CORPORATE REPRESENTATION

 
 

CEO Al Bossier at the launching of the ARCO Endeavor, Litton Avondale Industries October 1999. Since 1983 Rick Simmons has performed a variety of legal services for Avondale Shipyards (Litton/Avondale Industries).

 

Government Contractors

Frequently, government contractors are confronted with subpoenas or other documentary requests from government agencies and may become the subject of administrative, civil or even criminal investigations. Hailey McNamara has the experience and the resources to ensure proper responses, to monitor such investigations and to provide advice as to the successful resolution of the investigations. Defense contractors and medical providers must use special care in dealing with Qui Tam, whistle blower situations. Hailey McNamara specializes in such representations.

Internal Investigations

One of the keys to corporate success is managing and solving problems before they result in litigation, publicity or other adverse effects on the corporation. Internal investigations by outside counsel provide the corporation with additional resources for "trouble shooting" such problems and with objection advice as to solutions. Rick Simmons specializes in corporate internal investigation and is published in the Louisiana Environment Handbook which is updated each year, Chapter
29 of this publication deals not only with environment criminal law, but the mechanics of conducting on internal investigation and dealing with the media.

Environmental Law/ Employment Law

Some of Louisiana's largest employers utilize the legal services of Hailey McNamara for not only internal investigation, but such matters as fraud prevention and detection, hotline monitoring, environmental law compliance, employment discrimination/ sexual harassment policies, employee education, interfacing with government regulators and advice for litigation avoidance.

Representative Client

Litton/ Avondale Industries, Lockheed Martin, Hibernia Bank, Pan-American Life, Ocshner, Columbia Medical, NME (National Medical Enterprises, now Tenet), Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, Formusa Plastics, Union Gas.