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Richard J. Arsenault, Co-Chair of Plaintiffs’ Executive
Committee, and his firm, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, LLP,
have extensive complex litigation experience, including
class actions against some of the Bayer defendants in this
case. Those cases include West v. G&H Seed Co., No.
99‑C‑4984‑A (Louis. 27th Jud. Dist. Ct.), a class action
brought on behalf of Louisiana crawfish farmers who claimed
that a pesticide developed by Aventis (later Bayer) damaged
crawfish production. The case was litigated through class
certification for five years. See West v. G&H
Seed Co., 832 So.2d 274 (La. Ct. App. 2002). Mr.
Arsenault was part of a litigation team that negotiated a
settlement after a five‑week trial, on the eve of closing
arguments, resulting in a $45 million recovery.
Mr. Arsenault has been appointed to serve on numerous MDL
committees around the country in a variety of capacities
including lead and liaison counsel. He has an AV
Martindale-Hubbell rating and is listed in both the Bar
Register of Preeminent Lawyers and the “Best Lawyers in
America” peer-reviewed publications. He also serves on the
LSU Law Center’s Trial Advocacy Faculty and the National
Law Journal has recognized Mr. Arsenault as having one
of the nation’s largest personal injury verdicts.
At a recent class action fairness hearing in Eunice Train
Derailment Litig., No. 6:00-CV-1267-Lead Case (W.D.
La.), Harvard Law School Professor Arthur Miller, co-author
of the leading treatise on federal practice and procedure,
testified that Mr. Arsenault is one of the “leaders in the
area of complex litigation.” Likewise, Professor Edward
Sherman, former Dean of Tulane Law School and author of a
leading complex litigation treatise, has described Mr.
Arsenault as one of the “experts” in class actions.
Mr. Arsenault has been invited to speak at a variety of
complex litigation symposiums including those sponsored by
Tulane Law School, the Louisiana Judicial College, and the
U.S. 5th Circuit Judicial Conference. Mr. Arsenault has
also lectured and written extensively (over 200 articles and
presentations) on class action, discovery, and related
issues. With a diverse career spanning over a
quarter-century, Mr. Arsenault’s experience as a trial
lawyer, author, speaker and teacher has provided a unique
foundation for successfully navigating complex litigation.
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