Christine Changho Bruneau
Associate
E-mail:
cbruneau@csa-lawfirm.com

650 Poydras Street
Suite 2810
New Orleans, LA 70130

504-568-9393 (Main)
504-524-1933 (Fax)


Practice Areas

  • Admiralty/Maritime
  • Appellate
  • Business and Transactional Law
  • Class Actions
  • Commericial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Environmental Litigation
  • Insurance Defense, Coverage, Subrogation & Casualty
  • Mass Tort/Toxic Tort Litigation
  • Oil and Gas
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Liability
  • Products Liability
  • Tort Claims
Admissions

  • State Bar of Louisiana
  • United States District Court,
    Eastern, Middle, & Western
    Districts of Louisiana
  • United States District Court,
    Southern District of Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals,
    Fifth Circuit
 
Education

  • J.D., Certificate in Environmental Law, Tulane University School of Law (1998)
  • B.A., Anthropology and American Ethnic Studies, Kansas State University, Phi Beta Kappa (1994)
Other Experience and Service

  • Elected in 2007 to a four-year term on the Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee, the administrative body for the Republican Party in New Orleans
  • Member of Development Committee of the Magnolia School, Inc., a private, non-profit school for developmentally-disabled adults
  • Staff Attorney, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, and concurrent private criminal defense practice (1998-2000)
  • Member of Tulane Environmental Law Clinic (1997)

General

Ms. Bruneau specializes in complex civil litigation. She has handled matters throughout Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, and managed large, demanding dockets of multi-party cases, involving hundreds of claims and numerous legal issues. Her cases have included industrial exposures and injuries, asbestos and silica exposure, environmental contamination, oilfield and maritime injuries, hurricane losses, and commercial disputes.

Ms. Bruneau has experience in all stages of the legal process, from early case assessment to writs and appeals, as well as post-conviction relief in the criminal defense area. She has been involved in over 100 judge and jury trials and argued successfully before the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Ms. Bruneau grew up in Leawood, Kansas, but resides in the New Orleans area with her husband, Adrian, and their two small children, Lily and J.D., as they continue their efforts to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina. She is certified as a second-degree black belt and instructor trainee in Taekwondo. She also enjoys yoga, bicycling, making evening gowns and costumes, and classical and country music.

Memberships and Affiliations
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Louisiana Asian Pacific American Bar Association - Founding President
  • DuPont Minority Counsel Network
  • Association of Women Attorneys
Reported Decisions
  • State of Louisiana in the Interest of A.M. and T.K., 98-2752 (La. 7/2/99); 739 So.2d 188
 

Dallas / Fort Worth
550 Bailey Avenue
Suite 600
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: (817) 338-4500
Fax: (817) 338-4599

 

New Orleans
650 Poydras Street
Suite 2810
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 568-9393
Fax: (504) 524-1933

 

Houston
1990 Post Oak Blvd.
Suite 250
Houston, Texas 77056
Phone: (713) 627-9393
Fax: (713) 627-9395

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