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Debra J. Fischman
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
909 Poydras Street,
Suite 2800
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-299-2109 (direct)
504-299-2100 (firm)
504-299-2300 (fax)
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Ms. Fischman is a member in the Firm's Litigation Section defending school districts and other governmental bodies and agencies and private employers throughout the State of Louisiana in employment and professional liability matters consisting of wrongful termination, breach of contract, breach of tenure laws, retaliation, racial and gender discrimination, violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Age and Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII (sexual, racial and gender discrimination and harassment), Title IX, and other wrongful acts; medical malpractice, toxic tort, commercial litigation, family law and premises liability.

Ms. Fischman is a member of the Association of Women Attorneys; Louisiana State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; New Orleans Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; and Bar Association of the United States of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has been admitted to practice in the State of Louisiana, since 1978 and she has additionally been admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Bar Admissions:

Louisiana, 1978
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1978
U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1988
U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1980
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 2005
U.S. Supreme Court, 2000

Education:

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978; J.D.
Newcomb University, New Orleans, LA, USA, 1975; B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta
Major: Political Science

Representative Cases:

Becker v. Murphy Oil Corp., ---So.3d---, 2011 WL 2164151, 2010-1519 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2011)
Orleans Parish School Bd. v. Pastorek, 56 So.3d, 2011 WL 193455, 2010-1709 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2011)
Versai Management Corporation, d/b/a Versailles Arms Apartments v. Clarendon America Insurance Company, et al, 08-30874 (C.A. 5 2010)
Flettrich v. Touro Infirmary, 13 So.3d 1196, 2009 WL 1464966, 2007-1621 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2009)
Marshall ex rel. minor children v. Air Liquide-Big Three, Inc., 2 So.3d 541, 2008 WL 5263857, 2008-0668 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2008)
Omega Center for Pain Management, L.L.C. v. Omega Institute of Health, Inc., 975 So.2d48 (La. App. 5 Cir. 2007)
Nassar v. Academy Sports & Outdoors, 277 Fed. Appx. 392 (5th Cir.(Miss.) 2007)
Larroquette v. Cardinal Health 200, Inc., 466 F.3d 373 (5th Cir. (La.) 2006)
Dumas v. Christian Health Ministries, 181 Fed. Appx. 433 (5th Cir. (La.) 2006)
Broussard v. Jester, 876 So.2d 940 (La. App. 3 Cir 2004)
International Chemical Workers Union v. Columbian Chemicals Co., 331 F.3d 491 (5h Cir.(La.) 2003)
Arriola v. Orleans Parish School Board, reversed, 809 So. 2d 932, writ granted (La. 2002)
Arriola v. Orleans Parish School Board, 799 So.2d. 488 (La. 2001)
Arriola v. Orleans Parish School Board, 789 So.2d 64 (La. App. 4 Cir 2001)
Ross v. Conoco, Inc., 805 So.2d 352 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2001)
Yourick Lavine, Jr., Mrs. Cynthia Lavine and Harry Bonvillain v. Redgies Jackson, Calvin Cooks, Mike Lausen, John Doe, City of Thibodaux, Thibodaux Police Department and Titan Indemnity Company, 730 So.2d 958 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1998)
Allo v. Horne, 672 So.2d 961 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1996)
Allo v. Horne, 636 So.2d 1048 (La. App. 3 Cir. 1994)
Doyle v. Titan Indem. Co., 692 So.2d 516 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1993)
McElreath v. Progressive Ins. Co., 595 So.2d 693 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1992)
Lewis v. Time Saver Stores, Inc., 599 So.2d 442 (La. App. 4 Cir 1992)
Roberts v. Murphy Oil Corp., 577 So.2d 308 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1991)
Miller v. State, 572 So.2d 197 (La.App 1 Cir. 1990)
Cooper v. Ceco Corp., 558 So.2d 1355 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1990)
Rogers v. Janzen, 891 F.2d 95 (C.A.5 (La.) 1989)
Lowe v. Patterson, 492 So.2d 110 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1986)
Ben Glazer Co., Inc. v. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 491 So.2d 722 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1986)
Locascio v. Maurice, 447 So.2d 6 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1984)
Brooks v. Rosiere, 585 F. Supp. 351 (E.D. La. 1984)
Delaney v. Giarrusso, 633 F.2d 1126 (C.A.5 (La.) 1981)
Metropolitan New Orleans Chapter of Louisiana Consumers' League, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans, 391 So.2d 878 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1980)
Arthurs v. Morial, 383 So.2d 444 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1980)
League of Women Voters of New Orleans v. City of New Orleans, 381 So.2d 441 (La. 1980)
Baker v. Bell, 630 F.2d 1046 (C.A.5 (La.) 1980)
Acorn v. City of New Orleans, 377 So.2d 1206 (La. 1979)
Gordon v. City of New Orleans, 371 So.2d 768 (La. 1979)
Cheatham v. City of New Orleans, 378 So.2d 369 (La. 1979)
HMC Management v. New Orleans Basketball Club, 375 So.2d 712 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1979)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Preparing A Witness, New Orleans Bar Association, October 15, 2009
Louisiana Athletic Trainer's Association Summer 2008 Symposium: Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Athletics, 2008
Hot Topic: Employment Liability and Insurance, April 13, 2005
Recent Developments In Employment Law: What Human Resource Professionals and Attorneys Handling Employment Matters Need to Know - NOW!, Sterling Education Services, LLC, January 29, 2003
Guest Panelist on "It's the Law" on local cable television

Honors and Awards:

Louisiana Super Lawyer, 2010 and 2011
Chambers and Partners: Labor and Employment Law, 2010 and 2011
CityBusiness Women of the Year, 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Jewish Community Center, 1994 - 1996
Board Member
St. George's Episcopal School, Board of Development, 2000 - 2003
Member
Jewish Children Regional Service, 2004 - Present
Board Member
Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2008 - Present
Fellow
Anti-Defamation League, 2008 - Present
Regional Board Member
Association of Women Attorneys
Member
Louisiana State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Member
New Orleans Bar Association
Member
Federal Bar Association
Member
Bar Association of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Member

Past Employment Positions:

McGlinchey Stafford, Attorney/Associate/Partner, 1981 - 1999
City of New Orleans, Assistant City Attorney, 1978 - 1981

Birth Information:

1954, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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