W. Arthur Abercrombie, Jr. joined the firm in 1973 after serving four years with the U. S. Army, including a combat tour in Vietnam. He received his Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1969 and a B.S. in Accounting from LSU in 1966. He was the Managing Partner of the firm from 2004-2010.

Mr. Abercrombie has concentrated his work in litigation, now handling mostly large class actions, toxic tort defense and catastrophic products liability cases. He is an active member of the Defense Research Institute, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is also a member of the LSU Law Center Board of Trustees and a fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation.

For ten years, Mr. Abercrombie served as co-lead counsel for insurers of Gaylord Chemical Company in a class action case alleging toxic exposure to over 20,000 plaintiffs, which entailed a four month jury trial in Jackson, Mississippi and a three-and-a-half month jury trial in Franklinton, Louisiana. Recently, Mr. Abercrombie was counsel for a Fortune 100 company in a mass tort action pending in Assumption Parish, Louisiana involving over 1,000 plaintiffs.

His practice continues to emphasize defense litigation, particularly jury trials, when applicable.

Mr. Abercrombie remained in the Army National Guard after his active military service and retired in 1997 as Deputy Commander of the Louisiana Army National Guard with the rank of Brigadier General.

Mr. Abercrombie was selected for inclusion in Louisiana Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America.

Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated

Best Lawyers 2012

Super Lawyers 2011