Lawrence S. Kullman is a founding partner of Lewis, Kullman, Sterbcow & Abramson, LLC and currently serves as “of counsel” to the firm. He obtained a B.A. from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Larry is licensed to practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts, along with the United States Supreme Court. His primary practice areas include medical malpractice and products liability. Larry has served on the Medical-Legal Interprofessional Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, and he has chaired the Amicus Curiae Committee of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. He was also admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1999.
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Professional Associations and Memberships
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Medical-Legal Committee on Inter-Professional Relations
- American Bar Association
- Louisiana Association for Justice
- Council of Directors, 2000-2003
- Amicus Curiae Committee 1999-present
- American Association for Justice, 1990-1997
- Chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee
- Louisiana Medical Disclosure Panel
- Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2007-2014
- Included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2010
- ATLA Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, 1999
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Presentations and Publications
- Major Ethical Maritime Law Seminar of a Plaintiffs’ Lawyer in Maritime Cases, 5th Tulane Fall Maritime Law Seminar, New Oleans, 1996
- Putting Gautreaux v. Scurlock Marine in Perspective — And Keep It There, 6th Tulane Fall Maritime Law Seminar, New Orleans, 1997
- Daubert, It’s Progeny and The Marine Safety Expert, 7th Tulane Fall Maritime Law Seminar, New Orleans, 1998
- A New Breed of Amphibious Claimant and Their Remedies, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Admiralty Seminar, Point Clear, 1999
- Fontenot v. Dual Drilling The Best of All Worlds A. Plaintiff Lawyer’s Perspective, 8th Tulane Fall Maritime Law Seminar, New Orleans, 1999
- Opening Statement – One Trial Lawyer’s Perspective, Article for the Bar Journal, 2000
- What Law Is “Saved to Suitors” When a Maritime Tort Case is Filed in State Court, The Admiralty Law Institute, Tulane University Law School, 2001
- 2001 Judicial Conference of the Fifth Circuit, The Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2001
- Preemption and the General Maritime Law – Undue Influence, Tulane University Law School, 2002
- The Pre-Trial Conference, The Civil Litigation Process in Louisiana State Courts, LSU CLE Program, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 2004