2009 40 Under 40 Awards Kean Miller LLP Adds Two New Associates Vance Gibbs Appointed to Crohn's & Colitis Foundation National Board of Trustees Charles McCowan Inducted into American College of Trial Lawyers David M. Whitaker Joins Kean Miller LLP as a Partner in the Labor and Employment Group National Law Journal Names Kean Miller LLP to Midsize “Hot List” Kean Miller LLP Listed in National Law Journal Report Lou Grossman Joins Kean Miller LLP Mike Phillips Joins Kean Miller LLP Kean Miller LLP Wins Camille F. Gravel Pro Bono Award Kean Miller LLP Ranked as Top Tier Firm by Chambers USA Mike McGlone Appointed Chair of Maritime Law Association Subcommittee Vance Gibbs Inducted into American College of Trial Lawyers Kean Miller LLP Names Two New Partners Kean Miller LLP Attorneys Recognized for Unique Contributions to Homeless Ministry Trippe Hawthorne Selected for 2008 40 Under 40 Awards Kean Miller LLP Adds New Attorneys Kean Miller LLP Joins Global Network of 68 Law Firms in 120 Cities Linda Perez Clark Named Influential Woman in Business Volunteerism Award Presented to Trippe Hawthorne Glenn Orgeron Appointed to CCCOA by Governor Jindal Karli Wilson Named Chair of Young Lawyers Section Council Transferring the Family Business Kean Miller LLP Names Two New Partners Glenn Orgeron Named to Leadership in Law List Kean Miller Expands