ABOUT THE FIRM

Overview  

The Didriksen Law Firm, headed by Caleb Didriksen, is a general civil litigation firm that focuses on insurance and corporate defense, professional malpractice, product liability, and workers' compensation.  The firm is regularly engaged as coverage counsel to provide opinions on insurance coverage.  The firm also handles recovery suits for corporations and domestic and foreign insurers. 
Unique Technical Knowledge

Two of the firm's attorneys have degrees and advanced graduate degrees in engineering, a third attorney has a physics degree, and our other attorneys have long exposure to technically complex legal issues, which allows us to provide clients with legal advice supplemented with technical training and experience - the best counsel for companies on the leading edge of technology, and the best counsel for companies with technical risk issues.  We have extensive experience with litigation arising from industrial catastrophes or similar incidents.  Our ability to understand how losses occur improves our evaluation of potential liability.  Our technical backgrounds also enhance the firm's ability to identify and focus on the most important legal and technical and direct the efforts of retained experts.

Practice Areas

The firm's attorneys practice in the following areas:
 
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Appellate Litigation
Bankruptcy and Creditors
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Contracts
Employment Law
Environment and Toxic Torts
Insurance Coverage Litigation
Medical Liability
Product Liability
Real Estate
Subrogation

Ideal Size

The lawyers of Didriksen Law Firm bring their diverse backgrounds and viewpoints together for problem solving in a way that provides unique benefits to clients.  Our boutique size allows the staff to work closely together, and to provide our clients with the kind of personal attention that they need and deserve.

The Clients

More than half of the firm's work comes from London and other European insurance markets.  This includes past and present representation of the following:

Numerous Underwriters at Lloyd's, London
ACE
Amlin
AXA
Catlin
CNA Reinsurance
DP Mann
Equitas
Generali
Gerling
Lexington Insurance Co. (UK)
Liberty Syndicates
St. Paul Reinsurance
Swiss Reinsurance
Terra Nova Insurance Co.
Unionamerica Insurance Co. 
 
The firm's American and local clients include:

American International Group (AIG)
Cramer, Johnson & Wiggins (CJW)
Entergy
Essex Insurance Company
Forest Insurance Services.
Jesuit High School
Lexington Insurance Co.
Petrotech Inc.
RODCO International
Roper Inc. 

Government representation includes:

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). 

The Didriksen Law Firm proudly performs pro bono work supporting non-profit entities.

Convenient Locations

Formerly located in the Whitney Bank Building in the CBD, Didriksen Law Firm's spacious new office is now at 3114 Canal Street, New Orleans, La. 70119.

Our Gonzales satellite office is located at 1102 South Purpera, Gonzales, Louisiana 70707.

For more information about Didriksen Law Firm, Call: (504) 586-1600 or (225) 644-0444.