Attorney Profile: Drew Ranier

DREW RANIER (PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION)
Ranier, Gayle & Elliot, L.L.C.
1419 Ryan Street
P.O. Box 1890
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602-1890
(Calcasieu Parish)
Telephone: 337-494-7171; 1-877-450-7171
Facsmile: 337-494-7218
Email: dranier@rgelaw.com

POSITION: Partner

ADMITTED: 1975, Louisiana and Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Supreme Court

LAW-SCHOOL: University of Texas (J.D., 1975)

COLLEGE: Tulane University (B.A., 1968)

TEXT: Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Louisiana Civil Trial Procedure," Lawyers Cooperative Practice Guide, 1997, Chapter 12, Closing Argument; "Exemplary Damages: Checks and Balances on Corporate America," 3 La. Bar J. 256, 1996. Speaker: "Pre-Compliant Discovery in Federal Court," Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1990 Annual Convention; "Handling the Uninsured Motorist Claim from A to Z," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1991 Winter Seminar; "Maritime Damages," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1991 Winter Seminar; "Punitive Damages in Driving While Intoxicated Cases," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1991 Damages Seminar; "Burns," Personal Injury Medicine by Attorneys for Attorneys, Southwest Louisiana Bar Association (August 18, 1995), Lake Charles, Louisiana; "Exemplary Damages: Checks and Balances on Corporate America," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1995 Yours to Choose Seminar (December 28-29), New Orleans, Louisiana; "Recent Developments in Admiralty and Maritime Law," Recent Developments and What They Really Mean, 5th Tulane Fall Maritime Law Seminar, (September 20, 1996) New Orleans, Louisiana; "Tort Reform from the Plaintiff's Perspective," Recent Developments in Legislation and Jurisprudence Seminar, Louisiana State Bar Association, (November 8-9, 1996) Baton Rouge, Louisiana; "Tort Reform from the Plaintiff's Perspective," Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 Last Chance Seminar (December 12-13, 1996), New Orleans, Louisiana; "Insurance Coverage for Tobacco Claims," Andrews Tobacco Litigation Conference, April 28, 1997, New Orleans, Louisiana; "Emerging Issues in Tort Litigation," Louisiana State Bar Association, November 14, 1997, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; "Cross Examination," The Big Picture of Your Case, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, October 29-30, 1998, New Orleans, Louisiana; "Make Your Case with the Jury," Louisiana State Bar Association, Summer School for Lawyers, June 6-9, 1999, Sandestin Beach, Destin, Florida. Counsel to Louisiana Attorney General, 1995-2000. Louisiana Legislative Committee Testimony, 1996 and 1997.

MEMBER: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Southwest Louisiana Bar Association; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1996-1997); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Board of Governors, 1999-2000); Maritime Law Association of the United States; The Judge Albert Tate, Jr. American Inn of Court.

BORN: September 5, 1946, Seattle, Washington

ISLN: 901747387

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