Marcus B.Hunter

Marcus B.Hunter

Marcus is a Partner in the firm’s New Orleans office.

Marcus Hunter

After graduation from law school, Marcus served as a law clerk in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. His litigation experience includes state and federal matters in the following areas: business torts; breach of contract; breach of warranty; unfair trade practices; fraud; property damage; and personal injury. Marcus has represented clients from case inception through resolution by settlement, and where appropriate, resolution at trial.

Marcus is a native of New Orleans and has been involved in a number of community service projects and other civic commitments. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family and enjoying various events around the city.

EXPERIENCE

In 2022, Janika Polk, Skylar Rudin, Deb Kuchler, Marcus Hunter, and Michael Harrison, defended a supermajor oil company in a commercial dispute involving two breach of contract claims, wherein the company that brought its claims sought approximately $30 million in damages. The matter was submitted to Arbitration where a three day remote hearing was held, which included witnesses from Asia and South America. The parties also submitted post-hearing briefing and presented post-hearing oral argument. The 3-person Arbitration Panel reached a unanimous decision in favor of the Firm’s client finding that the company that brought its claims would take nothing.

In 2018, Marcus—along with Deb Kuchler, Janika Polk, Dawn Tezino, Skylar Rudin—represented a major oil company in a commercial dispute through which it sought to recover the costs of shutting down four wells in the Gulf of Mexico. The case was tried over eight days in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. After less than three hours of deliberation, the jury reached a unanimous verdict awarding their client $61 million.

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, PANELS

Marcus B. Hunter, Climate Change Litigation: Recent Developments, New Orleans Bar Association (Apr. 6, 2018).

Marcus B. Hunter et al., New Discoveries in E-Discovery, Louisiana State Bar Association (Nov. 19, 2019) (panelist).

Marcus B. Hunter et al., Getting to the Roots: How to Be a Good Associate, New Orleans Bar Association (Dec. 18, 2018) (panelist).

Marcus B. Hunter et al., Enhancing Diversity in Judicial Clerkships, Tulane Law School and the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society CLE (Jan. 27, 2019).

CONTACT

mhunter@kuchlerpolk.com
(504) 378-7269

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Toxic Tort

EDUCATION

  • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., 2013
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette, B.S. in Marketing, 2010

INVOLVEMENT

  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • National Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society
NOLA

1615 Poydras St, Ste 1300
New Orleans, LA 70112
tel: (504) 592-0691
fax: 1-844-731-2302

HOUSTON

1201 Louisiana St, Ste 2720
Houston, TX 77002
tel: (713) 936-4707
fax: (713) 470-9768

FOLLOW US

Copyright Kuchler Polk Weiner LLC. All rights reserved. Read disclaimer.