Celeste Coco-Ewing is a member in the firm, and serves as chair of the products liability and toxic tort practice group. She practices in all aspects of complex litigation, with a particular focus on defense of national products liability litigation and defense of insurers. Celeste has been recognized by Best Lawyers in the fields of Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation, by Benchmark Litigation as a “Future Star," by Louisiana Super Lawyers as one of the top 25 women lawyers in the State, and by New Orleans CityBusiness as a leading lawyer in the city. She is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated in Martindale-Hubbell.
Celeste serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Federal Bar Association and as Editor-in-Chief of the Newsletter of Commercial & Business Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association. In 2014, she was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to serve a 5 year term on the Committee on Bar Admissions, Character and Fitness Panel. Celeste is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. She is an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy and of Civil Litigation “Boot Camp” at Tulane Law School. She currently chairs the Board of Directors of KIDsmART, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating children through the arts.
Celeste dedicates time to pro bono matters. She is on the Board of Directors for Louisiana Appleseed, and is a past recipient of the Good Apple Award for her pro bono work on a project to ensure homeless children have access to public schools. She recently secured dismissal of a lawsuit against a non-profit organization through the New Orleans Pro Bono Project.
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