Ryan C. Higgins - Partner

Commercial Litigation, Business, Estate Planning and Successions, Insurance Defense, Labor and Employment, Administrative Law, and Intellectual Property

Ryan is a partner who has over 10 years of experience in civil litigation, transactions, and estate planning.  Ryan has first and second chair jury trial experience and has tried several bench trials to verdict.  He has represented clients in commercial arbitration proceedings in various jurisdictions.  He is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts, including the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ryan’s practice focuses on representing companies and individuals in proceedings involving contract and business disputes, personal injury, construction, property damage, labor and employment, zoning and land use, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, administrative law, funeral and cemetery law, successions, and community property.  His practice involves not only litigation but also business matters and transactions involving contract drafting and negotiation, business formation, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, dissolution, collections, and lien rights under the Louisiana Private and Public Works Act.

Before joining the firm in 2010, Ryan received his J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law where he served as Print Editor of the Journal of Public Interest Law and was an active member of the Trial Advocacy Team.  Ryan is now an active member of the Jefferson Bar Association having previously served as a Director of the Young Lawyers Division. He also volunteers as a Steering Committee member for the National World War II Museum’s Young Benefactors group.  He is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell.