Lance C. McCardle

Lance C. McCardle


Fishman Haygood L.L.P.

Recognized since 2017

New Orleans, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Environmental Law

Litigation - Construction

Litigation - Environmental

Litigation - Securities

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Securities
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Lance McCardle practices in the areas of securities arbitration and litigation, environmental law, and general commercial litigation. Lance regularly represents investors (both individuals and institutions) in claims against their brokers, investment advisors, and/or investment banks in court or in arbitration proceedings administered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). Lance also represents several landowners in claims against oil and gas companies for damage and land loss caused by oil and gas operations.

He has represented criminal defendants on a pro bono basis.

Lance is a fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation and a member of the Louisiana, Texas, Federal, American, and Public Investor Advocate Bar Associations. He serves on the editorial board of the PIABA Bar Journal and is a former Editor-in-Chief. Lance was recently appointed to the PIABA’s 2023 Board of Directors. He is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society. Lance has taught litigation skills classes at Loyola University College of Law and Media Law at Tulane University. He is a member of the St. Thomas More Inn of Court, a former Director of the Younger Lawyers Division of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and former member of the ABA Securities Law Committee.

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Location
  • 201 Saint Charles Avenue, Suite 4600
    New Orleans, LA 70170-4600
Languages
  • English
Education
  • Loyola University New Orleans, J.D., graduated 2005
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, 2005

Fishman Haygood L.L.P.
Headquarters: New Orleans, Louisiana

21 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

8 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Securities
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Securities, New Orleans (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Securities
Awards:
  • Lance has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2017 edition in the area of securities.
  • Named a Super Lawyer in the area of securities litigation by Super Lawyers 2017, a Rising Star by Super Lawyers from 2012 to 2015
  • Top Lawyer by New Orleans Magazine in 2012, 2013, and 2015.
  • Future Star in Benchmark Litigation in 2009
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Arbitration

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