FRILOT ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERS

(April 2, 2020) Frilot LLC is pleased to announce that W. Jacob Gardner Jr., Elliot Lonker, and Magali Puente have been elected to membership in the Firm.

Jacob Gardner litigates a variety of admiralty matters including contract disputes, personal injury and death claims arising under the Jones Act and Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, property damage claims, insurance and indemnity issues, collisions and allisions, arrests and attachments, limitation of liability and cargo claims.

Elliot Lonker focuses his practice in the area of Professional Liability. Mr. Lonker also represents attorneys before the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, and is called upon for advice and counsel by attorneys who find themselves in pre-suit ethical and potential liability dilemmas. He also represents insured individuals and entities in automobile, casualty, and commercial liability matters

Magali Puente joined Frilot’s Mass Tort & Class Actions Practice Area in 2016. She concentrates her practice in the areas of toxic tort, environmental litigation, premise liability, and product liability. Practicing law for over 15 years, Ms. Puente began her career in general insurance defense litigation.