Laurie Briggs Young

Laurie Briggs Young joined Adams and Reese in 1991 and is a Partner in the Litigation Group focusing her practice on the litigation of maritime and energy, labor and employment, and general litigation matters. Laurie has defended claims in many venues including state and federal courts, and the office of administrative law judges.

While aggressively defending pending litigation, Laurie works diligently with clients to contemplate and prevent future litigation. She believes preventing litigation is the best way to serve clients, and through in-house training programs and emergency response preparedness when accidents first occur, she helps her clients reduce their risk. 

Her other significant contributions include:

• Representing a wide variety of clients including hotels - Marriott International, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Wyndham International - and general businesses - Varian Medical Systems, Inc., DHL WorldWide, Inc., WD-40 Company - in general litigation matters including premises liability, products liability and workers’ compensation claims.
• Representation of oil companies - Shell Oil, oilfield service companies - Eurest Support Services, drilling companies - Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Company, and employers in Jones Act and LHWCA claims.
• Representing municipalities, public agencies and employers in labor disputes including discrimination, ADA, and FLSA litigation.

Laurie is a frequent guest lecturer at the law schools of Loyola and Southern University in Louisiana as well as at private seminars and in-house programs developed for individual clients. She also sits on the Pro Bono Mentoring Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association and is active in representation of pro bono clients in juvenile court in Orleans Parish.

With two active teenagers, Laurie and her husband spend much of their time attending and being involved in activities at their teenagers’ school. She admires people who rise above the expectations and beliefs that others have of them in order to be of service to the world.