Leake and Andersson, LLP is an established litigation and general business practice law firm with offices in New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana. The firm also acts as counsel for clients in certain matters throughout the United States, including class action and mass tort cases, securities arbitration proceedings and insurance coverage disputes. The combined experience and abilities of its attorneys, as well as their diverse areas of specialization, enable the firm to represent a broad range of individual, business, corporate, and insurance clients. The firm provides its clients with aggressive, objective, and cost-effective representation and counsel. It is committed to providing legal services based on an objective evaluation of the client's business needs and goals which take into account the realities and risks of doing business in the litigious society in which we live. Providing prompt responses, straightforward evaluations and periodic updates are among the firm’s highest priorities. The firm’s attorneys are actively and prominently involved in leadership positions in local, state, national, professional, and defense organizations. Its attorneys lecture widely on many areas of commercial, construction, employment, environmental, ethics, executive liability, insurance, products liability, professional liability, securities and transportation law. Several of the firm's attorneys have been certified as mediators and arbitrators by the American Arbitration Association and approved by Louisiana state court. Leake & Andersson, LLP is a member of ALFA International, the global legal network. With 145 member firms across the globe (80 in the United States) ALFA International is the premier global network of independent law firms whose success is driven by broad, deep, local relationships all over the world. More information is available at www.alfainternational.com.