Samuels & Thornton Attorneys at Law

Samuels & Thornton Attorneys at Law New Orleans trial attorneys who focus on helping clients with personal injury, medical malpractice, property damage and commercial litigation.

While not every case goes to court, trial preparation is vital to leveraging a strong position from the outset. Our firm's legal team includes accomplished litigators with the trial experience and attributes necessary for success in the courtroom.

04/15/2025

Friends and colleagues Kara Samuels and Jennifer Thornton have joined forces, combining their over twenty years of experience in Samuels & Thornton, a new law firm focused on medical malpractice, fertility clinic/embryology litigation, product liability, student athlete injuries, and other catastrophic personal injuries.

Learn more at myneworleans.com/2025-women-in-law-kara-samuels-and-jennifer-thornton/

New Orleans Magazine Women in Law April 2025.
03/29/2025

New Orleans Magazine Women in Law April 2025.

Friends and colleagues Kara Samuels and Jennifer Thornton have joined forces, combining their over twenty years of experience in Samuels & Thornton, a new

Kara was inducted this week as a fellow in the International Society of Barristers, an honor society for the era’s best ...
03/24/2024

Kara was inducted this week as a fellow in the International Society of Barristers, an honor society for the era’s best trial lawyers. https://www.isob.com

Nice article from the Daily Mail about the jury verdict our law firm obtained for the Chiasson family in Terrebonne Pari...
02/25/2024

Nice article from the Daily Mail about the jury verdict our law firm obtained for the Chiasson family in Terrebonne Parish. Louisiana’s medical malpractice cap on damages is harsh, unjust, and grossly outdated, as it was enacted in 1975 and has never once been adjusted for inflation.

A jury has awarded $3.708 million to Tiffany and Cody Chiasson, whose son Dean died following a repeat cesarean section that caused a skull fracture and brain bleed.

It will be my privilege to serve on the Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee, and many thanks to the Louisiana Supreme ...
07/06/2023

It will be my privilege to serve on the Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee, and many thanks to the Louisiana Supreme Court for this honor!

"In 2021 the maternal mortality rate for black women was 2.6 times the rate for white women."
06/15/2023

"In 2021 the maternal mortality rate for black women was 2.6 times the rate for white women."

"Three gold medalists from that 4 x 100 relay team in Rio set out to become mothers. All three of us...had serious complications."

Thank you to our peers for including us in Top Lawyers (medical malpractice law), and to New Orleans Magazine for some g...
11/10/2021

Thank you to our peers for including us in Top Lawyers (medical malpractice law), and to New Orleans Magazine for some great spots we haven’t tried yet for sushi!

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Happy Holidays!
12/09/2020

Happy Holidays!

Address

4004 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA
70119

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(504) 558-9478

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