In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, says James Williams of New Orleans law firm Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams, there were a number of difficulties with insurance companies. “In some cases, plain and simple, insurers did not want to hold true to their promises,” according to Williams who is Head of Litigation at Gauthier, Houghtaling and [...]
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The law firm of Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams has redefined the meaning of excellence in legal representation of clients. Nationally and internationally respected for many years, the law firm of Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams is a continuation of the Gauthier firm that gained major prominence with a landmark decision for clients devastated by the 1980 fire at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. That wrongful death suit is only one milestone on a list that includes over $85 million in insurance recoveries for victims of Hurricane Katrina, $13 million for the families following a major airline crash, and the landmark $246 billion negotiated deal with tobacco companies concerning their hidden knowledge of the dangerous consequences of tobacco smoke. On an international level, successful decisions won by the Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams law firm and its founder, the late nationally respected trial attorney Wendell Gauthier, include a $9.25 million breach of contract settlement in El Salvador and intervention on behalf of victims exposed to poisonous contamination in Bhopal, India. Since 2003, the law firm of Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams has collected over $138 million for businesses and individual clients, representing negotiated contracts totaling over one quarter of a billion dollars. |
Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams Law’s John W. Houghtaling was not accepted into an Ivy League law school. “It was the best thing that ever happened to me,” acknowledged Houghtaling, the managing partner of Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams. According to Houghtaling, the Gauthier law firm (the firm is now known as Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams) put [...]