Provosty, Sadler, deLaunay, Fiorenza & Sobel, APC


William H. deLaunay, Jr., born New Iberia, Louisiana, December 3, 1938; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana; Tulane University of Louisiana (LL.B., 1966). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Alexandria (President, 1979-1980), Louisiana State (Member: House of Delegates, 1972-1974; Nominating Committee, 1984-1985) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel; American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville.

PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Negligence; Maritime; Product Liability; Construction Defense.

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Albin A. Provosty, III, born Alexandria, Louisiana, March 11, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana; St. John’s College (BA., 1964); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Alexandria (Secretary-Treasurer, 1976-1980; 1982-1986; Vice-President, 1984-1985) and Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1974-1976; 1982-1986) and American Bar Associations; Louisiana State Law Institute; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (Board of Directors, 1998-); International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. American Inns of Court, Alexandria-Pineville.

PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Commercial; Product Liability; Public Entity Litigation; Public Entity Law.

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H. Brenner Sadler, born Alexandria, Louisiana, February 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1969; J.D., 1972); Georgetown University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1973). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization (Taxation Advisory Committee), Louisiana Law Institute, Trust Law Revision Committee.  (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). 

PRACTICE AREAS: Taxation; Business Transactions; Banking; Health Care; Corporate; Probate; Expropriations; Commercial Litigation.

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Ronald J. Fiorenza, born Donaldsonville, Louisiana, July 5, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (BA., 1969; J.D., 1977); University of Missouri (M.B.A., 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville. [Capt., U.S. Air Force, 1969-1974]. 

PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense, Public Entity Liability, Commercial Litigation, Products Liability, Employment Law.

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David R. Sobel, born Massapequa, New York, May 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 1988, Texas. Education: Hofstra University (BA., cum laude, 1983); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta. Tulane Law School Merit Scholar. Managing Editor, The Bench, Tulane Law School, 1984-1986. Panelist, U.S. Congressman Richard Baker’s Forum: Healthcare Priorities for the 6th District. Author: "Medical Malpractice" Magill’s Legal Guide, (M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1999); "Jury Selection", Civil Rights (M.E. Sharpe, Inc. 1998); "Freedom of Information Act," Censorship (Salem Press, 1997); "Products Liability," American Justice. (Salem Press, 1996). Member: Alexandria (Executive Committee, 1990-1991), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Louisiana Hospital Association; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys. Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation.

PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Medical and Professional Malpractice; Nursing Home Defense; Product and Premises Liability; Insurance Defense.

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Frederick B. Alexius, born Lake Charles, Louisiana, April 29, 1941; admitted to bar, 1970, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana; Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1963; J.D., 1970). Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk, Associate Justice Albert Tate, Jr., Louisiana Supreme Court, 1970-1971. Member: Alexandria, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Mineral Law Institute; Maritime Law Association of the United States; American Health Lawyers Association; Council, Louisiana Mineral Law Institute.

PRACTICE AREAS: Professional Malpractice; Maritime; Healthcare Law; Hospital and Medical Administration; Oil and Gas.

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Andrew E. Schaffer, born Brooklyn, New York, April 11, 1951; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: State University College of New York at New Paltz (B.A., 1974); State University of New York at Albany (M.B.A., 1976); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (JD., 1982). Member, Moot Court Board, 1981-1982. Law Clerk: Honorable Jimmy M. Stoker, Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal, 1983-1984; Honorable Lewis O. Lauve, Louisiana Ninth Judicial District Court, Rapides Parish, 1984-1985. Member: Alexandria (Board of Directors, 1999-2001), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.

PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products and Premises Liability; Casualty, Health and Life Insurance; Mediation.

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Joseph J. Bailey, born Baton Rouge Louisiana, February 11, 1956; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1979; M.B.A., cum laude, 1986; J.D., 1989). National Finalist, F. Lee Bailey National Moot Court Competition. Board Member Pro-Bono Project, 1994. Series Section Author, Case Law Update, Louisiana Environmental Lawyer Quarterly. Member: Louisiana, American and Federal Bar Associations; Treasurer, Louisiana State Bar Environmental Law Section; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (Representative, PIRI Environmental Regulations Committee); CENLA Chamber of Commerce (Member, Environmental Affairs Committee); American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville.

PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Environmental Law; OSHA and Workers’ Compensation; Self Insurance Regulatory Practice. 

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H. Bradford Calvit, born Fort Worth, Texas, July 2, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Sate University and A.& M. College (B.S., 1983; J.D., 1987). Member: Alexandria (Executive Council Member, Young Lawyers Section, 1989-1995), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville. 

PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Municipal and Police Liability; Product Liability.

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Catherine G. Brame, born Alexandria, Louisiana, June 7,1956; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1978); Tulane University of Louisiana (Paralegal Certification, 1982); Loyola University (J.D., 1988), Phi Delta Phi. Member: Alexandria (Member, Executive Committee, 1992-1997; Secretary-Treasurer, 1993-1994, Vice-President, 1994-1995, President, 1995-1996), Louisiana State (Chairman, Hearing Committee for the Disciplinary Board, 1996-2000; Committee Member, 1995-2001) and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville; Louisiana Certified Paralegal Certifying Board, 1996-1997. Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation.

PRACTICE AREAS: General Practice; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Law.

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John D. Ryland, born Alexandria, Louisiana, September 24, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1987; J.D., 1990). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Alexandria and Louisiana State and American Bar Associations.

PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Commercial and Insurance Defense. 

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Barry Ray Laiche, born Columbus, Georgia, August 7, 1966; admitted to Louisiana bar, 1993; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1994; U.S.District Courts, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, 1993;  U.S.District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1994; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1994; U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, 1995; Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly, University of Southwestern Louisiana) (B.S. in Business Administration, Major: Finance, 1990); Southern University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Fraternity: Phi Alpha Delta.  Member: Avoyelles Parish, Alexandria, American, Federal and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association.   

CONCENTRATION: Civil Trial/Litigation Practice; Automobile Insurance Defense; Public Entity and Local Government Law; Self-Insured Entity Defense; Political Subdivision, Municipal and Police Liability/Defense; Elected Official Liability/Defense;  Elected Official Advisory Practice; Multi-Party Litigation; Premises Liability; Maritime Law/Litigation; Employers Liability/Workers Compensation; Public Employment/Civil Service Law. 

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