Attorneys

Seth A. Schmeeckle

Mr. Schmeeckle's practice areas focus on the representation and counseling of insurance companies with an extensive background in managing mass tort litigation on behalf of large groups of insurers. Mr. Schmeeckle has developed a well-rounded general liability coverage practice focusing on any and all claims arising under liability policies. His experiences includes litigating the validity of various exclusions in liability policies, providing pre-litigation counseling, developing both reservation of rights letters and cost sharing agreements, litigating bad faith issues focused on demands for policy limits and the reasonability of settlements, and class actions.

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Mr. Schmeeckle had the opportunity to represent several insurers in first-party coverage disputes under both homeowner and commercial policies arising out of storm losses. Mr. Schmeeckle's first-party practice ranges from pre-litigation counseling and the taking of EUOs to litigating the largest complex commercial losses arising out of the storm. Included in his first party practice is the litigation of key coverage questions such as the viability of the water damage exclusion, lack of coverage for felled trees which caused no damage, valued policy law issues, and bad faith claims.

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Areas of Practice
Litigation

Bar Admissions
Louisiana

Education
Louisiana State University, B.S., 1997
Louisiana State University School of Law, J.D., 2000

Affiliations
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association
New Orleans Bar Association

Baton Rouge Office
4313 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite B
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
Phone: (504) 568-1990
Facsimile: (504) 310-9195