Source: http://www.burnscharest.com/our-team/korey-nelson/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 00:07:57+00:00

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Korey represents plaintiffs in complex litigation throughout the United States. He has successfully litigated environmental pollution cases, Jones Act cases, pharmaceutical injury cases, mass tort cases, consumer class cases, and other matters in state and federal courts. Many of his cases come from other lawyers and the first day he takes your case, he focuses on making it trial-ready. Korey understands that although most cases end in settlement, making your case trial-ready is a key component of any successful settlement.
Just two examples of his past representation include his role as lead counsel representing plaintiff landowners in Bunch v. Brighton Energy, a state court lawsuit involving environmental pollution resulting from eighty years of oil and gas operations on 170 acres of property. Defendants were well-heeled oil companies that settled several weeks before trial for a favorable cash settlement and regulatory cleanup of the property. He was also court-appointed Class Counsel in Chehalem Physical Therapy v. Coventry, a federal court case involving the underpayment of insurance benefits to healthcare providers throughout the United States. After the Court certified a nationwide injunctive class, the parties reached an agreement settling not only the injunctive portion of the case, but also settling class-wide claims for retrospective damages. Previously the Court denied certification of a retrospective damages class.
After graduation from law school, Korey clerked for the Honorable Billie Colombaro Woodard, (ret.) at the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal and then went on to clerk for the Honorable Karen Wells Roby in the Eastern District of Louisiana. After clerking, he worked at a boutique plaintiffs-side litigation firm in New Orleans for more than seven years before co-founding the New Orleans office of Burns Charest LLP.
Co-counsel in In re Asbestos, Catalyst, and Silica Dust Litig. (U.S.V.I. 2015 – present) a consolidated mass action of plaintiffs exposed to asbestos while working inside one of the largest oil refineries in the Western Hemisphere. Cases involve decades of asbestos exposure stretching back to the 1960s.
Lead counsel in Bunch v. Brighton Energy, (La. 2011-2014) a lawsuit involving contamination of approximately 170 acres of property from over eighty years of oil and gas operations. Defendants were well-known and well-heeled oil companies that settled several weeks before trial for a favorable cash settlement and regulatory cleanup of the property.
Court-appointed Class Counsel in Chehalem Physical Therapy v. Coventry, (D.Or. 2011-2014) a case involving the underpayment of insurance benefits to healthcare providers throughout the United States. After the Court certified a nationwide injunctive class, the parties reached an agreement settling not only the injunctive portion of the case, but also settling class-wide claims for retrospective damages. Previously the Court denied certification of a retrospective damages class.
Counsel in Michael Lee v. Abdon Callais (E.D. La 2008-2010), a Jones Act case brought on behalf of a boat captain that suffered an unwitnessed and unreported accident resulting in damage to his spine. Settled the day before trial in the Eastern District of Louisiana for a favorable cash settlement.
Court-appointed Class Counsel in Guidry v. American Public Life (W.D. La. 2007-2009; La. 2008-2010), a case brought on behalf of insured alleging underpayment of cancer benefits. After the Fifth Circuit reversed the trial court’s decision dismissing the case, the parties negotiated a favorable nationwide settlement of all claims.

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