Judy Barrasso is a founding member of Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation, and includes complex commercial litigation matters and class actions involving insurance coverage and bad faith, director and officer liability, securities fraud, and commercial contracts.
Judy has been ranked by Chambers USA as a top commercial litigator, by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star, and by the Diversity Journal as among 200 corporate executives deemed Women Worth Watching. She has also been recognized among Louisiana Super Lawyers Top 10, Benchmark Litigations Top 250 Women in Litigation, and Lawdragons 500 Leading Lawyers in America. According to Chambers, Judy has a reputation as a formidable trial lawyer, stands head and shoulders above much of the competition, and is considered one of the states finest litigators.
Judy is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a fellow and Past President of the International Society of Barristers, organizations that select their members. She is a Past President of the New Orleans Bar Association. Judy was inducted into Tulane Law Schools Hall of Fame in 2018. She was the 2017 recipient of the John R. Jack Martzell Professionalism Award, presented by the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. She was also the 2016 recipient of the Louisiana Bar Foundation’s Distinguished Attorney Award. Judy has taught as an adjunct professor at Tulane Law School, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, and at continuing legal education programs throughout the United States. She previously served as a board member and then chair of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board from 2001-2005. She also served on the Attorney Disciplinary Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District by the Courts appointment from February 2011 July 2017.
Judy is a Commissioner of the New Orleans Downtown Development District, and a Past Chair. She is a Board Member of the Contemporary Arts Center. She previously served on the Board of Directors of Newman School, the New Orleans Pro Bono Project, Summerbridge, Dress For Success, and the Anti-Defamation League (South Central Region).
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Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C.
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909 Poydras St Ste 2350
New Orleans
Louisiana
70112-4012
United States of America
Fellow Since
April 8, 2006
Practice Areas
- Class Action-Defense
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance-Defense
- Product Liability-Defense
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- Louisiana
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