Christine B. Bruneau
Position:
PartnerLocation:
650 Poydras Street, Suite 1950, New Orleans, LA 70130E-Mail:
cbruneau@cottenschmidt.comTel:
504-568-9393 (Main)
Practice Areas
Admiralty and Maritime
Appellate Practice
Business Law and Business Transactions
Class Actions
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Environmental Litigation
Insurance Defense, Coverage, Subrogation and Casualty
Mass Torts and Toxic Tort Litigation
Oil and Gas / Energy
Personal Injury
Premises and Products Liability
Products Liability
Admissions
- State Bar of Louisiana
- United States District Court, Eastern, Middle, & Western Districts of Louisiana
- United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Community Involvement
- Asian Pacific American Society
- Asian Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana, Secretary 2013-16, Current/Interim Chair
- Delta Delta Delta sorority
- Development Committee of the Magnolia School, Inc., a private, non-profit school for developmentally-disabled adults
- Lakeview Civic Improvement Association
- New Orleans City Park, Lark in the Park Committee
- New Orleans Museum of Art, Love in the Garden Committee (2008)
Reported Decisions
- State of Louisiana in the Interest of A.M. and T.K., 98-2752 (La. 7/2/99); 739 So.2d 188
Education
- B.A., Anthropology and American Ethnic Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Kansas State University, 1994
- J.D., Tulane University School of Law (with Certificate in Environmental Law), 1998
Year Began Practicing Law
1998
Experience
- Re-elected in 2016 to a third four-year term as a member of the Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee, the governing body for the Republican Party in New Orleans
- Staff Attorney, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, and concurrent private criminal defense practice (1998-2000)
- Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, student member (1997):
- Kansas Archaeological Field School (1993): investigation and excavation of Great Plains Paleo-Indian Folsom Bison Kill sites in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma
Honors & Affiliations
Present:
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Diversity Committee and Diversity Conclave Subcommittee
- Louisiana Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Louisiana Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Founding President
- National Filipino-American Lawyers Association, Southwest Region Governor
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- Louisiana State University National Diversity Advisory Board
- DuPont Minority Counsel Network
- Bar Association for the Federal Fifth Circuit
Past:
- Diversity Award Nomination Committee, Louisiana State Bar Association, appointed
- Language Access Subcommittee, Louisiana State Bar Association, appointed (joint subcommittee of the Right to Counsel and Access to Justice Committees)
- World Trade Center of New Orleans
- Association of Women Attorneys
- Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Louisiana Public Defenders’ Association
- American Bar Association
- New Orleans Bar Association
Featured Articles, Publications & Presentations
- “Hot Topics in Diversity Law,” presented to the American Bar Association, Section of State and Local Government, ABA Mid-year Meeting, February 2, 2012.
- “Diversifying the Workplace,” presented to the Northshore Region Human Resource Association, October, 2008.
- “Stand Out During On-Campus Interviews: Interview Advice from a Hiring Attorney,” presented to Loyola Law School, August 28, 2008.
- Presentations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Finance Center and U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, May 2016.
- Regular speaker and panelist at Tulane Law School and Loyola Law School, New Orleans, on resume construction, career development.
