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Ryan C. Wallis
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Email:rwallis@csa-lawfirm.com650 Poydras Street Suite 2810 New Orleans, LA 70130 504-568-9393 (Main) 504-524-1933 (Fax) |
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Practice Areas- Class Actions
- Commercial Litigation
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Mass Torts/Toxic Tort Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Premises and Products Liability
- Tort Claims
Admissions- State Bar of Illinois
- State Bar of Louisiana
- State Bar of Missouri
- United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois
- United States District Court, Western District of Missouri
- United States District Court, Eastern, Middle, & Western Districts of Louisiana
- United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
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Education- J.D., Tulane University School of Law, cum laude (2002)
- B.A., The Louisiana Scholars' College at Northwestern State University, With Distinction (1998)
Honors and Awards- 2010 Recipient of a “Distinguished Service Award” from the New Orleans Pro Bono Project
- Member of the Tulane University Law School team at the Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate Moot Court Competition
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award (awarded to the student with the top grade in the course), in Business Enterprises I
- Web Editor of the Tulane University Law School Sports Lawyers Journal, 2001-2002
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General
Mr. Wallis is an attorney based in Cotten Schmidt & Abbott’s New Orleans, Louisiana, office. His professional experience has been primarily in litigation encompassing matters filed in state and federal courts in Louisiana, Illinois, and Missouri. He has represented defendants in both commercial litigation and claims involving physical injuries, with emphases in pharmaceutical products liability, environmental torts, premises liability, and maritime/admiralty torts. He has also represented plaintiffs in commercial litigation, with an emphasis in class actions pertaining to breaches of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”).
In addition to his practice with the firm, Mr. Wallis represents indigent clients in litigation through the New Orleans Pro Bono Project.
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Memberships and Affiliations- Louisiana State Bar Association;
- Illinois Bar Association;
- Missouri Bar Association;
- New Orleans Association of Employee Benefit Planners.
Presentations- ERISA § 404(c): The Scope and Requirements of the Defense, Presented to the New Orleans Association of Employee Benefit Planners, June 7, 2010.
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Dallas / Fort Worth
550 Bailey Avenue
Suite 600
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: (817) 338-4500
Fax: (817) 338-4599
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New Orleans
650 Poydras Street
Suite 2810
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 568-9393
Fax: (504) 524-1933
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