W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr.

W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr., joined the firm in 1973 after serving with the U. S. Army, including a combat tour in Vietnam. He received his J.D. from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1969 and a B.S. from Louisiana State University in 1966. He was Managing Partner of the firm from 2004-2010.

For 10 years, Mr. Abercrombie served as co-lead counsel for insurers of a chemical company in a class action case alleging toxic exposure to over 20,000 plaintiffs, which entailed a four-month jury trial in Jackson, Mississippi, and a three-and-a-half-month jury trial in Franklinton, Louisiana. Mr. Abercrombie was former counsel for a Fortune 100 company in a mass tort action pending in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, involving over 1,000 plaintiffs. He also served as lead counsel for an industry in Calcasieu Parish in defense of claims for alleged toxic exposure of 16,000 plaintiffs.

Mr. Abercrombie remained in the Army National Guard after his active military service and retired in 1997 as Deputy Commander of the Louisiana Army National Guard with the rank of Brigadier General.

• Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1969
• Louisiana State University, B.S., 1966

• Louisiana
• New Jersey
• United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces