Eric Lockridge is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller LLP. Eric’s practice focuses on business litigation, bankruptcy and business reorganization, commercial collections, and business transactions. He has tried bankruptcy, business, and tort cases to successful verdicts in Louisiana and Texas, and has successfully defended judgments on appeal. Eric currently focuses on lender work-out agreements, bankruptcy-related litigation, and complex commercial cases for construction, energy, and financial sector clients. Within the bankruptcy arena, Eric has particular experience with representing pre-petition and DIP lenders, protecting business and industry clients from tort claims discharged in a past bankruptcy case, and advising lenders, competitors, and contractual counterparties on the risks and opportunities presented in bankruptcy cases and related litigation. Eric practiced law in Texas full time for six years before joining Kean Miller in 2005, and continues to regularly represent clients in litigation and bankruptcy matters in Texas in coordination with attorneys from one of Kean Miller’s offices in Texas. He recently represented lender and business clients in bankruptcy cases filed in Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, and New York.