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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.

Louisiana Supreme Court Hears Flood Exclusion Arguments

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Publisher: GHW
Published On: 2/27/2008

Katrina, Rita, flood, insuranceOn February 26, 2008, the Louisiana Supreme Court heard arguments in Sher v. Lafayette Insurance Company, et al. At issue: whether a homeowners flood exclusion extends to damages from floodwaters originating from a levee break. Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams submitted an amicus brief to the state's highest court and attorney James Williams argued on behalf of the Louisiana Attorney General's Office when the case was before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. The case has major implications for Louisiana residents and the Road Home program. Williams argued that the insurance industry requested a clarification of their exclusion in 2004, pre-Katrina, to specifically state that manmade causes were excluded, thus proving that the industry knew its exclusion was subject to varying interpretations. Only two insurance companies revised their exclusion before Katrina struck. James Williams discussed the issue on a local news station.