HEADLINES
GHW hopes to encourage young high school students at St. Augustine in New Orleans to follow in the footsteps of Charles R. Jones, the first African-American male to ascend to Chief Judge of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. GHW funded the "2012 Chief Judge Charles R. Jones Scholarship" to be awarded to a deserving St. Augustine student.
The late Wendell Gauthier’s fight to expose Big Tobacco’s coverup of the addictive properties of nicotine is a significant part of the story of Addiction Incorporated, a docudrama about Victor DeNoble a whistleblower and research scientist at a major tobacco company, who revealed a fact that the industry had been denying for years: that cigarettes were addictive.
GHW attorneys John Houghtaling, James Williams and Celeste Gauthier were inducted into Loyola University’s Society of St. Ignatius.
Attorneys Sean Greenwood and Pat McGinnis were named to H Texas Magazine's list of Top Professionals in Houston.
GHW partner James Williams participated in a roundtable discussion entitled, "Closing the Wealth Gap: Utilizing Minority Owned Businesses as Vehicles for Job Creation and Economic Recovery," on Capitol Hill on September 22, 2011.
 

 

Tracey Rannals Bryan

Since she began protecting the legal rights of families and individuals in 1999, Tracey Rannals Bryan has achieved substantial verdicts and settlements for her clients. She represents seriously injured persons, families of severely injured and brain damaged children, children who have been sexually abused by teachers and others, nursing home residents who have suffered as a result of substandard care, and numerous other persons and companies in wide-ranging disputes.

Over the past years, Ms. Bryan has prosecuted a number of automobile collision and medical malpractice cases involving severe personal injury and wrongful death. She possesses specialized knowledge in medical malpractice cases involving birth trauma, failure to timely diagnose cancer and cardiology. Ms. Bryan has also litigated complex product liability and premises liability (slip and fall and failure to provide adequate security) cases.

After earning a degree in Political Science from Newcomb College of Tulane University in 1990, Ms. Bryan graduated with a law degree from Tulane University School of Law in 1993, where she was an attorney in the Tulane Civil Law Clinic. After completing law school, Ms. Bryan practiced law for several years as a defense attorney in New Orleans, representing various businesses and insurance companies in litigation in state and federal courts. Since 1996, Mrs. Bryan has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Tulane Law School, teaching senior law students Trial Advocacy skills.

She is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals; Fifth Circuit; United States District Court, Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of Louisiana; as well as all Louisiana State Courts.

Activities, Honors

American Association for Justice

Louisiana Association for Justice and the New Orleans

Louisiana State, Federal, and American Bar Associations

Co-founder and president, Jack of Hearts Foundation

Recent Lectures and Publications

"Civil Pretrial Litigation Bootcamp," January, 2012 - Tulane Law School

"Masters of the Courtroom," Professionalism in Trial, December, 2011 – New Orleans Bar Association

"Understanding Medicare Set Asides," October 2010 - New Orleans Bar Association Health Care Committee

Hot Legal Topics in Today’s Health Care Market, October 2010 – New Orleans Bar Association

Litigation Lessons for Lawyers: Preparing a Witness, October 2009 – New Orleans Bar Association

Common Themes and Defenses in Medical Malpractice, December 2008 – National Business Institute (NBI)

Medical Malpractice in Louisiana, December 2007 – Law Seminars, LLC

Contact Information
tracey@ghwlegal.com
(504) 456-8600