NEW ORLEANS – Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard announces twenty-three of our lawyers have been recognized in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers in America©, and the 2021 first edition of Best Lawyers in America©: Ones to Watch, the oldest peer-review guide to the legal profession worldwide, and a highly-respected industry publication.

Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard would like to congratulate the following sixteen lawyers named to 2021 Best Lawyers in America© list:

·         Ashley L. Belleau - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Real Estate

·         Christopher T. Caplinger - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy

·         Stanley J. Cohn - Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

·         Todd G. Crawford - Admiralty and Maritime Law

·         Elia Diaz-Yaeger - Insurance Law

·         Céleste D. Elliott - Insurance Law

·         Delos E. Flint, Jr. - Admiralty and Maritime Law and Commercial Litigation

·         Benjamin W. Kadden - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, and Litigation – Bankruptcy

·         Rose McCabe LeBreton - Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation - Real Estate, and Real Estate Law

·         Stewart F. Peck - Admiralty and Maritime Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation - Bankruptcy

·         Anne E. Raymond - Real Estate Law

·         Seth A. Schmeeckle - Litigation - Insurance, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

·         Shaundra M. Schudmak - Insurance Law

·         David B. Sharpe - Admiralty and Maritime Law

·         Kristopher T. Wilson - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

·         Rodger Wheaton - Admiralty and Maritime Law

Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard would like to congratulate the following seven lawyers named to 2021 Best Lawyers in America©: Ones to Watch list:

·         Tyler J. Arbour - Tax Law

·         Nicole M. Babb - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Litigation - Construction

·         Stephen F. Butterfield - Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law

·         Jay P. Farmer - Insurance Law and Transportation Law

·         Destinee F. Ramos - Commercial Litigation and Transportation Law

·         Armand E. Samuels - Litigation - Real Estate and Real Estate Law

·         James W. Thurman - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

For more than three decades, Best Lawyers has compiled annual lists of outstanding attorneys based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be included on the lists.

About Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck Rankin & Hubbard

Founded in 1986, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard is a nationally recognized full-service law firm specializing in core practice areas including admiralty and marine, bankruptcy, insurance, litigation and real estate. The firm has evolved and expanded with offices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Houston to better serve the needs of its national and international clients. For more information, call (504) 568-1990 or visit .

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