The lawyers come from diverse areas of the country and educational backgrounds. Some of the lawyers have had experience as judicial clerks or in judicial and private internships. One of our lawyers is an adjunct professor of law at Loyola University Law School in New Orleans, and the firm's lawyers are frequently called upon to write for and speak at continuing legal education programs.

RONALD H. NEWMAN. Position: Member (1937-1979).

ROBERT A. MATHIS. Position: Member. Born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 7, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana; 1976, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S. in Business Administration, 1973); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1975); Trial and Appellate Advocacy School, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, Civil College (1983). Member: Jefferson, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Creditor's Rights; Real Estate; Bank Foreclosures; Banking Law.
Email: rmathis@newmanmathis.com

JOHN D. BRADY. Position: Member. Born Pasco, Washington, May 6, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S., 1972); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1975). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Commercial Law League of America. (Resident, Baton Rouge Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Law Litigation; Banking Law.
Email: nmbwsaty@premier.net

ROBERT T. WAKEFIELD. Position: Member. Born New York, N.Y., August 24, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1974). Member: Jefferson and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Retail Collections; Creditors' Rights.
Email: rwakefield@newmanmathis.com

CHARLES E. SPEDALE. Position: Member. Born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 10, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Southeastern Louisiana University (B.A. in Political Science, 1974); Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (J.D., 1977). Member: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. (Resident, Baton Rouge Office). Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Collections; Real Estate.
Email: nmbwsaty@premier.net

RICHARD L. CRAWFORD. Position: Member. Born Roswell, New Mexico, September 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Commercial Law League of America. (Resident, Baton Rouge Office). Reported Cases: NSA Associates v. Beychok 659 So.2d 729 (LA. 1995). Practice Areas: Commercial Collections; Creditor's Rights. Email: nmbwsaty@premier.net

JOSEPH E. FICK JR.. Position: Member. Born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 19, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1974); Loyola University (J.D., 1977). Delta Theta Phi. Member, St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Member: Jefferson and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Commercial Law League of America. (Resident, New Orleans Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Collections; Creditors Rights.
Email: jfick@newmanmathis.com

MARK C. LANDRY. Position: Member. Born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 30, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; 1981, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1992, District of Columbia and Texas. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1977); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1980). Member: Jefferson, New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights Law; Banking Law; Bankruptcy Law; General Litigation Law.
Email: mlandry@newmanmathis.com

CLAY J. LEGROS. Position: Member. Born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., 1979); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1982). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Jefferson and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Probate; Bank Foreclosures.
Email: clegros@newmanmathis.com

STEPHEN J. BROUSSARD. Position: Member. Born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., 1978); Loyola University (J.D., 1982). Licensed Real Estate Broker, Louisiana, 1978. Lecturer, Course in Title Examination, Loyola Law School. Member: New Orleans, Jefferson and Louisiana State (Member, Title Examination Committees, Parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, 1985- ; Past Chairman, Jefferson Parish Real Estate Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Successions.
Email: sbroussard@newmanmathis.com

GERARD O. SALASSI IV. Position: Member. Born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College; Loyola University (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Jefferson, Federal, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Resolution Trust Corp. v. Maldonado 595 So.2d 744 (La. App. 4th Cir., 1992) Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Collections; Bank Foreclosures.
Email: gsalassi@newmanmathis.com

KEITH M. FREY. Position: Associate. Born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 20, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., 1989); Loyola University (J.D., 1993). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights.
Email: kfrey@newmanmathis.com

RETHA E. KARNES. Position: Associate. Born 1968; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana. Education: University of South Alabama (B.S., 1990); Loyola University (J.D., 1999). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association.
Email: rkarnes@newmanmathis.com

 

 

 

 

 

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