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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.

Houghtaling & Williams In Hall Of Fame

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Publisher: CityBusiness
Published On: 8/2/2009

John Houghtaling and James Williams were inducted into New Orleans CityBusiness's Leadership in Law Hall of Fame for winning the award in consecutive years. Here, both attorneys are pictured with Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Bernette Johnson, who attended a reception with all honorees at the New Orleans Museum of Art. James Williams once served as law clerk for Justice Johnson at the state supreme court.

John Houghtaling has collected over $100 million for civil victims within the last five years. James Williams enjoyed significant success in the courtroom in 2008, having tried two major cases resulting in a combined total of nearly $15 million.

To date, only six lawyers are members of the Hall of Fame - it is an impressive achievment that two are partners of Gauthier Houghtaling and Williams.