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New Orleans legislation agency expands to Chicago


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The New Orleans-based legislation agency of Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett (MBLB) is opening an workplace in Chicago to increase its follow within the protection of employers and insurance coverage carriers for claims arising beneath the Protection Base Act.

Three attorneys Samantha E. Kaplan, Lejla Alibasic, and Alexa N. Buechler – previously with Schouest, Bamdas, Soshea & BenMaier (SBSB Eastham) – will be part of MBLB with Kaplan overseeing the Chicago workplace.

MBLB’s growth brings the protection agency’s whole depend to 50 attorneys dealing with claims for corporations within the maritime, insurance coverage, trucking, and transportation industries. MBLB now has 31 attorneys who focus on litigating claims arising beneath the Longshore and Harbor Employees’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), Protection Base Act (DBA) and Conflict Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA).

“Claims arising beneath the Protection Base Act have been of rising significance on account of the warfare on terror and different U.S. army and public works operations abroad,” mentioned Alan Brackett, MBLB Managing Member. “Our agency handles DBA claims nationwide, so having an workplace in Chicago devoted to this follow space will assist the agency increase its affect and attain.”

Kaplan started her profession in state and federal civil litigation protection and has years of expertise defending LHWCA, DBA, and WHCA claims.
“Dealing with Protection Base Act claims is a pure match me, given my expertise and particular experience,” she mentioned. “I’m excited to hitch MBLB, a agency that has an impressive nationwide status for this complicated follow space.”

Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett was based in 1997 and has an workplace in Lafayette, along with its New Orleans workplace on the Hancock Whitney Middle (701 Poydras St., Suite 600).

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