About Sally Shushan
Sally Shushan has been a private civil mediator since August, 2016. She served for over 17 years as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Her civil docket included: 1) conducting consent bench and jury trials; 2) ruling on discovery motions; 3) case management; 4) acting as the initial judicial officer on habeas, social security, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 and Title VII cases; 5) conducting mediation as the alternative dispute resolution arm of the district court and successfully resolving hundreds of lawsuits which included every variety of business, commercial, insurance and contract disputes, maritime/admiralty, and products liability matters.
Most notably, she was assigned to the multi-district litigation Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon", 10-MD-2179, which work spanned 6 years. Her involvement included: 1) handling all discovery including planning and conduct of well over 300 depositions and overseeing electronic production of millions of documents; 2) conducting weekly status conferences with dozens of attorneys; 3) spurring the settlement of all economic claims against BP resulting in a class action settlement; 4) acting to supervise the Court Supervised Settlement Program to administer the BP economic class settlement; 5) leading the efforts to successfully settle the claims of the United States, the five Gulf States and local governmental entities against BP, as well as the claims for punitive damages against Transocean and Halliburton resulting in a second class action settlement.
Prior to being appointed to serve on the court, from 1981 to 1999 Sally practiced law with Sessions & Fishman, LLP of New Orleans where she became a partner and member of the Management Committee. Her practice included general civil litigation including contract disputes, products liability, lender liability and personal injury cases with clients that included individuals, banks, chemical companies, hotels and manufacturing firms. Sally was “AV” rated, Martindale-Hubbell at the time she took the bench.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, she was employed for seven years by the City of New Orleans. Ultimately, she was in charge of the daily operations for the recruitment and testing division with responsibility for supervision of 10 professional and 6 clerical staff members in the Civil Service Department. She also acted as assistant to the Director of the Parks and Parkways Department in charge of all personnel matters for over 400 employees.
Sally graduated from the Loyola School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana with a Juris Doctor in 1981, where she served as a Law Review Member, and received the Outstanding Casenote Award and the award for Outstanding Law Review Senior. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1972.
Current civic involvement: a founding member and board member of the Lafayette Square Conservancy; member of the boards of The NOCCA Institute and The Audubon Commission.
Most notably, she was assigned to the multi-district litigation Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon", 10-MD-2179, which work spanned 6 years. Her involvement included: 1) handling all discovery including planning and conduct of well over 300 depositions and overseeing electronic production of millions of documents; 2) conducting weekly status conferences with dozens of attorneys; 3) spurring the settlement of all economic claims against BP resulting in a class action settlement; 4) acting to supervise the Court Supervised Settlement Program to administer the BP economic class settlement; 5) leading the efforts to successfully settle the claims of the United States, the five Gulf States and local governmental entities against BP, as well as the claims for punitive damages against Transocean and Halliburton resulting in a second class action settlement.
Prior to being appointed to serve on the court, from 1981 to 1999 Sally practiced law with Sessions & Fishman, LLP of New Orleans where she became a partner and member of the Management Committee. Her practice included general civil litigation including contract disputes, products liability, lender liability and personal injury cases with clients that included individuals, banks, chemical companies, hotels and manufacturing firms. Sally was “AV” rated, Martindale-Hubbell at the time she took the bench.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, she was employed for seven years by the City of New Orleans. Ultimately, she was in charge of the daily operations for the recruitment and testing division with responsibility for supervision of 10 professional and 6 clerical staff members in the Civil Service Department. She also acted as assistant to the Director of the Parks and Parkways Department in charge of all personnel matters for over 400 employees.
Sally graduated from the Loyola School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana with a Juris Doctor in 1981, where she served as a Law Review Member, and received the Outstanding Casenote Award and the award for Outstanding Law Review Senior. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1972.
Current civic involvement: a founding member and board member of the Lafayette Square Conservancy; member of the boards of The NOCCA Institute and The Audubon Commission.
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Location
New Orleans, LA
Years of Experience
43
Expertise Area
Construction Law
Licenses
Louisiana Bar