Leake & Andersson

What Leake & Andersson does

Leake & Andersson LLP is a private, full-service law firm founded on October 1, 1987, and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a second office in Lafayette. The firm employs approximately 35 attorneys organized across 12 practice areas spanning casualty defense, commercial litigation, construction law, corporate and business transactions, insurance, intellectual property, international trade and business, labor and employment, products liability, professional liability, transportation, and workers' compensation. Its primary client segments are insurance carriers and self-insured companies (particularly for casualty and products liability defense), corporate and business clients requiring transactional and litigation counsel, and individual clients with miscellaneous legal matters; the casualty practice alone accounts for 22 of the firm's 35 attorneys, making insurance defense the operational center of gravity.

The firm operates a relationship-driven, sales-led go-to-market anchored on direct attorney-to-client engagements, professional networks, and referral pipelines, with no proprietary technology platform and a revenue model based entirely on professional fees for legal services. Approximately half of its attorneys hold multi-jurisdictional licenses across Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, New York, and D.C. Since 1985—two years before the firm's formal founding—the firm has been the sole Louisiana member of ALFA International, a premier global legal network of over 140 independent member firms, giving it cross-border referral reach and access to international expertise. Multiple partners have held leadership positions within ALFA, including Edward T. Hayes as Chair of the Board (2022-2024) and George D. Fagan as a 2011 recipient of ALFA's Nathan Fishbach Service Award.

The firm has grown organically for 37+ years, with its most recent visible expansion being the relocation of its Lafayette office to Ambassador Caffery Parkway, positioning it closer to the University of Louisiana and federal courts. Marketing channels center on content publishing via the Insights blog, peer recognition (Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent, New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers, and Best Law Firms 2026), pro bono and community engagement, and visibility through the ALFA network. The firm is organized as a Louisiana limited liability partnership under Louisiana law, with no external investors, parent company, or institutional ownership; growth has been entirely organic.

Name

Leake & Andersson

Legal name

Leake & Andersson LLP

Website

https://leakeandersson.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Leake & Andersson is a New Orleans-based, full-service law firm of ~35 attorneys founded in 1987, serving insurance carriers, corporate clients, and individuals across 12 practice areas with regional Gulf South presence and international reach via ALFA International membership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD), Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions) (FSAJADAB)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Commercial litigation
• Insurance defense
• Construction law
• Workers compensation

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services – Professional Fees: Leake Andersson generates revenue through fees for comprehensive legal representation in business and litigation matters, serving individual, business, corporate, and insurance clients. The firm's attorneys bill for services across multiple practice areas including casualty, commercial litigation, construction, corporate transactions, insurance, intellectual property, international trade, labor & employment, products liability, professional liability, transportation, and workers' compensation. Services include trial counsel, arbitration, regulatory proceedings, and general counsel.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Leake & Andersson is a full-service law firm that provides legal representation across twelve practice areas, including casualty, commercial litigation, construction, corporate and business transactions, insurance, intellectual property, international trade and business, labor and employment, products liability, professional liability, transportation, and workers' compensation. The firm serves individuals, businesses, corporations, and insurance clients from offices in New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana.

Product overview

Leake & Andersson is a full-service law firm providing comprehensive legal representation through 12 distinct practice areas. The firm's service offerings include Casualty, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Corporate & Business Transactions, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Trade & Business, Labor & Employment, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Transportation, and Workers' Compensation. The firm serves individual, business, corporate, and insurance clients from offices in New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana, with global reach through ALFA International membership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Casualty Law

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ALFA InternationalflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1985Leake Andersson is the sole Louisiana member firm of ALFA International, the premier global legal network with more than 140 independent member law firms worldwide. The firm has been a member since 1985 and holds a proud legacy of leadership within the network. Edward T. Hayes served as Chair of the Board for ALFA International from 2022–2024. The network enables the firm to draw upon collective wisdom and experience of member firms worldwide to deliver highly effective legal and business solutions for clients with local, national, and international legal needs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kean Miller LLP: Major Louisiana-based full-service firm with strong insurance defense, casualty, construction, and litigation practices across multiple Louisiana offices. Closely comparable to Leake & Andersson in scope, size, and Louisiana-anchored service model.
• Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC: New Orleans insurance defense and casualty firm with deep transportation, premises liability, and product liability work. Closely comparable peer in core practice area (insurance defense) and Louisiana-centric service model.
• Liskow & Lewis: New Orleans-based full-service firm with deep energy, insurance, and litigation practices. Highly comparable to Leake & Andersson in size, regional concentration, and insurance defense/energy-adjacent litigation overlap.
• McGlinchey Stafford: New Orleans-headquartered full-service law firm with a substantial insurance defense, financial services litigation, and commercial litigation practice. Comparable in size and overlap with Leake Andersson's casualty/insurance defense core, with national reach.
• Phelps Dunbar: Large Gulf South full-service law firm headquartered in New Orleans with significant insurance defense, casualty, transportation, construction, and professional liability practices. Most directly comparable peer in size, geography, and practice mix to Leake & Andersson.
• Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson LLP: Baton Rouge-headquartered Louisiana law firm with insurance defense, construction, casualty, and commercial litigation practices. Comparable in regional focus, mid-size structure, and practice mix to Leake & Andersson.

Broad incumbents

• Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP: National insurance defense and coverage firm with broad geographic reach and significant transportation, professional liability, and commercial litigation practices. Comparable on insurance defense core but with substantially greater scale and multi-state footprint.
• Adams and Reese LLP: New Orleans-rooted regional firm (now part of a multi-state platform) with significant insurance, transportation, construction, and litigation practices. Larger and broader than Leake & Andersson but with substantial practice-area overlap, especially in insurance defense.
• Jones Walker LLP: One of the largest Gulf South law firms, headquartered in New Orleans, with a broad practice including insurance, admiralty, energy, construction, and litigation. Larger and more diversified than Leake & Andersson, but overlaps materially in casualty, insurance, and construction defense work.

Regional players

• Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver LLC: New Orleans-based litigation boutique with strong commercial, securities, and insurance coverage practices. Comparable in size and Gulf South base, with overlapping insurance coverage litigation that intersects Leake & Andersson's insurance practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/leake-&-andersson-l.l.p./jobs/?viewAsMember=true
• Xx.com/leakellp

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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