Edward "Ted" J. Laperouse II

Ted Laperouse serves as the Managing Shareholder of Laperouse, APLC (Baton Rouge, LA) and Chairman of Laperouse, P.C. in Dallas, Texas. For more than twenty years, Ted’s law practice has been primarily focused on construction litigation and commercial law, and he routinely handles litigation, transactional and contract matters in these areas on behalf of his clients. Ted also serves as a mediator in the field of construction law. Prior to founding LAPEROUSE, APLC in 2018, Ted was a partner with Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for 14 years, and, prior to that, practiced law in Dallas, Texas, for an “Am Law 200” law firm. Ted is admitted to practice before all state courts in Texas and Louisiana, as well before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. Ted is a graduate of Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he served as Governor of the 13th Circuit for the American Bar Association-Law Student Division. Before attending law school, he received his B.A. in journalism from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Ted is active in the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law, where he served as the Annual Meeting Program Chair in 2022 and as Division 9 Steering Committee Member. He is also the general counsel for the American Subcontractors Association, Greater Baton Rouge Chapter. Awards and Honors Honors American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law - Annual Meeting Program Chair, 2022 - Present CFMA - Past President, 2015 - 2018 American Subcontractors Association - Board Member and General Counsel, 2013 - 2023 ABA Forum on Construction Law - Division 9 Steering Committee Member Lawyers of Distinction, 2023 - Present

• Managing Shareholder

• Taylor Porter, LLP, Partner, 2004 - 2018
• Gardere Wynne Sewell, Associate, 2001 - 2004
• References
• Jason R. Kennedy
• Steve Carville
• John S. Campbell, III
• Mark Gallegos
• Languages
• English

• Liens, Bonds & Construction, American Subcontractors Association
• Killer Subcontract Clauses, American Subcontractors Association
• Liens, Bonds and Collections, Sunray Construction Solutions
• Delay and Labor Inefficiency Claims, Construction Super Conference

• Cenac v. Orkin
• Citation: 941 F.3d 182 (2019)
• Court: US 5th Cir
• Serial Number: No. 18-31121
• Tradewinds Environmental Restoration, Inc
• Citation: 2007 WL 861156 (2007)
• Court: EDLA
• Serial Number: No. 06-1093
• Keybank Nat'l Assoc. v. Perkins Rowe Association
• Citation: 823 F.Supp. 2d 399 (2011)
• Court: MDLA
• Serial Number: No. 09-497-JJB
• Howard v. Union Carbide Corp.
• Citation: 897 So. 2d 768 (2005)
• Court: La.App. 5
• Serial Number: No. 04-CA-1035
• Burleigh v. Lee, D. R. Horton, Inc.
• Citation: 2018 WL 1279830 (2018)
• Court: La.App. 1
• Serial Number: No. 2017 CA 0335

• Habitat for Humanity
• American Subcontractors Association, Greater Baton Rouge - General Counsel
• Representative Clients
• General Contractors
• Subcontractors
• National Homebuilders
• Local Homebuilders
• Corporate Construction Project Owners

• Louisiana, 2004
• Texas, 1998
• 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. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

• Louisiana State Bar Association (Member)
• State Bar of Texas (Member)
• Baton Rouge Bar Association (Member)
• Dallas Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry (Member)
• American Subcontractors Association (General Counsel)
• CFMA (Past President)
• South Central Louisiana Chapter of the Construction Financial Managers Association (President)
• American Subcontractors Association – Greater Baton Rouge Chapter (Legal Counsel)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Gamma Delta