Mark Mese is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 1992. His practice includes insurance coverage for policyholders, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, and commercial real estate.

Mark represents clients in a wide variety of cases involving insurance coverage issues for policyholders and contractual indemnity disputes.  Mark also assists clients in contract negotiations involving insurance and indemnity issues, and in the organization of their insurance programs.  Mark is the owner and operator of a landscape construction company and has experience in advising small business owners in a variety of legal and business areas.

He is a Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Committee, and a past editor of the International Risk Management Institute CGL Reporter. He is a frequent speaker on insurance coverage and indemnity issues.

Representative Experience

• Representation of various pipeline companies and contractors in various insurance coverage disputes arising out of chemical pipeline operations and accidents.
• Successful representation of a chemical company in a multi-million dollar insurance coverage dispute arising out of mass tort claims in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
• Successful representation of a chemical plant in a complex insurance coverage and indemnity dispute with a large engineering firm while the engineering firm was in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• Successful representation of Fortune 1000 companies in hurricane related claims.
  
• Currently representing banks, financial services companies, and industrial clients in insurance coverage disputes involving complex financial contracts, tort disputes, and environmental cleanup issues.

Education

Mark earned his B.S. from Louisiana State University in 1979 and his M.S. from the University of California at Davis in 1981. He earned his J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1984.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana
• Admitted to practice before all federal courts in Louisiana and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member, Sections on Tort and Insurance Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Business)
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

Community Service

• Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Botanical Gardens.
  
• Member, Southeast Region Advisory Leadership Council, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.
• Board Member, past president, Mid City Merchants Association of Baton Rouge.
• Member, past chairman, Council for Basic Sciences of Louisiana State University.
• Volunteers in Public Schools, Glen Oaks Middle School.
• Member, The Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce.
• Founding Member, Friends of Botany, Louisiana State University.
• Associate Member, Greater Baton Rouge Board of Realtors®.
• Board Member, Burden Horticultural Society.
  

Articles, Publications and Presentations

Staking a Claim
Commercial Litigation in Louisiana: 7 Practical Tips
Direct-Action Statutes
Business Notes, August 2004
Business Notes, August 2005
Additional Insured Status - Recognizing Coverage Risks
Insurance Claims After Katrina
Business Notes, September 2005
Wind Versus Flood Coverage and Hurricane Katrina

Authorships

• Wind vs. Flood Coverage and Hurricane Katrina, BNA Class Action Litigation Reporter, Volume VI, Number 21, November 11, 2005.
• Editor and Article Aurthor, Comprehensive General Liability Reporter, International Risk Management Institute.
• Contributing author and editor, ABA Insurance Coverage Section of the Tort, Trial and Insurance Practices Law Journal Annual Survey.  
• Three Things Every Contractor Should Know Before Signing That Construction Contract for Building Remediation, August 27, 2009.