Adams and Reese Hosts Civil Rights Panel in Honor of MLK

Highlighted in Louisiana Bar Journal

Adams and Reese was pleased to co-host a CLE event with the Louisiana State Bar Association's Diversity Committee in honor of Black History Month.

The event, “The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time: 50 Years after the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” explored the state of the nation in the decades after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

Adams and Reese attorney Kellen Mathews served as moderator. Panelists included Chancellor John K. Pierre, Southern University Law Center; Dean Thomas C. Galligan, Jr., Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center; and Dean David D. Meyer, Tulane University Law School.

At Adams and Reese, Mathews has a diverse practice, focusing on administrative and regulatory matters, litigation and government contracting. Much of his work directly touches the insurance sector, and he has helped insurance clients in various spaces ranging from claims litigation to regulatory and administrative practice. He has tried multiple cases to verdict, including obtaining a defense verdict in a jury trial in federal court. Mathews also represents clients in regulatory actions, having tried multiple administrative matters before Louisiana’s Division of Administrative Law.

In its Education Practice, Adams and Reese lawyers have advised more than 100 schools, colleges and universities, addressing the full range of issues facing these institutions, including student discipline, discrimination claims, desegregation plans, employment disputes, employee benefits and compensation, and issues related to athletics programs. In addition, the law firm's HBCU team works with Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions on all legal issues impacting their operations.