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201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
504.582.8276 tel
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Cove Geary is a partner in the Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group, with a practice that includes energy litigation; life, health and disability insurance and ERISA litigation; insurance coverage; professional liability; and class action litigation.  In 2006, Mr. Geary received a New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law Award. Prior to joining Jones Walker, Mr. Geary was employed by a global public accounting firm.  He graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee University in 1980, and from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University in 1984, where he served on the Louisiana Law Review. He served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Peter Beer from 1984–1985.  He serves as General Counsel of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, and has served on the boards of the Second Harvesters Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, the Louisiana Children's Museum, and the Louisiana Jazz Federation.

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc.) in the area of Commercial Litigation
• Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Business Litigation (also lised in 2007)
• AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.

News

• Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
• Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
• Geary Named Chair of the ABA's Life Insurance Law Committee
• Forty-Seven Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in the 2007 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers; One In Top Ten, Four In Top Fifty, Two In Top Twenty-Five Women
• Geary Named Chair-Elect of ABA TIPS Life Insurance Law Committee
• Geary to Moderate Panel on Insurance for the Energy Industry

Publications

• "'Golden Rules' of Preparing a Business Interruption Claim"
  January 1, 2006
• "Business Interruption Claims Following Hurricane Losses"
  June 1, 2006 Catastrophic Loss & Liability Update, HarrisMartin Publishing,
• "Trial Court Decides Important Katrina-Related Insurance Issue"
  E*Lert, January 11, 2007
• "The Obligation to Restore Oil and Gas Properties: The View from Louisiana and Other States"
  American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources' Energy Committees Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 1, October 2005
• "Corbello v. Iowa Production—Lessons Learned from Louisiana"
  Landman, September/October 2005,
• "Bad Faith Claims Against Life and Health Insurers"
  Aegon Insurance Companies MGU/TPA Newsletter, 1999

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member, Sections on Health Law, Litigation, Natural Resources Law, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice, and Public Contract Law)
• Defense Research Institute (Member, Life, Health and Disability Insurance Committee)
• Federal Bar Association
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
• Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Section on Mineral Law)
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute