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Scott T. Winstead
SCOTT T. WINSTEAD, a partner at Sutterfield & Webb, LLC, attended Tulane University for his undergraduate studies, having attended Tulane on a Naval R.O.T.C. scholarship and graduating in 1991 with a degree in political science. After Tulane, Mr. Winstead entered active duty in the United States Navy, where he served in various positions within the Special Warfare community and specializing in the field of Logistics. In 1998, while still in the Navy, Mr. Winstead completed studies at the University of Southern Mississippi and was awarded a Master of Public Administration Degree. Upon resigning from the Navy in 1998, Mr. Winstead attended law school at the Loyola University School of Law, where he was a member of the Loyola Law Review and was designated as a William J. Crowe Scholar (equivalent of Order of the Coif). Mr. Winstead graduated from Loyola Law, cum laude, in 2001.
Mr. Winstead's practice is varied, with a concentration on first-party insurance defense and commercial litigation. In addition, Mr. Winstead has experience in maritime defense, vessel arrest and other maritime claims. Mr. Winstead also handles many cases involving first-party defense of interstate trucking litigation. Mr. Winstead is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts within the State of Louisiana and Alabama as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the United States Supreme Court.
Areas of Practice
- 20% Commercial Litigation
- 10% Administrative Law
- 30% Insurance Defense
- 10% Workers' Compensation Defense
- 30% Transportation Defense
Litigation Percentage
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 2001
- Alabama, 2007
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2001
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2001
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 2001
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 2001
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
Education
- Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Honors: William Crowe Scholar
- Law Review: Loyola Law Review, 1999 - 2001
- University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Major: Public Administration
- Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Published Works
- Contemporary Community Standard in the Age of the Internet, Loyola High Technology Journal, 2000
Representative Cases
- Nabors Drilling USA, L.P. v. Genex Services, Inc., 2009 WL 2338041 (W.D.La. 2009)
- Bill Ward Builders, LLC v. Low Group, Inc., 2009 WL 2370678 (E.D.La. 2009)
- Bill Ward Builders, LLC v. Low Group, Inc., 2009 WL 1940860 (E.D.La. 2009)
- Pruco Life Ins. v. Constance, 2009 WL 1668253 (E.D.La. 2009)
- Boudreaux v. Able Supply Co., 2009 WL 1140452 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2009)
- Fiorillo v. Columbia Inc. Co., 2009 WL 1067032 (E.D.La. 2009)
- Whittal v. Specialty Diving of Louisiana, Inc., 2009 WL 928870 (E.D.La. 2009)
- Nabors Drilling USA, L.P. v. Genex Services, Inc., 2009 WL 129630 (W.D.La. 2009)
- Nabors Drilling USA, L.P. v. CompTech Group, L.L.C., 2008 WL 4974587 (W.D.La. 2008)
- Bayou Steel v. Evanston Ins. Co., 2008 WL 4758629 (E.D.La. 2008)
- Nabors Drilling USA, L.P. v. Genex Services, Inc., 2008 WL 4758670 (W.D.La. 2008)
- Whittal v. Specialty Diving of Louisiana, Inc., 2008 WL 4691595 (E.D.La. 2008)
- Hutchinson v. Dollar General Corp., 2008 WL 1803778 (M.D.La. 2008)
- Broussard Physical Therapy v. Country Boy's Restaurant, 981 So.2d 148 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2008)
- In re Succession of Garrett, 2007 WL 3244312 (E.D.La. 2007)
- Landry v. Avondale Industries, Inc., 864 So.2d 117 (La. 2003)
Representative Clients
- GENEX Services, Inc.
- U.S. Land Title, Inc.
Classes/Seminars
- Representing Multiple Plaintiffs in a Wrongful Death Case, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 2005
- Ramifications of the Medicare Secondary Payor Act, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 2008
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member, 2001 - Present
- American Bar Association, Member, 2007 - Present
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- St. Thomas Moore Inn of Court
Past Employment Positions
- U.S. Navy, Lieutenant (Resigned as a Lieutenant (0-3)), 1987 - 1998
Sutterfield & Webb, L.L.C.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
650 Poydras Street Suite 2715
New Orleans, LA 70130
Telephone: (504) 598-2715
Facsimile: (504) 529-7197
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