Ten Kean Miller Partners Recognized as Leading Louisiana Lawyers by International Legal Researchers

U.K.-based market opinion guide interviews 4500 clients and lawyers for insight into leading United States and Louisiana lawyers.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana – August 8, 2006 – Ten partners from Kean Miller Hawthorne D’Armond McCowan & Jarman, LLP are listed in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers USA is widely regarded as the preeminent European referral guide for the U.S. legal profession. Compiled through exhaustive telephone surveys with over 4500 lawyers from Maine to Hawaii, the guide is based solely on market recommendation. Researchers spent one year canvassing clients and lawyers across the U.S. to obtain a consistent market view of which firms and attorneys are considered leaders in their field.

The Kean Miller lawyers listed in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA- America’s Leading Lawyers for Business include: G. William “Bill” Jarman (Litigation); Katherine W. King (Energy & Natural Resources); William R. “Bill” D'Armond (Employment); Ben R. Miller, Jr. (Corporate/M&A); Charles S. McCowan, Jr. (Environment); Melanie M. Hartmann (Employment); G. Blane Clark, Jr. (Corporate/M&A); Leonard L. Kilgore, III (Environment); Maureen N. Harbourt (Environment) and Isaac McPherson Gregorie, Jr. (Real Estate).

With more than 120 lawyers, Kean Miller is the largest law firm in the Capital Region. The firm maintains offices in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lake Charles, and Plaquemine, Louisiana. The firm serves clients in numerous industries including energy, petrochemical and chemical, technology and telecommunications, transportation, media and advertising, banking and finance, government and education, health care, admiralty and maritime, manufacturing, real estate, retail, construction and leasing.   The firm combines the talent and expertise of its lawyers into multi-disciplinary client and industry teams. These teams are comprised of seasoned legal professionals from a variety of disciplines who are equipped to identify legal and business needs and to develop superior service strategies that provide unmatched support to the client.