Roland M. Vandenweghe Jr.

Serving clients in the energy, offshore, maritime, manufacturing and health care sectors, Roland represents clients in state and federal courts and before governmental agencies including the United States Department of Justice, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the United States Chemical Safety Board, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.

Roland counsels refinery clients on a variety of matters, including alleged chemical exposure incidents, as well as ancillary insurance and contractual issues related to those events. Roland also counsels oil and gas companies in property damage cases involving alleged groundwater and soil contamination and landowners’ demands for remediation. He also defends employers and statutory employers in lawsuits involving nuanced issues of tort immunity based upon state and federal workers’ compensation statutes and borrowed and statutory employer issues. He has also defended health care organizations/hospitals from Americans with Disabilities Act claims.

His maritime litigation practice encompasses admiralty matters which range from personal injury and property damage claims and contract issues to collisions and allisions, limitation of liability proceedings and marine and energy defense and indemnity issues.

As the Honorary Consul of Belgium for Louisiana, Roland helps enable positive trade relationships with Belgium and serves as a liaison between the country and the State of Louisiana. Additionally, he serves on the Executive Committee of the Louisiana Consular Corps. He contributes his time and legal skills to the New Orleans Pro Bono Project by regularly screening cases for the elderly and destitute at the Harahan Senior Center.