Glen Galbraith

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GLEN R. GALBRAITH was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1965, but has lived in south Louisiana for most of his life. He was graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Glen worked in industry for several years as a manager, computer programmer/analyst and engineer before attending law school. He was graduated from LSU’s law school and was admitted to the bar in 1994.

About Glen Galbraith

GLEN R. GALBRAITH was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1965, but has lived in south Louisiana for most of his life. He was graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Glen worked in industry for several years as a manager, computer programmer/analyst and engineer before attending law school. He was graduated from LSU’s law school and was admitted to the bar in 1994.

His areas of concentration in the practice of law are commercial litigation, employment discrimination, intellectual property, governmental liability, commercial transactions, succession litigation, and appellate advocacy. For more than 10 years, he taught part-time at Southeastern Louisiana University in the Department of Management, and occasionally works as a political consultant. Glen is a licensed private pilot.

He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Louisiana, as well as the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Some of his representative cases include:

Employment discrimination:
Calderone v. TARC, 640 F. App’x 363 (5th Cir. 2016)
Rushing v. Bd. of Sup’rs of the Univ. of Louisiana Sys., 2012 WL 1409343 (M.D. La. Apr. 23, 2012) aff’d sub nom. Rushing v. Bd. of Sup’rs of Univ. of Louisiana Sys., 544 Fed.Appx. 287 (5th Cir.2013)
Pippins v. Tangipahoa Parish Council, 121 Fed. Appx. 48, (5th Cir. 2005)
Caballero v. Tangipahoa Parish Gov’t, 780 F. Supp. 2d 505 (E.D. La. 2011)
Dantzler v. City of Hammond, 2001 U.S. Dist. Lexis 26622 (E.D. La. Nov. 8, 2001)
Dotey v. Tangipahoa Parish, 2011 U.S. Dist. Lexis 76003, 2011 WL 2790189 (E.D. La. July 14, 2011)
Broussard v. Board of Trustees for State Colleges & Univs., 1995 U.S. Dist. Lexis 13887 (E.D. La. Sept. 15, 1995)

Employment agreements, non-competition agreements:
Chauvin v. Wellcheck, Inc., 938 So. 2d 114 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2006)
Acadian Cypress & Hardwoods, Inc. v. Stewart, 121 So.3d 667 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2013)

Employment, public employees:
Maurer v. Independence Town, 870 F.3d 380 (5th Cir. 2017)

Corporate shareholder disputes:
Interdiction of Vicknair, 822 So.2d 46 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2002)

Creditor’s Rights:
AAR, Inc. v. Nunez, 408 Fed. Appx. 828 (5th Cir. 2011)
Parish Nat’l Bank v. Wilks, 923 So.2d 8 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2005)

Shareholder derivative actions:
Brister v. Schlinger Found., 469 F. Supp. 2d 371 (E.D. La. 2007)

Successor liability:
Hammel v. Am. Credit of Covington, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. Lexis 140620, 2011 WL 6100806 (E.D. La. Dec. 7, 2011)

Commercial landlord/tenant disputes:
Ciolino v. First Guar. Bank, 2015-0818 (La. App. 1 Cir. 4/15/16), reh’g denied (June 7, 2016), writ denied sub nom. Ciolino v. First Guar. Bank & Capital One, N.A., 2016-1293 (La. 10/28/16), 208 So. 3d 886, and writ denied, 2016-01292 (La. 10/28/16), 209 So. 3d 95
Bayou Liberty Prop., LLC v. Best Buy Stores, LP, No. CIV.A. 14-1112, 2014 WL 6774197 (E.D. La. Dec. 2, 2014)
GE Commercial Fin. Bus. Prop. Corp. v. Louisiana Hosp. Ctr., L.L.C., 2013-0029 (La. App. 1 Cir. 9/13/13), 134 So. 3d 616
Town of Roseland v. Karts Int’l, Inc., 2004 U.S. Dist. Lexis 1928, 2004 WL 253446 (E.D. La. Feb. 9, 2004)
Zapata Protein (USA) v. General Jackson Pshp., 1997 U.S. Dist. Lexis 10729, 1997 WL 411214 (E.D. La. July 17, 1997)

Property law:
Marler v. Jarrell, 2016-0685 (La. App. 1 Cir. 7/13/17), writ denied, 2017-1408 (La. 12/5/17), 231 So. 3d 25
MGD Partners, LLC v. 5-Z Investments, Inc., 2014-1426 (La. 11/7/14), 152 So. 3d 162

Public financing:
Bd. of Comm’rs v. All Taxpayers, 944 So.2d 640 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2008)

Successions and wills:
Succession of Laborde, 251 So.3d 461 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2018)
In re Succession of Wagner, 34 So.3d 1166 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2010)
Succession of Wagner, 993 So.2d 709 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2008)
Succession of Boyt, 973 So.2d 176 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2007)

Constitutional law (separation of powers, legislative privilege):
Ruffino v. Tangipahoa Parish Council, 965 So.2d 414 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2007)
Sizeler Hammond Square Ltd. Pshp. v. City of Hammond, 1999 U.S. Dist. Lexis 12781, 1999 WL 615173 (E.D. La. Aug. 12, 1999)

Judicial Immunity:
Breen v. McMillin, 2008 U.S. Dist. Lexis 44054, 2008 WL 2224864 (E.D. La. May 27, 2008)

Choice of law:
Succession of Flood v. Flood, 2013 La. App. Unpub. Lexis 336, 2013 WL 1934979 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2013)

Malpractice review panels:
Magee v. Society of La. C.P.A.’s, 2009 WL 8731407 (La. App. 5 Cir. 2009); writ denied 17 So.3d 967 (La. 2009)

Worker’s compensation:
Campione v. Alderman, 978 So.2d 1111 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2008)

Law enforcement liability:
Stelly v. Guidroz, No. 6:15-CV-00188, 2018 WL 1702849 (W.D. La. Mar. 15, 2018), report and recommendation adopted, No. 6:15-CV-00188, 2018 WL 1702490 (W.D. La. Apr. 6, 2018)
Pierce v. Crowe, 2017 WL 1344901 (E.D. La. Apr. 11, 2017)
Beard v. Deputy Wolf; Sheriff Edwards, JVR No. 1512290038, 2015 WL 9474151 (E.D.La. 8/11/2015)
Briggs v. Phebus, No. CIV.A. 12-2145, 2014 WL 1117888 (E.D. La. Mar. 19, 2014)
Lucas v. Crowe, No. CIV.A. 11-2752, 2013 WL 870514 (E.D. La. Feb. 15, 2013), report and recommendation adopted, No. CIV.A. 11-2752, 2013 WL 870437 (E.D. La. Mar. 7, 2013)
Lard v. Louisiana, 1999 U.S. Dist. Lexis 28, 1999 WL 4916 (E.D. La. Jan. 4, 1999)

Eminent domain, federal jurisdiction:
Sizeler Hammond Square Ltd. Pshp. v. City of Hammond, 1999 U.S. Dist. Lexis 13788 (E.D. La. Sept. 2, 1999)

Civil RICO:
Howell v. Adler, No. CV 16-14141, 2017 WL 1064974 (E.D. La. Mar. 21, 2017)
5-Star Premium Fin., Inc. v. Wood, 2000 U.S. Dist. Lexis 6373 (E.D. La. May 2, 2000)
Abene v. Jaybar, LLC, 802 F. Supp. 2d 716 (E.D. La. 2011)

Civil procedure:
Joseph v. Louisiana Dep’t of Corr., No. CV 15-759, 2017 WL 5068316 (E.D. La. Nov. 3, 2017)
Collura v. Succession of James Anthony Collura, No. CV 15-645-JJB-EWD, 2016 WL 4150032 (M.D. La. June 14, 2016)
Canadas v. Pinion, 2014-1379 (La. App. 1 Cir. 3/6/15)
Martinez v. Wilson, 2015-0384 (La. App. 1 Cir. 12/17/15), 185 So. 3d 65
Interdiction of Watts, 903 So.2d 552 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2005)
Fla. Parishes Juvenile Justice Comm’n v. Hannis T. Bourgeois, 102 So.3d 860, (La. App. 1 Cir. 2012)
Bruno v. Bruno, 971 So.2d 350 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2007)

Antitrust:
Surgical Care Ctr. v. Hospital Serv. Dist. No. 1, 2001 U.S. Dist. Lexis 138, 2001-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) P73,215 (E.D. La. Jan. 3, 2001)

Accounting malpractice:
John W. Davis, CPA, LLC v. Family Health Centers, Inc., 2018-0544 (La. App. 1 Cir. 2/14/19)
Fla. Pars. Juvenile Justice Comm’n by & on behalf of the Fla. Pars. Juvenile Justice Dist. v. Hannis T. Bourgeois, L.L.P., 2015-1287 (La. App. 1 Cir. 9/27/16) 2016 WL 5402110

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