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Jennifer Borum Bechet
Areas of Emphasis:
• Commercial Litigation
Ms. Bechet is special counsel to the firm and concentrates her practice in commercial litigation and insurance coverage matters. She is admitted to practice law in Louisiana, New York, District of Columbia, Texas and Virginia.
Prior to joining Stone Pigman, Ms. Bechet served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and practiced both civil and criminal law in New York City and Richmond, Virginia. Previously, she served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable James M. Sprouse of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Representative Matters
Defending risk retention group in suit involving claim of legal malpractice.
Representing owner of artwork in ownership rights matter in Federal District and Appellate Courts.
Defending major insurance company against claims alleging bad faith handling of property damage claims.
Counseled corporate owner of multiple nursing home facilities in challenge to Medicare intermediary proposed payment reimbursement rule.
Liaison Counsel for major pharmaceutical company in multi-district Vioxx litigation.
Appellate advocacy before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on behalf of major insurance company against challenge to policy conversion. Education
Ms. Bechet received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1990 where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She received her B.A. with Highest Honors from Hampton University in 1987, graduating first in her class. In 2007, she was recognized as that university's Outstanding Twenty-Year Alumnus. Professional and Civic Activities
Ms. Bechet is Chair of the Minority Trial Lawyer Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation and a member of the Section of Litigation's Special Committee on the Future of Civil Litigation. Ms. Bechet is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association Rules of Professional Conduct Committee and Public Information Committee. She is also a member of the New Orleans Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Louis A. Martinet Society, Defense Research Institute, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and American MENSA, Ltd. In 2004, Ms. Bechet received state-wide recognition as "Big Sister of the Year" for her volunteer activities and legal work on behalf of Big Brothers Big Sisters Services, Inc. She has served as an officer and Master of the John Marshall Inn of Court. Ms. Bechet is the author of several nationally-published articles and has lectured on ethics and trial technique. Publications
In the Know: Institutional Notice of Potential Litigation Sufficient to Trigger an Organization's Duty to Preserve Evidence, E-DISCOVERY CONNECTION (Defense Research Institute, April 2009)
Undercover Ethics: Working with Private Investigators, PRETRIAL PRACTICE & DISCOVERY (Spring 2008)
Biting the Hand That Feeds You: An Undercover Investigation Gone Bad May Result in Evidentiary and Monetary Sanctions, PI MAGAZINE: JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS (April 2005)
What's Good for the Goose Gets the Gander in Hot Water, FRANCHISE LAW JOURNAL (Spring 2004)
Note: "And Forgive Them Their Trespasses: Applying the Defense of Necessity to the Criminal Conduct of the News Gatherer," HARVARD LAW REVIEW (Vol. 103, 1990) Teaching Positions
Ms. Bechet is a member of the adjunct faculty at Tulane University School of Law and currently teaches a course there in Negotiation and Mediation Advocacy. Presentations
Program Chair, The Ethics Quiz Show: Are You Ready to Be a Player? ABA National Conference for the Minority Lawyer (September 2009)
Lecturer, Ethics Panel, New Orleans Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, (March 2009)
Lecturer, "I Spy: Ethical Considerations When Retaining Private Investigators in Civil Matters," Ethics CLE Presentation, New Orleans Bar Association (August 2008)
Lecturer, Cross-Examination Technique, Oliver Hill/Samuel Tucker Pre-Law Institute (July 2003, July 2004)
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