PAUL R. TRAPANI, III

Associate

Bar Admissions and Memberships:

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
All federal and state courts in Louisiana

Short Biography

Mr. Trapani joined the firm as an associate in 2014. Since becoming licensed to practice law in 2009, Mr. Trapani has specialized in civil litigation, including commercial litigation, insurance coverage, product liability defense, and construction law. Mr. Trapani is admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and all federal and state courts in Louisiana. He has extensive litigation experience representing clients in both state and federal court. In 2009, Mr. Trapani received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Tulane Law School, where he was as a Notes and Comments Editor for the Tulane Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif. He earned his B.A., cum laude, in Political Science from Tulane University in 2003. Before attending Tulane Law School, Mr. Trapani served as a volunteer in the United States Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa.

Practice Areas

Published Articles:

Note, In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation: Circumventing Due Process Concerns by Allowing Individualization In Sampling Procedures, 82 TUL. L. REV. 2517 (2008).
Comment, Old Presumptions Never Die: Rethinking the Steelworkers Trilogy’s Presumption of Arbitration in Deciding the Arbitrability of Side Letters, 83 TUL. L. REV. 559 (2009).