HEADLINES
Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams made possible the shipment of nine endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles impacted by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to a new home at Sea World in Orlando.
The National Bar Association and IMPACT named James Williams, a partner and head of litigation in Gauthier Houghtaling and Williams one of the Nation's Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40.
Attorney Brian Houghtaling took his boat into the Gulf waters on April 29 to survey the growing oil slick.
Attorney Stephen Huber of Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams was named to the 2010 New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law list.
The New Orleans Bar Association named Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams its Pacesetter Campaign Winner for recruiting the most newly-enrolled and renewed members of any other firm. 100% of the firm's attorneys signed up as members of the Association.

What Our Clients Say

"Younan Properties has been represented by some of the finest law firms in the country... John Houghtaling and his team are smart, experienced, thorough, aggressive and conscientious. They worked extremely hard to deliver results that exceeded our expectations."

Zaya S. Younan
CEO Younan Properties

"This is an outstanding law firm that has enjoyed an impeccable reputation both across the state and across the nation...My office retained Gauthier, Houghtaling & Williams to represent Louisiana in the Multi-Billion dollar subrogation claim for the Road Home Program."

The Louisiana Attorney General
2004 - 2008

"In the end, we recovered $25 million dollars...Hiring the Gauthier guys goes down as one of the better business moves that we made last year."

CEO Stewart Enterprises

"I would like to express my appreciation in regard to attorneys, James Williams and Inemesit O’Boyle from Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams law firm. I wish to thank you for your excellent representation of me in my recent court appearance, your efforts were extremely professional in all regards and the outcome was highly favorable. Your preparation was thorough and your powerful pleading of my case was well received by the court. It was a brilliant presentation put on before the jury. I truly appreciate the time, energy and passion you demonstrated representing me recently. As you know this was a difficult situation for me, however your confidence and professionalism was very comforting. I cannot tell you enough how grateful I am to have had you representing me. Also please relay my gratitude to your staff; they have always been helpful when ever needed. Your name was highly recommended to me and I would confidently recommend it to others."