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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.

Hurricane Ike Claims

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Publisher: GHW
Published On: 7/3/2009

Insurance companies are underpaying and denying claims in Houston at a record rate. In many cases insureds are being offered only 10% of the real damage value of their claims. Deductibles are being misapplied to residential and commercial properties and insurers are denying legitimate evacuation expenses and loss of business income.

GHW has collected over $160 Million for hurricane victims. Managing partner John Houghtaling acts as an expert TV commentator on Hurricane Insurance topics, and teaches seminars to businessmen and other attorneys facing hurricane insurance claims.

GHW, with offices in New Orleans and Houston, has been sought out nationally by high-profile clients for their experience. Younan Properties, a company with $5 billion dollars of real estate holdings and the second largest real estate company in Texas, recently held a national search for the best insurance counsel to represent them on IKE claims. In the end, GHW was selected by Younan Properties for their claims on 11 damaged high-rises in the Houston area.

  • "...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 the State of Louisiana in the multi-billion dollar subrogation claim for the Road Home Program."

    -Charles Foti, former attorney general for the State of Louisiana

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

    -CEO, Stewart Properties

Currently GHW's Houston branch is working full-time to protect Hurricane IKE property owners. GHW's success and expertise allows them to handle such claims on contingency fees starting as low as 10%.

For more information on Hurricane IKE claims call the Houston office: 713-343-1614