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Lafayette Complex Commercial Litigation Lawyer
Overview
Charles M. "Chuck" Kreamer is co-founder of, and partner in, Gibson Law Partners, LLC. Chuck also serves as the firm's Managing Partner. Chuck's practice focuses on the representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial cases, probate and legal malpractice cases litigated in the state and federal courts of Louisiana. He is admitted to practice before all Louisiana district and appellate courts, all Louisiana federal district courts and bankruptcy courts, and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Since August of 1994, Chuck's practice has been 100% litigation, including extensive appellate work.
Chuck's extensive litigation experience spans cases involving unfair and deceptive trade practices, trade secrets, confidentiality, contracts, fraud, fiduciary duties, non-compete agreements, sales, intellectual property, corporations, partnerships, liability companies, joint ventures, probate disputes and oil and gas mineral rights. His legal malpractice defense experience crosses a wide array of lawyer specialties and issues.
Chuck graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA) and a major in Finance in 1990. Chuck graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans in 1994, and simultaneously graduated with a second degree, a Masters of Business Administration, from Loyola. While in law school Chuck served on the Loyola Law Review where he published two articles, one of which was a finalist for the prestigious SCRIBES award presented by The American Society of Legal Writers and has since been cited favorably by other jurists. Chuck's published articles are United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia: The Revenge of Separate But Equal, 39 Loyola Law Review 247 and Adjudicating the Peart Motion: A Proposed Standard To Protect The Right To Effective Assistance Of Counsel Prospectively: 39 Loyola Law Review 635.
About Charles Martin Kreamer
Current Employment Position(s)
- Co-Founder / Partner
Practice Areas
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Probate Litigation
- Professional Liability Defense
- Other
Representative Cases
- Molaison v. Lukinovich (multi-million dollar legal malpractice claim dismissed on basis of witness immunity), 142 So.3d 342 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2014) (La. App. 5th Cir. 2014)
- AIM Business Capital, LLC v. Reach Out Disposal ($1.44 million treble damage award in an unfair trade practice case), 2014 WL 1401526 (W.D. La. 2014)
- Castle v. Castle (legal malpractice claim dismissed for failure to state a cause of action), 123 So.3d 1267 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 2013) (La. App. 3rd Cir. 2013)
- Walton v. ES&H, Inc. (insurance agent case dismissed as preempted), 2013 WL 3865103 (E.D. La. 2013) (E.D. La. 2013)
- Carriere v. Bodenheimer, Jones, Szwak (legal malpractice claim dismissed as preempted), 120 So.3d 281 (La. App. 2nd Cir. 2012) (La. App. 2nd Cir. 2012)
- Argonaut Great Central Ins. Co. v. Hammet, et al (baseball arbitration where the resolution proposed for Chuck's client was chosen), 1st JDC Parish of Caddo, Docket 449,814
- In re Marshall Museum & Library (favorable settlement in a defamation case against Anna Nicole Smith representatives), 2008 WL 2192803 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 2008)
- Grex, Inc. et al v. Robert Leonards, et al (plaintiff authorized to obtain extensive electronic discovery from defendants' computers), La. App. 3rd Cir. No: CW 14-01275, unpublished (La. App. 3rd Cir. )
- Cupit v. Twin City Fire Insurance Co., 240 S.3d 993 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 2018)
- Mosing v. Boston, 2017 WL 4228699 & 2017 WL 1573172 (W.D. La. 2017)
- Edwards v. Parkerson, 218 So.3d 244 (La. App. 2nd Cir. 2017)
- Mosing. v. LaBarge, 2017 WL 4228699 (W.D. La. 2017)
- Miller v. American Strategic Insurance Corporation, 665 Fed.Appx. 351 (5th Cir. 2016)
- Montgomery v. Montgomery, 87 So.3d 376 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 2012)
- Lopez v. Thibodeaux, 28 So.3d 1215 (La. App. 3rd Cir. 2010)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1994
Education
- Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994
J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: Finalist, Scribes Award Presented by the American Society of Legal Writers
Law Review: Loyola Law Review, Member, 1992 - 1994 - University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1990
BBA
Major: Finance - Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994
M.B.A.
Fraternities and Sororities
- Sigma Nu
Articles
Published Works
- United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia: The Revenge of Separate But Equal, 39 Loyola Law Review 247
- Adjudicating the Peart Motion: A Proposed Standard To Protect The Right To Effective Assistance Of Counsel Prospectively: 39 Loyola Law Review 635
Office Information
Address
2448 Johnston St Lafayette, LA 70503
Phone
Fax
- 337-761-6061
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