Jennifer M. Sigler’s areas of practice include toxic tort litigation, including asbestos litigation; higher education litigation, including employment matters; real estate and commercial transactions; and public contract and procurement for colleges and universities.
Ms. Sigler received her Bachelor of Arts in English, graduating cum laude from Louisiana Tech University in 1996, and her Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2000.  While in law school, she was a member of the 1999-2000 Moot Court Board and a semi-finalist in the 1999-2000 Tullis Moot Court Competition. She has been admitted to all federal courts in Louisiana and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Sigler is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Governmental Lawyers Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Baton Rouge Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute.  In addition, she has volunteered for several years for Special Olympics, the Academic Distinction Fund, and Volunteers in Public Schools.  Ms. Sigler also serves on the firm’s Hiring Committee.

Notable representative matters include

• Represent Fortune 100 Company in multiple suits alleging premises liability related to asbestos exposure;
• Represented various national excess insurance carriers, litigating damages in over 150 bench trials in two five week periods in the In Re: Bogalusa Chemical Release Class Action. Personally tried over 40 cases;
• Represented various industrial clients in claims involving chemical and toxic exposure;
• Serves as jurisdictional manager over all asbestos cases litigated in various parishes in North Louisiana; 23rd Judicial District Court, covering Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish, and St. James Parish; St. Bernard Parish; and Calcasieu Parish;
• Negotiated and prepared various contracts, leases, donations, and other transactions on behalf of major public university;
• Assisted major public university and associated health care system with various purchasing and procurement matters, including protests before Division of Administration, and employment litigation;
• Acted as closing attorney on land acquisitions by major national retail pharmacy, regional convenience store franchise, and local businesses and non-profit organizations;
• Assisted major national retail pharmacy with alcohol and tobacco permitting issues.

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