Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C.
United States 2025
General Information
Year founded:
2003
This is the year the firm (or its earliest predecessor entity) was founded.
Overview
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Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. is a litigation law firm based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Firm has experience litigating complex civil cases throughout the country, including all types of commercial disputes, class actions, environmental cases, intellectual property cases, insurance bad faith and coverage cases, and securities arbitrations, litigation, and regulatory matters. For more information, please visit www.BarrassoUsdin.com.
Rankings
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. is nationally ranked in 1 practice areas and metro ranked in 12 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
Read how Best Law Firms ranks firmsNational Rankings
Tier 3
Tier 3 for Securities Regulation
Metro Rankings
New Orleans
Tier 1 for Appellate Practice
Tier 1 for Bet-the-Company Litigation
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Environmental Law
Tier 1 for Insurance Law
Highlighted Client Comments
All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.
Appellate Practice
Judy Barrasso of Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver is a very skilled and knowledgeable appellate attorney, having achieved many successful results in appellate cases for her clients, including in large exposure cases.
Litigation - Securities
Brilliant and effective lawyers at every level of the firm.
Anthony DiLeo
– Anthony M. DiLeo, APC
Commercial Litigation
The Barrasso firm is an exceptional litigation firm. We entrust their trial lawyers with our biggest litigation matters—particularly those higher risk matters where resolution by trial is likely or possible. Further, they're able to staff our matters with highly talented lawyers who advance our diversity goals and commitments. We're proud to have Barrasso as our litigation partner and trusted advisor.
Charlie Price
– Eaton Corporation
Commercial Litigation
I've had a really incredible experience working with Michael Balascio over the past 8 years. His consistent guidance has been invaluable to the growth of our organization. Incredibly thankful for his help and would highly recommend him.
Commercial Litigation
I would hire Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver again.
Insurance Law
Knowledgeable and cost-effective.
Theodore Henke,
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
– OIL Insurance Ltd.
Commercial Litigation
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver offers a personalized approach, with transparency towards risk vs reward and upfront cost structure. They have strong individual skill sets with the support across the board on multiple areas of expertise via the management of client relationship from one lawyer perspective.
Xavier Favre
– FX Advisors
Litigation - Securities
We worked with George Freeman and Chrissy Calogero at Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver on a FINRA arbitration. We were extremely satisfied with their work, will use them again, and would highly recommend them to others.
Juanita Kuhner,
Hancock Whitney
– Vice President Corporate Counsel
Litigation - Securities
I would highly recommend Barrasso Usdin for securities litigation matters. They match high quality work and expertise with top notch service, while always being cost conscious and cost efficient.
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Rick Sarver of Barrasso Usdin is a superb trial lawyer. His team is top-notch. He makes difficult concepts simple and has a great instinct. He and his team work extremely well with other law firms in a virtual firm model. You couldn't go wrong with Rick as your trial counsel.
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver has assisted my company in many complicated cases over the past decade. I find their expertise and professionalism to be without match. Craig Isenberg and Richard Sarver are two of the finest lawyers I have ever been associated with.
Charles Harper
– CITGO Petroleum Corporation
Litigation - Securities
George Freeman is one of, if not the best securities litigators in the country. He is very creative as an attorney, is tenacious in his representation but also always a consummate gentleman. Barrasso Usdin also has decent depth in this area.
Rankings
National Rankings
Tier 3
Tier 3 for Securities Regulation
Regional Rankings
New Orleans
Tier 1 for Appellate Practice
Tier 1 for Bet-the-Company Litigation
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Environmental Law
Tier 1 for Insurance Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Environmental
Tier 1 for Litigation - Insurance
Tier 1 for Litigation - Securities
Tier 1 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Tier 1 for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Tier 1 for Securities Regulation
Tier 2 for Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Practice Areas
The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
- Appellate Practice
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Insurance
- International Arbitration - Commercial
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - Insurance
- Litigation - Securities
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. has 15 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in
America®.
By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings.
For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards.
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Client Comments
All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.
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Awards
Awards are self-reported by firms and are not verified by the Best Law Firms rankings.
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Benchmark Litigation, Louisiana Litigation Firm of the Year, 2022
This is the 8th time the firm has won this award. The firm was also named Louisiana Firm of the Year in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Main Location
New Orleans,
LA
909 Poydras Street, Suite 2350
New Orleans, LA 70112
United States
504-589-9700
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Office Locations
New York,
NY
300 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
United States
212-364-9636
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Management and Personnel
Managing Partner
David N. Luder