Background
Absher, Nelea A. was born on September 12, 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Absher, Nelea A. was born on September 12, 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1979) Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board. University of Houston (Graduate Studies, Clinical Psychology). Tulane University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1986).
Order of the Coif.
Member, 1984-1985, and Senior Managing Editor, 1985-1986, Tulane Law Review.
Worked at Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, Limited liability partnership (New Orleans, Los Angeles) specializing in Administrative Proceedings, Admiralty, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Constitutional, Corporate and Securities, Domestic Relations, Environmental, Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, and Employment, Finance, General Civil Practice, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Insurance Regulation, Intellectual Property, International, Media, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Profit Organizations, Oil and Gas, Probate, Estate Planning and Trusts, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public and Private Corporate Financing, Public Utilities, Real Estate, Securities Litigation and Arbitration, Taxation (Federal and State), Toxic Tort Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1986, Louisiana. Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1984-1985 and Senior Managing Editor, 1985-1986, Tulane Law Review.
Author: Note, "Environmental Law and the Louisiana Constitution," 59 Tulane Law Review 1557 (1985).
Adjunct Associate Professor, Corporate and Securities Law, Tulane Law School, 1991. Law Clerk to the Honorary Will Garwood, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986-1987. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal (Member, Board of Directors and Membership Chair, New Orleans Chapter, 1993) and American (Member, Section of Business Law and Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions.
Chair, Articles and Newsletters Sub Committee) Bar Associations.
Stone, Pigman is a firm of 70 attorneys. Founded in New Orleans in 1929 by Judge John Minor Wisdom and Saul Stone, the firm has maintained a commitment to excellence. Singled out by The American Lawyer "one of the best law firms in the country," Stone, Pigman has "quietly built a practice that"s as good.
. as of many 200-lawyer firms in New York, Chicago and Los Los Angeles".
Member, Board of Editors, 1984-1985 and Senior Managing Editor, 1985-1986, Tulane Law Review.