Beau E. LeBlanc is a member of the firm with a practice focusing on construction-related dispute resolution and advices, complex commercial litigation, general contract advices, as well as admiralty and insurance litigation.  Among the clients Beau serves are onshore and offshore energy and marine general and EPC contractors, shipyards, marine and rig fabrication companies, land-based contractors, design and engineering firms, and marine transportation and offshore service companies.

Beau has significant experience in prosecuting and defending against claims in complex commercial, construction, maritime and insurance matters, in state and federal courts -- on the district court and appellate levels -- in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations administered by the American Arbitration Association and the London Court of International Arbitration.
 
Beau’s litigation and arbitration experience has included the preparation, litigation and/or trial of claims addressing: delay, disruption and acceleration, cumulative impacts, disputed changes orders, warranty or guarantee obligations, force majeure, schedule and liquidated damages, builder's risk and other insurance coverage issues, and exoneration from and/or limitation of liability.
 
Beau has negotiated, drafted or reviewed EPC contracts, new construction and repair contracts, master service agreements, design and engineering contracts, purchase orders, professional service agreements and joint venture/teaming agreements on various marine and commercial projects, as well as charter party and other agreements in the admiralty context.

Prior to undertaking his private practice, Beau served as a full-time law clerk from 1998-1999 to the Honorable G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., District Court Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.