Attorneys | Scott Galante |
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(504) 648-1858
Scott spent the first five years of his career working in New Orleans and South Carolina for Motley Rice LLC, the nationally-recognized powerhouse litigation firm based in South Carolina. In 2005, he decided to return to New Orleans and set up his own powerhouse litigation firm which was joined shortly thereafter by Salvador. Scott handles the litigation of the firm's asbestos practice, catastrophic injury matters, and general trial preparation in addition to assisting Salvador in his cases. Scott is on the faculty of Tulane Law School's Trial Advocacy program and is the managing partner of Galante & Bivalacqua LLC. After earning a degree in philosophy at the University of Southern Mississippi, Scott attended law school at Tulane University School of Law where he was an Administrative Justice on Tulane's Moot Court Board. During law school he was the 1998 Tulane Moot Court Junior Appellate champion. Scott was also a practicing student attorney from 1999-2000 in the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic. Scott Galante has been in private practice litigating on behalf of injured plaintiffs his entire career.
Admitted to Bar: Louisiana 2000 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana 2001 U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 2001 Licensed In: Louisiana Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 1994) Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 2000) Member: American Bar Association Louisiana State Bar Association Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association American Association of Trial Lawyers |
Faulty Drywall
As if New Orleans area homeowners haven't had enough to deal with after Katrina and the current sagging real estate market, Louisiana residents are now facing numerous reports of a potentially serious defect in drywall that was used in the repair of thousands of homes in the gulf south region.