Laborde Earles Law Firm

What Laborde Earles Law Firm does

Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers is a Louisiana-based personal injury law firm founded in 1995 and operated as a private partnership between founding attorneys Digger Earles and David Charles Laborde. The firm operates exclusively on a contingency-fee model: clients pay no upfront fees or hourly billing, and the firm collects a percentage of any settlement, award, or verdict, with no recovery owed to the client if the case is unsuccessful. It serves individual Louisiana residents across seven office locations (Lafayette HQ, Alexandria, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Marksville, New Iberia) with 24/7 bilingual (English/Spanish) intake via phone, text, and website lead forms.

The firm offers legal representation across seven core practice verticals: personal injury (including vehicle, maritime, catastrophic, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, dog bites, and nursing home abuse); vehicle accidents (car, truck, motorcycle, rideshare, boat, bus, train); insurance claims (hurricane, flood, storm, wind, water damage and bad faith); maritime injury (Jones Act, offshore); mass tort (paraquat, Camp Lejeune, hernia mesh, Exactech, opioid/NAS, GLP-1/Ozempic); workers' compensation; and catastrophic injury (spinal cord, TBI, burns, explosions). Its stated practice is built on collaboration across 25+ attorneys with 350+ combined years of experience, with publicly claimed cumulative client recoveries exceeding $1 billion.

The go-to-market motion is sales-led and direct-to-consumer: free case evaluations, paid digital marketing, content and video production, community sponsorships (F250 giveaway, Laborde Earles Coliseum naming rights), and a formal attorney referral program. The firm has no public revenue disclosures, no venture or institutional funding, and operates as an independent partnership with multi-generational Laborde-family involvement. In 2025, founding partner Digger Earles was appointed to the GLP-1 Plaintiff Steering Committee for the federal MDL covering Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro litigation, marking the firm's emergence as a leadership voice in nationwide pharmaceutical mass tort work.

Name

Laborde Earles Law Firm

Legal name

Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers

Website

https://onmyside.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers is a Louisiana-based personal injury law firm operating on a contingency-fee model across seven statewide offices, serving individual injury victims in vehicle accidents, maritime, mass tort, insurance claims, and catastrophic injury matters with 25+ attorneys.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Contingency fee representation
• Mass tort litigation
• Maritime injury law
• Insurance claims

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Contingency-Fee Legal Representation: The firm operates on a pure contingency fee basis for personal injury cases. Clients pay no upfront fees and no hourly bills. The firm's fee is a percentage of the final settlement, award, or verdict. If the client does not win, they owe nothing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Laborde Earles Law Firm provides plaintiff-side legal representation to individuals injured in accidents, operating exclusively on a contingency fee basis so clients pay no upfront legal fees and the firm is compensated only upon recovery. Its work spans personal injury, mass tort, maritime injury, and insurance claims practice areas, delivered through 25+ attorneys across seven office locations throughout Louisiana.

Product overview

Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers is a Louisiana-based personal injury law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provides a unified platform of legal representation centered on personal injury law, with specialized practice groups for vehicle accidents, insurance claims, maritime injuries, mass tort litigation, catastrophic injuries, workers' compensation, and medical malpractice. Services operate on a contingency fee basis with free initial consultations, and the firm emphasizes collaboration across its team of 25+ attorneys with 350+ combined years of experience serving clients statewide from seven office locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Representation Contingency-fee legal representation for individuals injured due to the fault of another party, covering case evaluation, claim filing, negotiation with insurers, and litigation through settlement or verdict for Louisiana personal injury claimants.
• Mass Tort Litigation Plaintiff-side representation in mass tort matters, providing legal advocacy for groups of individuals harmed by common defendants or products within the firm's contingency-fee practice.
• Maritime Injury Law Contingency-fee legal representation for maritime workers and others injured offshore or on navigable waters, including claims under maritime law for vessel workers and seamen.
• Insurance Claims Dispute Representation Legal representation for individuals disputing insurance claim denials, underpayments, or coverage disputes, often arising alongside personal injury cases handled by the firm.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 Billion recovered for Louisianans
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Studio 3 MarketingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStudio 3 Marketing is credited as the digital marketing and design agency responsible for the firm's website (onmyside.com). They provide ongoing website design and digital marketing services for the firm.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Meshbesher & Spence: Multi-state personal injury and mass tort firm with emphasis on dangerous drugs and medical device cases. Comparable on the mass tort side (Paraquat, Exactech, GLP-1) where Laborde Earles is also active.
• Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard: Mid-size personal injury firm with growing mass tort and catastrophic injury practice. Comparable scaling profile and practice-area mix, though operates primarily in Illinois and surrounding states.

Broad incumbents

• Beasley Allen Law Firm: Major national mass tort and personal injury firm with deep plaintiff-side practice, including pharmaceutical and product liability. Comparable on the mass tort / MDL side where Laborde Earles is now positioned via the GLP-1 PSC.
• Morgan & Morgan: Largest personal injury firm in the United States with national marketing scale and contingency-fee model. Represents the scaling ceiling for PI consolidation; competes for high-value cases and mass tort leadership across the country.

Regional players

• Allen & Gooch: Louisiana-based full-service law firm with a personal injury and maritime/admiralty practice. Differs in having a broader practice mix (including business and insurance defense), but overlaps on maritime injury and personal injury work.

Direct peers

• Gordon McKernan Injury Attorneys: Louisiana-based personal injury firm with similarly aggressive marketing and contingency-fee model. Operates in overlapping geographies (Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans) and competes directly for the same personal injury case pipeline in Louisiana.
• Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC: New Orleans-based personal injury and mass tort firm with similar practice mix including maritime, hurricane claims, and class actions. Competes for the same Louisiana plaintiff-side cases and has comparable contingency model.
• The Bowling Law Firm: Louisiana-based personal injury firm with similar contingency-fee model and aggressive marketing. Operates in overlapping Louisiana geographies and competes for the same auto accident and injury case pipeline.
• Morris Bart, LLC: Major Louisiana-headquartered personal injury firm with multi-state expansion. Shares the same contingency-fee model, advertising-heavy GTM, and core practice areas (auto accidents, mass tort). Closest direct competitor on sheer scale and Louisiana market presence.
• Neblett, Beard & Arsenault: Alexandria, Louisiana-based plaintiffs' firm with strong personal injury and mass tort practice. Competes in Central Louisiana and overlaps in maritime, insurance bad faith, and catastrophic injury work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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