The state has hired Baton Rouge attorney Burton LeBlanc and the Baron & Budd law firm to represent it in connection with the Deepwater Horizon disaster. LeBlanc, an environmental legal specialist, and Dallas-based Baron & Budd will provide a comprehensive evaluation of all environmental and economic damage the state suffered as a result of the oil spill and will work with BP to make sure Louisiana is compensated fairly. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, who announced the hiring today, says LeBlanc and Baron & Budd are well qualified to help the state. Daniel Fisher, who writes about legal issues for Forbes, says the move to hire Baron & Budd is interesting. Baron & Budd has deep ties to the Democratic Party and partner Russell Budd hosted a fundraiser at his home for President Barack Obama earlier this week. Fisher notes the decision to hire Baron & Budd came from Gov. Bobby Jindal, a rising star in the Republican Party. Jindal is “joining forces with a law firm whose history includes the sort of litigation tactics that send most Republicans reaching for their checkbooks to donate to a tort-reform group,” Fisher says. Read the full column here.
State hires Baron Budd for counsel related to oil spill
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