Richard Arsenault

Richard Arsenault

Alexandria, Louisiana, United States
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Richard has been recognized as one of America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers by Trial Lawyer Magazine. He was nominated for the 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by the Public Justice Foundation and selected as a 2015 member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. In 2014, he was selected by the National Trial Lawyers as the Trial Lawyer of the Year Civil Plaintiff Finalist. He currently serves as Lead Counsel in the Actos MDL where a jury rendered a historic $9 Billion Punitive Damage verdict against Eli Lilly and Takeda. This has been reported as one of the nation’s largest personal injury verdicts. He subsequently served on the team that negotiated a $2.4 Billion settlement which is the largest single mass tort settlement for a drug still on the market. He is also on the Pinnacle MDL Trial Team where a jury rendered a $502 Million verdict against J&J and DePuy.

The National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys selected Richard to receive their Top 10 Attorney Award for the State of Louisiana. The Wall Street Journal has described Richard as having “national notoriety” and as a “big gun” amongst attorneys in competition for leadership roles. BusinessWeek described him as “a Dean of the Louisiana Tort Bar.” The NYTimes has described him as one of the “big players” in the legal community. USA Today featured him as a member of the “Legal Elite,” – a diverse grouping of America’s leading attorneys and the New Orleans Times Picayune has referred to him as “an authority on class actions.”

Richard’s commitment to legal excellence is reflected in the years of serving as a faculty member for LSU’s Trial Advocacy program, lecturing at judicial colleges and assuming leadership roles in local as well as national bar associations. Recently, the LA Supreme Court appointed him to serve on the Rules of Professional Conduct Class Action Committee. For over 25 years, Richard has held Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating.

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  • The Increasing Central Role of Bellwether Trials and MDL’s

    The Brief, quarterly magazine of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section

  • Will Daubert Challenge Your Class Certification

    TRIAL

  • Settlement Strategies for Complex Global Litigation

    TRIAL

  • Hanks v. Entergy Corp. —The Supreme Court Provides Some Clarity But Leaves A Big Question Unanswered

    Louisiana Advocates

  • Knowledge is Power: A Practical Proposal to Protect Putative Class Members from Improper Pre-Certification Communication

    Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 2

  • Gathering Digital Data

    TRIAL

  • Daubert-Lite, Daubert’s Role, If Any, at Class Certification Hearings

    Louisiana Bar Journal

  • Daubert-Lite, Daubert’s Role, If Any, at Class Certification Hearings, Louisiana Bar Journal

  • Using Conflicts Principles to Obtain Punitive Damages in Louisiana Court

    Louisiana Advocates

  • Class Action Settlement of Future Claims

    Louisiana Advocates

  • Limitation of Vessel Owner's Liability; Inapplicability to Non-Shipowners

    Currents International Trade Law Journal, South Texas College of Law

  • Duty to Find and Prepare a Knowledgeable Corporate Representative

    Louisiana Bar Journal

  • Mass Torts and Class Action Settlements

    TRIAL

  • Pre-Certification Discovery: A User’s Guide

    Tulane Law Review

  • The (Un)Availability of Act of God and Force Majeure Affirmative Defenses After Rita Katrina

    Louisiana Advocates

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