Melchiode Marks King LLC has recently added three incredible new Associates to our firm, Alexa Gruen, Janny “Johnny” Meza, and William Sampson . Please check out each of their links for Bios and their specialty areas. We are so pleased to have each of them in our team.
In the November 2024 issue of New Orleans Magazine, five MMK members were recognized as “Top Lawyers” within our community: Jerry Melchiode (Construction Law) Kevin Marks (Workers’ Compensation)Rich King (Insurance Law)Jennifer Simmons (Insurance Law) Ben Pri-Tal (Construction Law) The selection process involved voting by licensed attorneys in the New Orleans metropolitan area. MMK is gratefulRead More
ClaimsXchange Trial Academy: Where Excellence Meets Defense Advocacy Rich King and the following assembled a team of the nation’s finest defense lawyers, to teach at the July 16-19, 2024 ClaimsXchange Trial Academy. The program will include three intensive days of instruction, which will take the students from Pre-Trial Strategies all the way through Summation andRead More
Melchiode Marks King LLC is proud to announce that Matthew R. Fransen has been promoted to Special Counsel of the firm. Matthew is a New Orleans native who brings twenty-four years of trial experience as a litigator to MMK. Matt is married to his wife, Keflyn and they have twin sons, Will and Jackson. InRead More
MMK congratulates the following attorneys on being selected as Super Lawyers 2024:• Gerald A. Melchiode (Construction Litigation)• Kevin A. Marks (Employment Litigation)• Richard E. King (Construction Litigation)MMK congratulates the 2024 Super Lawyers Rising Stars:• Benjamin M. Pri-Tal (Construction Litigation)• Peter R. Graffeo (Construction Litigation) Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidateRead More
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers has announced their 2024 selection of “Best Law Firms” for the region of the country including New Orleans. Melchiode Marks King LLC was again honored to be included in three practice areas: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Construction Law, and Construction Litigation. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings areRead More
This year, five MMK members were recognized as Top Lawyers by New Orleans Magazine: Jerry Melchiode (Construction Law), Kevin Marks (Workers’ Compensation), Rich King (Insurance Law), Jennifer Simmons (Insurance Law) and Ben Pri-Tal (Construction Law). CONGRATULATIONS, ALL!
Melchiode Marks King LLC is pleased to announce that Jerry Melchiode and Kevin Marks have been listed in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Jerry was recognized in the field of Construction Law and Litigation, while Kevin was recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law. Inclusion in Best Lawyers is regarded as one of the most credible measures of legal integrityRead More
MMK is pleased to announce that our continued growth has prompted a recent move of our New Orleans office space. While we are still in the Entergy Building (639 Loyola, in the heart of New Orleans’ “CBD”), we have relocated from the twenty-fifth floor to the eighteenth. Our new suite is spacious and provides ourRead More
The votes are in from the “Reader Rankings” of CityBusiness, the business newspaper of metropolitan New Orleans, and MMK has been declared a “Winner”. In recent polling, the esteemed readership of CityBusiness selected Melchiode Marks King LLC in the Legal Services category as “Best Litigation-Winner”. We are grateful for the recognition and thank CityBusiness andRead More
The Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a Lafayette workers’ compensation judge’s judgment in three consolidated claims involving a bus accident in Mexico. The claims of Nora Dominguez, Josefa Leal and Trinidad Preciado vs. Riceland Crawfish concerned three Mexican nationals injured in a collision while traveling to the U.S. Consulate in Mexico toRead More
Melchiode Marks King is proud to be one of the earliest members of LIFT (Lawyer Initiatives For Tomorrow), a coalition of New Orleans law firms organized early in the Covid-19 pandemic to address cultural and economic challenges in our community. During the critical stages of the pandemic, LIFT raised over $150,000 to for the KreweRead More
Melchiode Marks King LLC is proud to announce that Tiffany A. Mann Collins has been promoted to Member of the firm.
MMK congratulates the following attorneys on being selected as Super Lawyers 2023:• Gerald A. Melchiode (Construction Litigation)• Kevin A. Marks (Employment Litigation)• Richard E. King (Construction Litigation)• Jennifer L. Simmons (Insurance Coverage)• Jeffery Struckhoff (Construction Litigation)MMK congratulates the 2023 Super Lawyers Rising Star:• Benjamin M. Pri-Tal (Construction Litigation) Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research.Read More
MMK is happy to announce that Kevin Marks had been elected to serve on the Board of The DOL–Joint Bar Association, Inc., a national not-for-profit membership organization for plaintiff and defense attorneys committed to improving the legal process in claims arising through the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”). The DOL-JBA’s objectives include providing unbiasedRead More
Melchiode Marks King LLC is proud to announce our newest Associate of the firm, Lawson Nguyen. Lawson just joined our team in September and has already been an outstanding addition. His primary focus is employer and insurance defense in admiralty/maritime litigation. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for Lawson at MMK.
