Lance McCardle

Practice Areas

Lance McCardle practices in the areas of securities arbitration and litigation, environmental law, and general commercial litigation.

Professional Memberships

• Academy of New Orleans Trial Lawyers, Member

• American Association for Justice, Member

• American Bar Association: Member; Former Member, Securities Law Committee

• Federal Bar Association: Member; Former Director, Younger Lawyers Division – New Orleans Chapter

• Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow

• Louisiana Association for Justice, Member

• Louisiana Bar Foundation, Fellow

• Louisiana State Bar Association, Member

• New Orleans Bar Association, Member

• Public Investor Advocate Bar Association: Member; Treasurer, Board of Directors (2025-2026); Member, PIABA Bar Journal Editorial Board; Former Editor-in-Chief, PIABA Bar Journal

• St. Thomas More Inn of Court, Member

• State Bar of Texas, Member

Career

Lance regularly represents investors (both individuals and institutions) in claims against their brokers, investment advisors, and/or investment banks in court or in arbitration proceedings administered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He also represents several landowners in claims against oil and gas companies for damage and land loss caused by oil and gas operations.

Lance has taught litigation skills classes at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Media Law at Tulane University Law School. He has represented criminal defendants on a pro bono basis.

Education

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