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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.

Awards and Honors

Our attorneys have been recognized for their legal success since the firm's founding in 1971.


2010 Attorneys John Houghtaling and James Williams
2011 Attorney James Williams
2012 Attorneys Ed Downing and James Williams

– Super Lawyers Magazine

 


2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 Leadership in Law
2009 Hall of Fame Inductees

– New Orleans CityBusiness

 


Attorneys Edward F. Downing III, Patrick C. McGinnis, James Carlos Canady
2011 Houston Top Lawyers

HTexas Magazine

 


Attorneys Sean Greenwood and Patrick C. McGinnis
2011 Houston Top Professionals

HTexas Magazine

 


2010 Nation's Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40

– National Bar Association

 


2008, 2009 Best Places to Work in New Orleans

– New Orleans CityBusiness

 


Top 10 trial attorneys in the United States - 1989

– National Law Journal

 


100 Most Powerful Lawyers in America - 1994, 1997

– National Law Journal

 


2006 & 2007 Emerging Leaders Honoree

– U.S. Congressional Black Caucus

 


Top Trial Lawyers in America

– Million Dollar Advocates Forum - 2006