Family Law

• Guardianship
  He lectured and wrote articles on health law issues. The topics of his speeches included, among others, EMTALA, Outcome Measurement and Practice Parameters, Medicaid Records, Employment of Physicians, Hospital Acquisitions, Stark II and Fraud and Abuse, Confidentiality of Mental Health Records, Informed Consent, Guardianship, Advance Directives, Confidentiality of Medical Records, Hospital Service District to Community Hospital, Insurance Law, Elder Law and Estate Planning, Recent Developments in Insurance Law, Patient Care Law Rights, Liabilities and Strategies, and the special legal problems related to HIV infection. He has written articles on Patient Transfers -COBRA as Amended, as well as ER Liability Under COBRA Anti-Dumping. He lectured for the ABA on at its teleconference program entitled “Practical Steps in Structuring Joint Ventures among Providers in an Ever-Changing Health Care Market.” He delivered lectures and prepared monographs for the Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO) on topics concerning EMTALA, HIPAA, representing physicians before the Board of Medical Examiners and other issues.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Andrew Capitelli graduated cum laude in 2008 from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he was selected for the Chancellor’s List and received the CALI Award for Legal Research and Writing and for Corporate and White Collar Criminal Law. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Capitelli received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Louisiana State University, where he majored in English Literature. At Louisiana State University, he was inducted into the Foreaux Society and was selected as a University Medalist.
• Wrongful Death
• Fraud
  Ms. DeBruhl is particularly experienced in providing strategic planning and advice to healthcare clients to build and develop healthcare projects, including organization of healthcare entities, joint ventures, construction, financing, management structures and investor syndication. She has developed integrated delivery systems, including ACO’s, physician specialty hospitals, and has facilitated the complex mergers of multiple physician practices. Her healthcare practice and expertise also spans both state and federal regulatory issues, including Medicare fraud and abuse enforcement and compliance issues, state fraud and abuse matters, insurance industry fraud and compliance, and federal Qui Tam (“Whistleblower”) defense.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Our attorneys handle a variety of transactions including entity formation and joint ventures, affiliations, and leasing. Our experience in representing clients on a variety of corporate matters allows us to provide efficient and effective representation in all areas of corporate law, contracts and entity governance.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Ms. DeBruhl’s practice focuses on the representation of healthcare providers, and in particular, physicians and their legal issues. Ms. DeBruhl’s multi-state clients include healthcare providers, specialty hospitals, medical staffs, ambulatory surgery centers, durable medical equipment providers, imaging facilities, and laboratories, and pharmacies. She possesses extensive expertise in a variety of healthcare areas, including substantial experience in general healthcare law, managed care contracts, physician practices, recruitment and contracting, antitrust, Medicare and Medicaid certification and reimbursement, audits and appeals, fraud and abuse, mergers and acquisitions, and the development of ancillary services and joint ventures such as ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, and specialty hospitals.
• Business Disputes
  Bruce A. Cranner is a versatile litigator with broad experience over the last forty years defending Medical Liability, Product Liability, Asbestos, and general insurance cases. His commercial litigation practice is centered on healthcare providers and includes non-compete disputes, licensure matters and business disputes. He serves as the Independent Counsel to the Louisiana Board of Dentistry. Mr. Cranner frequently serves as a mediator in complex cases involving Medicare Secondary payer issues, among other issues.
• Business Transactions
  Our Firm has represented clients in domestic and international business transactions, litigation, arbitration, and maritime matters involving clients’ activities throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Central and South America, Russia, Australia and the Pacific Rim, including Indonesia and Japan. As the first law firm in Louisiana to subscribe to the American Bar Association Law Pro Bono Project, Milling Benson Woodward L.L.P. has a long history of commitment to public service and the betterment of our community. Firm partners have served as Chair of the Louisiana State Law Institute, as Presidents of the New Orleans Bar Association, and as Presidents of the Louisiana State Bar Association. They have also served on the Board of Governors of the American and National Bar Associations, among many other legal, leadership, and professional distinctions.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Mr. Santora has created various types of entities, including corporations, limited liability companies, professional medical corporations, and partnerships. Mr. Santora has also represented developers and owners in land acquisition, financing, negotiation, and preparation of architect’s and contractor’s contracts for multi-million-dollar office buildings, and has represented automobile dealerships and heavy equipment dealers in the acquisition, sale, and merger of dealerships. He has experience negotiating and drafting cooperative endeavor agreements, special services agreements, value added reseller agreements, licensing agreements, master services agreements, and related business contracts.
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Attorneys regularly defend and advise clients in matters under various federal statutes, including Title VII, NLRA, ADA, ADEA, FLSA, FMLA, OSHA and ERISA, as well as in matters involving Louisiana employment laws. Attorneys also defend clients in wrongful discharge suits, breach of employment and non-compete agreements, severance wage claims, defamation, invasion of privacy, and other causes of action.
• Employment Contract
  Mr. Santora has represented healthcare providers, including hospitals, physicians, physician practice groups, home health agencies, and independent diagnostic testing facilities, in the negotiation and preparation of physician recruitment agreements, medical director agreements, nurse staffing agreements, physician employment agreements, and related healthcare agreements. He has represented healthcare providers and provided advice on compliance with The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, limitations on physician self-referrals under the “Stark laws,” and the anti-kickback provisions of the Fraud and Abuse laws.
• Non-compete Agreement
• Severance Agreement
• Sexual Harassment
  Labor, employment and ERISA attorneys provide a wide range of services including litigation, employee benefits advice, collective bargaining and arbitration. Emphasis is placed on proactive and preventative counseling to avoid labor problems. Counseling is provided covering diverse issues such as sexual harassment, WARN Act compliance, drug testing, union campaigns and Affirmative Action Plans under Executive Order 11246.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Mr. Loewen has practiced law for over 40 years, concentrating the areas of oil and gas, corporate and real estate law. In the oil and gas industry, his experience includes both onshore and offshore work for drilling & production operations and the sale of properties across the continental United States. His major clients have included ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Range Resources, Newfield, ARCO, Enbridge Pipeline, EnerVest, Stephens Production, KCS Resources, SWEPI (Shell) and others.
• Premises Liability
  Most of the suits we handle fall within the categories of casualty litigation and commercial litigation. Some kinds of lawsuits, such as toxic tort litigation, are embraced by both categories. Most of the casualty litigation is defense of insurance companies and self-insured enterprises against various forms of personal injury and death claims. These include maritime, premises liability, motor vehicle, and other common casualties.
• Eminent Domain
  Eminent domain [1] is a term used to describe the power of a state or the federal government  to take possession and title to private property for public use. Milling attorneys have been involved in many aspects of eminent domain law, particularly in litigation, often representing private property owners. At other times, Milling attorneys have also represented utility companies which are delegated expropriation powers by the legislature for acquisition of private property for energy or pipeline installation projects. In still other situations, Milling attorneys have defended governmental entities in takings litigation.
• Property Damage
  Insurance that provides both first-party property coverage and liability coverage for automobiles and certain other vehicles is referred to as “auto insurance.” This coverage may include liability coverage together with collision and/or comprehensive coverage for damage to the vehicle itself or property located therein. The policy’s liability coverage extends coverage for certain personal injuries or property damage to third parties. In addition to these two types of coverage, an insured may also purchase Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage that provides coverage where another motorist has caused harm to an insured but has no coverage or inadequate coverage to compensate the claimant.

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  “Toxic tort suits” refer to personal injury cases that allege a harm, generally a physical injury, due to exposure to a toxic substance. [1] Toxic tort suits can cover a wide variety of toxic exposures, including those from toxic products, toxic fumes or materials in a workplace, and toxic discharges into the environment. [2] The latter can involve accidental and sometimes intentional releases of toxic or noxious substances into the air, into water bodies and wetlands, or onto land.
• Medical Malpractice
  Magdalena Majka’s litigation practice encompasses medical malpractice defense, product liability, and commercial litigation. She handles legal research and writing.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  As a result of his experience, he offers “Painless Estate Planning” using a system he has developed to take his clients through the process easily. “Painless Estate Planning” is targeted to individuals who seek estate planning with the complete cost of planning disclosed before services are rendered.  This plan is not based upon hourly charges and avoids unexpected legal bills.
• Wills
• Trusts
  We represent many different types of clients in a large variety of civil appellate matters. These have included appellate issues related to personal injury and death claims, constitutional issues (both federal and state), business or contractual disputes, trusts and estates, real estate or immovable property issues, insurance coverage matters, admiralty and maritime matters, evidentiary issues including the admissibility of expert testimony, and professional liability defense matters. We also are available to provide local counsel in appellate matters and to represent non-parties who desire to participate in an appeal in an amicus capacity.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  The Firm has represented clients in the full ambit of state tax litigation. Many of these cases have resulted in landmark decisions in favor of the taxpayers. Lawyers in this practice group also represent businesses and individuals in the federal courts (including the Tax Court, Court of Claims and the Court of International Trade) in cases involving a wide range of federal tax issues, and international taxation issues.