Jones Walker Announces Seven New Associates in Four Growing Practice Areas

10 November 2005

Jones Walker is pleased to announce that the following associates have joined the firm: Anita B. CurranEstates & Taxation - New Orleans Mary E. GardnerGeneral Business & Energy - New Orleans C. Barrett Rice Admiralty & Maritime - New Orleans Joshua J. LewisBusiness & Commercial Litigation - New Orleans John B. Rosenquest IV Business & Commercial Litigation - New Orleans William D. Lampton Business & Commercial Litigation - Baton Rouge Heather N. Sharp Business & Commercial Litigation - Baton Rouge Jones Walker's Trusts, Estates & Personal Planning Practice provides a variety of estate planning and personal planning services for individuals, including wills, lifetime trusts, and marital property agreements. Its Trusts, Estates & Personal Planning lawyers administer decedents' estates (both domiciliary and ancillary) and prepare estate and gift tax returns. They also represent clients before the IRS and the Louisiana Department of Revenue in disputes involving estate and gift taxes and the income taxation of estates and trusts. The firm's Energy Practice handles all energy related matters. Its experience, flexibility and diversity enable it to handle energy matters, whether transactional or litigation, of all types, sizes and complexities in a practical and economical manner. Jones Walker's Admiralty & Maritime Practice represents clients engaged in domestic and international shipping and offshore drilling and production activities. The firm serves as principal counsel for inland barge lines, towboat companies, ocean-going shipping lines, terminal operators, stevedores, major oil and gas exploration, production, transmission and service related companies, offshore construction companies, builders of inland and ocean vessels, offshore platforms, barges, rigs and pipelines, together with their hull, cargo, P & I and general liability insurers. Its Admiralty & Maritime lawyers are on call 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week to deal with emergencies. The firm's Business & Commercial Litigation lawyers provide experienced advocacy and business-focused counsel to manage risks and resolve business and commercial disputes of any scale. Whether in state or federal court, a state or federal agency, or before a domestic or international arbitration tribunal, its litigators work with each client in setting goals, developing cost- effective plans to implement them and working effectively to achieve them. Jones Walker, with over 210 attorneys, provides the full range of legal services to a sophisticated national and international corporate client base through offices in Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.joneswalker.com.

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