Roland Vandenweghe was featured in the April 10 edition of "Ones to Watch: Law" in New Orleans CityBusiness.
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Vandenweghe is a partner at Adams and Reese who defends organizations and individuals involving the petrochemical refinery setting and environmental arena – including Louisiana oilfield legacy litigation, toxic tort matters, maritime issues, product liability cases, construction defect matters and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Serving clients in the energy, offshore, maritime, manufacturing and health care sectors, Vandenweghe represents them in state and federal courts and before governmental agencies including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Chemical Safety Board.
He counsels refinery clients on a variety of matters, including alleged chemical exposure incidents as well as ancillary insurance and contractual issues related to those events. Vandenweghe also counsels oil and gas companies in property damage cases involving alleged groundwater and soil contamination and landowners’ demands for remediation. He also defends employers and statutory employers in lawsuits involving nuanced issues of tort immunity based upon state and federal workers’ compensation statutes and borrowed and statutory employer issues. He has also defended health care organizations/hospitals from ADA claims.
His maritime litigation practice encompasses admiralty matters which range from personal injury and property damage claims and contract issues to collisions and allisions, limitation of liability proceedings and marine and energy defense and indemnity issues.
As the honorary consul of Belgium for Louisiana and Arkansas, he helps enable positive trade relationships with Belgium and serves as a liaison between the country and the states. Additionally, he serves on the executive committee of the Louisiana Consular Corps. He contributes his time and legal skills to the New Orleans Pro Bono Project by screening cases for the elderly and destitute.