STAINES, EPPLING & KENNEY, LLC is a New Orleans based firm primarily engaged in a general civil litigation practice in both state and federal courts, with an emphasis in the following areas: commercial insurance defense and coverage matters; general casualty; products liability; personal injury; workers’ compensation and employers' liability; longshore and harbor workers’ compensation; inland and offshore marine, cargo, hull, collision and personal injury; automobile and transportation liability; premises liability; industrial disease and toxic torts; general and maritime contract negotiations; business litigation; energy litigation; construction law; governmental relations; small business matters; and collection practice.