His admirers call him a bull in a china shop. One of Louisiana’s most knock-down, drag-out lawyers. And the kind who’d rather take a case to trial than plead or settle. Those are some of the reasons why 61-year-old Lewis Unglesby remains the go-to lawyer for the who’s who of whodunits in Louisiana: Former Gov. Edwin Edwards. Former U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. Bad guy-turned-government informant Barry Seal. When A-listers get into trouble with the law, many of them find their way to Unglesby’s office on Napoleon Street.
But so, too, do the little guys. He’s won millions upon millions of dollars going up against big, bad corporations. Corporations and government entities also have been known to turn to Unglesby as their advocate in critical cases. Read the Business Report cover profile of one of the premier attorneys in the state here. Send comments to editors@businessreport.com.
