"As Senior Counsel in the Baton Rouge office, I practice law in the litigation group here at Kean Miller."
Shannan represents clients in commercial and business litigation, environmental litigation, toxic tort defense and insurance defense. She has special experience in appeals, commercial contract disputes, institutional reform litigation, commercial collection matters, municipal liability litigation, toxic tort litigation and e-discovery. Shannan has served as an adjunct professor teaching Federal Jurisdiction at Southern University Law School.
Shannan served as a law clerk to the Honorable John M. Shaw, in the Western District of Louisiana Federal District Court.
Representative Experience
- Representation of municipalities in civil rights litigation involving land use decisions.
- Representation of State of Louisiana in termination of longstanding consent decrees involving conditions in state prison system and involving treatment of mentally ill and mentally challenged citizens.
- Representation of financial institutions, including federal entities, in commercial collection and lender liability matters.
- Representation of multinational petrochemical company in a multi-million-dollar class action toxic tort claim.
- Representation of gaming industry client against a multi-million dollar antitrust and civil RICO claim.
- Representation of oil and gas clients in contract disputes and property damage claims.
- Extensive experience in e-discovery for various companies.
Education
- LSU Law Center, J.D., 1985
- Member, Order of the Coif
- Member, Louisiana Law Review
- LSU, B.S., 1982
Admissions
- Louisiana
Memberships
- Member, Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, Fifth Circuit Bar Association
Articles, Publications and Presentations
- "Defending a Federal Lawsuit Arising out of a Municipal Land Use Decision," Louisiana City Attorneys Association, 2012
- "Civil Motion Practice in the Federal Courts," Baton Rouge Bar Association, 1997
- "Texas Bank of Beaumont v. Bozorg - The Supreme Court Addresses Collateral Mortgages," 46 Louisiana Law Review 387, 1985
- "The Intentional Act Exception to the Exclusivity of Worker's Compensation," 44 Louisiana Law Review 1507, 1984
Community Service
- Judge, American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Judge, American College of Trial Lawyers' National Moot Court Competition
- Judge, Paul M. Hebert Moot Court Competition
- Pi Beta Phi Sorority Financial Advisor
- Vice President and Board Member, West Point Parents Association of Louisiana