COSSICH SUMICH PARSIOLA & TAYLOR - Key Persons


Andrew Cvitanovic

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Biography Andrew graduated from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in Baton Rouge in 2012, where...

Brandon J. Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of the Louisiana Association for Justice
Biography Brandon earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from Louisiana State University in 1997, graduating with... Brandon is a member of the Louisiana Association for Justice and past president of the Plaquemines Parish Bar Association. He has been named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers. He has served as a board member for the Plaquemines Association of Business and Industry, the YMCA Belle Chasse and the Plaquemines Medical Center Board of Commissioners.

Christina Cossich

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Environmental Attorney and a Partner
Biography Christina Cossich is a nationally-recognized environmental attorney and a partner at Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola & Taylor in...

Darren D. Sumich

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Biography Darren D. Sumich is a partner in the firm of Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola & Taylor, L.L.C. and... Darren D. Sumich is a partner in the firm of Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola & Taylor, L.L.C. and has been with the firm since 1994. His law practice focuses in the areas of personal injury, admiralty and maritime, class action, and insurance law. Mr. Sumich has represented individuals and businesses in cases resulting in numerous million dollar and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Darren is a graduate of Holy Cross School of New Orleans and Louisiana State University. He resides with his wife and daughter in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Education Louisiana State University, J.D. 1994 Louisiana State University, B.A. 1990

David A. Parsiola

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Biography David was born in Morgan City, Louisiana in 1966, and graduated with a B.S., cum laude, from...

Jody J. Fortunato

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
Biography Jody J. Fortunato is an attorney in the firm of Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola & Taylor, L.L.C. and has been... Jody J. Fortunato is an attorney in the firm of Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola & Taylor, L.L.C. and has been with the firm since 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Fortunato was an assistant district attorney for over a decade in Louisiana's Twenty-Fourth Judicial District in Jefferson Parish. During his tenure as a prosecutor, Mr. Fortunato gained extensive jury-trial experience, argued successfully before his appellate court, served as his office's liaison to the Louisiana District Attorneys Association and as a member of its legislative solutions team, and was the chief prosecutor of his division. Before law school, Mr. Fortunato taught at his alma mater, Jesuit High School New Orleans. Jody is a graduate of Villanova University and Loyola University New Orleans' College of Law, where he was a member of the Moot Court. He resides with his wife and four children in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. Since 2015 Jody has been assigned as the junior deacon at St. Dominic Church in New Orleans. He received his M.A. from the Notre Dame Seminary Graduate School of Theology in 2018. Education Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D. 2008 Villanova University, B.A. 2002

Louise R. Caro

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
  • of Counsel
Louise R. Caro is an attorney at Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola & Taylor. Her practice focuses on plaintiff's mass tort litigation, concentrating on helping people harmed by exposure to hazardous soil, water and air contaminants. She has represented clients harmed by a multitude of environmental pollutants and toxins such as arsenic, lead, and dioxin, in soils and public water supply wells. She has practiced environmental toxic torts and personal injury law for 20 years.

Luana Smith

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
Luana received her Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2013, where she studied civil law...

Natalie Gibbs

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
Biography Natalie received her Juris Doctor and Diploma in Comparative Law from Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State...

Philip F. Cossich

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner

Sam Sands

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
Biography Born in New Orleans and raised in Houston, Texas, Sam attended Johns Hopkins University for his undergraduate studies before...