Member Bio
Luis Leitzelar has 30 years of experience representing clients with a concentration in property, personal injury, environmental, real estate, and energy matters. As trial and appeal counsel, he has successfully defended a wide array of cases involving allegations of product defects, environmental contamination, personal injury, property damage, and economic loss allegedly resulting from exposure to toxic or noxious substances, including chlorinated hydrocarbons, dioxins, pesticides, metals, solvents, gasses, odors, petroleum products, chemical warfare agents, asbestos, benzene, and others. He has tackled all phases of complex mass tort litigation, including defeating attempts to certify class actions under state and federal law. In addition, he has advised clients on the effects of federal and state regulations and has provided legal guidance with respect to permitting, compliance, and other activities required for their operations, such as best practices in responding to regulatory investigations and industrial plant accidents. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.