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 Debra J. Fischman
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ms. Fischman is a member in the Firm's Litigation Section defending school districts and other governmental bodies and agencies and private employers throughout the State of Louisiana in employment and professional liability matters consisting of wrongful termination, breach of contract, breach of tenure laws, retaliation, racial and gender discrimination, violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Age and Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII (sexual, racial and gender discrimination and harassment), Title IX, and other wrongful acts; medical malpractice, toxic tort, mold litigation, commercial litigation and premises liability.
Ms. Fischman is a member of the Association of Women Attorneys; Louisiana State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; New Orleans Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; and Bar Association of the United States of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has been admitted to practice in the State of Louisiana, since 1978 and she has additionally been admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
- Louisiana, 1978
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1978
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1988
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2000
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana,
1978
J.D.
- Newcomb University, New Orleans, LA, USA,
1975
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta
Major: Political Science
- Singleton v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 2008 WL 4001886
(E.D. La. 2008)
- Touro Infirmary v. Travelers Prop. Cas. Co. of America, 2008 WL 3975605
(E.D. La. 2008)
- Keller v. Peake, 2008 WL 1743497
(M.D. La. 2008)
- Sauce It Up, L.L.C. v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 2008 WL 1711545
(E.D. La. 2008)
- Sauce It Up, L.L.C. v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 2008 WL 544181
(E.D. La. 2008)
- Charles v. St. James Parish Council, 2008 WL 215736
(E.D. La. 2008)
- Ewing V. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc., 2007 WL 2478875
(W.D. La. 2007)
- In re Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation, 2007 WL 1959191
(E.D. La. 2007)
- Marshall v. Air Liquide-Big Three, Inc., 2007 WL 275898
(E.D. La. 2007)
- Omega Center for Pain Management, L.L.C. v. Omega Institute of Health, Inc., 975 So.2d48
(La. App. 5 Cir. 2007)
- Nassar v. Academy Sports & Outdoors, 277 Fed. Appx. 392
(5th Cir.(Miss.) 2007)
- Marshall v. Air Liquide-Big Three, Inc., 2006 WL 286011
(E.D. La. 2006)
- Larroquette v. Cardinal Health 200, Inc., 466 F.3d 373
(5th Cir. (La.) 2006)
- Dumas v. Christian Health Ministries, 181 Fed. Appx. 433
(5th Cir. (La.) 2006)
- Toomer v. Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice Com'n, 2005 WL 5974570
(E.D. La. 2005)
- Larroquette v. Cardinal Health 200, Inc., 2004 WL 3132961
(E.D. La. 2004)
- Craft v. City of New Orleans, 2004 WL 193134
(E.D. La. 2004)
- Washington v. Town of Gramercy, 2004 WL 60320
(E.D. La. 2004)
- Broussard v. Jester, 876 So.2d 940
(La. App. 3 Cir 2004)
- Craft v. City of New Orleans, 2003 WL 22533557
(E.D. La. 2003)
- International Chemical Workers Union v. Columbian Chemicals Co., 331 F.3d 491
(5h Cir.(La.) 2003)
- Arriola v. Orleans Parish School Board, reversed, 809 So. 2d 932, writ granted
(La. 2002)
- Arriola v. Orleans Parish School Board, 799 So.2d. 488
(La. 2001)
- Arriola v. Orleans Parish School Board, 789 So.2d 64
(La. App. 4 Cir 2001)
- Ross v. Conoco, Inc., 805 So.2d 352
(La. App. 3 Cir. 2001)
- Yourick Lavine, Jr., Mrs. Cynthia Lavine and Harry Bonvillain v. Redgies Jackson, Calvin Cooks, Mike Lausen, John Doe, City of Thibodaux, Thibodaux Police Department and Titan Indemnity Company, 730 So.2d 958
(La. App. 1st Cir. 1998)
- Allo v. Horne, 672 So.2d 961
(La. App. 5 Cir. 1996)
- Allo v. Horne, 636 So.2d 1048
(La. App. 3 Cir. 1994)
- Doyle v. Titan Indem. Co., 692 So.2d 516
(La. App. 5 Cir. 1993)
- McElreath v. Progressive Ins. Co., 595 So.2d 693
(La. App. 5 Cir. 1992)
- Lewis v. Time Saver Stores, Inc., 599 So.2d 442
(La. App. 4 Cir 1992)
- Roberts v. Murphy Oil Corp., 577 So.2d 308
(La. App. 4 Cir. 1991)
- Miller v. State, 572 So.2d 197
(La.App 1 Cir. 1990)
- Cooper v. Ceco Corp., 558 So.2d 1355
(La. App. 4 Cir. 1990)
- Rogers v. Janzen, 891 F.2d 95
(C.A.5 (La.) 1989)
- Lowe v. Patterson, 492 So.2d 110
(La. App. 1 Cir. 1986)
- Ben Glazer Co., Inc. v. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 491 So.2d 722
(La. App. 4 Cir. 1986)
- Locascio v. Maurice, 447 So.2d 6
(La. App. 4 Cir. 1984)
- Brooks v. Rosiere, 585 F. Supp. 351
(E.D. La. 1984)
- Delaney v. Giarrusso, 633 F.2d 1126
(C.A.5 (La.) 1981)
- Metropolitan New Orleans Chapter of Louisiana Consumers' League, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans, 391 So.2d 878
(La. App. 4 Cir. 1980)
- Arthurs v. Morial, 383 So.2d 444
(La. App. 4 Cir. 1980)
- League of Women Voters of New Orleans v. City of New Orleans, 381 So.2d 441
(La. 1980)
- Baker v. Bell, 630 F.2d 1046
(C.A.5 (La.) 1980)
- Acorn v. City of New Orleans, 377 So.2d 1206
(La. 1979)
- Gordon v. City of New Orleans, 371 So.2d 768
(La. 1979)
- Cheatham v. City of New Orleans, 378 So.2d 369
(La. 1979)
- HMC Management v. New Orleans Basketball Club, 375 So.2d 712
(La. App. 4 Cir. 1979)
- Louisiana Athletic Trainer's Association Summer 2008 Symposium: Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Athletics,
2008
- Recent Developments In Employment Law: What Human Resource Professionals and Attorneys Handling Employment Matters Need to Know - NOW!, Sterling Education Services, LLC,
January 29, 2003
- Jewish Community Center,
1994
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1996
- Board Member
- St. George's Episcopal School, Board of Development,
2000
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2003
- Member
- Jewish Children Regional Service,
2004
- Present
- Board Member
- Louisiana Bar Foundation,
2008
- Present
- Fellow
- Anti-Defamation League,
2008
- Present
- Regional Board Member
- McGlinchey Stafford, Attorney/Associate/Partner,
1981
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1999
- City of New Orleans, Assistant City Attorney,
1978
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1981
- 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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