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Lori G. Mince

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Practice Focus

Litigation Practice Appellate Group Class Actions/Mass Actions/MDLs Construction Corporate Governance Employment Insurance Coverage Media/First Amendment Real Estate Litigation Tax

About

Lori Mince practices in the areas of commercial litigation, media law, and tax litigation. She is also a certified American Arbitration Association® arbitrator.

“She is an amazingly talented attorney. She is certainly the strongest and most qualified litigator I have ever worked with.” —Litigation: General Commercial Client, Chambers and Partners

In her commercial litigation practice, Lori has represented clients in a variety of matters, including class actions and commercial disputes involving GoAuto Insurance, LLC; LCMC Health; Wallace Drennan, Inc.; Rouses Enterprises; H&E Equipment Services, Inc.; Stirling Properties; Lloyd’s of London; and ASM Global, LLC. Lori also regularly represents executives in employment disputes with their former employers regarding compensation and restrictive covenants.

Experience

  • Recently represented or currently represents the State of Louisiana Department of Revenue in several transfer pricing cases against various corporate taxpayers. In these cases, the Department seeks to enforce its right to adjust taxable income between two or more related parties to more accurately reflect the income earned by each party in the State of Louisiana.
  • Represented GoAuto Insurance in a putative class action related to the company’s automobile cancellation practices. The suit, which involved thousands of putative class members and billions of dollars in alleged liability, was dismissed on summary judgment in favor of GoAuto. Plaintiffs appealed the ruling, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s dismissal of the action in an order dated October 3, 2025.
  • Served as lead trial counsel for Lloyd’s of London in a subrogation action seeking $50 million in damages arising from a well blowout in Lafourche Parish. The matter was tried to a jury in March 2025, with a verdict rendered for the Defendants. That ruling is on appeal to the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
  • Serves as lead trial counsel in a suit filed by a contractor seeking statutory interest against the City of New Orleans pursuant to the Louisiana Public Works Act for failure to timely pay for work performed. Following two separate trials, the court issued two judgments in favor of the contractor for more than $900,000. The first judgment was affirmed on appeal. The second judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals and is currently on appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
  • Represents the City of Shreveport in an action seeking more than $300 million in damages from the engineering firm that designed and oversaw construction of improvements to the City’s sewerage system pursuant to a Consent Decree between the City and the Department of Justice.
  • Represents a national oil logistics company in a suit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case was tried to an arbitrator in June 2026 and is awaiting a decision.

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Credentials

  • J.D., magna cum laude, from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 1998
    • Member of the Loyola Law Review
  • B.A., cum laude, from Tulane University, 1992
  • Louisiana
  • U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Notable Rankings

2026 Chambers Top Ranked Lori Mince2026 Benchmark Litigation Litigation Star sealTop 250 Women in Litigation Benchmark Litigation logo for 2025Lori Mince Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year 2026 in Litigation - First Amendment BadgeLori Mince Best Lawyers 2026 BadgeSuper Lawyers 2026 badge