CURRICULUM VITAE FOR ANDRÉ P. LaPLACE


I am an attorney licensed to practice before the Louisiana Supreme Court, United States District Court for Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. I have been admitted to practice pro hoc vice before state trial courts in Wisconsin, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama.

I have practiced law in Baton Rouge, Louisiana continuously since 1980, having a general practice of law before state and federal courts. I am a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Baton Rouge Bar Association and the American Trial Lawyers Association.

I am a sole practitioner under the name of The Law Offices of André P. LaPlace, practicing class action law on a state and national basis.

I have experience in class action litigation, civil rights actions and mass tort actions since 1994.

A partial list of my experience in class action litigation and mass tort actions are:

Blanchard, et al v. Verona, et al
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1994-1996
Individual Action Claim for odors from barge cleaning operation.
Approx. 260 clients Settled during trial

Stassi v. Shell Oil Company, et al (Louisiana), 1994-1996
Class Action — Damage for defective Polybutylene Pipe
Several million members — Settlement
Co-Class Counsel

Walker, et al v. Arcadian Fertilizer Corporation
Ibervifie Parish, Louisiana, 1995-1999
Class action — Single episode of toxic chemical release
Approx. 1,200 members — Litigation pending.

Tomeny v. Sportsman’s Cove
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana 1997-
Class Action for Ad Valorem Tax Refunds
Co-Class Counsel — Case Pending

Tangi Washington v. Ingram Barge Company
Middle District of Louisiana
Class Action for Toxic Exposure
Co-Class Counsel — Case Pending

Mark Woodward v. PCS Nitrogen
Iberville Parish
Class Action for Toxic Release of Ammonia
Co- Counsel — Case Pending

Lindsey Blackwell v. Ashland
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Greenup Circuit Court
National Class Action for TM8
Co-Counsel - Case Pending

Avants v. Kennedy
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana 1996-
Class Action for Sales Tax on Mobile Homes
Co-Class Counsel — Case Pending

Insurance Service Charge Litigation
Cacamo v. Liberty Mutual
Porobil v. Allstate
Porrier v. Progressive
Laforte v. State Farm
Antin v. Allstate
Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Diest v. Allstate
Shagit County, Washington

Blanchard v. Farm Bureau
Zeringue v. Farm Bureau
Koch v. State Farm
Iberville Parish, Louisiana

All of the foregoing are class actions seeking reimbursement of premium finance charges on behalf of insureds.
Co-Class Counsel in all cases now pending

Simeon v. Pleko Southwest
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana — 1997-
Class Action for Synthetic Stucco
Co-Class Counsel — Case Pending

Hobbs, et al v. General Motors Corporation
Middle District of Alabama
Class Action
Co-Class Counsel — Case Pending

Magnetic Audio Tape Antitrust Litigation
Southern District of New York
Class Action Co-Class Counsel — Case Pending

Jack Raz, et al v. Archer Daniels, et al (Milwaukee)
Class Action
Co-Class Counsel - Settlement



A partial list of the civil right and labor relations cases are:

Joseph Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., et al
Eastern District of Louisiana
Individual Action-claim for same sex harassment
Settled

Carl Chauvin v. Department of Environmental Quality
East Baton Rouge Parish
Individual Action-claim for racial discrimination
Settled

Goff v. Local 198
Middle District of Louisiana
Individual Action- Erisa claim
Settled