Gauthier, Houghtaling & Williams Firm History

Gauthier, Houghtaling & Williams is the continuation of the law firm originally founded by legendary victim's rights lawyer Wendell Gauthier. For the past 30 years, the Gauthier firm has been one of the most influential and most respected law firms in the Gulf South. The Gauthier firm rose to national prominence as the head of the 100 law firm coalition that negotiated the $350 Billion dollar settlement with the Tobacco Industry. The Gauthier firm has successfully settled or returned verdicts in excess of $5 Billion dollars.

Throughout its rich history, the firm's lawyers have received some of the highest professional honors including being ranked as one of the "Nations Top 10 Litigation Lawyers" by the National Law Journal; one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by the National Law Journal in 1985, 1990 and 1995; being ranked as one of the "Top 50 Lawyers in New Orleans" by City Business Magazine in 2005, 2006, and 2007 (one of only four attorneys in the history of the award to receive the award consecutively); and being certified as one of "The Top Trial Lawyers in America" by the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

In 2009, John Houghtaling and James Williams were inducted into New Orleans CityBusiness's Leadership in Law Hall of Fame for winning the award in consecutive years. To date, only six lawyers are members of the Hall of Fame - it is an impressive achievment that two are partners of the same law firm.

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