Ewell “Tim” E. Eagan, Jr.

Tim Eagan enjoys a diverse legal practice encompassing complex commercial litigation in the trial and appellate courts in state and federal court systems. He represents business clients in a range of industries including energy, securities, exploration, health care, banking, and construction. Tim serves as lead counsel in national and state class actions; multidistrict litigation; regulatory, antitrust, RICO, and securities fraud actions; shareholder and corporate disputes; technology, patent, and intellectual property matters; products liability and contract claims, including rights of first refusal, recovery of expenses under joint operating agreements, and gas balancing cases; and fraud, misrepresentation, and other business torts. In 1995, he was selected as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and in 2009, he was inducted into the International Society of Barristers.

A significant portion of Tim’s practice is dedicated to defending consumer class actions. He has successfully defended national firms in the brokerage and retail industries in class action suits filed in Louisiana. He has also defended a major utility company against antitrust class action claims regarding rates and represented that utility company before the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the New Orleans City Council on those matters

In the area of business litigation, Tim has represented exploration companies pursuing and defending claims for breach of contract involving hundreds of millions of dollars, handling all strategy decisions as lead counsel

Tim is also an experienced construction law attorney, having represented owners, contractors, and subcontractors for more than 25 years. He has advised clients in negotiating construction contracts, subcontracts, and other related agreements and has litigated and arbitrated construction claims involving change orders, oral modifications, cardinal changes, disruption and delay claims, and scheduling issues. He has also assisted clients with filing, enforcing, and resolving construction liens.

In February 2022, Tim was designated a BTI Client Service All-Star. Tim has been ranked in the prestigious Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business since 2008 for Litigation: General Commercial. In 2023, Chambers noted that he “represents banking, energy, healthcare and construction sector clients in an array of disputes, including multidistrict litigation. They quoted a source as saying, “[Tim] is formidable and a pleasant person to deal with.” He is also ranked in The Best Lawyers in America.

In law school, Tim served on the Georgetown Law Journal. Prior to law school, he served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1969 to 1973.