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Gerald E. Meunier

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 1999.
Energy Centre, Suite 2800, 1100 Poydras Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70163
(504) 522-2304
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gmeunier@gainsben.com
Firm: Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C.
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Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C.


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Phone Number (504) 522-2304

Gerald E. Meunier was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 20, 1948, and admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1974.  He received his college education at Georgetown University and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in 1970.

Mr. Meunier attended Georgetown University Law Center while working in the United States Senate as an assistant to the Secretary for the Majority.  He was a contributing Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal and received his J.D. in 1974.  He also served in the D.C. National Guard and in the U.S. Army Reserves, from which he received an Honorable Discharge in 1976.

After serving as a law clerk to two different judges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of La. (the Hon. James Comiskey and the Hon. Edward Boyle) from 1975-1977, Mr. Meunier joined the law firm of Kierr, Gainsburgh, et al., which became the current firm of Gainsburgh, Benjamin, et al. in 1981.  Mr. Meunier was made a partner of the firm in January 1981.

Admitted to practice in all courts of Louisiana, both state and federal, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, Mr. Meunier has had a distinguished career as a trial attorney, with current emphasis in complex litigation, mass torts and class actions.  He is a Court-appointed Co-Liaison Counsel for plaintiffs in the Xarelto MDL (E.D. La.), and a member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in both the Chinese Drywall MDL (E.D. La.) and the Vioxx MDL (E.D. La.).  He was Court-appointed Co-Liaison Counsel for plaintiffs in both the FEMA Trailer Formaldehyde MDL (E.D. La.) and the consolidated Katrina Levee litigation (E.D. La.).  His past service as a member of Court-appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committees in mass tort litigation includes, among others, the Murphy Oil Spill class action (E.D. La.), the M/V Bright Field litigation (E.D. La.), and the Industrial Life Insurance MDL (E.D. La.).

Mr. Meunier is past President of the Louisiana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (1998-99), and received that organization's "Martzell Professionalism Award" in 2010.  He also is past President of the Louisiana Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (1994-95), past Chair of the Admiralty Section of the American Association for Justice (1994-95), past Chair of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Pro Bono Project (1993), and past Chair of the Board of UNITY for the Homeless (2002-2003).  He was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2003.

A frequent CLE presenter and the writer of numerous professional papers and articles, Mr. Meunier is a Lead Author of "Louisiana Civil Pretrial Procedure" (West 1997) and a Co-Author of a yearly publication for judges and attorneys entitled "A Practical Digest of Louisiana Class Action Decisions."  Listed since 1999 in "The Best Lawyers in America" (Woodward & White), since 2004 in Chambers U.S.A.'s "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," and since 2008 in "Louisiana Super Lawyers" (Law and Chambers USA Politics), he was recognized by "Best Lawyers" in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 as the New Orleans "Lawyer of the Year" in Mass Tort litigation.  

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for Gerald E. Meunier
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, New Orleans (2021)
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, New Orleans (2019)
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, New Orleans (2016)
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, New Orleans (2015)
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, New Orleans (2014)
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, New Orleans (2013)
Mass Tort Litigation, New Orleans (2011)
  • Louisiana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Martzell Professionalism Award, 2010
  • Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action - Plaintiffs, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
  • Chambers U.S.A.'s "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," since 2004
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, Top 50, 2007 - 2015
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, Top 10, 2007
  • New Orleans Super Lawyers, Top 50, 2013 - 2016
Contact Details and Office Locations
Other: (504) 522-2304
gmeunier@gainsben.com
Energy Centre, Suite 2800, 1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70163
New Orleans, Louisiana 70163
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