CHRISTOPHER R. PENNISON
Partner
cpennison@lpwsl.com
Phone (504) 834-6500
Fax (504) 834-6565
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Main Practice Areas:
Insurance
Class Action / Complex Litigation
General Casualty Litigation
Environmental and Toxic Torts
Fire Litigation

Education:
Loyola University
(B.B.A., 1990)
Louisiana State University
(J.D., 1993)

Chris Pennison joined the firm in 1999 and became a partner in 2002. The focus of his practice is insurance coverage and coverage litigation involving general liability insurance, commercial property insurance, and homeowners insurance. He has significant experience in class action litigation, automobile liability litigation, trucking and transportation litigation, and environmental and toxic torts.

Mr. Pennison has handled numerous cases involving personal injury and death, property damage, and fire litigation. He has also handled several oilfield remediation cases from an insurance coverage standpoint. He has defended insurers in mass joinder and class action litigation involving homeowners claims arising out of major hurricanes. His class action litigation experience also includes toxic torts from both a defense and insurance coverage perspective. He has significant experience litigating complex multi-party lawsuits. He also has significant experience litigating False Claims Act or qui tam matters regarding alleged fraudulent claims against the government.

Mr. Pennison graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans in 1990. He then graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1993, where he served as the Chief Justice of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. Before joining the firm, he practiced law in Arizona, where he focused on insurance defense litigation.

Admitted Courts:
Louisiana State Courts - 1993
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana - 1994
Arizona State Courts - 1996
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona - 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit - 2000
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas - 2006
U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana - 2006
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana - 2007
U.S. Supreme Court - 2008

Bar Admissions:
Louisiana - 1993
Arizona - 1996

Organizations:
Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Arizona; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Defense Research Institute