J. Eric Lockridge

"A successful attorney must be a good listener, not just a good speaker. I take pride in actively listening to each client so that I can understand its financial goals, tolerance for risk, and other individual concerns. By listening closely to our clients and to the other side, I am able to advise our clients through difficult situations and legal decisions affecting their businesses, finances, and even reputations – in and out of the courtroom. Each client is entitled to advice tailored to and consistent with its unique circumstances, culture, and business goals."

Commercial trial lawyer, trusted business advisor, and guide to the bankruptcy process, Eric Lockridge partners with and advocates for his clients to maximize recovery while mitigating risk. He applies his more than 25 years of practice to deploy both depth and breadth of legal and business acumen to benefit his clients when and where they need it most. He represents lenders (and occasionally borrowers) on distressed loan workouts, commercial collections, and lender-liability claims; guides clients through the risks and opportunities presented by bankruptcy cases and related litigation; and advises on corporate risk management and planning. His principal clients include traditional and non-traditional lenders, servicers, distressed-asset investors, international energy companies, energy service companies, petrochemical companies, investors, and a variety of business owners.

Eric has tried both commercial and tort cases to verdicts in Louisiana and Texas and has successfully defended judgments on appeal. His representation of energy, construction, and financial sector clients in bankruptcy cases and related litigation spans Louisiana, Texas, New York, Delaware, Colorado, and other states. Eric also regularly serves as local counsel for national firms in bankruptcy cases and related litigation across Louisiana.

Eric has 25 years of experience with advocating for clients in the courtroom and the conference room. Among his greatest strengths are his ability to listen well and to develop efficient and pragmatic solutions tailored to a client’s particular business goal. He uses these strengths to build consensus and make deals when it is in the client's interest to do so, and to advocate effectively in courtroom whenever necessary to get the best result possible for his client.

Eric worked in the Dallas, Texas offices of two regional firms before joining Kean Miller in 2005.