Albert D. Giraud
3850 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 1280
Metairie, Louisiana 70002
Direct: (504) 836-7559
Fax: (504) 836-7566
E-mail:
agiraud@ungarino-eckert.com
Practice Areas
Al's practice is concentrated in general liability, personal and commercial auto/transportation, products liability, medical malpractice, professional liability, insurance coverage issues, toxic tort defense and complex personal injury defense. He has extensive experience in the defense of catastrophic injury cases and other multi-party litigation. He has tried cases in state district courts throughout Louisiana and in all three Louisiana federal district courts. He has also argued before the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Louisiana Supreme Court, four of the five Louisiana state appellate courts, California Superior Court, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Among the issues that Al has litigated are the following:
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cognitive brain damage/spinal fracture injuries with DWI allegations against the defendant
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products liability cases involving structure fires, automobile/vehicle defects, consumer product defects, etc.
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premises liability cases involving everything from trip-and-fall sidewalk cases to purported conditions at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Louisiana Superdome
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spinal surgery cases
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electrocution cases
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amputation cases
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wrongful death cases
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complex economic loss cases
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insurance coverage litigation
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automobile liability cases
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uninsured/underinsured motorist cases, including those involving bad faith allegations/punitive damage claims
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cable television/electric utility cases
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TERM/NORM radiation contamination litigation
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serving as national coverage counsel for one of our clients in the recent multiple, nationwide municipality handgun litigations
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being involved in the defense of one of the parties in the New Orleans public housing lead contamination class action litigation
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