Energy industry litigator, trial counselor and advocate, Victor Gregoire, brings decades of proven skill to aggressively defend high-stakes, complex single and multi-plaintiff litigation. He has tried and won claims valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of Fortune 500 and other energy and petrochemical businesses.
Victor resolves state and federal court environmental, commercial, toxic tort, and product liability litigation claims. He is valued for designing litigation strategies and case management protocols that streamline and conserve client legal spend. Practical, forward-looking, and responsive, Victor’s common-sense approach to problem solving has resulted in major clients consistently selecting him as their Louisiana counsel over many decades of practice.
Notably, Victor also advocates client rights across the ancillary state regulatory proceedings that parallel many of these litigation claims. From start to finish, Victor has proven his ability to interact with regulatory agencies and succeed in all related proceedings, particularly before the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
Moreover, Victor has successfully defended product liability and unfair trade practice claims of pharmaceutical companies, including allegations of personal injury, defective product design, defective manufacturing, and failure to warn on a variety of products. From enterprise liability and prescription to personal jurisdiction, Victor is skilled in optimizing his client’s position and managing e-discovery, expert witness development, and client witness preparation.
Victor knows the Louisiana environmental litigation landscape well. He is fluent in the laws and regulations that impact his client’s bottom line and maintains strong relationships with applicable regulatory agencies to ensure client disputes are resolved in an efficient and productive manner. His longevity of practice in defense of energy companies has resulted in knowing the strategy of opposing counsel who file these lawsuits, thus creating an advantage for those he serves.
- Tulane Law School, J.D., 1993
- Boston University, B.S., Finance, cum laude, 1990
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- “Forty Under 40,” Baton Rouge Business Report, 1999