Stephen L. Williamson

Member

201 St. Charles Avenue
40th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70170-4000

Main: 504.582.1111

Direct: 504.585.7698

Steve has practiced in the commercial litigation and bankruptcy areas for 40 years. His practice centers around the oil and gas and maritime industries. He has represented oil field service providers, vessel providers, aviation interests, geopositioning companies, shipyards and lease interest owners in bankruptcy matters in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Delaware. Steve has also represented pipeline interests and property owners in environmental litigation.

Since 2013, he has taught Intersession Pre-Trial Procedure Boot Camp and, from 1995-1999, Trial Advocacy at Tulane Law School. He served as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Law School from 1995 to 2005, where he taught Bankruptcy law.

During law school, Steve served as the Co-Chairman of the LSU Bar Review.

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights
Chemical, Industrial & Manufacturing
Commercial Litigation
Energy & Natural Resources

Admissions

5th Circuit
Eastern District of LA
Louisiana
Middle District of LA
Southern District of TX
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
U.S. District Court
U.S. Tax Court
Western District of LA

Education

LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D. 1980
LSU, B.A. 1977

Recognition

The Best Lawyers in America® for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Oil and Gas Law (listed in publication since 2022)
Rated Martindale-Hubbell® A-V Preeminent™
Selected to Louisiana Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2010 to Present
Named a New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyer – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2015 and 2019

Affiliations

Louisiana State Bar Association
New Orleans Bar Association
New Orleans Federal Bar Association
Louisiana Bar Foundation
American Bankruptcy Institute
Master of the Bench, Tulane Inn of Court
Assistant Bar Examiner, Louisiana State Bar Association (1996-2005)