Darnell Bludworth - New Orleans, LA

• Member

• Commercial Disputes
• Maritime Matters
• Insurance Issues
• Products Liability

• 910 E Main LLC v. Edwards, WL 4929256 (W.D. La. 2020)
• 4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v. Edwards, F.Supp.3d (E.D. La. 2020)
• Spell v. Edwards, 962 F.3d 175 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2020)
• Couvillion Group, L.L.C. v. Plaquemines Parish Government, 286 So.3d 1129 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2019)
• McDonnel Group, LLC v. Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company, WL 2482807 (E.D. La. 2019)
• McDonnel Group, LLC v. Starr Surplus Lines Ins. Co., WL 10797955 (E.D. La. 2018)
• Hanover Ins. Co. v. Plaquemines Parish Government, 2015 WL 3953145 (E.D. La.)
• Felder's Collision Parts, Inc. v. All Star Advertising Agency, Inc., WL 225426 (E.D. La. 2015)
• Felder's Collision Parts, Inc. v. General Motors Co., WL 1652719 (La. 2014)
• Rain CII Carbon LLC v. Phillips 66 Co., WL 5506144 (E.D. La. 2013)
• Rain CII Carbon LLC v. ConocoPhillips Co., WL 3216089 (E.D. La. 2013)
• Felder's Collision Parts, Inc. v. General Motors Co., WL 1681175 (La. 2013)
• Rain CII Carbon LLC v. ConocoPhillips Co., WL 5269245 (App. 4 Cir. 2012)
• Rain CII Carbon, LLC v. ConocoPhillips Co., 674 F.3d 469 (5th Cir. 2012)
• Safeguard Storage Properties, L.L.C. v. Donahue Favret Contractors, Inc., 60 So.3d 110 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2011)
• Richards v. Board of Com’rs of the Port of New Orleans, 57 So.3d 1135 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2011)
• Safeguard Storage Properties, L.L.C. v. Donahue Favret Contractors, Inc., 13 So.2d 244 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2009)
• Stall v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 995 So.2d 670 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2008)
• Royal Cloud Nine, L.L.C. v Lafayette Ins. Co., 987 So.2d 355 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2008)
• Sher v Lafayette Ins. Co., 988 So.2d 186 (La. Sup. Ct. 2008)
• Historic Restoration, Inc. v. RSUI Indem. Co., 955 So.2d 200 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2007)
• Cambridge Toxicology Group, Inc. v. Exnicios, 495 F.3d 169 (5th Cir. 2007)
• In re Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation, 495 F.3d 191 (5th Cir. 2007)
• In re Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation, 466 F.Supp.2d 729 (E.D.La. 2006)
• Central Nat. Ins. Co. of Omaha v. Jacobs Constructors, Inc., 875 So.2d 131 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2004)
• In re Clearsky Shipping Corp., 84 Fed.Appx. 370 (5th Cir. 2003)
• EOP New Orleans, L.L.C. v. Louisiana Tax Com'n, 831 So.2d 1005 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2002)
• Hontex Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Westwego, 833 So.2d 1234 (La.App. 5 Cir. 2002)
• Chattem Chemicals, Inc. v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals B.V., 229 F.Supp.2d 555 (M.D.La. 2002)
• Johnson v. LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P., 803 So.2d. 1100 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2001)
• EOP New Orleans, L.L.C. v. Louisiana Tax Com'n, 809 So.2d 387 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2001)
• In re M/V DANIELLE BOUCHARD, 164 F.Supp.2d 794 (E.D.La. 2001)
• Temporary Employment Services v. Trinity Marine Group, Inc., 261 F.3d 456 (5th Cir. 2001)
• Equitable Equipment Co. v. Director, Office of Worker's Compensation Programs, 191 F.3d 630 (5th Cir. 1999)
• Casper Marine, Inc. v. Seatrans Shipping Corp., 969 F.Supp. 395 (E.D. La. 1997)
• Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. v. Director, OWCP, 97 F.3d 815 (5th Cir. 1996)
• Complaint of Christiansen Marine, Inc., 1996 A.M.C. 2353 (E.D.Va. 1996)
• Insurance Co. of North America v. West of England Shipowners Mut. Ins. Ass'n, 890 F.Supp. 1296 (E.D. La. 1995)
• Magnolia Marine Transport v. Frye, 875 F.Supp. 1216 (E.D.La. 1994)
• Collins v. Coastline Construction, 820 F.Supp. 270 (E.D. La. 1993)
• Hebert v. Exxon Corp., 953 F.2d 936 (5th Cir. 1992)
• Hebert v. Exxon Corp., 770 F.Supp. 314 (E.D.La. 1991)
• Robichaux v. Randolph, 563 So.2d 226 (La. 1990)
• Jourdan v. Equitable Equipment Co., 889 F.2d 637 (5th Cir. 1989)

• Louisiana, 1988
• Texas, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1988
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1988
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1993
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1995
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993

• Louisiana State Bar Association, 1988 - Present (Member)
• New Orleans Bar Association (Member)
• Maritime Law Association of the United States, 1989 - Present (Proctor)
• Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 1990 - Present (Member)
• New Orleans Association for Women Attorneys, 1989 - Present (Member)
• Women's International Shipping & Trading Association, 1999 - Present (Member)

• Best Lawyers in America since 2012 with special designations, during 2015 or a prior year, in Litigation – Construction, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2012 – 2020
• Recipient Moot Court Junior Writing Award
• Brief Writer and Oralist, F. Lee Bailey Appellate Competition (Recipient Best Brief Award)

• Adjunct Trial Advocacy Faculty, Tulane Law School, 1999 - 2005
  
• Litigating Bad Faith Insurance Claims: The Plaintiff’s Side of the Table, National Business, 2010
  
• Trying the Bad Faith Insurance Case: A Requiem on Hurricane Losses, 2009 ABA Insurance Litigation Committee

• Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: Order of Barristers
  Honors: Moot Court Board, 1986-1988
• Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, 1985
  B.A.
  Major: Philosophy

Accepts Credit Cards

• James M. Garner, Darnell Bludworth, Kevin M. McGlone & Melissa R. Harris, Chambers Global Practice Guide, eDiscovery & Disclosure – USA Law & Practice (2019)
• The Status and Evolution of First-Party Property Insurance Bad Faith Claims After Hurricane Katrina, 62, Loy. L. Rev. 25, 2016
• Product Liability Desk Reference: A Fifty State Compendium, Editor of the Louisiana Chapter, 2015-Present

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