Mr. McCardle is an associate in our Litigation Section. His diverse areas of practice include securities arbitration and litigation, general commercial litigation, insurance disputes, employment contract disputes, tax litigation, construction disputes, media, collection cases and various other areas.

Since joining the firm, Lance has participated in a number of complex litigation matters.

Some of his representative matters include:

• Representing investors in connection with claims against their brokers and investment advisors
• Representing the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District in connection with breach of contract and breach of duty claims against a bond insurer and underwriter stemming from the issuance of $238 million of auction rate securities
• Representing US Unwired against securities class action and derivative claims
• Representing New Orleans bank in fraud claims against borrower and co-conspirators
• Representing one of the largest apartment complexes in New Orleans in connection with its business interruption insurance claim stemming from Hurricane Katrina
• Representing local insurers in negligence claims against their insurance brokers
• Representing both employers and employees in connection with employment contract disputes
• Representing the Louisiana Department of Revenue in state income tax and franchise tax claims against commercial taxpayers
• Representing construction companies in Private Works Act and Public Works Act disputes
• Representing The Times-Picayune in public rights of access and defamation cases
• Over 25 reported decisions

Lance graduated cum laude from Louisiana State University in 1999 with a B.S. degree in finance. He practiced as a risk consultant for three years prior to attending law school and business school. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, and his M.B.A. from Loyola University in 2005. While at Loyola, he was comment / casenote editor for the Loyola Law Review, member of Loyola's Moot Court program, and oralist / brief writer for Loyola's First Amendment Moot Court Competition team. He was a William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar and is the author of "Despite Congress's GOOD Intentions, the DMCA Produces a BAD Result: A Means to Create Monopolies," Loyola Law Review, Winter 2004. Lance was also identified as a Future Star in Benchmark Litigation, 2009.

Outside of the firm, Lance has taught skills classes at Loyola University College of Law and he has taught media law at Tulane University’s School of Continuing Studies. He also represents criminal defendants on a pro bono basis and serves as a Director of the Younger Lawyers Division of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.