Martin A Stern

Practice Areas

Appellate Litigation, Class Action / Complex Litigation, Energy, Litigation

Career

The Firm’s General Counsel and Appellate Team Leader, Martin focuses his practice on appellate litigation, complex litigation, and legal ethics and legal malpractice defense, and he is also active in pro bono representation.

Appellate Litigation

Martin has handled hundreds of appeals, including in each of the Louisiana circuit courts of appeal and the U.S. Fourth and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and he has argued 15 times to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Martin is a director of the Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit (BAFFC), and he is one of 15 lawyers certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization as an Appellate Practice Specialist.

In one of Martin’s recent arguments to the Louisiana Supreme Court, he represented fellow Appellate Practice Specialists as amici curiae in helping to win an important issue regarding the right to appeal. Amedee v. Aimbridge Hospitality LLC, 2021-OC-01906, 2022 WL 12338929 (La. 10/21/22). In another recent matter, Martin served as an expert witness in the field of appellate litigation, where his opinion was quoted at length in the court of appeal's decision. Henry v. Ahern, 335 So.3d 871 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2022).

Professional Memberships

New Orleans Bar Association - Appellate Section Co-Chair; Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit - Board of Governors