Bob is active in both the legal community and community-at-large, having served as Chairman of the Louisiana State Advisory Committee to the U. S. Civil Rights Commission, Chairman of the South Central Region of the Anti-Defamation League and President of both his local synagogue and Jewish Community Center.

In the legal community, he has served as President of the Louisiana State Bar Association, President of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and Chair of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board.

Bob is also a frequent speaker and author of litigation, real estate and ethical topics.

Bob’s curriculum vitae is below.

EDUCATION

Cornell University, Bachelor of Science, 1972.

Loyola University School of Law, Juris Doctorate, (cum laude, 1975).

Article Editor of the Loyola Law Review, (1974 – 1975).

BAR ADMISSIONS

Louisiana, 1976.

New York, 1976.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1996 – Present    Kutcher Tygier & Luminais, LLP

Suite 600

3501 North Causeway Blvd.

Metairie, Louisiana 70002

Telephone: (504) 830-3838

1977 – 1996                   Bronfin & Heller

650 Poydras, Suite 2500

New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

1975 – 1977                   Law Clerk to Judge R. Blake West

United States District Court for the

Eastern District of Louisiana

LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

President, Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, 2023 – present.

Recipient, Distinguished Service to the Profession Award, 2022.

President, 2019-2020.

President-Elect, 2018-2019.

Nominating Committee,2015, 2016.

Treasurer,2014 – 2016.

Recipient, President’s Award, 2013, 2021.

Chair, Audit Committee, 2013.

Member,Legislation Committee, 2011-2021.

Member, Co-Chair, Summer School Committee (current).

Member, Committee on the Profession (current).

Board Liaison, Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, 2012 – 2013.

Member, House of Delegates, Liaison to Board of Governors, 2007 – 2008; 2009 – 2010; 2012 - 2014.

Member, House of Delegates, 1998 – 2004; 2006 – 2013, 2020 - current.

OTHER BAR-RELATED ACTIVITIES

Member, Louisiana State Law Institute, 2019 – 2020, 2022 - 2024.

American Bar Association,House of Delegates,2019-2024.

Board Member, Louisiana Civil Justice Center, 2015 – 2018.

Board Member,Pro Bono Project, 2014 – 2017.

Board Member, Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, 1993 – 1999; Chairman, 1999.

Board Member, Federal Bar Association, New Orleans, 1984 – 1992; President, 1991 – 1992.

Fellow, The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, American Bar Association.

Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation.

Master, Thomas Moore Inn of Court.

Adjunct Instruction, Business Entities, Commercial Paper, Agency, Professional

Responsibility and Federal Jurisdiction, New Orleans Bar Review, 1979 – 1999.        

Regional Arbitrator,National Association of Securities Dealers (FINRA), New York Stock Exchange, 1982 – 2007.

Louisiana Super Lawyer in Business Litigation, 2008 – 2022.

The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Real Estate, 2013, 2019, 2023; Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, 2016, 2018, 2023.

The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Real Estate, 2012-2020; Commercial Litigation, 2013-2020; Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, 2012-2024.

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

President, Shir Chadash Conservative Synagogue, 2001 – 2002, 2005.

Regional Chairman, Anti-Defamation League, 1992 – 1996;

Regional Board Member, Anti-Defamation League, 1984 – present.

Associate Commissioner, Anti-Defamation League National Commission, 1991 – 2002.

Board Member, Jewish Community Centers of North America, 1992 – 1998.

President, Jewish Community Center of New Orleans, 1991 – 1993.

Board Member, Jewish Community Center of New Orleans, 1980-1993.

Chairman, Louisiana State Advisory Committee, U. S. Civil Rights Commission, 1990 – 1994.

Board Member, Louisiana State Advisory Committee, U. S. Civil Rights Commission, 1984 – 1994;

PUBLICATIONS

Author: “Planning for Our Future: An Update on the LSBA Strategic Plan”, Louisiana Bar Journal, April/May 2020.

Co-Author: “The Brand New Louisiana Business Corporation Law”: Adoption of New Model Business Corporations Act – House Bill 319, Louisiana Bar Journal, March 2015.

Author: “Beer v. United States:  The Case of Article III Judges and the           Compensation Clause”, Louisiana Bar Journal, Vol. 61, No. 6, April/May 2014.

Author: “Top 11 Do’s and Don’ts” [of Professionalism], Louisiana Bar Journal, June/July 2013.

Co-Author: “Breach of Fiduciary Duties”, Business Torts Litigation, ABA Section of Litigation, 1992; Update, 1998, 2005.

Author: “Recent Developments in Partnership Law”,

Louisiana State Bar Association – Recent Developments Manual, 1985 – 2000.

Author: “Fifth Circuit Symposium, Securities Law”, Loyola Law Review, 1980, 1981, 1983, and 1984.

Co-Author: “State Takeover Statutes”, A Constitutional Confrontation, Louisiana Bar Journal, March, 1979.

Author: “Freezeouts of Minority Shareholders in Closely-Held Corporations”, Louisiana Bar Journal, September, 1977.

Co-Author: “Quis Custodiet Custodes?  The Case Against Article I Courts”, Loyola Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter, 1975 – 76.

Author: “The National Court of Appeals: Freund or Foe?”, Loyola Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1975.

Author: “The Extension of Pendent Jurisdiction to Parties Not in the Jurisdiction – Conferring Suit”, Loyola Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1974.

SEMINAR SPEAKER – Last 10 Years

Louisiana State Bar Association, Summer School Revisited, Accounting Basics for Attorneys – Business Litigation and Reading Financial Statements, December 2023.

Louisiana State Bar Association, got CLE??, Commercial Lease Negotiations, December 2023.

Louisiana State Bar Association, A Grand CLE Experience, Some Mostly Practical Tips for Lease Negotiations, December 2023.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Trial Practice, Professionalism – Do & Don’ts, December 2023. A.P. Tureaud Inn of Court, CLE for a Cause, Avoiding Discipline in Louisiana, December 2023.

Louisiana State Bar Association, An Evening with the New Orleans Pelicans, No Discipline for You!, November 2023.

Louisiana State Bar Association, What’s New in the World of Real Estate, Commercial Lease Negotiations, September 2023.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Orientation, Boudreaux/McDonald and their Impact on the LSBA, May 2023.

Louisiana State Bar Association, CLE Wrap Up, Professionalism is Easy, Discipline is Hard, December 2022.

Louisiana State Bar Association, A Grand CLE Experience, Most of the Stuff You Need to Know if You’re Buying or Selling Real Estate, December 2022.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Ethics & Professionalism, Mind your P’s & Q’s, Professionalism from Both Sides of the “V”, December 2022.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Trial Practice, Professionalism and You, December 2022.

Louisiana State Bar Association, An Evening with the New Orleans Pelicans, The LSBA, The Disciplinary System and Ethics in Louisiana, November 2022.

 Louisiana State Bar Association, Corporate Depositions, with Judge Nakisha Ervin-Knott, June 2022.

Louisiana State Bar Association, COVID…A Pox On Us Forever?, Don’t Wear Your PJ’s to Court and Other Professionalism Hints for the Virtual World, April 2022.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Trial Practice Webinar, Program Chair, Professionalism is Easy; Discipline is Hard; December 2021.

Louisiana State Bar Association, A Grand CLE Experience, Multi-Topic Seminar, Expert Witnesses:  What You Need to Know, December 2021.

Louisiana State Bar Association, New York, New York, It’s Like Riding a Bike: Do You Remember How to Litigate a Case?, November 20, 2021.

 Louisiana State Bar Association, Dazzling Disney, Avoiding Discipline in Louisiana, February 2021.

Louisiana State Bar Association, CLE Wrap Up!, The LSBA, The Disciplinary Board and Ethics in Louisiana, December 2020.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Trial Practice Webinar, Program Chair, December 2020.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Watch Your P’s and Q’s, Professionalism from the Top: The State Bar in Covid Times, December 2020.

A.P. Tureaud American Inn of Court, End-of-the-Year CLE. The LSBA, The Disciplinary Board and Ethics in Louisiana, December 2020.  

Louisiana State Bar Association, A Grand CLE Experience, Real Estate Practice in theTime of Covid: Evictions, Business Interruptions, Lease Negotiations and Other Stuff, November 2020.  

Louisiana State Bar Association, Trial Practice CLE, Professionalism in 24 Easy Steps, December 2019.

Eastern District of Louisiana, Bench Bar Conference, Views from the New Kids on the Bench, October 2019.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Experience the Charm of Quebec, 60 Minutes of Mostly Useful Practice Tips, March 2019.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Trial Practice CLE, Expert Witnesses – Do’s & Don’ts, December 2018.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Ethics and Professionalism: Watch Your P’s & Q’s, Ethics: The Opioid Epidemic – Ethical, Legal, Medical Implications, December 2018.

Louisiana State Bar Association, CLE During Voodoo Fest, A Jury Trial Haunting, What Makes An Effective Closing Argument?, October 2018.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Historic Charleston, Get the Most Out of Your Opening and Closing, February 2018.

LSU Law Center, Trial Advocacy Program, August 2017.

Louisiana State Bar Association, An Evening with the New Orleans Pelicans, December 2016, 2017, 2018.

Louisiana State Bar Association, New York, New York: A Multi-Topic CLE Seminar, November 2016, 2018, The LSBA and You, 2019.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Las Vegas CLE, September 2016.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Extraordinary Remedies Under Louisiana Law, June 2016.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Juridical Entities, June 2016.

Louisiana State Bar Association, Summer School Revisited, December 2015 - 2016.

LSU Law Center, Recent Developments Seminar, December 2015.

Louisiana State Bar Association/Gilsbar, Ethics & Professionalism, September 2015.

Louisiana State Bar Association, 29^th Judicial District Court CLE: Professionalism Made Easy, November 2014.

Nicole S. Tygier is a graduate of Loyola University and Loyola University School of Law where she was a member of the Moot Court staff. Nicole Tygier was admitted to practice in 1989. During her more than 30 years in practice, she has tried suits in both state and federal courts, and has participated in both arbitrations and mediations.

Her practice focuses on providing advice on, and litigating in the areas of business obligations, fiduciary duties, securities law, franchisor/franchisee relations, lease negotiations, landlord/tenant disputes and large-scale financings, as well as the needs of business entities from formation to dissolution.

Nicole is the co-author of Americans with Disabilities Act Employment; LSHA-CLE, 1992, and the author of “Federal Civil Procedure 101” for Loyola University. Nicole served as an Assistant Examiner, Business Entities and Negotiable Instruments, for the Committee on Bar Admissions for the State of Louisiana, 1995 – 2000. Nicole has spoken on numerous topics throughout the years, most recently on Landlord/Tenant issues, Federal and State civil procedure, trial practice and discovery and the use of technology in the courtroom.

Nicole is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the New Orleans Federal Bar Association and has been a member of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the board of New Orleans CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), the premier commercial real estate association in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area for women from all disciplines of commercial real estate, the Committee on Pupil Progression for the Orleans Parish School Board. She is active on the Governing Board of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation, holding several executive board committee positions, including President; has served as a board member of the Anti-Defamation League, and is a member of various volunteer organizations including the National Council of Jewish Women, Greater New Orleans Section, and the New Orleans Camellia Society.

Bradley J. Luminais, Jr. was born in Metairie, Louisiana.  He was awarded one of the most prestigious scholarships to Louisiana State University, a Top 100 Scholarship. He attended Louisiana State University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Arts in Mass Communication.

While at LSU, he received the Recreational Sports Award and was also a member of the LSU Power Lifting Team, the Public Relations Student Society of America, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Golden Key National Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

After graduating with highest honors, Brad decided to further his education at LSU by enrolling in law school.  Brad served as the Student Body Executive Vice-President of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and he was also elected Class Representative and Civilian Society Vice-President.

Additionally, he was awarded the River Parish Claimants’ 1988 Refinery Explosion Memorial Scholarship, a LSU Board of Supervisor’s Scholarship, the CALI Award for the highest grades in Legal Writing, Environmental Law and International American Trade, and was also named to Who’s Who Among American Law Students.

Brad joined Chopin, Wagar, Richard and Kutcher, LLP upon graduation and became an immediate asset. Brad has focused his practice in the areas of trucking defense, insurance defense, corporate casualty and personal injury defense. His knowledge, work ethic and proven litigation skills allowed him to be promoted to Senior Associate status in a short time of only three years and Partner within five years.

Thereafter, the firm changed names to Richard, Kutcher, Tygier and Luminais, LLP. Brad possesses an AV Preeminent Martindale Hubbell rating, which is the highest level of professional excellence, and he has tried cases before judges and juries at both the state and federal level. Brad is also a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s Deposition Skills Program, Expert Deposition Skills Program, and Trial Skills Program. 

He has also received several defense verdicts at trial, mediated hundreds of cases and is admitted to practice in all Louisiana State Courts, as well as the Eastern, Middle and Western District Courts of Louisiana, and the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.

He is also a member of the American Bar Association, Council on Litigation Management, Federal Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, Louisiana Claims Association, New Orleans Claims Association, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (board member), Defense Research Institute and Trucking Industry Defense Association. Finally, he has been named a Rising Star and been admitted to the Lawyers of Distinction.

Brad and his wife, Brandy, are the proud parents of two children, Brady and Beau.  In his spare time, Brad enjoys weight lifting, participating as an active member of the St. Catherine of Siena Men’s Club, participating on the St. Catherine of Siena School Board, and being a coach at Pontiff Playground, St. Catherine of Siena and Christian Brothers School.  Finally, since 1996, Brad has been covering local high school football games in print and on radio, and is a Friday Night Football play by play announcer for WWL 870AM.

Heather practices in insurance defense, contractual disputes, construction defense, insurance coverage, premises liability, and personal injury defense, and also has extensive experience in defending workers’ compensation and longshore cases.

She enjoys serving as an aggressive advocate for her clients in state and federal courts. She thoroughly evaluates each claim to develop a litigation strategy, and provides timely reports to her clients of all significant developments in her cases.

At the outset, she pursues any viable summary dismissal of cases via exceptions or dispositive motions, to save her clients the cost of ongoing litigation. While she is a skilled trial attorney, she also communicates effectively with all parties to narrow the issues with the goal of resolving claims by obtaining settlements favorable to her clients.

While not practicing law, she enjoys boating, swimming, and fishing.