Contact Info
Adams & Reese, LLP
One Shell Square
701 Poydras Street, Suite 4500
New Orleans, LA 70139
Phone: (504) 581-3234
Fax: (504) 566-0210
www.adamsandreese.com
Background
Mark Spansel is a partner in Adams and Reese’s New Orleans office. As a
trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Spansel concentrates
his practice in the areas of commercial litigation and complex litigation,
environmental and toxic tort litigation, and energy and maritime
litigation.
Mr. Spansel has served as trial and coordinating litigation counsel for a
major international energy company for 30 years, obtaining successful trial
verdicts and outcomes in casualty and commercial litigation arising in
connection with offshore and onshore drilling operations.
Mr. Spansel frequently lectures on maritime law and offshore/oil field
liabilities at professional and industry seminars and has been a regular
speaker at IRMI’s Construction Risk Conference since 1984 and at its Energy
Risk & Insurance Conference since its inception. He also has co-authored
several articles on maritime law for its Risk Report and was honored
with the "Words of Wisdom" speaker’s award presented at the
Construction Risk Conference in 2007.
In his community, Mr. Spansel serves on the Executive Committee of Greater
New Orleans, Inc., as secretary and is involved in the Super-Region Committee,
a collaborative effort between Greater New Orleans, Inc., and the Baton Rouge
Area Chamber to focus on beneficial economic outcomes for Southeast
Louisiana.
Mr. Spansel is a New Orleans native and received his juris doctorate and
undergraduate degrees from Tulane University.
Awards
Mr. Spansel was the 2007 recipient of the IRMI Words
of Wisdom (WOW) Award, presented at the 27th IRMI Construction Risk
Conference.