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Lee Ziffer

Attorney

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Lee Ziffer is a trial attorney in the New Orleans, Louisiana office.  He has significant expertise in nationwide high-profile litigation relating to products liability, environmental law, mass tort, and complex commercial disputes.  He advises clients on comprehensive litigation strategy and policy reforms to identify and mitigate risk. He has a proven record of quickly becoming a subject matter expert and training and mentoring others to maximize internal and external resources.  Lee holds the highest rating available, AV Preeminent, from Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized as a Rising Star by SuperLawyers.   Lee is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

NEW ORLEANS

650 Poydras Street, Suite 2708

New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

lziffer@gayjoneslaw.com

601.203.0122

SERVICES​

  • General Litigation

  • Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation

  • Franchise Litigation

  • Mass Tort & Personal Injury Defense

  • Premises Liability

  • Products Liability

  • Trucking Litigation

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Louisiana

  • Mississippi

EDUCATION

  • Tulane University (J.D.), magna cum laude

  • University of Florida (B.A. in Art History), cum laude

​PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

  • Martindale-Hubbard® Distinguished AV Peer Review Rated

  • Louisiana Super Lawyers ® Rising Stars ®, 2014-2018

EXPERIENCE

  • Partner, Kuchler Polk Weiner

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS/ASSOCIATIONS

  • State Bar of Louisiana

  • Mississippi Bar Association

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  • United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana American Bar Association

  • International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)

  • American Bar Association, Products Liability Committee, Web Content Editor

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, PANELS

  • Bankruptcy Trusts and Asbestos Litigation, American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s Products Liability Newsletter, Spring 2012.

  • Louisiana in Toxic Exposure Claims (ABA Book Publishing 2016).

  • Products Year in Review, American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation Joint CLE (2016) (panel moderator).

  • Products Year in Review, American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation Joint CLE (2019) (Presenter)

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