Irving J Warshauer

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Founded in 1949, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C. is one of Louisiana's oldest and largest law offices devoted principally to serving the public and other members of the bar on behalf of victims of wrongful personal injury and death.

As part of their dedication to Personal Injury Litigation, the firm's members and associates are experienced in matters including Automobile Collisions, Aviation Accidents, Boating Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Maritime or Injuries at Sea. Our lawyers also have experience in Class Actions including mass tort litigation.

The firm's members and associates actively participate as Adjunct Professors of Law at Tulane and Loyola Universities and in continuing legal education activities sponsored by the Louisiana State Bar Association, the New Orleans Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Louisiana Association for Justice, and other regional bar associations. In addition, the firm’s members have held distinguished Presidency positions for the Louisiana State Bar Association, the New Orleans Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Louisiana Association for Justice, and the Federal Bar Association (N.O. Chapter).

Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer
Energy Center #2800
1100 Poydras St
New Orleans LA 70163
Tel: 504 522-2304
Fax: 504 528-9973
E-mail: iwarshauer@gainsben.com

Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer - National Board of Legal Specialty Certification

Irving J. Warshauer joined the Gainsburgh Benjamin law firm as an associate in 1980, and he became a partner of the firm in 1984. Prior to joining this firm, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana and a Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice, receiving a Special Commendation in 1979. He served on the Federal Public Defender Panel for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1981 – 2002.

Irving concentrates his practice in representing individuals and families in personal injury and wrongful death litigation, particularly in the areas of admiralty/maritime, products liability and automobile collisions. He has successfully represented adults and children who had suffered catastrophic brain, spinal cord and burn injuries as the result of negligent conduct or a defective product. Irving was also the lead trial attorney in a class action lawsuit involving a refinery's discharge into the Mississippi River of untreated, contaminated waste water that was drawn into the St. Bernard Parish water system and then distributed to users throughout the parish causing various health problems.

Irving was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 11, 1950. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and he earned a B.A. degree, with honors, in 1972. In 1976, Irving received his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law. He has been certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He co–authored “The Uniqueness of Maritime Personal Injury and Death Law,” 79 Tulane Law Review Nos. 5 and 6 (2005).

For the past eight years, Irving has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, and in 2009, he was named “New Orleans Best Lawyers’ Personal Injury Litigator of the Year.” He also has been listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers, as published by Law and Politics, and in the 2010 and 2011 publications he was recognized as one of “The Top 50" lawyers in Louisiana.

Irving is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, in which he currently serves on the Louisiana State Committee, the American Bar Foundation, and the Louisiana Bar Foundation. He is a member of the American Bar Association and previously served as a Vice–Chair of the Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section. Irving is also a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, in which he has Proctor Status, the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, the Federal Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Louisiana Association of Justice, and the Tulane Law School American Inn of Court, in which he served as President from 2006 – 2008. He has served in the Louisiana State Bar Association’s House of Delegates since 1997 and he has been a member of the Ethics Advisory Service Committee for the past six years.

Irving’s civic activities have included serving on the Board of Directors of Make–A–Wish Foundation of Louisiana, of which he was President from 2005–2006. He currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Appleseed Louisiana and he previously served as President of the Audubon Area Zoning Association. He also has been a member of the Isidore Newman School Board of Governors since 1997 and he was the Board Chair from 2007 – 2010.

Irving and his wife, Lynda, have two daughters, Jordan and Taylor, who are college students.

Irving is licensed to practice before all Louisiana state are federal courts and before the United States Supreme Court.

Practice Areas
- Automobile Collisions
- Aviation Accidents
- Boating Accidents
- Class Actions
- Commercial Litigation
- Lawsuits & Litigation
- Maritime
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability