Attorney Richard Arsenault & The Advanced Strategy Mass-Tort MDL Course 

Attorney Richard Arsenault will be serving on a panel at the Advanced Strategy Mass-Tort MDL Certificate course offered by the GW Complex Litigation Center. This innovative course will be held in Miami on February 24-25,2002, and will take a deep dive into defense and plaintiff strategies and tactics. This Certificate Course will bring together experienced judges and attorneys to share their insights on key decisions in Mass Tort MDLs.

Attorney Richard Arsenault has also been invited by Western Alliance Bank to moderate a panel for a symposium at the San Diego School of Law on March 16, 2022, as well as moderating their first webinar of 2022 on the topic of “Organizing a PSC Along With Guiding the MDL Process and Multiple Settlement Issues.”

Award-Winning Louisiana Personal Injury Attorneys 

The legal team at Neblett, Beard & Arsenault are recognized nationwide in the field of personal injury. Our Alexandria, LA law firm represents accident victims in a range of injury cases. We accept cases throughout the state of Louisiana, including Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Monroe, and Alexandria.

We have a record of positive verdicts and settlements for cases involving severe injuries in which those who were harmed faced unimaginable suffering. Our goal in these cases has been to hold wrongdoers accountable for their actions. You can read more about our verdicts and settlements to be confident our firm has the experience and the trial record to pursue your case. We are relentless, professional, and recognized as aggressive litigators.

Neblett, Beard & Arsenault enjoys the highest rating available for both legal ability and ethical standards in Martindale-Hubbell, which is a nationwide directory that has been evaluating lawyers since 1868. Our acknowledged legal expertise, personal approach, and use of cutting edge technology have earned us a solid reputation among other lawyers and judges and allowed us to secure nationally recognized settlements and verdicts on behalf of our clients. Our lawyers have leadership roles in some of the most important litigation conducted throughout the state and nation.

Richard J. Arsenault 

Richard Arsenault has been recognized as one of America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers by Trial Lawyer Magazine. He has participated in over 25 multidistrict litigation proceedings and currently serves as Co-Lead Counsel in the Actos MDL where a jury rendered a historic $9 billion dollar punitive damage verdict which has been reported as one of the nation’s largest personal injury verdicts. He subsequently served on the Actos MDL team that negotiated a $2.4 billion dollar settlement which is the largest single mass tort settlement for a drug that is still on the market. In the Pinnacle MDL pending in Dallas federal court where Richard serves on the Executive Committee, he was part of the Trial Team that secured a $502 million dollar jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson and DePuy, after an 11 week trial. Richard was nominated for the 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by the Public Justice Foundation and also selected as a 2015 member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. The National Trial Lawyers recognized Richard as the 2014 Trial Lawyer of the Year Civil Plaintiff Finalist.