Jennifer Gary is of counsel in the Lake Charles office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 1997 and practices in the litigation and toxic tort defense group. Jennifer has extensive experience in the Louisiana petrochemical and manufacturing industry and assists clients with regard to litigation strategy and litigation management. She has particular experience in litigation involving chemical exposure, industry wide conspiracy, toxic tort, products liability, complex litigation, and workers' compensation.  Jennifer also serves as an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau of Southwest Louisiana.

Representative Experience

• Representation of ConocoPhillips Company in connection with alleged exposure to sulfur dioxide
  
• Representation of CONDEA Vista Company (now Sasol North America) in connection with alleged exposure during the cleanup of EDC leak in Lake Charles, Louisiana
• Representation of Sasol North America in alleged sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide exposure case, which was settled for a nominal amount
• Representation of Shell Chemical in alleged defective pipe case
• Tried worker's compensation case in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for CONDEA Vista Company involving alleged injury during a functional capacity evaluation, which resulted in a favorable outcome
• Litigation of more than 330 cases involving alleged exposure to chemicals for some of Louisiana's most prominent petrochemical companies
• Handle arbitrations and mediations for parties ranging from national automobile and mobile home manufacturers to local businesses and consumers

Education

Jennifer earned her B.S. in Pre-Med/Biology from McNeese State University in 1989. She earned her J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1995. She served as Law Clerk to the Chief Judge of the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal from 1996 to 1997 and as a Law Clerk to all judges of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, from 1995 to 1996. She has completed courses in mediation through the American Arbitration Association and in arbitration through the national Council of Better Business Bureaus.

Admissions

• Admitted, Louisiana, 1995; United States District Court for the Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, 1997
  

Memberships

• Member, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Bar Association; Albert Tate American Inns of Court ; Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Southwest Louisiana Bar Auxiliary; Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education; Louisiana Bar Foundation; Louisiana Law Institute

Articles, Publications and Presentations

• "Professionalism in Law & Medicine" for SWLBA Law and Medicine Seminar, November 3, 2000.
• "Senior Crime and Fraud Prevention" to the Institute for Indian Development and the Senior Community Service Employment Program, September 27, 2000.
• "Hot Topics in Labor and Employment", April 26, 2002.
• Presentations for the Albert Tate, Jr., American Inn of Court including: "Cross Examination" April 13, 1999; "Mentoring" January 11, 2000; "Lawyer's Obligation to the Community" March 13, 2001; "Ethics in Litigation" January 8, 2002; "Great Expectations" Professionalism Expectations of the Bench and Bar, October 12, 2004.
  

Community Service

• Business Law Adjunct Professor, McNeese State University
• Member, Leadership Committee Chamber Southwest, 1999-Present; Chair of Government Affairs Session and on Planning Committee for Health Care and Day at Legislature Sessions
• Southwest Chamber Leadership Class of 1999
• Member, McNeese Alumni Mavericks Board
• Board of Directors, Kiwanis Club of Lake Charles
• Junior League of Lake Charles: Nominating Committee, 2004-2005, Placement Committee, Chair 2003-2004, Board of Directors 2003-2006
• Eucharistic Minister, Lector, PREP Facilitator and member of Family Choir, Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters