Victor Gregoire is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 1993 and practices in the environmental litigation, commercial litigation, and toxic tort defense group. Victor has seventeen years of experience in environmental litigation, commercial litigation, toxic tort defense litigation, class action defense litigation,  products liability litigation and school law. He also advises clients on litigation strategy and environmental litigation management.

Representative Experience

• Defense of legacy oil field site contamination and NORM lawsuits for a major oil and gas company involving alleged soil and sediment contamination, alleged shallow groundwater contamination, and drinking water aquifer alleged impacts
• Successful defense of a major oil and gas company at three week jury trial in legacy oilfield site contamination lawsuit for claims of alleged soil contamination and groundwater contamination and for damages allegedly caused by the construction of canals
• Successful defense of a major oil and gas company in eviction proceedings brought by landowners for alleged NORM and other contamination allegedly caused by oil and gas company's industrial activities conducted on surface lease
  
• Representation of a large oil company in a series of class actions involving two separate incidents involving large scale fires at separate petrochemical units
• Representation of a large fertilizer company in a class action lawsuit resulting from a catastrophic chemical explosion
• Representation of an oil company in a class action involving allegations of long-term exposure allegedly arising out of operations conducted at gas processing plant
• Representation of wood creosote company in class action involving allegations of long-term exposure arising out of creosote operations
• Representation of former hotel owner in class actions involving allegations of injuries arising out of exposure to mold
• Representation of large manufacturer in class action involving alleged product defect in barges

Education

Victor earned his B.S. from Boston University, cum laude, in 1990. He earned is J.D. from Tulane University Law School in 1993.

Admissions

• Admitted, Louisiana, 1993

Memberships

• Member, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute, Minority Corporate Counsel Association

Articles, Publications and Presentations

• 2002 Louisiana Evidence Law, presented to the Baton Rouge Bar Association.
• Taking and Defending Depositions, Louisiana State Bar Association, 1999, 2002.
• School Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, 1996.

• The Discoverability of the Accident Investigating Committee's Report, 31 Gonzaga Law Review 115.

Community Service

• Board of Directors, Capital Area United Way
• Board of Trustees, Louisiana Arts and Science Museum
• Board of Directors, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
  
• Past Secretary, Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Green
• Member, Rotary Club of Baton Rouge
  
• Vice Chair, 2002 Baton Rouge Bar Association Law Expo Committee
• Past President, Board of Directors, Big Buddy Program of Baton Rouge
• Past Board of Directors, The Hospice Foundation of Greater Baton Rouge
• Past President, Ascot Homeowners Association
• Volunteer, Istrouma Boy Scout Council
• Appellate Judge, Louisiana State University Law Center Appellate Advocacy Program
• Volunteers in Public Schools, Glen Oaks Middle School
• Volunteer, Young Leadership Academy
• Past Member, Audubon Girl Scout Council Performance Assessment, 2000
• Past Member, Bench Bar Committee, Baton Rouge Bar Association
• Volunteer, Junior Achievement Teaching Program and Career Day, Glen Oaks Middle School
• Baton Rouge Business Report's "40 Under 40" (1999)
• Volunteer, Pro Bono Project, Baton Rouge Bar Association
• Graduate, Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 2000

Reported Cases

• Commercial Property Development Corp. v. State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, 808 So.2d 534, 2000-0392 (La.App. 1 Cir. 3/28/01) (No. 2000 CA 0392).
• Johnson v. Orleans Parish School Board, 2003-0828, 890 So.2d 579.
• Gallup v. Exxon Corporation, 2003 WL 21488541 (M.D. La. 2004).
• Steering Committee v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, 461 F.3d 598 (5th Circuit 2006).
• Marquette Transportation v. Trinity Marine Products, Inc., 2006 WL 2349461 (E.D. La. 2006).
• Thomas v. Mobil Oil Corp., 14 So.3d 7, 2008-0541 (La. App. 4th Cir. 3/31/09).
• Kling Realty Co., Inc. V. Chevron U.S.A., Inc. 575 F.3d 510 (5th Cir. 2009).