The Attorneys
Firm attorneys are admitted to the Louisiana state bar, all Louisiana federal district courts, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, as well as the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Henry LeBas is admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. Firm attorneys also regularly practice in the administrative courts of the Louisiana and United States Departments of Labor.
Henry H. LeBas
Education: Louisiana State University, B.A., 1986; J.D. 1994 Honors: Order of the Coif, Phi Kappa Phi
Military Service: Officer, United States Army, 1987-1991
Areas of practice: Maritime/Jones Act claims, Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, general liability claims, jurisdictional opinions, oilfield-related contract disputes and contract interpretation, coverage opinions and disputes, vessel and platform accidents, diving cases.
Todd A. Delcambre
Education: Louisiana State University, B.A., 1992; J.D. 1995
Areas of Practice: Maritime/Jones Act defense, Longshore defense, Louisiana state workers’ compensation defense, mediation services, and subrogation.
Former mediator, Louisiana Office of Workers’ Compensation, 1999-2001
Barry J. Rozas
Education: Louisiana State University, B.A., 1989; J.D. 1992
Areas of Practice: Maritime/Jones Act defense, Longshore defense, Louisiana state workers’ compensation defense, mediation services, and subrogation.
Honors: Moot Court Board, 91-92
G. Shelly Maturin, II
Education: University of Louisiana, B.S., 1993, Southern University Law School, 2000
Areas of Practice: Auto, GL defense, Maritime defense, state workers’ compensation defense and subrogation.
F. Douglas Ortego
Education: Louisiana State University, B.A. 1994; J.D. 2002
Areas of Practice: Jones Act, Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation, Louisiana state workers’ compensation, general liability.
Nichole Laborde Romero
Education: Northwestern State University, B.A. 2002; Appalachian School of Law, J.D. 2006
Memberships: American Inns of Court – Duhe, Lafayette Parish Bar Association
Legal Clerkship: Former law clerk to the Honorable William D. Hunter, 16th Judicial District Court, 2006-2008
Areas of Practice: State workers’ compensation defense, auto claims, Longshore and Harbor Workers’ compensation defense, Jones Act, subrogation.