Taylor Porter Helps Employees Recover from Historic Flooding

August 24, 2016

Several Taylor Porter employees and their families were severely impacted by the historic Baton Rouge flooding on Aug. 12-14, and the law firm's attorneys and staff have spent the last two weeks coming to the aid of their co-workers: gutting homes, tearing up sheetrock, moving household furniture and items, donating and setting up new furniture, delivering hot, home-cooked meals, and setting up an employee relief fund to help with the financial burdens and hardships of beginning repairs.

Through Firm and employee donations, Taylor Porter will distribute cash, checks and gift cards to six affected employees' families.

Following the flooding, Taylor Managing Partner Skip Philips set up an employee ad hoc relief committee headed up by attorneys Katia Bowman, John Murrill, Robin Toups and Trey Tumminello, and staff Charles McKenzie, Martha Singletary and Donna Montagino, as they worked to collect numerous TP volunteers, including employees, families and friends, to staff several initiatives, including cooking and delivering food, collecting donations, and working at employees’ homes to help with the labor of the mass clean-up efforts.


“No one could have ever imagined the destruction that the storm and historic flooding would have on our City, our community, and our livelihood, and we are doing everything possible to assist the members of our Taylor Porter family and their families as they work to rebuild and recover,” Philips said. “At the same time, I am impressed, but not surprised by the team effort of our attorneys and staff to come together in one joint effort, from cooking hot meals to cleaning up homes, and doing everything they can, in such a short amount of time, for their co-workers.” Or as Partner Michael Dufilho aptly put it: "I have been associated with Taylor Porter over 45 years, and I can say that I have never been prouder to be associated with this Firm."   

Founded in 1912 in Baton Rouge, Taylor Porter is Louisiana’s Law Firm®, and one of the oldest, largest and most respected law firms in Louisiana, with a diverse range of local, regional, national and international clients in the most complex transactions and litigation across a variety of industries.

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