New Orleans Lawyers

Frank E. Lamothe III is a seasoned Louisiana trial lawyer with years of experience handling personal injury, wrongful death and business litigation cases.  Frank has a stellar reputation as a skilled trial attorney who conducts himself with integrity and maintains the highest standards of professionalism.

Frank and his team have been helping survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Louisiana since the early mid-2000s when he helped dozens of people who were abused by priests and others at Madonna Manor and Hope Haven.  His work on those cases led to a settlement with the Archdiocese of New Orleans for more than $5 million. You can read about those cases and that settlement by clicking here.

In late 2019, Frank filed a new lawsuit against the Archdiocese for sexual abuse at Madonna Manor.  You can read about that case by clicking here.

As a New Orleans personal injury trial lawyer, Frank Lamothe has particular experience in litigation involving sex abuse and he is known for working diligently to find justice for the victims. He was instrumental in settling a group of clergy sex abuse cases for over $5 million. He has also lectured on sex abuse in Louisiana and authored a paper entitled “Sex Abuse in Louisiana.”

Frank Lamothe has tried and won numerous multi-million dollar cases during his career in federal and state courts throughout the country including Louisiana, Arizona, Florida, and Mississippi.  You can learn more about Frank’s law practice in Louisiana by clicking here.

Kristi Schubert is an experienced civil litigation and personal injury attorney with active experience in jury trials in both state and federal court. Ms. Schubert’s areas of focus include vaccine-related injuries for children and adults all over the United States, civil lawsuits for sexual abuse victims, and other personal injury matters including automobile accidents, premises liability claims, oil field accidents, and medical malpractice.  You can learn more about Kristi’s law practice in Louisiana by clicking here.

Richard M. Martin, Jr. is a graduate of Tulane University and Tulane Law School. He is a veteran trial lawyer with over 30 years of experience handling personal injury and wrongful death cases . Mr. Martin has tried and won multi-million dollar litigation cases during his career in federal and state courts. His understanding of how to try and win these cases is enhanced by his prior personal work experience as a deckhand on towboats, a roustabout worker on offshore vessels and oil platforms, and as a U.S. Navy officer on an aircraft carrier.  You can learn more about Mr. Martin’s law practice in Louisiana by clicking here.

Julien Lamothe joined the firm in 2018. His primary practice areas include personal injury matters such as automobile, trucking and motorcycle accidents, admiralty and maritime claims, and civil rights, sexual assault and abuse, and prisoner suicide and assault litigation.  You can learn more about Julien’s law practice in Louisiana by clicking here.

Over the past 25 years, Darrell Cochran has won a significant number of multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients.  His legal philosophy is guided by the desire to assist those severely injured or damaged by well-funded defendants who have abused their power or acted recklessly in their disregard for others.

A large part of Darrell’s law practice since the 1990s has been representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse.  For nearly three decades, Darrell has fought for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in states across the nation, including several who were abused at Madonna Manor and Hope Haven in Louisiana.  In 2012, Darrell was a lead trial attorney on a case against a Catholic religious order that resulted in an $8 million jury verdict for one survivor of sexual abuse.

Seattle attorney Michael T. Pfau has practiced law for more than 25 years.  He has tried over 50 cases to juries, the bench, and arbitration panels.  Michael has obtained multiple verdicts in excess of $1 million, and he has recovered tens of millions of dollars in settlements for his clients.  In 2012, he obtained an $8 million jury verdict against a Catholic religious order, believed to be one of the largest of its kind.

Michael has dedicated a large part of his practice to representing victims of childhood sexual abuse against sexual predators and the institutions that employ and protect them.  Michael has had tremendous success prosecuting claims of child sexual abuse in a number of different states and jurisdictions.  In this endeavor, Michael has been lead counsel for hundreds of victims of sexual abuse and has recovered in excess of $200 million for his clients over the past 15 years in lawsuits against the Catholic church, the Mormon church, the Boy Scouts of America, and other institutions responsible for child sex abuse.

Michael has been involved in a number of the nation’s large Catholic bankruptcy settlements, including the Dioceses of Spokane and Milwaukee and those involving the Jesuit order and the Irish Christian Brothers.

Jason P. Amala has represented hundreds of survivors of childhood sexual abuse.  He has recovered tens of millions of dollars for those clients, and was part of the trial team that obtained an $8 million verdict for a client who was abused at a parish run by a Catholic religious order.

Jason started representing abuse survivors more than ten years ago when he was asked to help a number of men who had been abused at a Catholic boarding school outside of Seattle.  The litigation eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Christian Brothers religious order.

Jason has successfully pursued claims against the Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts of America, the Mormon Church, and numerous schools and state institutions.  He has also been closely involved with a number of Catholic bankruptcies, including the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the Christian Brothers religious order, and has been the lead appellate lawyer on a number of watershed cases that have expanded the rights of abuse survivors and crime victims.  The prior results Jason has obtained for his clients do not guarantee or predict the future results of his work, but they do reflect his dedication to helping survivors of child abuse.