Claude F Reynaud, Jr

Practice Areas

Automotive

Healthcare

Commercial Litigation

Intellectual Property

Securities Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Career

Claude F. Reynaud, Jr. is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale Sachse. He has been a partner since 1981. Mr. Reynaud was a member of the firm's Management Committee, from 1990 through 2023.

As a member of the firm, Mr. Reynaud serves as Chief General Counsel to the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association since 1998 and General Counsel for Baton Rouge New Car Dealers Association. Mr. Reynaud represents several General Motor’s Local Marketing Associations (LMA’s). Claude represents dealers in disputes with manufacturers, consumers and class actions and has also represented multiple dealers in the GM and Chrysler bankruptcies.

His principal areas of practice include litigation involving: antitrust; intellectual property; unfair competition; fiduciary duties of corporate officers, directors, and trustees; securities; contracts; automobile franchise law; lender liability; and health care. Mr. Reynaud has experience particularly in complex commercial litigation with its attendant discovery issues and motion practice. Mr. Reynaud also assists clients in the areas of antitrust, corporate governance, and prosecutes trademark and copyright applications.

Professional Memberships

Louisiana Bar Association, Business and Antitrust Section, Intellectual Property Section

American Bar Association, Business and Antitrust Section, Intellectual Property Section

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

Member, National Association of Dealer Counsel

Past FINRA Arbitrator, and has served as Chairperson of numerous arbitration panels

General Counsel, Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association

General Counsel, Baton Rouge New Car Dealers Association

General Counsel, Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce

Trial Law Institute, Member

Order of Centurions, Barrister

Order of Certus, Advocate

Experience

Mr. Reynaud has experience in representing pharmaceutical distributors in opioid litigation brought by municipalities and counties and antitrust litigation brought by the AG in Louisiana.

Mr. Reynaud represented the City of Alexandria (City) in litigation against Cleco for alleged overcharges to the City’s Utility resulting in a 50.7 million dollar settlement for the City.

Mr. Reynaud represented the Louisiana Public Service Commission in its consideration of the application by Entergy, Inc. to merge with Florida Power and Light Company (Docket No. U-25354).

Mr. Reynaud has represented financial institutions in lender liability cases where the total exposure has exceeded $100 million.

Mr. Reynaud has represented defendants in antitrust cases where the total exposure has exceeded over $1 billion.

Mr. Reynaud has represented clients in adversary proceedings in bankruptcy courts where the total amount of the estate is over $1.65 billion.

Mr. Reynaud has appeared as lead counsel in litigation in all district courts in the State of Louisiana, Federal District Courts in Jackson, Mississippi; Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Charleston, West Virginia; and the Southern District of New York. In 2025, he represented clients in a two-week arbitration in New York.

Mr. Reynaud represented the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association in antitrust litigaton brought in the Eastern District of Louisiana by Tesla.

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