Byron A. Richie

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Defense
• Mineral Law and Litigation
• Health Insurance Law
• Disability Insurance Law
• Products Liability Law
• Personal Injury Law

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana, 1981
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Education

• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • J.D. - 1981
• Louisiana State University and A & M College, Louisiana
  • B.S. - 1977

Published Works

• Health Insurance and Mental Illness, What Every Patient (and Doctor) Should Know Louisiana Psychiatric Association Newsletter Vol. 25, No. 3, Summer, 1990
• Health Insurance Law, ERISA Explained Louisiana Psychiatric Association Newsletter Vol. 26 No. 2, Spring, 1991
• Health Insurance and Mental Illness, An update on Recent Developments, Louisiana Psychiatric Association Newsletter Vol. 26, No. 4, Fall, 1991
• Health Insurance and ERISA: An overview for the General Practitioner, Shreveport Bar Association Newsletter, Vol 1, No.5, June , 1992
• Health Insurance and ERISA: An overview for the General Practitioner, Shreveport Bar Association Newsletter, Vol 1, No.6, July, 1992

Honors and Awards

• The Order of the Coif, Moot Court
• Listed in 1991 and 1992 editions of Best Lawyers in America©
• AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Rating

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
• Bar association of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Member
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Member