Bobby S. Gilliam

Bobby Gilliam is the Managing Partner of the firm and is listed in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers. He is the former President of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and continues to serve in the organization which is the largest of defense counsel in the state. He has also served as a Guest Lecturer at Tulane University Law School. He has an active federal and state litigation and appellate practice, appearing in courts throughout Louisiana, including the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. He also practices extensively before the Louisiana Public Service Commission. His practice focuses on the defense of corporate clients, including railroad law and litigation, public utility and regulatory law, employment and labor law, and insurance and corporate defense litigation.

The many cases and matters which he has handled generally include:

- The approval and certification by the Louisiana Public Service Commission of generating transmission power plants with values exceeding over $7 billion and multiple rate cases, including the acquisition of a lignite mine and lignite fueled power plant, which is currently serving as the sole fuel supply for a generating facility.

- Extensive railroad litigation in grade crossing, FELA, occupational, environmental, employment and trespass litigation in state and federal courts, including trials with defense verdicts and successful motions for summary judgment regarding appellate jurisdiction.

- Multiple labor arbitrations and extensive employment litigation with multiple successful defense verdicts and summary judgments in trial and appellate courts, including the U.S. Fifth Circuit.

- The associated litigation and regulatory approvals of the merger and acquisition of two Louisiana electric cooperatives, including the first transaction of this nature in the State of Louisiana in 1993, with the second transaction being completed in 2010, and major utility approvals fueled by initial gas, wind and solar power.