IRPINO LAW FIRM - Key Persons
Since 1996, when he founded Irpino, Avin & Hawkins Law Firm, Anthony Irpino has been a creative and energetic advocate of victim's rights in difficult and complex liability cases. Anthony's experience litigation experience includes both individual injury cases and leadership roles in state and national litigation in class actions and multi-district actions.
Anthony is an expert in strategic matters related to class actions and mass tort litigation. Anthony is often sought by national litigants to consult on and lead privilege and confidentiality committees, and currently serves in these roles for MDL 2804 - In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation.
Job Titles:
- an Accident and Injury Lawyer Who Cares for the Rights of the Injured
Bobby G. Hawkins has a past in athletics that has inspired his compassion for victims of injury
If you've been seriously injured, you need strong legal representation. Attorney Bobby G. Hawkins understands this better than most. Bobby joined Irpino, Avin & Hawkins Law Firm in 2011 to work on personal injury cases.
Bobby was an outstanding athletic scholar, an experience that has inspired his compassion for victims of serious injury. While earning his history degree at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Bobby led the tennis team while winning the PACE award for academic excellence three times. He is also a member the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and received the John Moore Award for outstanding achievement in his history curriculum.
At Loyola Law School in New Orleans, Bobby was the intramural athlete of the year in 2006, playing basketball, flag football, and softball. In 2008, Bobby's tennis team won the USTA National Championships in Tucson, Arizona.
Bobby's athletic interests make him particularly sensitive to the rights of persons and businesses adversely affected by undue harm. He is ready to meet the challenge of complicated personal injury cases.
Bobby is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Louisiana, including the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Dustin L. Poché was born and raised in the greater New Orleans area. After attending Jesuit High School, he graduated from Louisiana State University in 2007. Dustin remained in Baton Rouge for three more years, graduating Cum Laude from Southern University Law Center in 2010. Thereafter, he returned to New Orleans and spent two and a half years as an Orleans Parish Assistant District Attorney, gaining invaluable courtroom and trial experience. Dustin began his career in civil litigation with a focus on personal injury litigation, which includes litigation in both state and federal courts. In order to enhance his legal expertise and sharpen his litigation skills, Dustin participated in the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Building Trial Skills and Deposition Skills training. Dustin has also received Martindale-Hubbell's highest AV Preeminent rating and has been selected to the Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars List for 2019 and 2020.
Dustin is admitted to practice law in both Louisiana and Texas, and he is also admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Dustin actively litigates matters throughout Louisiana involving personal injury and property damage claims, including: automobile accidents, wrongful death claims, hurricane storm damage claims, premises liability, and product liability. Throughout his practice, Dustin has vigorously and earnestly represented clients through all stages of litigation. Most importantly, he firmly advocates for each client and strives to provide exceptional results.
Job Titles:
- Attorney
- an Accident and Personal Injury Lawyer Who Believes in Personal Attention
Ben is an attorney who will personally attend to your case. He understands the needs of clients that have been wronged or injured. Since coming to Irpino, Avin, & Hawkins, Ben has handled a multitude of cases involving the following areas:
Personal injuries
Hurricane storm damage claims
Automobile accidents
Negligence medical malpractice
Insurance claims
Products liability
Wrongful death claims
Contract disputes
Complex multi-district tort actions
Ben obtained his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 2011 as a graduate of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. In 2010, Ben received the Calli Award for his high academic achievement. In addition to his academic achievements, Ben gained practical work experience as a law clerk for the Long Law Firm in Baton Rouge while attending law school. Following law school, Ben gained invaluable experience as a judicial law clerk and staff attorney for Judge June Berry Darensburg of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court in Gretna, Louisiana. Ben is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He was admitted to practice law in Louisiana in 2013.
Ben was born in New Orleans. Prior to attending law school, Ben earned a B.A. in Mass Communication with the concentration in print journalism from Louisiana State University in 2008.
John "Reed" Poole, Jr. is an attorney with the law firm of Irpino, Avin & Hawkins Law Firm. Reed is admitted to practice law in Louisiana and Texas. He is also admitted in the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana.
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Kacie F. Gray joined Irpino, Avin & Hawkins in 2016, bringing with her an expertise and passion for personal injury actions, products liability litigation, and civil rights. In doing so with compassion and professional care, Ms. Gray not only represents personal injury clients, but empowers them as she navigates complex litigation on their behalf.
Kacie is a graduate of Louisiana State University's Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she earned both a Juris Doctor and Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law. In addition to receiving her law degree, Kacie also received a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University's Flores M.B.A. Program. While attending law school, she was privileged to serve as Vice President of the LSU Law Moot Court Board and Graduate Editor for the Journal of Civil Law Studies, wherein she received an international publication. Kacie has been recognized as an outstanding oral advocate by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and has received numerous awards for her appellate advocacy skills. She also received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Constitutional Law Seminar, a distinction awarded to the highest scoring student.
Prior to graduation, Kacie Gray clerked for a mid-sized New Orleans defense firm where she gained considerable experience in several practice areas including complex insurance litigation, oil and gas, bankruptcy, and employment law. After passing the bar, Kacie Gray worked for a prominent accounting firm where she served as a litigation consultant and Court Appointed Disbursing Agent (CADA) in several state, federal, and Multi District Litigation class action settlements.
Kacie is admitted to practice before all Louisiana state courts and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She is an active member of the A. P. Tureaud American Inn of Court, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the New Orleans Federal Bar Association and the New Orleans Association of Women Attorneys. As a resident of New Orleans, she is committed to the betterment of her community and the Crescent City, actively engaging with several local organizations including the New Orleans Young Leadership Council and the Junior League of New Orleans. In addition, Kacie serves as an executive member of Second Harvest Food Bank's Junior Board.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Confidentiality and Privilege Committees for MDL 2804
Kimberly Jemison joined Irpino Avin Hawkins in 2019 and focuses her legal practice on product liability multi-district litigation and class actions. Her work includes analysis over defendants' confidentiality and privilege designations and defendants' document productions.
Ms. Jemison is currently a member of the Confidentiality and Privilege Committees for MDL 2804, In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation and MDL 3026, In re: Abbott Laboratories, et al., Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation. She is also involved in document review and confidentiality analysis for MDL 3014, In re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level PAP, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation.
Prior to joining Irpino Avin Hawkins, Ms. Jemison was a member of the Law & Briefing Committee and Bellwether Trial Team for MDL 2592, In re: Xarelto. Products Liability Litigation. Additionally, she contributed to the law and briefing committees for MDL 2740, In re: Taxotere Products Liability Litigation and MDL 2657, In re: Zofran Products Liability Litigation.
Prior to joining Irpino Avin Hawkins, Ms. Jemison was part of the team representing Relators in a $125 million qui tam settlement against Bechtel for alleged false claims related to the Hanford Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant in Washington.
Education
After graduating summa cum laude from the University of New Orleans, Kimberly earned an MA in English before attending Tulane University Law School. At Tulane Law, she was a member of the Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property and graduated cum laude in 2016.
Lindsey M. Arnold joined Irpino, Avin, & Hawkins in 2022, and focuses her legal practice on personal injury and general insurance claims, including: automobile accidents, wrongful death claims, hurricane storm damage, premises liability, and product liability. She represents clients with the knowledge and compassion needed to navigate them through this complex time in their life.
Lindsey was born and raised in the New Orleans area. After attending Dominican High School, she graduated from the University of New Orleans in 2012 with a Masters in Business Administration. Lindsey then graduated from Loyola University's New Orleans College of Law in 2015 with her Juris Doctorate. Thereafter, she began practicing mainly personal injury with other solo practitioners while also beginning to focus on health and fitness.
Since joining Irpino, Avin, & Hawkins, Lindsey has focused her efforts on the representation of individuals and residents within her local community and throughout the State of Louisiana. Outside of her legal work helping her clients become whole, she owns and operates a fitness facility on the Westbank. There she helps her local community with an entirely different aspect of their life - changing lives everyday through health and wellness. Inside and outside of her practice, Lindsey advocates for each and every client and strives to provide exceptional life changing results.
Louise Crouchet Higgins brings to Irpino, Avin & Hawkins Law Firm a respected reputation as a fighter for human rights and justice. Since joining us in 2009, Louise has concentrated on solving complex personal injury cases as well as mass tort actions.
Born in the Crescent City, Louise received her undergraduate degree in management from Our Lady of Holy Cross College (now known as University of Holy Cross). In 2008 she received her Juris Doctor from Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans. In her final year of law school, Louise served as a law clerk with the United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Customs and Enforcement.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner at Irpino Avin & Hawkins
Pearl Robertson is a partner at Irpino Avin & Hawkins based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her practice focuses on mass tort and/or class action litigation, including products liability, consumer class action, drug and device litigation, and public nuisance. Most of her work relates to pre-trial discovery matters, including ESI disputes, confidentiality challenges, and privilege negotiations and challenges.
Since 2018 Pearl and founding partner Anthony Irpino have led the privilege and confidentiality committees in MDL 2804 (In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation), resulting in more than 30 published privilege rulings. More recently, Pearl was appointed to the discovery committee to lead privilege and confidentiality in MDL 3014 (Philips Recalled CPAP, BI-LEVEL PAP, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation) and appointed to the PSC and leads privilege efforts in MDL 3026 (In Re: Abbott Laboratories, et al., Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation).
Ms. Robertson is recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in the area of class action and mass torts and by National Trial Lawyers Top 100. Her professional affiliations include memberships in the American Bar Association (ABA), American Association of Justice (AAJ), Complex Litigation e-Discovery Forum (CLEF) and Sedona Conference. Ms. Robertson is barred in Louisiana and admitted to practice in the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.