A. Gregory Grimsal
Member
201 St. Charles Avenue
40th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70170-4000
Main: 504.582.1111
Direct: 504.569.1834
Mobile: 504.453.3459
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For 30 years, Greg has practiced with the firm in the area of commercial litigation, with some focus on general contract disputes, commercial real estate, commercial leases, risk management and casualty matters (including coverage questions and lost policy issues), and complex product liability litigation.
In 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States appointed Greg as a Special Master to preside over a multi-state water rights dispute; he concluded that work in 2018. In 2010, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights appointed Greg to a two-year term as chair of its Louisiana State Advisory Committee (SAC), whose charter is to gather information about issues within the SAC’s jurisdiction and report to the USCCR in Washington, D.C.
Greg has handled interdictions on behalf of a healthcare facility and also on behalf of the trust department of a financial institution. Greg has served as an expert witness in state and federal courts on the reasonableness of attorney fee claims. He has been appointed as an ad hoc member of the Lawyer Disciplinary Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Practice Areas
Admissions
- Louisiana
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of LA
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of LA
- U.S. District Court, Western District of LA
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
Cambridge University, LL.B. 1981
Tulane University, J.D. 1979
Tulane University, B.A. cum laude 1972
Judicial Clerkships
Honorable Edward J. Boyle, Sr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of LA
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Real Estate (listed in publication since 2008)
- Named the 2018 Louisiana Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – Banking and Finance, The Best Lawyers in America®
- Selected to Louisiana Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2014 to Present
- Rated Martindale-Hubbell® A-V Preeminent™
- Named a New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyer
Affiliations
- Chair, Board of Advisory Editors, and Trustee, Tulane Law Review 2014-Present
- Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter, President 2003-2004
- Louisiana State Bar Association
News & Insights
News & Events
- Thirty-Three Gordon Arata Attorneys Recognized in the 2027 The Best Lawyers in America® List
- Twenty-Nine Gordon Arata Attorneys Recognized in the 2026 The Best Lawyers in America® List
- Twenty Gordon Arata Attorneys Selected to 2025 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Twenty-Eight Gordon Arata Attorneys Recognized in the 2025 The Best Lawyers in America® List
- Twenty-Three Gordon Arata Attorneys Selected as 2024 Louisiana Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Thirty Gordon Arata Lawyers Included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023
- Twenty-One Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett Lawyers Selected for Inclusion in 2023 Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- 28 Gordon Arata Lawyers Recognized in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America—2 Named Lawyers of the Year
- Congratulations to Our Lawyers Recognized in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
- Twenty-One Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett Lawyers Selected for Inclusion in 2020 Louisiana Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
- Congratulations to our 20 Lawyers Recognized in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
- 20 Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett Lawyers Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2019 Edition, Two Named Lawyer of the Year
- Twenty-three Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett Lawyers Selected for Inclusion in 2018 Louisiana Super Lawyers & Rising Stars


