André C. Gaudin

André is a partner with the firm and has a varied litigation practice with extensive trial experience in state and federal courts. He has significant trial experience in commercial auto liability, premises liability, insurance coverage, medical malpractice and insurance-related litigation. André has also tried cases involving toxic tort, wrongful death and survival claims. He regularly counsels foreign and surplus line insurers regarding litigation matters. André also has experience with admiralty and maritime litigation issues, including defense of claims under the Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. One of the two active litigators in the firm, André conducted two significant jury trials in 2019, one a wrongful death action tried in a Mississippi State Circuit Court in Pascagoula, both resulting in zero, plaintiff-takes-nothing verdicts. Awards and Honors Honors AV® peer-review rated through Martindale-Hubbell

• Attorney

• CLM Practical Professionalism: Ethics, Standards and Civility in Claims Handling, Lecture exposition and discussion of ethics and professionalism.
• Weird Louisiana, Lecture survey of the Idiocyncrities of Louisiana Civil Law
• COVID 19: It’s Wreaked Havoc on Social Life and the Economy. Is Insurance Its Next Target?, Review and discussion of insurance coverage and exposure issues arising from the pandemic.

• Louisiana, 1990
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

• New Orleans Bar Association (Member)
• Louisiana State Bar Association (Member)
• Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (Member)