Lemle & Kelleher is one of the oldest major law firms in Louisiana, tracing its origins to the late 19th century when New Orleans was experiencing a boom as the shipping and commercial center of the South. Building on that genesis, we have diversified and expanded our capabilities for more than 100 years to meet the growing needs of our clients regionally and nationally.  Today, Lemle & Kelleher offers responsive, insightful, innovative, and experienced legal representation covering a broad range of practice areas including:

• Admiralty & Maritime
• Antitrust 
• Appellate 
• Bankruptcy & Loan Restructuring
• Business Litigation 
• Casualty Litigation
• Class Actions & Complex Litigation
• Corporate, Commercial Lending & Real Estate  
• Construction 
• Corporate Criminal Law
• Energy, Oil and Gas & Public Utilities   
• Environmental
• Health Care Liability 
• Insurance  
• Intellectual Property 
• Labor & Employment 
• Products Liability 
• Professional Liability 
• Securities Litigation
• Tax  
• Toxic Torts 
• Trusts, Probate and Estate Planning
• Transportation 
  

Our attorneys include past and present officers of the Federal, Louisiana, and New Orleans Bar Associations; faculty members at Tulane, Louisiana State, and Southern University law schools; distinguished delegates and draftsmen of the Louisiana State Constitution and New Orleans City Charter; and fellows or members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Probate Counsel, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the American Law Institute, the Louisiana State Law Institute, and the Louisiana and American Bar Associations.

Our firm has earned a reputation for excellence, diversity, responsiveness, and innovation through years of experience. Using the tools of modern technology, and remaining committed to a client-focused practice of unquestioned integrity, we at Lemle & Kelleher provide legal representation of the very highest caliber to our clients