Professor Benjamin S. Allums
Assistant Professor
Loyola University College of Law
Professor Ben Allums joined the Loyola law faculty in 2023 following a sixteen-year career focused on maritime law. Professor Allums graduated Order of the Coif from Tulane University Law School in 2007, where he earned the Charles Kolhmeyer, Jr. Award as the outstanding graduate in maritime law. Upon graduation, Professor Allums clerked for the Honorable Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He then entered private practice as an associate with Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis and Eagan, LLC.

In 2011, Professor Allums was tapped by the Honorable Carl J. Barbier of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to serve as his law clerk on Multidistrict Litigation No. 2179, In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. Professor Allums worked on the sprawling Deepwater Horizon litigation for ten years, then shifted to the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to clerk for the Honorable W. Eugene Davis. In 2022, Professor Allums joined the law firm of Liskow & Lewis in New Orleans, where he practiced maritime law.

Professor Allums teaches courses in maritime law and federal civil procedure.

Alexander Baynham
Liskow & Lewis, APLC
Alex Baynham is a litigation and trial attorney in the firm’s Maritime practice group. He defends companies in personal injury and casualty cases, including serious incidents on offshore platforms, vessels, and job sites in Texas and Louisiana. He serves as outside trial counsel for a variety of maritime and energy companies against the toughest opponents and recently acted as co-first chair in a jury trial for a major oil and gas company.

Relying on the knowledge gained from his in-house secondment with Shell, Alex’s approach to defending cases blends trial readiness, strategic risk management, and deep industry knowledge. In addition to injury defense, he regularly speaks and advises on litigation issues involving contractual indemnity, defense obligations, and other risk-shifting issues common in energy and maritime operations.

Clients rely on Alex for his clear communication, ability to connect with jurors, and alignment of legal strategy with business goals.

Mr. Kenneth G. Engerrand
President and Director
Brown Sims, PC
http://brownsims.com
Kenneth G. Engerrand practices law as President of Brown Sims, P.C. in its Houston, Texas office and teaches as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center. For the past 47 years he has lectured on legal subjects in courses and seminars presented by The University of Texas, Tulane University, The University of Houston, Louisiana State University, Loyola University, South Texas College of Law, and The University of St. Thomas, as well as to meetings and seminars presented for The United States Department of Labor, The State Bar of Texas, The State Bar of Louisiana, The International Association of Drilling Contractors, The Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, The National Association of Marine Surveyors, The International Transportation Management Association, the Houston Claims Association, and a host of other groups.

Mr. Engerrand earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Florida State University and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law, and he is a member of many professional organizations, including the Maritime Law Association, American and Houston Bar Associations, Defense Research Institute, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Phi, Mariners Club, Propeller Club, State Bar of Texas and the Texas Bar Foundation. He supports a number of civic, industry, and charitable groups and serves as President of the Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation.

Mr. Engerrand has written extensively, and his publications include: Maritime Oilfield Contracts Reconsidered, 41 Hous. J. Int’l Law 241 (2019); Escape from the Labyrinth: Call for the Admiralty Judges of the Supreme Court to Reconsider Seaman Status, 40 Hous. J. Int’l Law 741 (2018); Collateral Source Issues in Maintenance and Cure Cases, 42 Tul. Mar. L.J. 1 (2017); Removal of Admiralty Suits, 41 Tul. Mar. L. J. 1 (2016); Admiralty Jury Trials Reconsidered, 12 Loy. Mar. L.J. 73 (2013); The Relationship Among General Maritime Law, OPA, and OCSLA, 25 U. San. Fran. Mar. L.J. 253 (2013); Vessel Status Reconsidered, 11 Loy. Mar. L.J. 213 (2013); Forum Selection and Arbitration Clauses in Seamen’s Injury Claims, 11 Loy. Mar. L.J. 109 (2012); Indemnity for Gross Negligence in Maritime Oilfield Contracts, 10 Loy. Mar. L.J. 319 (2012); A Tedious Balance: Third-Party Claims under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 10 Loy. Mar. L.J. 1 (2011); Jones Act Issues after Norfolk Southern Railway v. Sorrell, 6 Loy. Mar. L. J. 1 (2008); Primer on Maintenance and Cure, 18 U. San. Fran. Mar. L.J. 41 (2005-06); Primer of Remedies on the Outer Continental Shelf, 4 Loy. Mar. L. J. 19 (2005); Medicare Set-Asides and Protecting the Parties’ Interests in Longshore Claims, 3 Loy. Mar. L.J. 11 (2004); The Fleet Rule for Seaman Status: The Peril of Perils, 2 Loy. Mar. L.J. 92 (2003); DOHSA’s Reach: What Are the High Seas Beyond a Marine League from Shore? 1 Loy. Mar. L.J. 1 (2002); Changes in Pursuing and Defending Attorney’s Fees Claims in the Fifth and Ninth Circuits, 14 U. San Fran. Mar. L.J. 155 (2001-02); Recent Developments in Admiralty Law in the United States Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit, and the Eleventh Circuit, 24 Tul. Mar. L. J. 741 (2000); Recent Developments in Admiralty Law in the United States Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit, and the Eleventh Circuit, 20 Hous. J. Int’l L. 265 (1998); Removal and Remand of Admiralty Suits, 21 Tulane Mar. L. J. 383 (1997); Recent Developments in Admiralty Law in the United States Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit, and the Eleventh Circuit, 18 Hous. J. Int'l L. 709 (1996); Seaman Status Reconstructed, 32 S. Tex. L. Rev. 169 (1991); Admiralty Law, 23 Tort & Ins. L.J. 251 (1988); Seaman Status Reconsidered, 24 S. Tex. L.J. 431 (1983); The Continuing Conflict Between Congress & the Supreme Court over the Standard of Care in Longshore Third Party Actions, 22 S. Tex. L.J. 423 (1981); Troubled Waters for Seaman’s Wrongful Death Actions, 12 J. Mar. Law & Com. 327 (1980), reprinted in 21 S. Tex. L.J. 191 (1980).

Mr. Engerrand is author of the casebook, Admiralty Environmental and Insurance Issues, Sixth Edition, © 2024, the chapter “Concurrent Jurisdiction” in The Longshore Textbook, Seventh Edition, and the monthly Longshore/Maritime Update, summarizing all of the maritime decisions issued throughout the United States.

Mr. Engerrand’s publications have been cited and quoted by the United States Supreme Court as well as appellate and district courts from California to New York.

Professor Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
Professor
Louisiana State University
https://www.law.lsu.edu/
Thomas C. Galligan Jr. is a law professor at LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, He holds the Dodson and Hooks Endowed Chair in Maritime Law and the James Huntington and Patricia Kleinpeter Odom Professorship of Law. He teaches and writes about Torts and Admiralty. From January 1, 2020-July 5, 2021, Galligan served as LSU President (originally, he was named Interim President but the Board of Supervisors later retroactively removed the interim title). As president, Galligan was both the chief executive of LSU’s eight campuses and leader of the university’s flagship campus in Baton Rouge. He now holds the rank of President Emeritus. From 2016-19, Galligan was the Dean of LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center. From 2010 to 2016, Galligan served as the President of Colby-Sawyer College, a private liberal arts based college in New London, New Hampshire. Galligan also held a faculty position and regularly taught; he holds the rank of Emeritus Professor. Prior to leading Colby-Sawyer, Galligan served as Dean of the University of Tennessee’s College of Law from 1998 to 2010. He started his academic career at LSU in 1986 as a Professor of Law. During his first tenure at the university, students named him the Outstanding LSU Professor six times. From 1995-1998, he also served as the Executive Director of the Louisiana Judicial College. Galligan is a member of the Council of the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Previously, he served as a member (2007-2015) and as chair of the American Bar Association Accreditation Committee (2013-2015). He has been a member of and chaired several site evaluation teams for the ABA and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Galligan is a frequent continuing legal education speaker on his areas of expertise, having given more than 250 speeches and presentations to judges, lawyers, and others about Torts, Admiralty, Complex Litigation, Professionalism, and more. In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, he testified three times before congressional committees considering amendments to the Death on the High Seas Act and other applicable maritime statutes. His scholarship has been cited by numerous courts including the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, various United States District Courts, the Louisiana Supreme Court, and various State Appellate Courts. He holds an A.B. in Political Science from Stanford University, a J.D. from Seattle University School of Law where he graduated summa cum laude and first in his class, and an LL.M. from the Columbia University Law School. Galligan resides in Baton Rouge with his wife Susan.

Sean McLaughlin
Kean Miller, LLP
"Sean is a litigator who advises clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including energy, maritime, commercial real estate, and tax. Sean partners with his clients by advising them on ways to proactively manage risk, resolve disputes, and, when needed, present their case to the fact-finder, judge or jury."
Litigator and first-chair trial counsel, Sean McLaughlin, has represented clients in bench and jury trials in various state courts, federal courts, tax courts, and administrative tribunals throughout the continental United States. He represents businesses, individuals, and other organizations in disputes involving breach of contract, commercial leases, tax controversies, high-exposure personal injury cases, and contractual indemnity/additional insured status. Sean has experience in every level of trial advocacy, including voir dire, opening and closing statements, cross-examination of witnesses, Daubert challenges, and evidentiary hearings.

Sean has resolved serious, high-stakes litigation and obtained favorable outcomes for clients not just at trial, but also on summary judgment and in mediation. He is valued for litigation and trial tactics that reflect his client’s goals and overarching dispute resolution strategy. He believes in keeping disputes professional at every turn to avoid the often expensive and unnecessary acrimony that goes with getting personal.

Skilled in evaluating claims from all points of view, Sean is candid and forthright with his clients about their chances of success and possible paths to resolution. Inside and outside of the courtroom, in briefings, and at trial with the jury, Sean’s approach to remaining impartial without compromising client positions is manifest in clear arguments that resonate with the fact finder and lead to satisfactory outcomes for his clients.

During law school, Sean clerked for the Louisiana Department of Justice and the Legislative Bureau of the Louisiana Senate. In addition, Sean externed with the Honorable Judge James J. Brady of the United States Middle District Court. This experience gave him first-hand exposure to the inner workings of the judicial process and how controversies and solutions are approached and analyzed from that distinct perspective, and this helped him hone his personal brand of client advocacy. At the onset of his career, this is where Sean learned to develop arguments based upon fact and the law rather than personal acrimony – all of which contribute to the credibility he has earned with judges and juries today.

Jerome H. Moroux
Broussard & David, LLC
Jerome Moroux was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana and is a Partner at Broussard, David & Moroux. He earned a B.A. from St. John’s College, in Santa Fe, NM, where he studied philosophy, literature, and the history of math and science.

Jerome attended law school at Louisiana State University, graduating cum laude. During law school, he was a Member of the Louisiana Law Review. After law school, Jerome clerked for the Honorable W. Eugene Davis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Jerome handles serious personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from maritime/offshore accidents, trucking/18-wheeler accidents, automobile accidents, onshore/industrial accidents, and premises defects. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has been recognized by Louisiana Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in the field of personal injury litigation every year since 2014.

Jerome’s professional associations include the American Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association, and the Lafayette Bar Association. He is a currently a board member of the Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Louisiana, the American Inn of Court, and the Episcopal School of Acadiana.

Jerome resides in Lafayette with his wife, Ashley, and their four children.

Hon. Darrel J. Papillion
District Judge
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
The Honorable Darrel J. Papillion is a United States District Judge serving in the Eastern District of Louisiana. He was nominated to the federal bench by President Joseph R. Biden on March 21, 2023 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 30, 2023. President Biden signed his judicial commission on June 1, 2023, and he took the oath of office and began serving as a federal judge in New Orleans on June 2, 2023.

Before his elevation to the federal bench, Judge Papillion was a founding partner in the Baton Rouge law firm of Walters, Papillion, Thomas & Cullens, where he practiced from 2009 to 2023. Prior to starting his own firm in Baton Rouge, he practiced from 1995 to 2009 at his firms predecessor firms and at McGlinchey Stafford in New Orleans. Over his nearly thirty years as a lawyer, Judge Papillion handled many complicated personal injury and wrongful death cases and developed a well-known expertise in products liability law. He represented both plaintiffs and defendants, including multi-national automotive and heavy equipment manufacturers as well as persons who were severely injured in accidents or their surviving family members in wrongful death cases. He also worked as a mediator in numerous civil cases, was appointed as a Special Master by Louisianas Nineteenth Judicial District Court in complex matters, and served as a Special Prosecutor for the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorneys Office.

Over the course of his career, he tried many cases to verdict, earning him membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the International Society of Barristers.

He was the 2016-2017 President of the Louisiana State Bar Association and served as President of the Baton Rouge Bar Association in 2014.

He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Louisiana State University Law Center since 2000; has authored numerous articles in law reviews, journals, and other legal publications; and has taught hundreds of hours of continuing legal education courses for lawyers and judges.

He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and served as a law clerk to Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Catherine D. Kimball, who was the first woman to serve on Louisianas highest court and who later became the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Cayce Peterson
JJC Law LLC
Cayce Peterson is a founding partner of JJC Law LLC, where he specializes in maritime, products liability, environmental and personal injury litigation. Cayce was born in Patterson, Louisiana in St. Mary Parish and grew up on the Bayou Teche. He moved to New Orleans to attend Tulane University and Tulane Law School. Cayce has emerged as a skilled litigator, briefing and arguing important legal issues in the areas of maritime injury, insurance coverage, products liability, environmental and personal injury. Because of Cayce’s education in physics, mathematics and computer science as well as his lifetime of experience growing up around the offshore and inland oil and gas industry, Cayce has a unique understanding of technical, scientific and industry specific issues that often arise in maritime and environmental cases.

Outside of the office, Cayce leads the firm’s sponsored basketball team, known around town as “The Firm,” which is a perennial contender in each of the most competitive basketball leagues in the Greater New Orleans area. Cayce is also a frequent lecturer on various legal topics and an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Tulane Law School, in addition to being an active member of many bar associations, public interest groups and community service organizations that provide pro bono and charitable services for the less fortunate, differently abled and under-privileged.

Mr. David L. Reisman
Shareholder
Liskow & Lewis, APLC
David L. Reisman brings broad and practical experience to his maritime practice. David served as General Counsel of Bisso Marine, LLC for a decade following fifteen years as a partner in the Maritime Section of Liskow & Lewis. David also served for five years as General Counsel of T&T Bisso, LLC, an international emergency response, ship salvage and wreck removal contractor with offices in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. David returned to private practice with Liskow & Lewis in 2017. David’s experience in admiralty matters includes emergency response, contracts, Coast Guard regulatory and enforcement issues, insurance coverage, accident investigation, maritime and aviation finance and liens, compliance programs, and formation and management of joint ventures (international and domestic). His litigation practice covers a wide range of matters, including maritime and offshore personal injury and property damage, vessel collisions and allisions, products liability, aviation, drilling and completion accidents, reservoir damage, pipeline accidents, indemnity and insurance, and commercial disputes. David is a member of the Louisiana and Texas bars, the American Society of Safety Professionals and the American Salvage Association.

Mr. Phillip Smith
Neuner Pate
Phillip M. Smith is a Partner at NeunerPate in Lafayette. His practice is focused primarily on maritime law and personal-injury litigation. He regularly defends clients in Jones Act cases, oil and gas casualties, property damage claims, platform injuries, construction, and products liability. He also routinely handles maritime contractual disputes, particularly with respect to defense, indemnity, and additional insured obligations. For the past nine years, he has coached the LSU Law Admiralty Moot Court Team that competes annually in a national competition against other law schools. He is a member of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and Maritime Law Association of the Unites States.

Hon. Robert R. Summerhays
United States District Judge
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Judge Robert Summerhays was appointed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by President Trump in September 2018. Prior to this appointment, Judge Summerhays served as the Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Western District of Louisiana. Judge Summerhays was previously a partner in the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where his primary practice area was federal court litigation. Judge Summerhays served as a law clerk for Judge W. Eugene Davis (U.S. Court of Appeals) in Lafayette from 1994 to 1995. Judge Summerhays received his law degree in 1994 from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was an Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review.

Jane Triche-Milazzo
United States District Judge
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Born 1957 in Napoleonville, LA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Nominated by Barack Obama on March 16, 2011, to a seat vacated by Mary Anne Vial Lemmon. Confirmed by the Senate on October 11, 2011, and received commission on October 12, 2011.

Education:
Nicholls State University, B.A., 1977
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1992

Professional Career:
Private practice, Napoleonville, Louisiana, 1992-2008
Judge, Louisiana District Court, Twenty-Third Judicial District, 2008-2011

Miscellaneous Information:
Appointed as Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo