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› Louis L. Robein, Jr.
› Robert H. Urann
› Julie Richard-Spencer
› Nancy Picard
› Maria C. Cangemi
› Kevin Renee Mason
› Paula M. Bruner
› Mary Modenbach White
› Jeanne Cresson
Louis L. Robein, Jr. was
born in New Orleans. He was admitted to the Louisiana bar in
1975. A graduate of the Louisiana State University Law
School, Louis has been active in the American Bar
Association and other organizations. He served as a Liaison
to Employment Termination Act Committee of the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law; as an Ad
Hoc Professor in the Trial Advocacy Program at Tulane Law
School; as the Union Co-Chair of the ABA Labor and
Employment Section's Employee Rights and Responsibilities
Committee; and as Chair of the Louisiana Labor and
Employment Law Section. Louis has served on the Board of
Directors for the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. He
is a member of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. His
practice areas include public and private sector union
representation; individual and collective action wage and
overtime claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act;
employment discrimination; representation of employee
benefit funds; representation of individuals and classes in
ERISA claims; and issues involving employment and
noncompetition agreements. Louis has been repeatedly named
in The Best
Lawyers in America® in the area of labor and employment
law. He has received an "AV" peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell®,
an independent rating service.
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Robert H. Urann ("Bob")was
born in Harbel, Liberia. He was admitted to the Louisiana
bar in 1981. Bob received his law degree from Tulane
University in 1981 He served as a clerk to Honorable Earl E.
Veron, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
from 1981 to 1982. Bob is a member of the Louisiana State
and American Bar Associations and the Louisiana Trial
Lawyers Association. His practice areas include occupational
disease and toxic tort claims; products liability claims;
general accident claims; and claims under the Jones Act,
Longshore-Harbor Workers Act and the Louisiana Workers'
Compensation statute. He has received an "AV" peer review
rating from Martindale-Hubbell®,
an independent rating service. Bob retired in June 2014 but remains of counsel in order to share his expertise and knowledge with the firm.
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Julie Richard-Spencer was
born New Orleans. She was admitted to the Louisiana bar in
1990. She received her law degree from George Washington
University where she was awarded honors in Moot Court
competition. She is a member of the Louisiana and American
Bar Associations. Julie has served as the Chairman of the
Louisiana Bar Association's Labor and Employment Committee
and Union Co-chair of the American Bar Association's Labor
and Employment Section's Equal Employment Opportunity
Committee. She is a contributing editor to Employment
Discrimination Law (BNA).
Julie's practice areas include public and private sector
union representation; ERISA and other employment related
litigation; and litigation of sexual harassment and other
employment discrimination claims. She has received an "AV"
peer review rating fromMartindale-Hubbell®,
an independent rating service.
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Nancy Picard was
born in Birmingham, Alabama. She was admitted to the
Louisiana bar in 1989. A graduate of Loyola University Law
School, she was a a member of the Moot Court staff and the
Loyola University Law Review. She has authored "Affirmative
Action Affirmed," 33 Loyola Law Review 1121, 1988 and
"Teacher Tenure Act," 34 Loyola Law Review 517, 1988. Nancy
served as judicial clerk to Pascal F. Calagero, Chief
Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court from 1989 to 1990. Nancy is
a member of the American Bar Association. She is a
contributing editor to Employment
Discrimination Law (BNA)
and Employee
Benefits Law (BNA)
. Her practice areas include appellate litigation;
litigation of complex ERISA and federal WARN Act claims;
litigation on behalf of multiemployer funds; and ERISA plan
qualification issues. She has received an "AV" peer review
rating from Martindale-Hubbell®,
an independent rating service. Nancy retired in July of 2017 but remains of counsel in order to share her expertise and knowledge with the firm.
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Maria C. Cangemi was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She graduated from Loyola University School of Law in 1990, and was a member of Phi Delta Phi. She was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1990. Maria is a member of the Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Maria has served as a subcommittee co-chair in the American Bar Association`s Employee Benefits Committee, and as a contributing editor to the Employee Benefits Law treatise (BNA). Her practice focuses exclusively on the representation of employee benefit plans, and the issues relative to ERISA plans, which include matters involving the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service. She has provided legal advice and services to her clients on the design, implementation, operation and administration of pension, health benefit and education plans. In addition, Maria regularly attends meetings of the Boards of Trustees. She has received an “AV” peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell®,®, an independent rating service.
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Kevin R. Mason Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was admitted to the Indiana bar in 2006 and the Louisiana bar in 2007, and is practicing in the area of labor and employment law. She received her law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law. While in law school, she served as the notes editor for the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies. Prior to joining the firm, Kevin worked as a law clerk with a labor and employment law firm in Indianapolis, IN. She is a member of the National Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and serves as the Chairman of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section. She also served as the Vice-President for the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society in 2011-2012.
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Paula M. Bruner was
admitted to the Louisiana bar in 2006 after graduating from
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. During law
school, she served as a student practitioner for the Katrina
Advice Law Clinic, Vice-President for the Public Interest
Law Group and competed in the Loyola Chapter Association of
Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA). Before entering law school
Paula earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola
University of Chicago and a Master of Public Health from
Tulane University. Paula also volunteered as a community
health advisor for the U.S. Peace Corps in Madagascar and
worked as an investigator for the U.S. Department of Labor
in the Office of Labor Management Standards in Chicago.
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Mary Modenbach White was
born in New Orleans. She was admitted to the Louisiana bar
in 1984. She graduated summa cum laude from Tulane
University in 1978, where she was a member of Phi Beta
Kappa. She graduated from Loyola University Law School,
magna cum laude, where she was a member of the Loyola Law
Review. Mary is a member of the Louisiana and American Bar
Associations. She has extensive experience with employee
benefits issues and has advised clients with respect to the
design, implementation, operation, administration, tax
qualification of pension and welfare plans, correction of
operational failures and implementation of IRS voluntary
compliance programs. She has received an "AV" peer review
rating fromMartindale-Hubbell®,
an independent rating service.
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Jeanne Cresson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She graduated from Loyola University in 1981 in Public Administration. She is a 1985 graduate of Loyola University School of Law and was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in 1985. She also holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Laws in Taxation, LL.M. from New York University School of Law (1986). She is Board Certified as a Tax Law specialist by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. Jeanne is of counsel and has represented clients in the employee benefits and ERISA arena for more than 30 years. She represents multiemployer, private sector and governmental plans. She has extensive experience in fiduciary matters, employee benefits issues, and has advised clients with respect to the design, implementation, operation, administration, tax qualification of pension and welfare plans, correction of operational failures, implementation of IRS voluntary compliance programs and ERISA compliance. She has represented clients on plan audits before the IRS and DOL. She has received an “AV” peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, an independent rating service.
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