Vic Suane is an associate attorney in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller.  He joined the firm in 2007 and practices in the environmental and litigation groups.  Vic assists in the representation and defense of local, regional and national clients in a variety of environmental, regulatory and general litigation matters.

Representative Experience

• Representation of oil and gas exploration, transportation and production companies in lawsuits by landowners claiming property damages related to oil and gas operations, including surface and groundwater contamination and wetlands loss
• Representation of major pipeline company in expropriation and other property law matters, including pipeline rights of way and surface rights in south Louisiana and involving federal and state laws of eminent domain
• Obtained dismissal of all claims against a national non-profit organization in a matter brought in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where plaintiff sought damages for defamation and restriction of privilege
  

Education

Vic earned his B.A. in Business Administration from Rhodes College in 1998. He earned his J.D., cum laude, in 2007 from the Southern University Law Center where he was a member of the Southern University Law Review and American Inns of Court.  While at Southern, he received several awards for his classroom excellence.

Admissions

• Admitted, Louisiana, 2007; United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  

Memberships

• Member, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American  Bar Associations

Articles, Publications and Presentations

• Age and Race: The Court’s Search for Equality Through the ADEA, 33 Southern University Law Review 399.

Community Service

• Member, Board of Directors, Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge
  
• President, Board of Directors, Louisiana School for the Deaf Foundation
• Chair, Belly Up With the Bar Committee, Baton Rouge Bar Association
• Kean Miler Team Co-Captain, Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area, Walk to Remember, 2007-present
• Volunteer, Kean Miller Dictionary Project
  
• Volunteer, Baton Rouge Bar Association Easter Egg Hunt, Buchanan Elementary, 2006-present; North Highland Elementary, 2006-2007
• Volunteer, Literacy Night, Buchanan Elementary, 2006-2007