Steve Herman Returns to Loyola Law and Tulane Law to Teach Advanced Litigation Courses During Fall Semester

Fishman Haygood Special Counsel Steve Herman will spend the 2026 Fall Semester teaching advanced litigation courses at both Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Tulane University Law School. Steve celebrated his twentieth teaching at Loyola last year, a milestone he’s closing in on at Tulane, his alma mater, as he marks his seventeenth with the institution this fall.

At Loyola Law, Steve is once again leading Advanced Torts: Class Actions. The weekly seminar is devoted to gaining an understanding of class action and other “mass tort” litigation from both a practical and an academic perspective. The course covers alternative structures for litigation, class definition, and other pleading issues; discovery; the certification process; and trial and settlement issues.

Steve is teaching Advanced Civil Procedure: Complex Litigation at Tulane Law. The weekly course explores the important aspects of civil procedure and is designed for any student interested in litigation or practice involving multi-party transactions, including anti-trust, securities, product liability, mass torts, consumer litigation, and employment rights. The procedures taught include joinder of parties and structure of lawsuits in complicated multi-party suits; duplicative litigation and use of stay order, injunctions, consolidation, and transfer to the Multi District Panel; res judicata; class actions; discovery and trial in complex cases; settlement, and attorneys’ fees.

Steve is particularly committed to the next generation of trial lawyers. In addition to teaching, Steve has sponsored the first-year memberships of dozens of new and young lawyers in the American Association for Justice, for which he serves as 2026-2027 Parliamentarian, and the Louisiana Association for Justice. He also established a Mentors List Server connecting emerging attorneys with experienced practitioners when he was LAJ President.

Steve graduated magna cum laude from Tulane Law and was named Order of the Coif. With thirty years of experience, he maintains a broad civil practice spanning commercial, class action, and professional liability matters. Steve was appointed in 2010 to serve as one of two Liaison and Lead Class Counsel for all businesses, individuals, and local governments involved in the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill litigation.

Steve’s continued role in legal education reflects Fishman Haygood’s commitment to staying at the forefront of scholarship and teaching of continuing development in the law.

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